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Very nice gritty voice here. I wish i had that rasp. Yeah, it´s a little showing off and a little bit "too much", hehe, but i understand your intention here, i think, to show many different sides of your voice, i have seen you doing this before in another thread. Your voice is fantastic and i would like to hear you in a full song where you are highly motivated, i think that would be something extra.

Really nice singing, Jonpall, you sounded great. The mix could be improved, especially the kick drumming was a little disturbing for me.

Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. What can i say. When i listen to great music i just feel great. I felt really great listening to this, there were no disturbances whatsoever. If i really scrutinized it, maybe i would found something that could be improved. But i don´t like to sit and sharpen my senses, just relax and enjoy my music. Fantastic singing, Max.

Yep, Aaronsdoc, you have the solution to master this song, more support and also try to relax a bit more, not the easiest thing to do though, i know, hehe. But, it sounded very promising and very Layne Staley-ish. Keep practising.

I enjoyed it very much until the chorus, there i think it sounded too dull and dopy, you need to brighten the sound a little more IMO. But you did a good job, both of you.

Ok, Ron, thanx for your answer. I don´t exactly understand what you mean by "Notice how you are bridged by the time you sing "run for your lives." Could you explain that further, Ron, because when i sing "run", actually i don´t know if i bridge, i just try to thin out and add more cry, i don´t know this "bridge" feeling. But to change the vowel more to "eh" than "ih" in "hills" i understand and that may help, though i think i already tried it.

Wow, what a great version, Igor, your Ah-cry gave me chills. i give you 98/100 for this version. I think you could work a little on the Oo-falsetto part before the Ah-falsetto part. I send you an example to show you what i mean, because it´s so difficult to explain with words.

https://www.box.com/s/qjlyma08m7nv2m7fg5mn

Hello, there!

I have been away for awhile, alot of work lately among other things. But, i always have time to sing some tunes. I am going back to one of my favourite songs, i really want to nail this song one day. So, i hope to get some valuable critique and information here on this excellent forum and i am sure i will get it, i always does. One thing i know of and have noticed myself is that in the beginning of the chorus on the "Run to the hills" part i get to dull, too choked on the "hills", i can´t get it to sound good, not as free and resonant as Bruce. Any tips there? All tips on this tune are welcome. Thanx in advance.

https://www.box.com/s/fsro5txvsvntqmi8rqy8

Max, I envy your really gritty "A"-sounds; like "As the sun [...]" and "shAtters"!

I'm having minor troubles with it myself, and I'd be happy if you'll write a sentence or two of how you do it.

All in all, Flight of Icarus was greatly (!) done, and therefore I shall be rather tough on you.

1. "And a young boy appears" has a wonderfully thick, almost operatic, timbre. It's way too good not to adopt that particular timbre unto every lower note. The earlier counterpart "Above the ground" does not have it, and it lacks the magic you conjure later on.

2. Your performance is kind of heavy/deep/dark, which is a pretty cocky (but I like it that way) thing to do when it involves higher notes because, in contrast to your lower voice, the higher notes ("gaze" and "in the name of God, my Father, I fly") sound bright/thin, which in turn detracts us from the illusion of one, vast voice.

I'm in no way pushing for a radical change, because that would be too much. Just slightly more grit would do it.

I've been there, and it's so easy to add grit the wrong way.

One way to do it is to sing the relevant phrase as you usually do it, so you'll get the correct "settings" in your pipes, switch from the head voice mindset to a more chesty mindset, and do it again "from below".

It's not easy, but once you get the hang of it; the vocal connectivity (while singing in a heavy/dark manner) is solid as a rock.

To perhaps add some sense of credibility (or make the lack thereof apparent), this is me singing kind of heavy/dark with quite high notes on a bad day:

https://www.box.com/s/5e63d756b7895c7b11e9

Great post, Enander. I think you are spot on. When i listen to this fantastic tune i feel like i listen to two singers, namely Dickinson and Dio singing a duett. Sometimes a very dark timbre a´la Dio and sometimes a slightly brighter timbre a´la Dickinson. You wobble a little at some spots but all in all - fabolous singing, i love your grit.

Hehe, interesting thread. I got curious and tried to go as low as i could. First i tried to actually sing and then i just fried. I am not quite sure how low i got here. When i was singing i think i hit a C2 and when i was frying maybe an A!, at least a B1. Here are two examples of me "singing"/frying crap, hahaha:

https://www.box.com/s/05374f8ecfe548aaf8c6

https://www.box.com/s/5db75cc9fe8c8d7c5ed8

Your voice is so mesmerizing. You have a great voice and put a lot of passion into your songs. Fabolous!

Very nice, the voice certainly is a killer. I liked it very much. They are not as tight as a band yet, at least not on this song, but that will come with practise.

I really liked this song, you are very talented, man!

Thanx for listening Guitargeorge and Tommy. Guitargeorge: I will try your suggestion, thanx for the tip. Tommy: Maybe i should stop doing harmonies, it seems i can´t get it right :lol:

Thanx for listening, Jug and mrrockinhome. Mrrockinhome: There certainly are a few timing errors.

Congratulations to a very fine performance. The best i have heard from you so far, Keith. Great singing!

Ya, Thanos is an amazing singer, but this was not his best effort IMO. The enunciation is a bit slurry and the voice flutters in some places. He can do this better. I hear though, that he still has his amazing range and i really hope that we would hear from him more frequently in the future.

This is not really my cup of tea but your great voice lifted it up, DjDeth, you have a truly amazing voice.

Nice work, Guitargoerge, i like your voice and the sound quality but found the song a little boring it doesn´t lift.

Hello, mrrockinhome!

Nice to have another metal fan here on this forum. This was pretty good but needs some work, i think you need better support first and foremost, your notes are a little pitchy. The plus is that you seem to sing with passion.

Wow! That Scorpion cover was really great. I also think your high notes sound better than the lower ones, maybe because your dopiness shine through more on the lower notes. Your singing in the chorus was frickin awesome. Great job, Jug!

Hello, there! Thanx for listening once again, Keith and Ron. Well i am not satisfied with the mixing result and it doesn´t sound so good in "box.com" . I think it sounds better in the video i make for dropbox. My beautiful daughter is in this video but please try to concentrate on my vocals ok?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zdiiyh9qai1z8fq/Wasted%20Years%202.wmv

Thanx, Ron, for your listening. Well, if you refer to the harmonies in the chorus, those are mine as well .

Ok, so i gave it another shot today. I am not totally pleased with it for certain reasons, but let´s see what you guys think of it.

https://www.box.com/s/66107ce7174fcfae65bb

Well, after having compared the original with my version genuinly i must say that my version is very sour and sucks. I will be back with a much better approach. Thanx for listening, folks.