Snejk

Hey Ron, a good ass kickin' might be needed at times haha. Good to see you again Singingnewbie; thanks for listening. The "No Time For Us" is half a cover of a Broder Daniel-song but I changed alot in the melody and made the piano arrangement/melody myself (the original is simple guitar strumming). Most of the songs on my SoundClouds are original songs however, only a few covers and when I cover I always change alot of things (because hey, why try to sound like someone else when you can sound like yourself instead? )

Thanks Vali It may be a cliché but it's true :> Can't really see myself as whole unless I sing ._.;

So, life has been tumultuous for a long time, for a long list of reasons and I decided to give up singing. However, as things slowly are getting better, I do see some light and with that comes the will to try and create music and sing. The voice needs constant maintenance and I have indeed lost ability, but hopefully I'll get it back and eventually become better So, this was an idea for a song that I came up with, it's only a verse and a bridge quickly recorded with my phone as to not forget the idea so I'm aware of the out of tune notes xD (Though, taking a break from music I must admit that my pitch has become worse ) It's in Swedish though so bear with me xD There are no high notes at all. Quick translation, pretty much everything is lost in translation and without the rhymes, oh well Hope you're all doing well, I hope to start posting here again, provided life continues to improve :> --- Have you forgotten the sun That may have burnes you at times When you reached too far Have you forgotten that life lives within you? Frozen solid, for thousands of years Preserved so cold a dream and a fall Have you forgotten how life lives within you? Nothing turns out to be what you expect it to be Turn around, there's your friend Those who once were there, will still be there for you If you'd only try again So when you see the road the one that leads you forward the one that leads you home Do remember then, that life lives within you?

That was indeed deliberate :3 The Highwaymen consisted of Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash singing one verse each. So, while I can't match four unique voices, I could attempt to make it more varied and interesting by altering my voice a bit and add some different harmonies (like the falsetto harmony in the last verse). Singing the four verses with the same timbre, the same exact melody and no harmonies would not only bore the crap out of me, but also be boring to listen to :p

Well MDEW, Linda Ronstadt maybe didn't have my mindset :> A lot of people never doubt themselves. I think I am an amazing singer but there are 13 a dozen of those and it takes much more to reach out. And I don't think that I have "it", yet. Ron; Yeah. I do not know why people are like that. One part of me believes it's jealousy; alot of people lack the creativity or haven't dared to explore it. Another part of me believes that people ACTUALLY believe in the crap they say. Jim; Thanks Though I must say, I don't think I ever put more emotion into a song than I did in this. The first verse is a bit fragile and contemplating, the second and third more assertive and statementish and then I sang the fourth one light, airy, curious and brittle. This is the second song I ever sung where I actually made myself tear up when listening ; *PRETENTIOUS_GUY_84*

Thanks MDEW! And yeah you're both right, I've gotten many comments lately about "doing things the wrong way", either because I do something that's not metal or because I sing things different than the original I think it's a limiting way to reason. Not sure how I would go about it and to be frank (but not entirely Zappa), while I do think I pulled it off well, I don't think it's good/special enough to warrant that :p

Thanks Ron! I did put a bit more effort into the mix this time and tried not to super-overdo reverb/delay like I always do, simply because the song really moved me and I think I sang it well enough for my voice to carry it without too much FX this time :3 This song is no technical challenge but I think a full F#5 in chest or whatever is easy as crap compared to trying to tell a story where you try to feel every word you sing. Subjective thing though, since others may think it sounds emotionless while others don't, either way, practicing that more now :P

A friend showed me this song today and said I should cover it my way. The song is pretty awesome, four country legends doing their stuff Usual disclaimer, I can't mix at all. Please tell me what you think :3 https://soundcloud.com/archdementh/highwayman-cover

Thanks. Plenty of goosenfrabe for you in there I reckon ;D "Redneck engineering", why does that make me think of a father and his brother/son, both named Cletus, hammering nails into electric outlets? xP

So I posted this on youtube with a video to it (just took me ages...) :3 I did some thing different with it, also, I sing it in Swedish. The lyrics are written by Jan-Ã…ke Rickard. Please listen with an open mind :3 I tried to sing lighter, more tenor-like here. (Anecdote; I McGyver'd the pop filter :>) Best Regards

Unfortunately not, new projects keep piling up But I'll pick it up soon.

