Teodur

Warning! Auto-tune spotted!

There are some parts where it's really noticeable. Not sure if it's a stylistic choice or not though. But I would guess it isn't, doesn't really fit with the rest of your performance.

But other than that I'm sold, like the voice, the song, production. Subscribed! :)

Think you should try recording everything again, WITHOUT playing guitar and sing at the same time. I know how hard it was for me to do both when I was just starting out. So it wouldn't be fair of any of us to critique your singing based on these takes. Maybe you can get a friend to play guitar for you and just concentrate on doing the vocals?

Are you hearing the gritty weird thing in my voice? I am trying to get a cleaner sound without that gritty weirness. Not sure what to do to get it lol

I'd like some of that grit please! You can have my clean tones. :P

Damn, I was hopping to hear She's gone by Steelheart. :P

If I remember correctly, he claims that he can hit notes in the 9th octave, shattering the world record for highest sung note by a male by more than an octave. :D

Well here's a problem I definitely recognise. You sound good in your chest, but then comes that nasty leap from Eb4 to Bb4 in the chorus just around where I would say your bridge is (also mine). If you don't sound connected at F4 then no way in hell you're gonna pull that off. Something is constricting you from bridging IMO.

I second what Keith said about getting "depth". You should absolutely try to emulate how he sings, the guy is a beast, I'd take his ability to sing any day. The slower part at around 3 min is the best place to start. Roy's resonance is huge there. I can tell you lack proper support there, because of how "wobbly" your vibrato is and a lack of resonance.

The chorus is no cake, I listened to some live clips, even he isn't consistent and strains from time to time. This song is a monster to tackle for your current ability IMO. Find the resonance in your chest voice first!

Oh god, I hope someone agrees with me, I'm not a qualified singing coach! :P

This is very baffling to me, your voice doesn't sound strained, yet it certainly looks like your straining on those high notes. What's going on here?

Oh and, I enjoyed it very much. Images of a snowy russian landscape came to mind, probably because of the accent. :D

Wow thanks for the positive comments guys! Glad you liked it!

Hey guys, phew this wasn't easy, Im' having much fun with the recording process though. Hope you enjoy it, comments welcome!

http://chirb.it/3Ag4zh

Reminds me of

Love it!

Hi Cody, let me tell ya, you made the right choice to post your singing clips here. I was terrified when I first submitted my first recordings. But they weren't of songs. They were mostly examples from lessons. I had no singing lessons prior to that, just a whole bunch of singing sites and programs that I tried to learn from. The guys on the forum really helped me with their advices on what I should improve on. Took me like 6 months to finally record my first cover and subject it to criticism here.

So my advice would be, start from the basics, like

a singing instructor would be an obvious choice, but if you don't have that option, any basic vocal program or youtube channel will do wonders, do the exercises, then post them in the technique section.

At least that's how I approached it.

Oh and, you're gonna need a quality mic sooner or later if you're serious about singing. Got my Rode M1 on sale, for like 90 bucks.

That River deep, mountain high clip had me cracking up! The guy is actually a good singer, lol.

Thanks for all the comments guys, I was definitely heavily inspired by Jeff and all his live renditions of the song, and all his whailing sirens and whatnot. Maybe I should listen to some Leonard and take it from there. Will re-record soon guys!

Thanks for your comment, appreciate it! Agreed, I should sing less, have to be aware of that.

"I would not be able to sing the long note right after the chorus. "

Second that!!

Hey guys, I finally got myself a decent mic (Rode M1), and quickly recorded something to try it out. Now I'm a complete noob at recording so I tried to make the sound as pleasing to the ears as possible considering my limited knowledge. This was a 3rd take, didn't bother ironing it out, mostly because I don't know how. Criticism is desired and welcome!

http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/16927620/Hallelujah