Rate the vocalist scale

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Originally Posted by TheFish

So the resolution of the scale 0.0 to 10.0.
0.0 == good ( maybe even Great) vocalist.
1.0 == good to fine.
2.0 == indifferent
etc. etc.
down to 10.0 == almost Hammillistic perfection (ie: fingernails on a chalkboard)

ok, first off, props for being a geek and counting from 0. lol

However, I have two major issues with this scale. First, I agree with whoever said this scale is upside down. Think of it out of context: "This singer is really a zero, man." Does that sound like a good thing? lol

And my other major beef is that there are two important factors to consider with vocalists. One is the quality of the voice and the other is the quality of the singing. Hammill has a terrible voice, but is a good singer. Same for Todd Rundgren. There are many examples of bad singers with pleasant voices. I just don't think you can get away with a single number for this scale, but splitting it makes it too complicated. I think it would be easier to just go back to trying to figure out a definition for "prog" ;-)