Oh, yeah, now I becomes clear xD Jack Nicholson's eyebrows never lie :>

I've heard enough country to know that it's just as technically challenging as anything Specifically I heard a Garth Brooks song that really stretches the lows AND highs... Aye, I will continue to write original stuff and do it my way since I am glad that I have found "my" way... The second band audition for a metal band of really skilled musicians on thursday, and it would be so awesome to be in a band again where I don't have to imitate Dickinson Herman; I hear you, I was actually a bit "hmm" in regards to it myself. But when recording I just try stuff out that I have not planned, like that part which is going from falsetto to full chest without break or register-flip. But that would be the one part I'd redo if I could The guitar sound though, I have no opinion about other than the dynamic shift from the acoustic, that I like :P

Thanks! You got that spot on, it might not be as evident when you're down in the rabbit hole and hope was a friend who now is impossible to get ahold of.. But when you're back on your feet and clear in mind, you realize that you are stronger than before and that there is a reason that you eventually did surmount the dire.. Sorry to hear about your year :/ Hopefully you are all back on track now Glad you liked them :> I do my best to sing as if I tell story, not just putting tones to the words. I use some frail semi-crackly voice in the first verse which I think is suitable. The part in the song that I gave myself a pat on the shoulder for is the part after "lightning up the skiiiies", I love the falsetto harmonies in it :> But I am curious, what spot was it that you'd have liked to hear differently, I am curious The highest notes are in falsetto, so it's not a big feat at all. My highest falsetto note is pretty much the most common roof note for males (unless you count whistle, which I don't) :P

I've always been curious about that, are you fluent in German? You mention "gosenfrabe" sometimes and consitently perplexed by that which I am unable to fathom, I sometimes ponder the question; "who is this Gosenfrabe, and more importantly, where did his legend begin?". Oh Mr Gosenfrabe, a man so mythical, shrouded in the mist of a man's mind - never far away, but always out of grasp.. *sighs*... Oh well, that's enough retarded nonsense from me, however I do find your keen sense of picking up the subtleties in languages fascinating. Not a common trait in the States from my experience. Our months have some vague similaries then; Jah-nu-A-rih, JU-nih, deh-CEM-behr etc.

Alright, I see where you're coming from :3 I view covering more like paying tribute to a song that made a special impact on me. That's why I do embellish the hell out the songs Some like it, some don't, but it's important for me to "make the song my own" in a sense. But I do understand your point of view. I guess I spent too many years failing to sing the high chest notes that my idols could hit and I just gave up and became a pretentious douche instead xP Joking aside, I've learned a lot by attempting to imitate the sound a singer have with just one rule - it must never hurt.

I'll get to recording one in the days coming Thanks Adolph :>

Aye.. That's why I feel a bit bad when people only cover songs and try to imitate the original singer, not adding anything of their own be it their own voice or harmonies/alterations. If that's what people love, then that's what they should do, but if one wants to improve and grow with the singing then those shackles must come off. My humble opinion of course. Country nowadays is even more obscure than Black Metal it seems. Shame, because country can be really good. Most songs I do, I think "I hope people will like this, I know I do.", nothing wrong with that because I still do my thing, but this particular song I did set the ego aside and tried to get something more real into the song, so while I do love people's feedback, the ego was not part of creating the song. Dynamics = what I value the most. As I've said, I don't want to have just one voice, I want a hundred xD

Hah, that was the driest pun ever xD Most non-Swedes pronounces Snejk as "snedgk". Always makes me smile That's quite an analysis I love Bryan Adams (or, well, the two songs I've heard from him xD). No idea how Timberlake sounds though, I think he's a part of The Lonely Island? I like doing covers so long as I can make them "mine", adding and changing stuff (usually fans call it "butchering" ), but I prefer originals way more Going to cover Bridge Over Troubled Water as soon as I can muster some energy, always wanted to do that one.

When things were at it's worst, I tried desperately to hold on to my singing but even that abandoned me.. Was a really scary period... But I got through it and I am smarter and hopefully a bit wiser now :> Singing is never about how good you are, that's just the ego, but it's, for me, a way to feel something genuine and some sort of brief clarity that I can't feel in other ways. Man that sounded pretentious! xD So long as you love what you do, that's all the reason you need right? :D

Aawww! Damnit, missed a spotlight chance xD What's a redux? :O

You have a good base voice and once tamed I think you will have a very wide range. I think you need to find support though; most notes sound wobbly and "unsure".. When you do find it, pitch will improve automatically. Diaphragm, that's where I would start :> Keep up the good work :>

Thanks a lot guys :> I'm doing my best to preserve a clean voice :}

I think I posted some half-done version/mix of this or so earlier, not entirely sure, but either way, I finally got around to put it on YouTube with the lyrics... The instrumental and mix was done by Vinni, a friend from the other side of the globe. Please take a listen if you have a few spare minutes, would mean a lot. This song is about my 2013, the hardest year in my entire life thus far, where the walls all came down at the same time and I was not far from calling it a day. It's always a big decision, you know, wether to put one's private self up for public view, but I figured, meh, I have a lot of regrets, but I will not be ashamed of who I once was, who I am today and who I will be tomorrow. Best regards...