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  1. ​ I don't, sorry. I don't always do the belting type of sound live, just something I've occasionally noticed live and at rehearsal.
  2. In my limited experience (and I've read this term used in a few places as well), it has a lot to do with vowel modification...it feels like a more open and big sound when I belt. I've only recently been experimenting with it at rehearsal and occasionally at gigs I try it in certain places (I also always find it much easier to do in the first half of a set than in the second although that may be due to not being used to the muscle movements and getting tired from it easily or using too much of something). But because of the open vowel sound, diction seems to suffer a bit so it tends to work better in heavier sections of music but I've heard singers who have great diction and they get that sound...one of my favourites in this regard is Joe Lynn Turner (although I don't like much of the music he does) but when he sings ballads, he still sounds open, big and melodic. I don't know if I've made much sense with this post in explaining the sound that I'm after because I am not really a very trained singer, so I don't know too many technical terms. When I sing in the range from G4 to B4, it sounds a bit more pinched/squeezed than I'd like. If you check out this song from 2:25 to 2:47 and compare it to a JLT (Rainbow) song like "Street of Dreams" and "Can't Let You Go" you'll see what I mean...this is not a plug, I swear, only trying to demonstrate what I mean. In this song, in the time period I mention, I hit a B4 around 2:47 and it sounds a bit more pinched and less open/big than I'd like. And I know it's not a voice type thing because I've hit that big, open sound in rehearsals or gigs sometimes. I just wanted to know if there are some exercises that can help me do that more consistently and whenever I want (and still be able to do the piercing high thing when I want THAT sound). Thanks for reading through this dense, inarticulate post.
  3. Not really sure but in terms of what notes I can sing regularly, I think it's E2 to B5.
  4. Hahaha! That was really descriptive, the bit about that mythical critic. But he doesn't really exist. It's just a different type of sound that I've noticed lately that I get into from time to time and I wanted to find out if there was a way to practice and be able to do it consistently, whenever needed. It's always good to have different tonal options, don't you think? Thanks so much for the kind words on my music and singing. It's going really well actually, we managed to find our way into Prog Magazine, Rolling Stone (India) and a bunch of other publications and wesbsites and almost all reviews have been very positive
  5. Hi people, I've always been a pure head voice singer but lately, I don't like the thinner tone of it that much. I've occasionally slipped into belting (esp live and at rehearsal) without consciously trying to and what I realized was that you can't go much above C#5 with that technique but it does sound fuller/heavier. It also seems a bit harder to have great diction when compared to the pure head voice technique. But I'm really taken by the sound, so it would be awesome to be able to make a smooth connection of belting till C#5 and then switch seamlessly to the more piercing head voice sound. As you can tell from the above, I'm not a trained singer at all though I've read some literature and seen some videos. What are some good ways to start on belting so I start doing it more naturally and on establishing the seamless connection between that and the thinner head voice thing for very high notes? Thanks!
  6. Very nice singing overall. Some parts were quite impressive, esp the gritty singing and the more full-voiced passages after.   I can't talk much in technical terms but it sounds to me also like the transition from a fuller sounding tone to the breathy, falsetto type sound or vice-versa could stand to be more seamless. I find that learning some Jeff Buckley tunes really helps a lot with dynamics, especially specific to songs of this type.   Btw I love Radiohead, esp this album (OK Computer).
  7. Nice one.   I'd like to hear, in general, a stronger tone, a more open vocal passage and less nasal resonance and to keep the softer approach as a way of adding dynamic quality to the performance, not as the main sound. Hope this helps. Cheers!
  8. ronws - Thanks a lot!   I think we were surprised by the quality of sound at the venue; never occurred to us to try and record the show. Also 'cos we' recently had a bad experience where we got some video guys in, paid them a bunch of money and the in-house sound guy wasn't co-operative, so we basically ended up paying them for some very nice videos with different angles and horrible sound. So I guess that's put the thought out of our minds.   But you're right...would've been very nice if we'd recorded off the board. Oh, well.
  9. Hello folks,   This is a cellphone video someone shot of me covering this Judas Priest song at one of my band's shows. As always, looking forward to your opinions, both positive and otherwise  Cheers!  
  10. I've heard a fair bit of Kiss (though not really a fan)...I do like Paul Stanley's voice on record a lot though. Never heard this song before but it sounds really nice the way you do it, esp the 2nd verse And your tone is really lovely. Keep it up.
  11. Brian McKnight is one of my favourite "current" soul singers. You have a nice tone but I think intonation is slightly hit and miss especially when you do some of the runs....as Killer Ku suggested earlier, the best way is to work through each individual run slowly and then bring it up to speed. In my experience, often with an intricate vocal part it's not the part itself standalone that's hard but coming to it in real time during the song and going to the next part accurately (just like with tapping or sweep picking licks on guitar), so it's important to practice with the rest of the song as much as possible too. All the best!
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