What's the difference between backing and vocalist?

Backing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Back
  • (n.) The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.
  • (n.) That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability.
  • (n.) Support or aid given to a person or cause.
  • (n.) The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Arda Turan's deflected long-range strike puts Atlético back in control.
  • (2) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
  • (3) Recent data collected by the Games Outcomes Project and shared on the website Gamasutra backs up the view that crunch compounds these problems rather than solving them.
  • (4) Northern Ireland will not be dragged back by terrorists who have nothing but misery to offer."
  • (5) Patrice Evra Evra Handed a five-match international ban for his part in the France squad’s mutiny against Raymond Domenech at the 2010 World Cup, it took Evra almost a year to force his way back in.
  • (6) On the way back to Pristina later, the lawyer told me everything was fine.
  • (7) Names, and the absence of them, could be important Facebook Twitter Pinterest Don’t look back … Daisy Ridley’s Rey and John Boyega’s stormtrooper Finn.
  • (8) David Cameron has insisted that membership of the European Union is in Britain's national interest and vital for "millions of jobs and millions of families", as he urged his own backbenchers not to back calls for a referendum on the UK's relationship with Brussels.
  • (9) Critics say he is unelectable as prime minister and will never be able to implement his plans, but he has nonetheless pulled attention back to an issue that many thought had gone away for good.
  • (10) The water is embossed with small waves and it has a chill glassiness which throws light back up at the sky.
  • (11) Now, as the Senate takes up a weakened House bill along with the House's strengthened backdoor-proof amendment, it's time to put focus back on sweeping reform.
  • (12) Anxious mood and other symptoms of anxiety were commonly seen in patients with chronic low back pain.
  • (13) When you have been out for a month you need to prepare properly before you come back.” Pellegrini will make his own assessment of Kompany’s fitness before deciding whether to play him in the Bournemouth game, which he is careful to stress may not be the foregone conclusion the league table might suggest.
  • (14) Sterile, pruritic papules and papulopustules that formed annular rings developed on the back of a 58-year-old woman.
  • (15) A recent visit by a member of Iraq's government from Baghdad to Basra and back cost about $12,000 (£7,800), the cable claimed.
  • (16) Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated previous LBP or back pain in another location of the spine were strongly associated with LBP during the study year.
  • (17) Former lawmaker and historian Faraj Najm said the ruling resets Libya “back to square one” and that the choice now faced by the Tobruk-based parliament is “between bad and worse”.
  • (18) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
  • (19) Environment groups Environment groups that have strongly backed low-carbon power have barely wavered in their opposition to nuclear in the last decade, although their arguments now are now much about the cost than the danger it might pose.
  • (20) United believe it is more likely the right-back can be bought in the summer but are exploring what would represent the considerable coup of acquiring the 26-year-old immediately.

Vocalist


Definition:

  • (n.) A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As Brooklyn-based Sudanese vocalist Alsarah put it: "We came in as separate musicians, but we're now creating a little orchestra with a new sound – a Nile sound."
  • (2) It’s said to be a largely instrumental, ambient affair, though session vocalist Durga McBroom-Hudson piped up on social media recently to reveal that she had been in the studio with Gilmour last December and that there would be lead vocals on at least one track.
  • (3) It positioned Kelela as a significant new vocalist, her phrasing indebted to pop but somehow elegantly haunting.
  • (4) To recap, Beach House formed in 2004 when French-born Victoria, a theatre graduate, vocalist and organist, finished her studies and moved to Baltimore to pursue a music project with an old friend.
  • (5) Allen may not be one of the best vocalists around, but if she carries on being this engaging, hers might end up being one of the voices that cuts through.
  • (6) "Going from being a backing vocalist who learns someone else's material to teaching several people my material and being respectful of their ideas."
  • (7) By the end of the decade, Brian Wilson had left the band, as had vocalist Al Jardine, Carl had died of cancer, leaving Mike Love the sole original member, alongside Bruce Johnson, drafted in to replace Wilson after his mid-60s breakdown.
  • (8) He wanted a prominent female vocalist because "it's my mum speaking through me; a lot of my lyrics are written from a woman's point of view," but he also used her to achieve stark gender dissonance, for example when she sings "I'm a black man" on a thrillingly counterintuitive rock version of Public Enemy's Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos .
  • (9) The result is Aswan , named after the Egyptian city in which it was recorded, which includes six vocalists singing in 11 different languages, and performers from Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.
  • (10) It is the author's opinion that vocalists are also significantly affected by TMD.
  • (11) In addition to Armisen, the other members of the 8G Band include Syd Butler, lead bassist of post-punk band Les Savy Fav, and Eli Janney, a keyboardist, bass player and vocalist of post-harcore band Girls Against Boys.
  • (12) She is an incredible vocalist, plays drums, guitar, writes songs, makes films, designs clothes – even has her own clothes label: #www.selfesteem.love .
  • (13) The 60-year-old vocalist was not the only British artist with cause to celebrate.
  • (14) And it appears that the band – consisting of founder, lyricist and bassist Steve Harris, 57, 56-year-old guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers, 55-year-old vocalist Bruce Dickinson and 61-year-old drummer Nicko McBrain – have done it in the traditional way, using old fashioned graft and relentless touring.
  • (15) THE SONG THAT MADE ME WANT TO BE A VOCALIST Don't Turn Around by Aswad (1988) Aswad had other tracks but this was their best.
  • (16) Need U’s success was followed by albums from Rudimental and Disclosure, artists who blurred the roles of producer and live band while allowing for a constant carousel of guest vocalists.
  • (17) Griff Fender, best known as a vocalist for the 70s band The Darts, and dancer Laura Street have worked with Oily Cart for many years.
  • (18) Soon afterwards, he moved to London as vocalist with the Oscar Rabin band, but it did not work out - Manning missed Manchester and his girlfriend Vera, whom he was later to marry.
  • (19) The song, Africa Stop Ebola, features contributions from the Malian musicians Amadou & Mariam , Salif Keita , Oumou Sangaré and Kandia Kouyaté , the Guinean singers Mory Kante and Sia Tolno , the Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly , the Congolese vocalist Barbara Kanam and the Senegalese rapper Didier Awadi .
  • (20) Vocalist Durga McBroom-Hudson, who has toured with Gilmour and Pink Floyd, subsequently shared some further details.

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