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Your Helloween covers sound fantastic, like the others here i thought the Queen cover sounded amazing , it sounded like you sung a duett with Freddy Mercury, his vocals broke through alot sometimes. Your voice is very suited for Power Metal like Helloween stuff so if you one day decide to start a band (maybe you already have a band) i hope you play this kind of music. Keep up the good work, Jug!

I find your voice, generally not always, to be dopy and dark, especially on lower notes. It sounds good but i prefer a tone a little less dopy.

Wow, i love it!!! I have listened to this song over and over again, i think it sounds so f%47-ing good. When you sing Helloween songs you are at your best i think. Don´t misinterpretate me, Jug, i think you are a fantastic singer, but this high-pitched metal songs really favours you. I think many of your songs sounds too operatic for me, but this Helloween song, this i what i am talking about. HELLLOOOWWEEEEEN IS YOUR DESTINY, JUG!

Sounds great, Devaitis, your voice is so dynamic and beautiful. My suggestion for you is to focus on pronounciation of the english language, your pronounciation sounds a little strange sometimes, i don´t know if it is because of a misinterpretation of vowel modification or if it is due to a lack of english knowledge but focus on that and you will soon be ready for a big stage i think.

Yes, Jonpall, you are right, my pitch sence is very bad. I will focus alot on that now. See ya!

Hi, Stew! Thanx for the tip. Jonpall and i chat a little, we have a similair music taste and he obviously has a lot of knowledge about the singing voice so i think i will give him a try (if my wife doesn´t disapprove ).

Thanx for your answer Ron. I didn´t feel so comfortable yesterday and i felt a little strained. I have focused alot to have a crying sound in my vocals and have also always used the downward push in my support. Today i skipped all of that, skipped the crying sound, well not entirely but didn´t try to achieve so much, and tried to tighten a little bit higher in my support and then i sang. It sounds a little bit better i think but most importantly i am not so tired, more relaxed. http://www.box.net/shared/cxuyo3p5aimd1oq91aie

I have vacation and it´s bad weather - perfect for singing some tunes. Many people here admire Journey and so do i so i tried to sing the chorus of the song Open Arms. Very difficult of course and my support isn´t good enough to sing this song among other things but i can´t stay away . I know it´s a little or very pitchy but besides that, what do i need to pay attention to here and also does someone know the exact pitches in the chorus, just of curiosity so i can compare and see how pitchy i am. Thanx in advance/ Ola http://www.box.net/shared/6nglj43vcr4o9smzopm0

And you did come very close ( to Adam´s voice), Djdeth! You did a great job, fierce grit there!

Hello, Snax! First, i must say, great musicianship, technically flawless. Your voice, Snax, is so great, you sound very much like Rob Halford which is a great achievement considering him being one of the world´s best heavy metal singers of all times. Like Ron have said, you could replace him any day. Why not start a cover band singing only Judas Priest songs, you would make alot of money doing that i am pretty sure. The song starts very promising with heavy, shredding guitars. But there is something lacking in this song, the song never lifts. I think you could work more on the song, work on the chorus and maybe add a prechorus, add more diversity to it. But that´s just my opinion. I don´t want to be rude, just help, and if everybody else thinks the song is great then (*auto edit*) it Snax, you are a fantastic singer!

Thanx for your replies. Akarawd and ronws: You are right that i push my voice especially on the raspy part and that is a problem, i have not yet learned to get a powerful rasp with a lighter voice, but i am aware of it and working hard to have a strong tone without straining. Recently, i also discovered that when i sing in my closet with lots of sound dampening material and can´t hear my voice high enough i push it more. When i sing somewhere else in the house or in my car i don´t push my voice that hard. Jonpall:Yes i remember that this phrase "re-peat-ing" was the toughest to achieve except for the raspy part. The easiest was "di-scuss-ing", that phrase felt so easy and right.

Hi, singing folks! I would like you to take a listen at my newest effort of this song. It´s just the highest parts i put together and it´s in acapella. What do you think? http://www.box.net/shared/odkzztin3s Thanx in advance/ Ola

Thanx, Snax, but now i am even more confused Will the pulling chest thing be beneficial in the end, because some say i am pulling chest and therefore sounded strained and that i have to stop doing that. I am not really sure what i am doing :D

I sing in a tiny closet to not disturb family members and neighbours, with lots of sound dampening materials maybe that´s what makes it muted.

