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Someone at NIN.com asked Q via Facebook why the vocals are so quiet and then posted her response verbatim. Think we should mention it in the article? --[[User:Leo3375|leo3375]] 22:14, 6 May 2010 (PDT)
 
Someone at NIN.com asked Q via Facebook why the vocals are so quiet and then posted her response verbatim. Think we should mention it in the article? --[[User:Leo3375|leo3375]] 22:14, 6 May 2010 (PDT)
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:[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=574684788&v=wall&story_fbid=412503734788&ref=mf It's here] but she's deleting the account soon. Quoted:
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Q, the music to A Drowning is beautiful, and so are the vocals, but I feel the vocals were in a safe place. I was
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expecting you to bust out towards the end with all the violence and panic that a real drowning would entail. You
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made a drowning sound so peaceful. However, you are doing well, and it is still a song that I will listen to."
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Q: "actually ... i sang like a broken woman. when i am really in a sad place i become very quiet, never violent...
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so for me, personally, i felt like i sang true to the song's emotions. how could i not? i wrote it. even when you are
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in a violent state of drowning no one hears you 'scream' because youre underwater and by then you lose all oxygen and power and cant make a
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sound. right?"
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:Personally, I would ass to the new HTDA questions article, although it wasn't part of the set - it's saved here now, so we can discuss without fear of it vanishing at any rate. [[User:Sheepdean|sheepdean]] [[User_talk:Sheepdean|Try to speak as clearly as you can]] 23:47, 6 May 2010 (PDT)

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this song goes well right before the song "Lights in the Sky". similar ambiance and theme (i.e. drowning). "Lights" seems to be Trent's response to "A Drowning".

Unless Q, Trent, or HTDA confirm it, this shouldn't be mentioned in the article.--leo3375 21:43, 5 May 2010 (PDT)

Vocals

Someone at NIN.com asked Q via Facebook why the vocals are so quiet and then posted her response verbatim. Think we should mention it in the article? --leo3375 22:14, 6 May 2010 (PDT)

It's here but she's deleting the account soon. Quoted:
Q, the music to A Drowning is beautiful, and so are the vocals, but I feel the vocals were in a safe place. I was
expecting you to bust out towards the end with all the violence and panic that a real drowning would entail. You
made a drowning sound so peaceful. However, you are doing well, and it is still a song that I will listen to." 
Q: "actually ... i sang like a broken woman. when i am really in a sad place i become very quiet, never violent...
so for me, personally, i felt like i sang true to the song's emotions. how could i not? i wrote it. even when you are
in a violent state of drowning no one hears you 'scream' because youre underwater and by then you lose all oxygen and power and cant make a
sound. right?"
Personally, I would ass to the new HTDA questions article, although it wasn't part of the set - it's saved here now, so we can discuss without fear of it vanishing at any rate. sheepdean Try to speak as clearly as you can 23:47, 6 May 2010 (PDT)
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