The thing with musicians are that there are so many talented musicians out there who can straight up show up and sight read a complex piece they never played before and put it on a record. Many who will work for free or close to it as a result of this saturation of talent. You could probably go on instagram and book a singer for your work by the afternoon.
That depends on if its faster to come up with the prompts to sing the song you are imagining in your head as a producer versus just hiring a cheap singer. Sometimes yes sometimes no I’d expect is the answer to this question, and given uncertainty some people do pay extra for certainty. Musicians pay extra for marginal quality gains too. If it was all just a race to the bottom all fender and gibsons would be made in China because no one cares, but thats not the case. American models that are sonically almost the same sometimes as a cheaper made in japan or thailand model command premiums due to the perceived quality.
