Brian Warwick is a vocal engineer pat exellence, with Grammies up the wazoo. In an interview with Jon Simmons, of iZotope, Warwick noted that though technically a mix engineer, his roots are really all about vocal recording.
He humbly noted that listeners of vocal recordings are generally most interested in the singer. So while attention to, say, a percussion loop is useful to the finished product, more time should by default go to the singer's part of the recording. He also noted the importance of spontaneity to an engineer's work in that a lot of the time recording artists will try out something brand new and totally on the fly in a recording session.
Key Takeaways:
- In his interview with izotope, Warwick expressed the opinion that the vocals were the most important part of a recording project.
- The ability to be spontaneous can be important to a recording engineer, as vocalists will come up with variations heretofore untried that they want to try furingvthe session.
- An early mentor of Warsaw was Mitch Benoff, who still teaches at Berklee School of Music.
“Warwick has had a hand in eight GRAMMY-winning albums, 12 GRAMMY-nominated albums, and 14 RIAA-certified platinum and gold records.”