Thanx, ron for your answer. The spot you refer to is the phrase "Eden" were i wavered? This part i found very difficult, adding rasp that high is very difficult for me. I don´t actually know what you mean when you say the tone is mute, that i was holding back too much?

Ok, i give it another shot. At my first attempt i received advice to not pull chest, well, to pull chest isn´t necessarily bad if made correct, it´s an artistic choice but i realised that the critique i got was justified, i could also hear that my highest notes sounded strained and too shouty. I am aware of the fact that my problem isn´t solved over one night, it´s so easy to just push too much thru your passagio to get to your high notes. This time i focused on two things: To relax my throat and concentrate on my support. My support is still not good enough to do a song like this in one take but hopefully one day...Be brutally honest as always when you critique, this helps me more than if i get kind words from someone who really doesn´t mean it. Ps. If you have difficulties hearing my voice because of the music in the background please tell me and i will send you only my vocals. Cheers! http://www.box.net/shared/mdu1dbcc6j

Hehe, do you have the link (to the Journey song)? I love Journey and have many favourites, a little rockier tune like "Ask the lonely" maybe. I tried "Send her my love" once, but it´s best for the world to not know about this, hahahah. By the way. By the way, my real name is "Ola". You could call me "Olem" but it sounds a little like Golem :)

You are a very versatile singer Snax, in my opinion this is your most impressive outcome so far, thanx for sharing. I would like to hear you sing a Journey song, i think you would sound great in a song like that with your type of voice and huge range.

Cool duett there, Snax Invite Bonnie Tyler to join in and contribute to this song and also Joe Cocker and then rename the song to Black Raspy Dog and release it, i will buy it.

I tried to sing the 1st chorus again today. I tried to focus on support and to relax my throat more, but it´s still hard. What do you think, any approvements? Please be brutally honest, that will help me more. Ps. I sing only acapella, no music in the background and it´s only the 1 chorus. http://www.box.net/shared/n8k5x9qfj3

You did a great job here, DjDeth, your technique on the lower notes seems flawless, at least it sounded well. Everything sounded well. I only reacted a little when i heard the last high notes, how to improve that i am not 100 % sure of but i think Ron´s advice to add more twang would solve the problem. It sounded like you changed vowel from the more open "aaa" sound to a more closed "ooo" sound there, , i don´t know if that has something to do with it. The first screams sounded very well to me at least.

Hello, Mazzith! That would be great and i am looking forward to hear it (your recording), i have the greatest respect for Robert Lunte as a vocal teacher.

Great effort here from you as usual, Snax. If u could just add a little more rasp now and then it would be perfect, but that´s just my preference. You pretty much nailed this song as you always does.

Thanx for your reply, Ron, as always very kind and comprehensive in your answer. David Bowie i have nothing against but he is not really a singer i want to sound like:D, I was trying to add some cry in the soft parts but otherwise it´s pretty much my natural voice i guess. By the way, i was wondering, when you say you hear strains and chest pulling on the higher notes, does that apply to all higher notes or are there any good ones. If not, then i guess it´s time to reset my configuration totally but if any exist then it would spare me some time and effort.

Thanx for your answers, Thanos and Mazzith, no offense taken. The pulling chest thing i am not familiar with . I think i will follow your advice there Thanos, start with a tiny voice and build my way up. The thing is, i know i have a problem with this (pulling chest). I am experimenting alot and try many different ways. When i am trying the softer relaxed approach, i record myself and then i hear FALSETTO. Ok, the solution is to add more twang, i do that but i still hear falsetto. Ok, maybe i can darken the tone just a little together with twang, i do that but still hear FALSETTO. Ok, then i try to add cry but then i hear and feel strain. This is what i often stick with anyway, to get that meaty sound, but i try to decrease the velocity as much as i can and to relax BUT THE THING IS I CAN´T REACH THE HIGH NOTES WITHOUT PUSHING. I know people here says that adding twang brings the meat out but i haven´t experienced that, not yet. I will post some examples later of what i am experiencing. Maybe i have some serious problems with my support, hahaha. I think i have pulled chest for too long and now need a teacher to see what i am doing.