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Freudian slip? :D

Nice job Julia, although I wish the sound quality of the recording was better. :)

Nice! Fantastic ending man :)

I liked it. You have a nice tone when your voice comes more forward and up higher. Your low tones seem to sink and move back and get too weak compared to the higher notes. You have a great voice and I would love to hear it all with that same resonance and strength Very nice.

It isn't about tone. Your tone is good. It's about technique. At around 11 seconds you sing the word "sky" and sing it staccato or like an arpeggio. Breath control will help coordinate that into a smooth legato or modulation. Most of the rest of the song, although not bad, could benefit from some work on vowels. The "ee" was very...well... "ee." Or more like eeee! Work on vowels and controlling the breath more to support the notes. Actually you added an "a" at the ends of the ee. "Feel" became "Feeeal." The tone is good. Technique. :)

In Japan there is a philosophy known as Kaizen. The philosophy is based on continuous improvement. No matter how good we are or how much we improve the path is (or at least we should view it as) never ending. Always strive to improve. That's what keeps you sharp! ;)

I think I need some sort of rubber stamp or something. Can you just put me down for a permanent "Nice Job?' If I had one small critique it would be at 43 seconds the word "alone." The a at the start of that word seemed (to me) a little tight or pinched. It seemed that way on most of the matching notes to that one throughout the song. A tiny bit forced. C'mon....I have to critique something. I can't let you get away with a perfect recording everytime!! (sure...look at me critiquing notes I can't even get close to ) You have the right tone for this stuff man....nice.

I think you're trying too hard to sound like James Hetfield and it is making the vocals forced, tight and too throaty. There is no support there especially on the chorus'. The chorus completely loses power and doesn't match the rest of the song vocally....again, no support, which also made it go flat and off pitch. I think that if you learn to support more, add some better enunciation and then sing it more like "you" and less like Hetfield, you would be on the right track. That really sounded harsh on the throat. Somewhere in there is a decent tone. You need to work on that But I am only one opinion. Others may vary :)

Hi Cody, I know that you want to sing. You can do it but it will take work. Not because you sing bad and for you it will take a lot, that is not what I mean. It takes a lot for anyone to learn to sing. I have been singing for a long time and seriously learning/studying for the last almost year and a half and I am still working at it and "trying." It''s a slow process. But you are very young so have the time to do this right before you end up untrained and injured. I noticed some thing and to me it is an important point. KillerKu posted a response to you with advice and exercise possibilities. This is important stuff. It is a bump in the right direction, not a cure all. It is a sign post telling you where to go to learn to sing. How to get "started." However, in your next post you don't seem to be focused on the exercises and where to learn more or how to get instruction or how to get started; what you ask is about song choice!! Wrong answer young man. Song choice was mentioned (actually I went back and re-read the thread and can't find it) but that was just a casual mention I believe. It is least important at this point. The best song choice in the world isn't going to teach you anything. I know this is very cliche but...a house won't stand without a good foundation. You must build that first. If you don't you will fail at some point. My suggestion is to forget about song choice for awhile and forget about posting a better song. Figure out how to get started "learning" and then get to work. Then in a few months try another attempt at a song utilizing your new techniques. If I put you in the ring to box and you got whipped because you don't know how to punch or set up a strategy. Or you couldn't fight. A new opponent isn't going to fix anything. You need to learn for awhile before fighting at all. Only sparring and practice. Nothing real. Same with singing. Only spar....practice songs, scales, pitch. No attempts at posting productions for praise. Learn techniques first. If you keep on going in the direction of just trying to sing how you are doing it now you will only develop bad habits that become extremely difficult to break and could actually hurt you. Buy a book...get a coach. Study the techniques section here. get out of the Critiques section for awhile. Good luck and get to work. :)

That was very good. I saw Phantom on Broadway with my wife many years ago with the original cat. One of my favorite Broadwy shows. Well...out of all two Broadway shows that I've seen. Great song and great job Broaught back memories.

Yea, that was excellent George. And your right about the guitar solo, nice job. The vocals were right on the mark. Nothing wrong as far as what I hear...really good job. Nailed it. Run to The Hills is definitely something I'd like to hear.

There's an idea I'll have to mull the whole thing over. I have to find the right song. But you have a good idea as far as guitar goes.

