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really good job man. i have no idea on how to give you advice on doing better cuz i cant do it myself, so cant say anything there. great job with the guitar too! kudos!

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Jonpall!!!! This thread is supposed to be about ME ME ME!!! I guess I need to bring my mafia gang and shoot you up! :D:D

Just thought I'd another song from the same show:

Going Down by Jeff Beck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRxS9kYuz8g

I haven't been practicing singing lately, concentrating on putting my instrumental record together, and I guess it shows in my voice. Oh well...one can't have em all I gues..

Enjoy(?) :D

hey everyone, loooooong time!

just sharing a vdo of me singing 'Down to Mexico' by Paul Gilbert at a small club last week. Sorry for the poor quality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4BoDo-ok8U

Hey i think it's very good that you wrote in this thread. Please feel free to share any tribute to dio in here, this goes to others in TMV as well.

As for our show it was pretty big actually, but it was possible because we got some big name sponsorships. We covered around 20 songs in total, all the great songs were there - holy diver, temple of the king, children of the sea, all of them. It was an invitation based event becuz the sponsor wanted it that way, but we managed to invite 300 fans. It was greaaat, the biggest show of my life!

Your show looks awesome too man! very good guitar playing and the vocalist in the first clip sounds very good. I also loved the voice of the girl in temple of the king, she has this beautiful tone to her. and she's also very beautiful : ).

Great work man! Ronnie lives on!

This gets better and better, keep them coming Fahim.

Would it be possible for the singer to share his approach with us ? He obviously uses a hell of a support and

I don't know of others who can cover DIO that well.

PS. That LP custom is a gorgeous piece.

Thanks Thanos, will post as they come out of the processing room. We took the sound from the house board into a small 8-track recorder and post-processing it in the studio. The man behind this is the other guitarist who is playing the gorgeous Fender (its a Fender Eric Clapton Signature prototype, it never reached production...lucky bastard, and I pushed him to buy it when he was in doubt )

Anyway, which singer's approach did you want to know? The first one or the bass player one? I can tell you one thing I know - they are both untrained (meaning no formal lessons), and whatever minimal lessons they have had are in the eastern classical style, which involves learning/practicing while sitting down (and most of the time cross-legged or half-lotus position as well)...So I can pretty much tell you that they can't really break down how they are managing this .

I will try to talk to one of them to see if I can find anything.

BTW: the bassist-singer is one of the early pioneers of our metal scene, but my respect for him went up 10 times after this gig. The guy is a monster singer.

Here is 'Man on the Silver Mountain' by another vocalist from the same show:

BTW, I will use this thread to put on more videos from this show later. There is one other singer who I really like and want you guys to check out. :cool:

Jon, mate thanks again!!! I used to hang my guitar way up high earlier (easier to play legato lines that way) but I've lowered it a lot over the last few years, cuz frankly, (like it or not) it has an effect on people - thanks to one Mr. Jimmy Page . and yeah you should use the monitors that way, much easier and looks cool too . btw I checked out your 'for the love of god' solo and man it was really well done!

Bands like Dio, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, they were a HUGE part of our musical childhood growing up. Esp Iron Maiden & Metallica.

It was an excellent show you put on and I was thoroughly impressed with your playing skill. Nice fluid, like liquid metal.

Thanks mate!

Hehehe Thanos, that singer is a young kid (at least 5 yrs younger than me), and all these players are from different bands who came together for this special show. We auditioned him for this gig along with 2 more.

Fun fact: after a couple of weeks of this gig, we were hanging out at a release party of another band's album, and this kid says: 'Fahim bhai (big brother), will you please play permanently with us, we will pay you'...I rolled over laughing at the hilarious sincerity of him. LOL!

I am about to start jamming with them soon : )

and no, I am not taking any 'pay' lol :D

Hey everyone, just wanted to share 2 videos from a gig we did to pay tribute to Dio in July. It's pretty much a very big gig in our town, so just want to share my excitement with you. Ofcourse, I am not singing, just playing the guitar (white jackson, black sleeveless shirt). Enjoy!

