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Seth

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  1. Owen and Jenstp nailed it. It's not about range. It's about the range that is marketable and/or pleasing. This just happens to fall in the higher range of men and lower range of women. Also classical classifications for men and different are vastly different, as Sopranos sing in a headier way which is easier get to higher pitches with.
  2. To be gifted at any skill just means your got an early start in learning it. IQ does factor in, but let's not go there. You've probably noticed that children are much better learners than adults. Do not discount how important this is. Your progression as a singer as unlimited, but starting late does put you at a disadvantage because a lot the greats built their foundation unconsciously. Still, go for it. One day you'll look back and think "I can't believe I haven't always done this.."
  3. If you find yourself singing better when singing along with recordings of others, keep doing that. That's how the best singers built their instrument. Find a singer who has a similar voice to yours and sounds like they have decent technique (for baritones, I'd say Elvis would be a great option) and SING WITH THEM. Pick a song you can sing every note in and put it on loop. You'll improve. A lot.
  4. Cool man, I appreciate how hard you work at this, and it shows. I really like your low end tone too.
  5. I try to sing an awful lot. Usually warm up with songs in my vocal playlist, that is filled with 144 songs at the moment. No, I don't do that all at once, I just pick an artist ranging Adele to Jeff Buckley to Queen and do those songs that I've picked out of their catalogue. This is pretty much how I wake up in the morning, and I'll do this for as long as I can before I have to go to work/school/whatever. At least a half hour of light singing here. Then I will do more later when I get home. Been working on Messa Di Voce and find it infinitely easier after I have warmed up with songs from my playlist, much of which is in light mix or head voice. I'll also spend some time playing guitar and my own songs too. It probably works out to more than an hour a day, all the way up to 3 or 4 on the weekends. Something else I have found helpful - and very much in the vein of one of Bob's posts - is I imagine singing when I am at work. Things have really died down this summer and I have a lot of time where I am just sitting there. So I run through songs in my head, feeling the sensation in my body, and in my folds. And as I do that I can feel phlegm loosening up so I think I am actually working out something. Doing this has also helped my pitch amazingly.
  6. I'm not sure what you want. This sounds awesome, but it also doesn't seem appropriate for this kind of ballad. I think I know what you mean about hearing the "3 vocal stages", but it's only so noticeable to you because you can feel the change in sensation as you ascend. It does sound like one big voice to me, but I think your perception is being affected by how it feels. Honestly, for a metalesque rendition of this phrase in this key, I don't see how it could be done better. I would really like to hear you try it clean.
  7. Eat a lot of honey. Manuka if possible. If that is too expensive get raw honey. It must be raw and not that gargabe Honeybee type stuff.
  8. I didn't hear anything that really bugged me. It was very heartfelt, and I wanted to listen to the whole thing. A lot of samples on hear I get sick of and turn off, but this held my attention. It reminds me a lot of Springsteen.
  9. Cool dude. I dig Sam Smith. Going to go see him in March. How the high parts you are going into falsetto. Sam sings it very twangily, I don't know what sound you are going for, but it sounds like you want more closure. Some ironing out can be done on the verses, but overall you sound good, man.
  10. I have been wondering about this for a long time. Thank you for your posts, guys.
  11. Owen, Matt Bellamy of Muse has a banana before every performance... fruit of kings.
  12. Love this guy. Such a pure tone, awesome phrasing. Damn good.
  13. They're all bots. Delete the threads and ban the accounts.
  14. I start out every day singing along with songs I like in headvoice, bringing in more and more resonance as I get warmed up. I have a monster playlist that I use for this, and I also hit some other songs if I feel like it. It has made singing so much easier, and has improved my pitch tenfold. Here's what is currently on that list. Sometimes I put it on shuffle, sometimes I go by artist, sometimes I go in order of plays... keeps it interesting.
  15. I imagine Gilad is talking about chesty note range, like getting from F# to A. Or A to C.
  16. Bob, the singer Eva Cassidy has a beautiful voice, and her belting sounds a lot like what you're describing. It sounds like the notes are just floating there...
  17. As long as you believe you have limits, you will have them.
  18. First off, Michael Jackson was a great singer from before he was 10 years old. It's not a result of a coach. MDEW has it exactly right. The one thing all great singers have is the practice a ton. But they practice songs. You want to be able to sing this song? If you can hit these notes in head voice, sing it there. And do it over and over. If you use itunes, make a copy of the song and title it "The Way You Make Me Feel practice". Loop this song at least 5 times in a row, singing along with the melody. Bring in more resonance. Do not singer from the bottom, sing from the top. Keep doing this until you can automatically reproduce the melody with your own voice. Bring more resonance in each time. You can do it. Focus on a round tone. Stop if you feel your voice fatiguing.
  19. Tone is exactly. Listen to singers you think sound good and copy them. Copy enough singers that sound very different and you'll develop your own sound.
  20. Sing more. Those songs you've been practicing and are challenging for you to hit full voice, sing those parts in head. Throw them on loop and sing it over and over, bringing in more and more resonance each time, then rest a bit before choir. This is what I have been doing for the last few weeks... definitely helping. Teaches phrasing, placement, support, everything. Just don't force anything. Repeat, repeat, repeat.
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