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It's a bit too staccato for my taste. I couldn't tell if I liked the whiny sound or not, but it's definitely your style. Pitch sounded good, I just didn't like how you cut the notes and punched the words out. Just a little too abrupt for me to enjoy it. I WANTED MORE! Instead of thinking like . . . . . ., maybe the phrases should be like ----\_____/----- instead of so dotted. That's my .02 though GL man, brave of you to put that out here ^^

Sounds to me like you're struggling with keeping your throat open. I hear you pinching the higher stuff because you're closing down the throat. (sounds nasally and pinched). When you add the distortion you're opening more and that's why it sounds cooler ^^. It's the clean stuff that sounds pinched a little. Keep your throat open, and don't close down the vowel sounds. Good luck bro!

Hey Nik, it sounds to me like you're not opening your throat enough. Your tone sounds very good. I could hear you having some trouble with your bridge in a couple places but you were good to "trick" us by quickly flipping into each register. Practice blending registers while opening your throat and still keeping that "pointy" edge to the sound. Opening the throat has been a tough one for me to even understand, what it feels like to me is letting go of the muscles to hold the tone in place (i.e. strain) and instead using a different set of muscles (i.e. tension). It almost feels like you're inhaling the tone. Opening the throat will help you bridge easier but remember not to lose the pointy sound just because you're opening more. Sounds decent man, love your accent :)

It sounds a bit closed and strained. Especially the high parts. I think you're using the vibratto as a release valve to access the higher notes and it seems a bit out of control. Very tough song, and some of it was very pleasing. I would say to cut some of the vibratto and not to over sing it as much. I think you're pushing your voice a little too hard so it becomes harder to manage. Keep the connection of your full voice, but don't lean into it as hard (it sounds like you're leaning into it by pushing, I think if you want to lean into it, you have to compress the chords more not stretch them harder. I think you're going in the opposite direction when trying to lean into the pressure on the chords). Nice job man. Takes guts to put something on here, especially a Journey song!

The overdrive in your voice is awesome and very satisfying. Remember also, plant pretty much lost his voice and can't hit those notes very well anymore. The twanging will protect your voice. The overdrive you're creating not only sounds amazing, but healthy. Try to keep the twang as you go lower in pitch, it sounds like you're covering the sound a little bit on the lower notes. (wanted a woman never bargained for you.) The end of this sentence gets a little covered and loses the twang. Not sure if this is what you were going for, if it's a style you were going for then it's all good! The song is a little tight in the beginning, then it gets much better, then you get fatigued towards the end. I would say, the approach on the song is perfect, and not to worry about the fatigue (just don't overpractice it so you're starting to strain). Your bridging constantly, does it feel easier with the twanged sound? I find that twanging thins out the sound a bit more and takes the pressure off the voice and gives more freedom. That's why it's important to maintain it on the lower notes, if you don't do the bottom right, the top becomes harder. I don't have MSN, but I have AIM if you want to chat. Maybe you can give me a few pointers as well!

MUCH BETTER. I love the tone you have on this. I can tell that you're fatiguing towards the end. TWANG IT MORE! I'm not sure but I think you might be singing a little too hard on the bottom so it pulls a little bit on the higher pitches. For the record, you're a better singer than I am ^^ I'm assuming this is a new way of approaching this type of song for you. If it is, keep practicing it like this to strengthen this part of your voice. Absolutely amazing man.

well don't get confused with moving the sound back into your throat, if you do that you are letting go of the resonance and compression. I think what Jamie means is you compress the chords more (check out the hum listed by Mr. Robert Lunte on youtube). The sound doesn't travel back into your throat, you have to have a balance between the compression of the chords and your narrowing of the throat when twanging AS WELL AS the placement in the mask. If you let off the gas as you go up to focus on the back of the throat you slip back into a more operatic and hollow sound. Keep that forward placement and twang the chords more, you'll have a "pingy" sound and the ability to distort. ALSO the passaggio becomes easier because the twanged sound isn't too thick so as to get trapped in chest voice. I think the hard part about understanding singing these higher rock pitches is getting the compression of the chords by twanging and placement in the mask, it's a back and forward feeling at the same time so it's very contradictory imo.

Check this link. The AC/DC stuff starts at 7:10 and I think there's some at the end too. You can clearly hear that he's in a strong head voice/falsetto with some extreme twang and he's keeping his throat open (which gets rid of the pinched sound). Twang is easy to distort, in fact I find it hard not to. There are a lot of threads on twanging on this forum so you can look it up I hope this helps man, you have an awesome chest voice and lower mix, it would be sweet if you could figure this higher mix/powerful head voice thing out. Looking forward to your next submission of songs!

Johnny, I love your bed of roses. I think you're confused on how to get the rasp of the AC/DC stuff so you're letting go of your connection and getting a weak falsetto/gravel. Basically, it's too easy and you can hear it right away. The pitch isn't clear, and it sounds like your voice is hiding next door I would say if you want to sing these songs convincingly you're going to have to not only twang the crap out of them, but also keep your throat open. I hope this helps man. Keep rockin!

good tone. Powerful sound, maybe get a bit closer to the mic and cut your sound a little bit to give yourself some more freedom. You may be singing it a bit too hard so it's hard for you to move around vocally. It sounds to me like you're closing your throat on some of the consonants and when you go higher in pitch. Sing the song more, and use a mirror to watch the back of your throat and make sure you keep it open! (easier said than done heh). Nice job, your guitar playing is awesome, and you have a very pleasant sound.

I think the low parts are awesome. You have a great sound. As you go higher, you're letting your throat close off and straining a bit. Keep that throat open! Use a mirror and watch your throat tighten up as you go higher and find a way to reverse it. Awesome job man.

I agree with the pitch issues. I'm a bit tone deaf myself Onto the vocals. I like how you're opening your throat, I think that's what's letting you go high without breaking, however you're also covering the sound to make it darker (might be messing with your pitch a bit, basically Kermit the frog sound). I'm also not sure, but I think you're over singing a bit so you're losing control of the sound. Work your support, and sing lightly but firmly! Get rid of Kermit, sing a little lighter, and connect the voice with your support a bit more. That's my advice Love the pic man, you look so happy :)

Disclaimer: I'm still learning myself. Your singing is probably better than mine That being said, it sounds to me like you're holding back the air and getting good closure of the chords. Some of it sounds a bit pinched though. Maybe maintaining more of an open throat the whole time would allow for more resonance and get rid of the tightness in the sound. There are some awesome moments in the song where I think you sound outstanding. I can hear the musical theater in your voice, I think it comes out as a sort of "covered" sound which I don't like in the genre of the song you're singing. Get rid of the covered sound, and open your throat more. That's my advice. Good singing to you! Love the song! -Trev

The AC/DC song sounds like you're trapped in your head voice. It also sounds like some breath is escaping in the tone. I would almost say it sounds like falsetto and a bit fake. Nice attempt at it, but to be more authentic it needs to be brought down into more of a mix instead of being so high.