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    ronws got a reaction from ellisael in 100 most technically skilled rock vocalists   
    But I would like to suggest Robert Fleischmann, original vocalist for the Vinnie Vincent Invasion. He was replaced by the only one who sounds like him, Mark Slaughter.
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    ronws got a reaction from Xamedhi in Need help reaching C6   
    It's physics. I know, boring. Anyway ....

    A note needs a space properly sized to resonate. At about D5, and this is true for all voice types, there is not enough space to resonate both the fundamental and partials that create a particular vowel. There is only room for the fundamental. So, at D5 and above, all notes have the same "vowel" sound. No amount of training or magic pill technique can change physics.

    A vowel sound is a matter of certain partials being enhanced and others attenuated. There is no possible way, physically or anatomically to create the vowel sound at the folds. It happens in the resonators. Forever, and amen.

    This has been physics with ron (the redneck) ws.
    :)
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    ronws got a reaction from Robert Lunte in Steve Perry (Journey) How the hell does he sing like that?   
    I've said it before and I'm going to keep on saying it, even if no one listens to me. Even though Jaime Vendera says the same thing. Even though every big and famous or astounding singer any of us ever like says it, many people will simply not listen. So, I am going to say it again. Maybe have it etched on my tombstone to drive the point home. And Steve Perry is a good case in point, a great place to start. No one, even Pineda, will ever sound exactly like Steve Perry. Ever, amen, and amen. Period, paragraph, and new book. Because of genetics, which affects musculature and neurology and physical structure, such as the bony cavities of the head. Pineda sounds a lot like him and it is, no doubt, due to the combination of all things, including a similar structure and neurology, as well as similar singing techniques. But even I can tell the difference. There are times when it sounds like Pineda actually has a slightly louder, stronger sound. I know that's going to hurt some feelings of some who wish to sound like a particular singer they like. Sorry about that. But it's a stone cold fact.

    In fact, what makes a singer like Perry unique is his unique structure. That way, he sounds like Steve Perry, instead of Frankie Valli or Donny Osmond, or Perry Como, or Rod Stewart.

    That being said, I like some of Perry's later work. I have noticed singer after singer started out singing everything high, something akin to a beginning guitarist who first learns how to speed pick or two-hand tap. Everything they do has to surpass the speed of light or be as high as the stratosphere.

    Along about the time they learn some dynamics and sing a few verses in a range lower than dog whistles, people accuse them of selling out or losing it. Most of those people haven't reached the age of 40, yet, either, which usually brings some maturity. I've heard similar complaints about Geoff Tate. They prefer Queen of the Ryche era and feel that everything went to crap with "Empire." Caca de Toros. It's called developing and providing even more breadth to a song than ever before.

    So, for Perry to be considered not as good once he sang some choruses in a range where the audience could sing them is, to me, a bit stifling. He quit because he was worn out and not just in his voice. All over, period. Journey toured for 15 years non-stop. Coming off the road just long enough to record another album.

    Seriously, take the song you have been working for the last two weeks and just do it in one night, along with 90 minutes more of similar and different stuff, take your pic. And do it at the range and power. 4 and 5 nights a week, for 9 to 10 months out of a year. For 15 years. Rain or shine, sick or well, fast food or whatever is available, while fighting jetlag and your dressing room is either on wheels or is a stall in the men's bathroom. In addition, on stage, you have to put up with rolling clouds of pot smoke and cigarette smoke, plus whatever pyrotechnics you have going.

    And every one and their aunt needs your autograph and wants to talk half the night before and after the show. For 15 years. And everything you do, from buying milk to taking a crap is fodder for the news media. And, in interviews, rather than talking about your musicality, the interviewer wants to know about your hair (bon Jovi had this problem.) Or that all that you have done is amazing because you are jewish (this has happened to David Lee Roth.) For decades.

    Singing was meant to be fun.

    I didn't mean to ramble, I just don't think it's fair to judge Perry harshly because he lowered and changed his tone for a musical interest. How many here specifically work on various distortion to sound like a favored singer? And why? Because you want to and it's a stylistic choice. And some things take their toll, no matter how properly they are done.

