Gina Ellen Vocalist

Hey man, I'm sure this has been said before but you really need to get a bit louder, it sounds like you're holding back. the volume should be the same as a clear calling voice (not shouting) like if you were calling to someone .... 'hey you over there' type thing. You need to work on your pitch too/ I would suggest going back to basics a little bit and work on simple vowel scales, work the main vowels Eh, EE, Ah, Oh, ooh and then apply this to your singing if you can. Try and keep your head still looking straight infront of you, not to the side or down. Hope this helps. You certainly are trying hard so keep up the good work

good job harry. You might get more replies if you made your own thread and didn't tag on the end

I liked it. Maybe think about where you take your breath. A couple of times I heard you take it in a weird place that kind of broke up the flow of the song, liked it though, nice one

agree with ron, second to last was also my favourite. It was the least pitchy.

Have a go at taking all the consonants out the song and just sing a phrase on the vowel sound. That way you can really working on the vowels

Sounds like you're doing well though, keep going :)

Cool, let me stress that you did a really good job with the pronunciation. You almost sounded english, Just a few subtleties. There is no way I could sing a song in any other language and make it sound almost perfect, really well done on that :D

I have to say this isn't my taste in music but I think it's fab and vocally you sound like you're doing great . I'm not sure what sound you're going for but you nearly sound english/american in the samples. The consonant combination of TH sounds like it gives you a little problem if it's in the middle of a word (for example you said somessing instead of someTHing. Put i'm just nit picking and perhaps you want that sound? I'm just looking from an english perspective really.

It sound to me like in the high belts in the first song you could benefit from applying a little open throat technique.

Really great job, keep up the good work :)

Your pitch isn't so good on this one, not BAD at all, just you were spot on the the above recording. Slightly flat in places, might be down to breath control, difficult to tell. I would say good volume and doesn't sound like your straining or pushing at all .... massive bonus have you got any of your opera stuff we can here. Perhaps you can lend some of the techniques used for opera into this song such as resonance and support?

Your pitch isn't bad at all, I've heard so much worse So that's a great start! Don't be scared!

You could do all the breathing exercises in the world but with a breathy tone like this you'll still feel like you're running out of air because as Mdew mentioned the cords don't come together properly. An exercise i've found helpful for this is singing kah, kah, kah (on a 5 note scale or something, or just on one note to start with) then straight after sing 'ah ah ah' instead trying to make the 'ah' as bright and punchy as the kah and eliminating the breathy tone. Anything with glottal onsets is good for this (although don't do for too long as it's not really the ideal phonation for singing) it's just to build muscle memory and get your vocal cords to remember to come together when you sing or speak. Do you have a naturally breathy speaking voice too?

Breathy is nice in the right circumstances but in my opinion it's much better if you choose to sing in a breathy way for a song or a particular phrase but singers need to have other options and choices. Singing this way all the time will limit you, especially if you wanted to belt high notes at some point.

I'd be pleased with your pitch if i was you though and i'd work on refining your tone.

Good luck :D

really enjoyed it, great control and lovely tone changes. Thanks for sharing

Your voice has no power in this song, but to me the breathy tone suits the style really well and you wouldn't want any for this song in my opinion. If that's what your choosing to do then great. If breathy is all you can do and you're looking to find ways of improving then people here can help too (but I don't think that can be the case as you said you sing opera)

So I would say, great, for this style and song choice, you sang it great :D

The recording isn't great so it's difficult to tell. Sounds like your power and breath isn't actually too bad. The pitches are mostly ok but you could definitely practice more on that. The beginnings of lots of the notes are a bit wobbly, then you find your feet so practice getting the note spot on in tune straight away. Your tone could be improved through resonance and just a better vocal technique in general. Good shot though, nice try and keep it up, you'll get there :D

when i'm recording i much prefer to have one ear off and one on, that way you can hear your voice as you're used to hearing it.

Practice the breathing exercises and they will become second nature, you shouldn't have to think to hard about it while actually singing, your trying to build muscle memory and remember that the breath out is more important than the breath in really, you need to be able to control the breath out. Try not to think of taking IN too much air, you don't need it, instead concentrate on breathing in deep and low and controlling the breath out. Good luck:D

beautiful keep up the good work

love the dynamics in this Ron. great job

Firstly, well done. I didn't hear your previous clips (at least i can't remember if i did!) Your pitch is mostly good, it's not spot on all the time but that's just minor adjustments that you can make as your singing generally improves. That's probably why your teacher says it's fine. It's definitely not the main area you need to work on, so that's great. Anyway, once your support improves your pitch will get better.

As for the autotune thing, It's often very subtle. I don't use it but I did a session a couple of months ago and the producer used auto tune on my voice as well as everyone else's on the album. It's a stylistic thing these days. It's the highly produced pop sound that is commercial at the moment, even if you are in tune. I was horrified when I heard it, I thought it sounded awful but when i played it to people without saying anything first, they couldn't even hear the autotune!? even my musician friends said it wasn't that bad! I think it was just strange hearing my voice with it. Anyway, not sure what my point is anymore but that is my autotune story!! :/

Most of the pitches weren'y great. record yourself over and over again. Find a note that is comfortable for you to sing and play it, then visualise the note (without singing it) for a few seconds, then sing it. Do this on one note, then 2, then 3, then 4 etc and work your way up to long phrases. You will get there if you want it

well done, the pitch was mostly good. I would say have a work on your tone. Perhaps you could keep it more consistant. Parts are breathy, parts you lower your larynx to effect and it kind of jumps around a bit too much for my taste. I would prefer to hear something more consistant. One thing i noticed was a lot of movement with your head. It might be the camera angle but it seemed a lot of the time you were reaching your head up towards the ceiling, I would suggest keeping your head looking straight forward (chin parallel with the floor), you might find this has a direct improvement on your tone. Good luck and hope this helps :D

Great attempt. I agree with ron, A little louder in the chorus would be great, sounds like you're backing off a bit. Some parts, the breath it a little wobbly. Have a go at working on a smooth and consistant flow of air. Well done though :D

Thanks MDew I'm having trouble getting all the way through! Trying to build up stamina slowly! There next verse and chorus is also more demanding! Will be sure to post when I have recorded it all. thanks again :D

Thanks guys :D

Id be really grateful if you could listen to this clip of never loved a man by Aretha Franklin. I've been working towards those E5 and F5s for a long time!!

Any tips or comments would be fab

Sounds mostly in tune so that's a great start. If you get some 'diaphragm support' this will help you alot. Just search on this forum and you'll get a ton of stuff. I have a blog post on this which may help http://singersvoice.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/breathing-from-your-diaphragm-and-support-explained-simply/

Get the basics underway and post back in a few weeks

Sounds like you're being to hard on yourself. Your pitch is mostly OK and your breath support is OK in your chest voice too. You can find falsetto too so that's a good start, your not straining those higher notes and trying to reach for them you just need to work on connecting your chest voice with a full toned head voice. Find some exercises for resonance and twang. Four pillars of singing will help you do this. Good luck and good job so far

Thank you I have embedded the video to the main site. Glad you all like it :D

wow, Thanks Ron I love the song too. It's nice you appreciate that. There are no effects at all on this one. Not even any reverb. Could have possibly done with a bit but it a pain to record through Logic, instead I just plug straight into computer and record all on photobooth. Thanks again man, means a lot :D

yeh, sweet. You should refine that! You could do an MJ tribute. Like the quick vibrato, that's just like him