Killing the Dragon

The Last In Line

man...really awesome!! loved it!!! I really don't have any suggestion on how you can improve it! man i love that slight rasp you have. thumbs up!

What a great song! kudos!

Jon, I can't open the file? May be you can upload it to youtube if you have a channel? or you can use boxnet as well?

really eager to listen/see it! :D

@ ron: you've got it(I believe )

@Daniel: Curbing = "mix" in SS terminology

Twang = pharyngeal in SS terminology

I believe that's accurate. :)

Hi! your voice sounds really good and strong. although progressive rock is not really my cup of tea, but I liked your voice overall. Also, seems your from India. In that case you are my neighbour :)

Hi Andrew, I liked the song. Your voice sounds nice and sweet. Liked your use of falsetto. Nothing to criticize really. Keep up the good work!

Hey Geno! really good work there...to my ears the track sounded professional and your voice was spot on, all the good things happening, no pitch issues, only one note, a high one, seemed like a bit strained. Also one thing i noticed was the music was a bit too loud for your voice to be heard nicely, esp towards the end of the track where more instruments come in. otherwise really really good stuff.

Also, must compliment on your acoustic guitar tone/recording. very crisp and sweet. what are you using (guitar & recording gear)

last question, what method of voice lessons are you using?

rock on mate!

(I haven't visited soundclick in sooooo long!)

No problem. Other people might disagree with what I said. But do listen to it again with those points in mind and see if you find them valuable. Have a nice day!

Hey Man, Doesn't matter at all. everyone has different view points and your review was really well thougth out and to the point! Thanks! But I don't know how I can fix my accent issues yet...my long island, NY resident friends don't hear it in me and neither do I, but I am sure it's there so I guess I will definitely take a look into it as soon as I fix the pitch/range issues!

Ron - thanks for the 'sounds like giovanni' comment. I have a big grin on my face after reading that ...

jonpall!!! that's one detailed review man!!! Thanks so much!!!!!

you rock! \m/!

and yes, your friend is right, this is the toughest rock song for me right now ...

thanks again!!!!

Thanks to every one for their kind comments!

any one else wants to lend a helping hand? :rolleyes:

Olem, then I think you should sing the intro as the original. I think you are being tired because of pulling chest and/or incorrect support & coordination. Actually, it can be quite more difficult to produce and sing in good powerful tones in the mixed voice - where this song is mostly at, compared to high, heady voices. I think it might have fallen into your passagio area, which is the area where the chest register/voice is ending but the head voice/register has not started yet. This is a often difficult area to master, but given your capabilities, you will soon master it. Just takes practice.

Ignore my comment on the song being written for the singer's specific middle voice. I will create even more confusion if I try to explain what's in my head because I am just a learner as well.

For the breath management, have you heard of Jamie Vendera's 'micro breath' concept? Try inhaling a very small amount of air before phrases or when you need to inhale, instead of the natural urge to taking in a lot of air. And then release it as slowly as possible while singing. I read the CVT book last night on breathing and it also gives you some really good ideas about breath manaagement, support and 'ending a phrase'. Go through that chapter

Rock On my friend!!!

Hey Olem...

Good Song and Good Job by you! I like your tone! You have a strong low-middle voice in this one!

First of all, the intro verse seemed to be one octave lower that you are singing it? I am not sure? can you check that again? or is there another layer of voice in the lower octave in the original recording?

To my ears you sound just a little bit pulling chest, but you are in the best position to tell that - are you feeling discomfort or soreness after the song? then maybe you should take another look on how to sing this song. To me the original song sounds like it's written for the middle/mixed voice of the singer, which might be different from yours, so you have to figure this out yourself - may be find out your passagio points in relation to the notes of this song and then find out the best coordination to hit those notes. I don't understant CVT terms yet so I can't explain to you how to do that. I use the infamous SS and MM by Manning and I would approach this song with a high-mixed voice, I would find out the problem notes and try to sing them first with 'Nay Nay Nay' and then bring in the words slowly.

But overall I really liked your voice. I also notice you have a nice vibrato and good control on your pitch. That really is something hard to do man!!!

And lastly, thanks for turning me to this song and band . Melodic rock rocks! \m/