    I have worked in freezing weather for decades, past the point of losing feeling in my fingers and toes. And now, when it gets cold, they lose feeling and heat automatically, a side effect of a hard career. Well, I think it's going to happen to some singers, too, in whatever they do.
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    ronws got a reaction from Javastorm in Silverstein - My Heroine Acoustic Cover   
    I was going to tell you to clean up the ah but you did that in the second half, especially the louder part. At first, you were rolling forward toward aw which was having an odd tuning effect.

    And your articulation got better in the second half, as well. That happens to me, too. I start out ill-fitting and then fine my place, later and get in the groove. So, maybe we can learn, together, to get the vowel right from the start.

    I was not familiar with the song all that much but your version lets me know it's a good song and I am not concerned with hearing the original. I like the song just from you singing it.

    And go ahead and comment on Java's cover. So far, I am the only one to do so and I am not an expert. Here is why your input is valuable. Because you are part of the audience.

    It doesn't matter how technically awesome we are, or are not. Because the audience responds, or they don't.

    A few times, someone has told me I am pitchy somewhere. And 9 times out of 10, I was not but it sounded odd to them. And the repeated listening led me to a spot where I really was pitchy and no one caught it, so, I still learned. And just about everytime I was pitchy or the intonation was odd was because it was a "dirty" vowel sound and cleaning it up solved the problem.

    Plus, believe it or not, I am learning how to record and post-edit, which is just as important a skill as the singing. I can't be there to hear you sing this in the same room. And you cannot be here to physically hear me abusing the guitar and a song in person. All we have are these recordings we share with each other. So, how it is recorded and edited makes a difference.
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    ronws got a reaction from Javastorm in Drops of Jupiter   
    Your mix reminded me of the one I did for myself on "I Don't Believe in Love." I bit wooly and indistinct. Your singing was good and you've got more meat in the voice than the original singer, which I think is cool. But the vocals sounded like they were clipping.

    Others have wisely critiqued my on me post-recording editing. And I am still learning. So, what I am saying is that I liked your singing and from what I could hear, you have great articulation.
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    ronws got a reaction from Javastorm in Discussion of the Addition of New Challenges   
    tuvan throat singing. I can't do it but it would be different.

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    ronws got a reaction from Javastorm in New York Minute - Don Henley   
    I liked it, too. And was struck by the interesting notion that on this song, you kind of sound like Dennis DeYoung. 
    Kudos for NOT trying to sounding dusty, like Don does. As for his original phrasing, it might help to know that he is from, and still lives mostly in Dallas, Texas. I know because the company I work for worked on a project for his newest house (he has four, here.)
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    ronws got a reaction from Gill Appleby in Robert Lunte Performance Video Playlist   
    ok, missed that.
    And Nocturne is awesome.
    And still digging Green Menalishi.
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    ronws got a reaction from Megan McClure in Hotel California - The Eagles   
    Yeah, there is an accent. The phrasing and articulation was good except for one muddy spot. The lyric is "her mind is definitely twisted. She's got the Mercedes-Benz." I don't know if you turned away from the mic, or not.

    You have a fuller voice in that area than does Don Henley. So, if you recorded this pro, you would not need near the track doubling and gain boost he needs to put up with his small, dusty voice. You've got plenty of ring, here. And I like how you changed the melody.

    But these are picayune things, minor aesthetic notes. On the whole, you did well. And like you said, you are singing for french audiences and are probably singing English better than any of them could.

    Tres bon, mon Ami.
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    ronws got a reaction from Collin571 in Injured Vocal cords. Help!   
    I also think you got scared by the horse that threw you. Get back on the horse, so to speak. Get some lessons, learn how to manage the breath and find your resonant places. The worry you expend about it is more energy than it is worth but it will be the hardest thing to give up. Singing is mental.
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    ronws reacted to Kevin Ashe in Cool - Tom Jones/John Farnham   
    Tom is so incredible. I was really happy when he came out with "Praise & Blame," and "Spirit in the Room!"
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    ronws got a reaction from Gneetapp in Is a full head voice even possible?   
    And it's good to come back to those songs, now and again. Just the other day, I was singing that song.
    "Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a woman's man, no time to talk..../ ...Staying alive......"
    And I don't care if I get weird looks. Who is going to stop me and how do they expect to do that?

