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I could be wrong here, but isn't this a "review and critique" section? I mean people are just offering their thoughts on a cover. Just because you are a vocal coach, and co-founder of this forum, does that leave you immune from criticism? I'm not trying to bust anyone's balls, this is just my observation.

I don't post here much, so no ill intended

Sounded pretty good dude, one of my favorite tunes. My only critique is the top note in the choruses, and the final chorus at the end. Sounds a bit strained on parts. Other than that, I liked it.

I dig it! Good tune :)

Damn...this sounds great dude! One of the few Live songs that I actually like, and you nailed it.

Thanks guys!...I'm always leery about covering anything Cornell does. Mainly just because I hear "his" voice in my head and it never sounds right to me, lol.

But yeah, like you guys said...I was more or less trying to capture the feeling of the tune. This is way OT, but my 13yr old lab died Wednesday, and for some reason Like a Stone kinda felt fitting. I know it's not about his dog dying, but it related to how I was feeling...

Thanks again, and @skynight - that's me on guitar too.

I like it. You seem to have felt the song very deep.

Thanks man.....actually yeah, recently had a loss, and this seemed to help..

Thanks dude!...yeah, I've been working with the Ken Tamplin stuff...who encourages bridging as late as possible. Still working on the kinks...G4 seems to be my chest limit at the moment.

Hey guys....been awhile. Just getting back into singing after about 2 months of nothing, had a little vocal issue. Anyways, give it a listen if you want...comments welcome.

http://picosong.com/37eG/

Dude, this is good!

Yeah, I noticed that too with their new guy. I was watching a couple live clips of recent shows, it seems he has a "thicker" sound than Layne. His distorted parts seem to have more of a "beefy" sound as well. He sounds good, and sounds close to Layne at times...I'm glad Cantrell didn't go with a complete Layne clone though.

I think you should definitely include this in your set. Your tone, minus distortion is just a shade lighter than Layne Staley, which is fine. But it sounded close enough to the original that I had to listen really, really hard to make sure you hadn't just given us a rip off the cd.

Thanks man! That's a huuuge compliment to me, being that Layne is who inspired me to start singing. I know what you mean about my tone being a little lighter, I've been experimenting with trying to get a darker tone, but I haven't been able to accomplish it yet...damn genetics, lol

Kinda of sick of doing MIB and Rooster, and figured I'd give Would? a go, since I've never tried to do it, lol. Thinking about adding it to my 90's grunge act's set. Thoughts?

http://soundcloud.com/static-prevails/would

yeas great performance!

But for me Layne Stanley and Chris Cornell screams are not "chesty" screams ;-). Listen to some accapela of Cornell on youtbe, jesus christ pose for example. Sometimes when he sing high notes you can clearly hear that the notes are starting from or falling back into head voice ;-)

But you're really close to it. And honestly as i said before i also really like your style of rasp. Different but really cool!

Cool, thanks man! True about Cornell, he's got that very strong head tone. But if my ears aren't deceiving me, he's got that "rattle" effect going on as well. It's weird, I can do it easy in a lower pitch around maybe an F3 and take it up to almost middle C, but after that I lose it and go into that fry effect. Guess that's what practice is for, lol.

Cool, thanks guys! I'm trying to work on more of that chesty scream Layne has. Mine's more of a vocal fry thing, I guess it works for now. I need to put a better Soundgarden clip on there, I can hit most of the notes Cornell does, but it's back to getting that chesty scream going...work in progress, lol.

@Snax...never tried Judas Priest, maybe I'll give it a shot.

Basically, I'm fronting a 90's cover band at the moment and would like to hear what other singers thought. My impressions aren't spot on, but let me know what you think? Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_b7lHGvlVI