I can't imagine a bigger problem than being fakes. Do tell!!
Also I realize that there are artistic measures that are created in the studio in order to get that perfect result. As soon as you splice two vocal parts from two different takes to make it one ....that performance becomes "faked".
Also doubling up on an artist's voice was really common. Barry White wouldn't have his sound if he didn't sing over himself multiple times. Marvin Gaye. Barry Manilow. The Carpenters.
And adding back-up singers ?? Of course. As long as they are back-up singers and not instead-of singers.
I'm not arguing creativity to get a desired creative result. I love hearing the term "overproduced". It's meant to be a dig, but for me it means a lot of effort was put into the project.
Otherwise we would just get everyone in the room at the same time, singers and musicians, perform it once and record it ...and whatever the results: "that's it!!" ... the most real and pure performance possible.
Too bad the tambourine guy dropped his tambourine midway into it though.
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