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    ronws got a reaction from Collin571 in The+Quest+for+Power   
    As well as the dogfight sequences with x-wing against the (bow)tie fighters where they maneuvered just like P-51 Mustangs and japanese Zeros, which would require a thick atmosphere, like ours, for wings to bite. That's a case of where George Lucas was short in science but long on exciting storytelling. In fact, it is often best when an author doesn't know as many facts. Just like an engineer really should not write fiction about engineering. He knows too much. Better to be someone who barely knows anything.
    So, I give kudos to George, in spite of his scientific foul-ups because he wrote one heck of a space opera *minus singing." About the only thing that could sing always sang and that was Chewie.)
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    ronws got a reaction from Collin571 in Article on Chest, Head and Mix   
    I believe in a thing called love. Just listen to the rhythm of my heart. There's a chance we can make it now. We'll be rocking 'til the sun goes down, I believe in thing called love.
    Guitar!
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    ronws reacted to Collin571 in Article on Chest, Head and Mix   
    I don't believe in chest, head or mixed voice.  I believe in one true voice, just like the one true morty.  If you haven't seen Rick and Morty I feel sorry for you.
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    ronws reacted to Danielformica in Your good vowels and bad vowels (its personal)   
    It's simple. not much else to say some singers are back vowel singers some front vowel or some neutral. So what ever note you sing the good vowel on go and sing a different vowel on the same note and if splatts or falls back in the throat no resonation. Sing the comfy vowel and slowly move it to the Uncomfy vowel. Make sure it's still buzzy and placed similarly . Done
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    ronws got a reaction from Adolph Namlik in Let's talk tounge position   
    To me, tongue is like the slide on a trombone. Adjustable to achieve resonance throughout the range. The movement that should be less is the jaw, And probably the worst habit to over come is using the jaw moving forward to articulate because it will pull EVERYTHING in your throat forward and out alignment, When opening the jaw, only open as much as necessary, with the jaw opening down, not opening forward and down.
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    ronws got a reaction from Jeremy Mohler in China Girl David Bowie Cover   
    I liked it a lot, too. In fact, I have d/l'd it to my flash drive so that I can hear it in my car on the flight home. Get on the tollway, set the cruise at 80, try stay awake, most times. But this should wake me up.
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    ronws got a reaction from Jeremy Mohler in China Girl David Bowie Cover   
    Great cover and I liked how you approached. Listening in my car, I thought the vocals had a bit too much sparkle in the EQ. Then, I remembered, I adjust the eq in my radio to deal with radio and if I had left it flat for USB media, it might sound more balanced. Because, at work, where I listened to it first on some fairly decent desk top speakers, it was alright.
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    ronws reacted to VideoHere in Let's talk tounge position   
    Pressing no, resting yes.  
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    ronws got a reaction from Robert Lunte in Let's talk tounge position   
    To me, tongue is like the slide on a trombone. Adjustable to achieve resonance throughout the range. The movement that should be less is the jaw, And probably the worst habit to over come is using the jaw moving forward to articulate because it will pull EVERYTHING in your throat forward and out alignment, When opening the jaw, only open as much as necessary, with the jaw opening down, not opening forward and down.
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    ronws got a reaction from MDEW in Let's talk tounge position   
    To me, tongue is like the slide on a trombone. Adjustable to achieve resonance throughout the range. The movement that should be less is the jaw, And probably the worst habit to over come is using the jaw moving forward to articulate because it will pull EVERYTHING in your throat forward and out alignment, When opening the jaw, only open as much as necessary, with the jaw opening down, not opening forward and down.
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    ronws reacted to Blahblah86 in Have any of the teachers here ever had lessons from another?   
    Who's Bob??
    'His name is Robert Pulson'... Fight Club.
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    ronws got a reaction from Collin571 in Vocal breaks and Appogio technique   
    That would be way cool.
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    ronws reacted to Collin571 in Vocal breaks and Appogio technique   
    Haha thanks Ron!  Next time I'm inspired to do some recording I might do Jesus of suburbia or homecoming, Also warning and waiting are fun ones to sing.
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