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Great singing there. You are going from mid voice to really high and it sounds like you have great control. Nice Job!

Olem - from what I can hear you sound really good. Yeah, maybe a little off on pitch here and there. But if you were singing with just backing tracks and not the original vocal, I think you'd hear yourself more and I think you would be able to correct those issues pretty easily. Can you get a hold of a recording of just the instruments to sing with?

Will - Sounds good. Nice song and you perform it very well. You've got a nice quality to your voice. Sounds like you are singing in mostly in a lighter voice. Sometimes the guitar is overpowering the voice a bit. Makes me wonder what you'd sound like with a little more power in certain areas. Overall very nice- you've got some great talents. Keep it up.

Amazing! Great singing. Nice guitars chops too! I love that song. Nice E5

Michele - Thank you - From your comments on Dust in the Wind I really tried to put more emotion into this one. mvrasseli - thanks! Olem - Thanks a lot! Yeah - Steven Fraser is like the coach who expects the best out of us! Snax - thank you! (Guitar tone courtesy of my Les Paul Standard and Pod Farm)

Sounds good Rich. You have chosen to sing in neutral mode which is lighter. If you want to sing louder you need choose one of the other modes which is not only louder in volume but also brighter which will help you"cut" through the other instruments. These other modes have different "setups" in breath compression and muscle involvement of the vocal folds. Try yelling - that sensation is called "overdrive", or simulate crying - which is "curbing". You should find much more strength in those modes. The terminology I'm using is from CVT. There are a lot of different terminologies.

Sounds really nice. Your voice sounds nice and free of tension. The vocals need to be louder compared to the piano as the piano is overpowering the vocals. You might want to put compression on the vocals if you don't already have it and then bring it up.

Great production and musicianship. Your vocals are really great. Very loose and tension free. Nice in all parts of your range.

Sounds excellent. Great interpretation. The vocals are perfect for the song. I love the production - great video. The musicianship is great - I particularly liked the guitar solo at the end. Great job and thanks for posting.

Steven - reading through your post again - I have a better understanding of what you meant. I don't have to tweak the EQ on the voice to acheive what you are saying - but reduce the Reverb on the voice a little to bring it forward on the soundstage, and then make the reverb even more spacious to make the room even bigger. I will give that a try.

I love the guitar playing - sounds really passionate. Your voice is great. On the first one you are curbing up on Ab, which sounds really good. In the higher key you flip into a falsetto at Bb. That is totally a stylistic choice. Lots of artist use the falsetto technique and it sounds good. However, you could sing the higher key in curbing too if you wanted to. Personally I prefer the curbing to falsetto but again that's a choice.

Sounds great to me. Like snax said you have great distortion and just the right amount. The tone sounds really nice. If you think your placement it too up front you could experiment with slightly larger vocal tract to darken it up slightly as CVT would say. You may find bigger resonances with time as the songs settle in more to your voice.

Nice performance! Cool guitar. I like the dynamics in the song where it starts out softly, but you get louder and more intense on the higher phrase. You create a nice hauting mood on this song.

ronws - thanks a lot analog - thanks I appreciate it Videohere - thank you akaward - thanks. Steven - Thanks for that fantastic analysis. Geez - great advice. The high parts of my range are getting better and more resonant, but it is a slow process, and I have a way to go. Thanks for the advice - I'll keep on singing it over the next month and see how it comes. Funny that I'm singing the "r" like a "w" like how my 4 year old prononces! I tried something different on this recording and that is to set the EQ totally flat on the voice. Previously I would crank the highs, which is standard procedure in most studios. My previous projects had a little too much presence (I thought) so I dialed it down, and the thought of flat EQ on the voice appealed to my "purist" ideals. But with the flat EQ I'm definitely loosing the edge a little. If you listen to Dust In the wind and Carry On my Waward Son, I've remixed the vocals with a Flat EQ. It would be interesting to hear what you think of those new mixes. Thanks for your expert analysis and suggestions!

