Thanks so much Geno! I am planning on posting just the bare vocal track soon so that everyone can hear better where I'm having trouble. Reverb does wonders to mask all the tricky bits... ;)
Thank you David. I don't really have good control yet of my voice through the first passagio area but i'm trying to sing more again and strengthen the supporting muscles. I should do warm ups before singing too but always seem to just hit record and sing when i'm inspired in the moment.
Hey Olem, thanks for your honesty my friend. I did use far more reverb than i would normally use for sure. If you listen to the Journey version, Steve perry's voice is also very washed out with effects. It's almost like they only used the reverb aux return channels and took out the main vocal!
Well, i'm usually known as a Rob Halford (Judas Priest) style of singer but I do love to sing other genres as well. Here's me really trying to work on my head voice on the Luther Vandross song Dance With My Father.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loC_UfHLwBA
Hey all, it's been a LONG time since I sang or posted anything here so I wanted to share a track I recorded the other day. This is me trying to song the song Faithfully by Journey. I used a ton of reverb and compression on the vocals to try to emulate the Steve Perry sound on the actual recording. My natural vocal range breaks right where Steve Perry is comfortable so this was REALLY hard for me to do! Hope you will enjoy it and feel free to tell me where you can tell I'm struggling!
Thanks Geno. Style I may have but my actual "technique" needs a lot of work! I do tend to over-sing and push too hard. I wish I could win the lottery and then spend as much time on my singing as I'd like to with top vocal coaches. It's frustrating for me sometimes because I do think I have some good potential but I know I don't and can't devote as much time to getting any better as I should.
MUCH better on the second version Olem! Kudos to you for even attempting that song! It's on my list of songs I'd like to try one day. You ROCKED it!!!!
Hi Ricard. Thanks for listening and for your feedback. I've had a few comments on my vibrato and I agree that it needs to become more natural sounding. I've always had a wide vibrato but when I haven't sang in a while it does lose it's speed a little too much. I like knowing I can always get better! :)