By the way, I have been contacted by my cohort in this video with a request to do another one. However I am on the fence at the moment. His choices are Hoodoo Man by Junior Wells and Messin' With The Kid also by Junior Wells. I lean toward Messin With The Kid but it's still kind of blah to me. I would like to do "Trouble No More" by Muddy Waters (but more in the style of the Allman Brothers version) but can't get a good backing track. We found one that fits but it just isn't right to me. I can't find the phrasing or the right timing. Also it is too much like a "backing track." It leaves a lot of room for other instruments, guitar fills and solos etc. Too much of just a rhythm track. Boring to me....lacks excitement. We'll see....maybe we'll find something to do soon. At the moment I am waiting for a new cable for my mic. It broke. from always being twisted as you can tell from the video. I am swinging it to unravel it and get it off of the headphone cables so as not to knock them off my head :D

Ehh hem. Thanks for saving me the typing ;)

Your hell will be an eternity with failed comedians and bad jokes :lol:

Wow....my video has been resurrected!! Thanks KillerKu and Mivke. Much appreciated :cool:

I don't know anything of your story, nor how you may have sung before your problems so I have no home base for which to compare your progress. All I can say is I'm happy you are coming along and seemingly getting better. It's good to hear that you are singing. Don't push it. baby steps. I think Unchained Melody may have been a stretch. I don't know if I would choose to sing that coming off an injury or with a vocal issue. And it sounded tight, like it hurt. Go easy man. :)

Nice job Sound26. I agree with Ron on some of the trailing words although I would say the notes are trailing. It was on pitch enough. It's difficult to say without the music backing your vocals but it almost sounded like you weren't sure of all the words or maybe you were reading them? That sort of took away from the flow of the melody a little. I noticed a couple of bumps in the road as far as lyrics and maybe one or two spots where the phrasing went off time. That is what made me think you didn't "own" that. Mostly the last 1/4 of the song. But all and all, good job on a song I personally find boring as hell from a band I could never understand how they were so popular :D

I listened to three songs on your channel and liked them all as far as your singing voice goes. Very nice voice. I like it. If I had to say anything in the way of critique it would be commitment. Somehow just a little something was missing. Like you didn't commit yourself enough to certain notes. Almost like you were a bit shy or afraid to let go. But nice stuff. Really nice voice :)

Ok...I can be secretly heard singing along to Pink in my car....there I said it!!! I really like Pink even though that is far from my genre. So you want feedback? I have no feedback for that. The only thing I can do after listening to that is make a request. I request more of it! Feedback....HA! You must be joking. It's all good girl. That was great I'll be singing along to you soon ;)

You're on your way! Stick around, ask questions, research, study, practice and sing, sing, sing and then sing some more. There's nothing else to do but improve. But you get out what you put in ;)

I understand that. But I'm not talking about latency or syncing. I'm talking about sound and resonance. It's stuck in your nose and that is only a matter of learning how to direct it and how to breath. It's only a matter of singing education. :)

You're very young and so have lots of time to develop. Start at the beginning...the very bottom, take your time, practice allot, step by step. I would say to first learn how to breath and connect the breath with your voice; while at the same time learn how to direct your voice (placement) to the correct places so it sounds best and more resonant. When I watch your video it is strange because I see your mouth moving but at the same time it doesn't seem like the sound is coming out of your mouth. It is as if it is dubbed. It seems as if your nose is doing the singing. All the sound sounds stuck and stiff like you are holding it back. It all seems to be stuck in your nose. You need to breath and let the air carry your voice to the proper places within your headspace. Resonate. Right now you are trying to let sound out while at the same time holding it back and that ain't workin' !

I wouldn't call it a fault just sort of a wobble and to my ears sounded a little off from the rest of the notes. Not pitch, but maybe support. Just a little weakeness at the beginning of the word. I am not at a computer where I can listen to it again right now and give a better discription; but I listened a couple of times after I heard it. It just sort of wobbled a little. But again, as I said....to my ears Maybe to others it was nothing. To me it was just a slight mismatch compared to the notes in the rest of the song. Like it lost a little support at the start of the word and that made it a littl unsteady or less controlled. Just a little....that's why I had to listen a few times. :)

Sounded good Enander. A little airy but for me that isn't a problem. However I know others here don't go for that. I think it adds some interest if used right. There is a difference between a mistake and an effect I think it fit the song. The only iffy spot for me was the word "free" somewhere around 18 secs in. Not bad just a little weaker than the rest. Nice though. An eery sound You are headed in a good direction I think.