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Thanks - we are working on another Maiden track, and it will be even better!

Thanks "OldPainless".

Still too much effects onyour voice, excessive of delay/chorus. Let's hear your voice !

I love this stuff, well done I must try some blues myself.

Fairly good - I enjoyed it. One of my favourite songs. The problems I can hear are: * some notes are cut short * your accent is obvious in many places * It is straining the top of your range in afew places, such as around 2'15 and 4'10. There are exercises you can do to extend your range, and also, you could just choose different material. I couldn't sing up that high myself. I think that often singers want to emulate a famous singer, and so want to sing their songs like they do. But, we all have different voices. You need to find your own voice, not be a copy of someone else. I have posted quite a lot of original material on this site, and a few covers. I always a lot happier with my originals, they are my voice, not a copy of someone else.

That was from the Hairy Bikers, a couple of TV cooks here in UK, who (the clue is in the name) are also Bikers.

Ingredients 500g/1lb 2oz dried marrowfat peas 1 tbsp sugar salt and freshly ground black pepper To serve mint sauce mashed potatoes Preparation method Soak the dried marrowfat peas the night before cooking in a bowl of cold water. The next day, rinse the peas under cold running water and place into a large saucepan. Add boiling water to cover, the sugar and salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste. Boil gently for about 20-30 minutes, or until the water has evaporated and the peas have turned into mush. Serve with mint sauce and mashed potatoes.

I can do a British accent really well. I dont sound as British as you though Tyson. :D

In common with many others, you loaded your opening posting with excuses up front. It winds me up. AARGGGHH !!! Believe in yourself, sing it the best you can, no excuses. As for comments: good articulation and tuning. It sound to me like you are using a sort of funny voice, overly-emphasising a choir-like approach. When you get louder at about 1'40 you lose control a bit, and get a bit screachy.

Well done - I can hear a real improvement in that whitesnake song. Much fuller voice, Better articulation/pronunciation. Better dynamics. Better control at the top of your range.

It sounded too over dramatized to me. You were in tune, which is good. Recording quality was good also, I could hear everything clearly. Your articulation is good also. I'm afraid that if you get any more dramatic then you might be in danger of entering the territory of the "club singer" from the UK comedy quiz show, Shooting Stars (e.g. ) Maybe sing it 'straighter'... ?

Great tone, delivery and recording. :)

Mix was updated, still on the same link: http://soundcloud.com/george-williams-8/cant-get-enough George

Thanks all. Ron - it is the water in the black country that does it. I may bottle it for export. Tommy - yes I felt more comfortable letting loose in the later part of the song. I had to warm up well first though as it's towards the top of my range. In the original, PR has very light touch in the early parts of the song, which I couldn't do convincingly. Mind you, he's paid more than me.

A cover of Bad Company's classic "Cant' Get Enough" http://soundcloud.com/george-williams-8/cant-get-enough Just after ron gave me plaudits for doing original material, here I am demonstrating that Paul Rodgers is yet another singer I can't sound like All instruments tracked from scratch by me and my friends at www.musicianscollaboration.com.

I can play guitar and sing, but I try to avoid doing them together as I cant do either justice. The combination of the two you are doing here is beyond me, well done. Do they sell special pillows for putting in bass drums. All the drummers I have ever worked with have had them.

Fantastic. Great backing singers also I remember frequenting a karaoke bar in Cedar Rapids a few years back which looked like that, when I was working on a project there for a few months. I once stood up there to sing the Neil Diamond song which I was familiar with, and was surprised/embarrased to find the karaoke had the a 7'30 album version rather than the 3'00 single which I knew. I died up there... Have you ever seen the movie "The Commitments". A fantastic movie about music, set in Ireland, with a fabulous rendition of Mustang Sally. Strongly recommended.

Thanks all I felt that this was at least as good as anything I've done before, and it was great song to sing.

I got loads of views for this thread but hardly any comments. Does that imply its good, average, bad or just boring? :/ George

I love the thing where you blow between two apples hung on strings and they move together, rather than apart, which is what you intuitively expect.

My dictionary is getting worn out following this discussion... :D

I just updated the mix on the above link, repeated here. :) In the earlier mix some harmony vox had gone missing somewhere :mad:.

I think I need to get my dictionary out to understand all the termninology here. My understanding of singing technique is gained from recording myself and listening back, and correcting based on what I hear, together with some reading (mostly on this site). Maybe if I did understand all the terminology better, I could improve? I'll give this song a go over the next couple of weeks, and perhaps you guys can give a technical appraisal, and I'll look it all up to see what you mean, and that's help me decide whether to take some lessons with Robert?. I have had an interesting email discussion asking Ron about this, but I am still undecided. Since I started singing seriously a couple of years ago, my singing has developed farily well, and continues to do so. So, I am torn, I'd like to be really good, but I am continually improving anyway, and so may get there on my own.... or would lessons give me a step up?

MDEM Thanks for your feedback. No, I didnt play all the instruments myself I work with some musicians on an collaboration site: www.musicianscollaboration.com There are probably about 150 active musicians on the site, there are many different songs in progress at any one tine. There is a group of about 25 rock musicians who I work with in various combinations on different songs. I have worked with some of them for several years now. They include guitarists, bass players, keyboard players, drummers, songwriters, lyricists, and a couple of musicians who also specialise in mixing. I started off playing guitar (hence my handle), and still do on some songs, but mostly I sing these days and compose the vocal melodies, and do some lyrics (mostly rewrites and edits to make them to fit the songs). It is a truly international effort, on this song we have: Producer, Bass, music/arrangement: Andy Gupta (Calgary, Canada) Lyrics: Paul Dempsey (California, USA) Lead and backing vocals, music/arrangement: George Williams (me - Scarborough, UK) Mix/master: Adam Kirby (Chicago, USA) Rhythm/Riff Guitar: Adam Rodeh (Los Angeles, USA) Guitars, main solo : Billy Playle (Bognor Regis, UK) Guitar, outro solo: Nick Testa (Elgin, Illinois, USA) Drums: Marcel Hoeke (Switzerland)

Thanks for the feedback and lyrics comments. I loved singing the lines "Sad faced harlequins and clowns, Dangle from the ceiling, Hoping for the day they’re set free"