This is one of my all time favorite songs. This one took a while to orchestrate. Once all the backing tracks were done I added the Lead Guitar parts, and then finally the voice. I've been recording the voice for the last three nights. Each night re-recording and getting a little better. I practiced it a few days before that, but I don't hear all the issues until I really start recording and listening. http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9429511 Thanks to the people on this forum I'm able to sing these types of songs. I'm learning a lot from the people here. Please feel free to make suggestions and recommendations.

Wow that's amazing. Have you always had that kind of range? Or did you work up to it at one point in your development? It sounds like you are curbing for most of it, except maybe for the really high parts. Your technique is great. Terrific job!

That's a cool video! That guy is amazing. I think the main thing in recording rock voice is the compressor. The compressor "evens" out the volume so that your voice can compete with the rest of the rock band. You can scream loud parts without overloading everything, and you can sing softer parts of the song without getting lost in the mix. They definitely have compression on Brian Johnson's mic. A lot of people will boost the overall highs on the voice which adds presence. In my case I'm just using a compressor and my EQ is flat (except for rolling off the very lows below 125hz). The general rule of thumb in mixing rock is that only the kick drum and bass guitar are allowed below a certain frequency. Everything else gets the lows rolled off. There's really nothing on the vocal track below 125 anyway, it is a precaution in case the mic picked up a low rumble.. like my air conditioning kicked on or my kids were jumping on the kitchen floor, or something like that. We don't want that stuff to wind up in the mix. I'm recording using condensor mic and a reflexion filter which allows me to record the voice without the added color of the room. The filter is like a vocal booth but less costly (and not so big). So my setup is: Condenser Mic Sure KSM27 (using a Reflexion filter) and a Compressor. A little reverb is added of course. That's how I recorded this track: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8878823

analog - you are right. all of the rock vocal records we hear are pretty compressed (and for the quiet parts expanded) which does add to that "belting" illusion. Your voice sounds great on the police tunes - nice curbing up way high.

Rick - that is totally awsome. It doesn't sound strained - nothing negative about it. sounds like you are doing a great job curbing in the D4 - F4 range with some nice distortion. So much of the song is in this range, and curbing in that area sounds more intense. You are doing a really nice job in the first part of the passagio.

ronws - I like your posts. Please keep them coming. And keep posting your songs too. Don't wait for a different mic. People submit all kinds of recordings, and to learn about improving singing, you don't have to have great recordings at all. I post my songs on a different forum too, and the other forum is a recording forum. So I'm paying attention to the production of my songs because on that forum they are giving me advice on the mix and production (and if the mix isn't right they let you know!). But for this forum it is overkill. Keep it coming and good luck in Durant!

No Problem whatsoever. I appreciate all the feedback from fellow singers/musicians. I'm here to learn and this forum has helped me.

Thanks Michele. I truly felt the song all the way through. I snuck a few moments away before getting my kids ready for bed to record the vocals and the moment was right. I was very inspired but I didn't have time to do a bunch of takes or think about technique. The next day I went down and recorded some more - thinking more technique, but it didn't sound right. When I record I also am wearing my sound engineer hat watching the meters and thinking about the production which I admit is a little distracting. If I get a chance I'll record another version - maybe a little lighter and I'll concentrate more on the conveying the message. Right now I'm working on "The Wall" which is another great emotional song - I will definitely keep your comments in mind while I record that one. Thank you Geno

Thanks Ron. It's funny because I had been working on this song for a few months and planned on recording sometime in the future. But when you posted Dust in the wind you did push me to record it. I was like "what am I waiting for - just do it!" I'm on a Kansas thing. Before Dust in the Wind I did Carry On My Wayward son http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8878823 And now I am working on The Wall.

Rick - thank you! Michele - thanks - yes - there were a couple of phrases that were a little constricted on my first takes. I went back the next day and re-recorded some. These additional takes were more relaxed for sure, but didn't match the "emotion" of the first, so I just left the originals. Are there notes/phrases in particular that you think I should re-do? I'll for sure do it. I redid some of my Carry On My Wayward Son on your recommendations, and it came out great. mvrasseli - Thank you for the compliment. I'm also a huge Kansas and Steve Walsh fan - and I love Steve's tone and interpretation especially on the original recordings and the live recordings back in the 70's.

VIDEOHERE and Olem - thank you for listening and commenting.