Vocal production in pop music

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to provide an overview of vocal production methods that are commonly used in pop music. It is written as a guide for people who want to learn about vocal production in general or improve their skills as vocal producers. The thesis looks into the matters of vocal production that stay the same regardless of the musical genre and aspires to address the distinctive features of vocal production in pop music.

The majority of the data was collected by interviewing professionals in the industry, but also books and Internet sources were used to gather information about the subject. The thesis contains a media part of three songs where these methods have been put into practice, and a report that goes through the productions of these three work samples step by step.