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  1. MDEW
    Cool sound Jarom. My wife walked in the room while I was playing this. Her reaction was "wow, Nice voice". I have to be honest, I could not make out the words. I love the vibe though and the song, production and all of that. I am more of a story guy and like to know what the words are. It could be because I am playing this through a laptop(with external speakers). Was this the whole song or a snippet?
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    Perhaps I was just projecting my own melody choice. I think you are correct and that is a G#4 on Gotta. The more I listen to it the more I like it.
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    Yes, that and the next line, "But I was runnin Blind". in the first verse there is a similar thing but it may just be an inflection not quite centered. In responce to Rons suggestion of a slight Molly Hatchet sound........ I once tried to start a thread asking why people do not hear themselves as others do, even when listening to a recording. The thread did not take off because no one hears themselves the way that others do and could not understand that I was being serious.
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    I like it. You have a pretty good start. I would not worry about the lyrics being bland, my wife listens to a song where the ONLY lyrics are "Go on and Holler" "Let me here you Holler" "Holler" "Holler" " "Let me hear you Holler". I hate that song. On those parts where you are starting to get higher in the song, you may be loosing the key center. Use your guitar and play the melody over the chords and see if you need to maybe sing a higher or lower note here and there to stay in key with the background music. I have to do this sometimes to help find the correct singing note. Love the guitar work.
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    There are no issues here. The only thing I noticed is that you sang "watching every move IN her face" instead of "ON her face"(and I could be wrong about that myself). Other than that it is just normal vowel modifications and less energy to Consonants like you want to do anyway for singing. Your accent comes through a little BETWEEN words and not often. Usually when ending with an R sound and starting the next word with a consonant, which everyone does a little different from each other anyway. Maybe the person or persons expect Paul Rodgers and no other.
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    great job as always Ellise.
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    Twang happens when the area above the vocal folds is decreased or the epiglottis is tilted/engaged.... The epiglottis is made of cartilage and covers the wind pipe when swallowing helping to keep food out of the wind pipe. In the picture below, see those muscles arranged in an X those close the epiglottis, some of those fibers continue and are part of the vocal cords. That is how engaging TWANG helps close the vocal cords. Whether you want to view it as Twanging the epiglottis or engaging the aryepiglottic sphincter, or narrowing above the vocal folds It does not matter, that is where TWANG happens. It also helps to close the vocal cords.
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    Yes the Lyrics will dictate the vowels for the most part but after a certain point you need to modify the vowels. That is where the phrase "you do not sing like you speak" comes from. This is also the point of Acoustic Modes in the TVS program. Vowel modification is also a big factor in the Formant Tuning concept. Singing vowels are different from speaking vowels. American English has a lot of dipthongs. The long I sound is Ah-ee sometimes the choice would be to modify the EE portion to a short i sound as in sit. You may want to drop the EE portion completely and just sing Ah instead of Ah-EE depending on where the vowel sits in a phrase or Pitch range
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    Lowering of volume was a poor choice........... But I did mean to keep from over powering the folds and causing them to blow open. Beginning the process of Training, finding the correct vowel(Throat shape) to do what you want is also a part of the process. Things like vocal fold mass(amount of cord vibrating) and sub glottal pressure is not inherent in the vowel itself, it may lead to certain vowel choices or shades but the vowel does not dictate the amount of mass and pressure, The amount of mass and pressure may dictate the vowel choices. Yeah, I know I confuse myself also when I type things like that.
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    JonJon, I just had the chance to listen to your sirens. You can even see that the second siren in your first clip is almost perfect. My browser shows the little sound graph. in the second siren there is no low energy spot you just switch to a solid sound. I never had trouble producing a pitch between F#4 and E5. My trouble was sounding like Miss Piggy, Ethel Merman or Edith Bunker. When I tried to maintain a masculine sound that is when the Flipping/choking at F#4 happened. You have a nice solid tone throughout. Singing lighter is about shedding vocal cord weight and reducing sound volume. One thing that people do not think about in terms of light singing and Heavy singing is that if you have a heavy cord closure or more mass to the folds as you ascend and approach the passaggio you reduce vocal mass before shifting. If you are already singing light you do not reduce mass you just increase pressure as you shift. If you are singing light and try to lighten more at the shift you will lose connection and flip to falsetto.
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    Sounded good Jeremy. Glad to have you back. I hope everything goes well with the move.
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    That was Awesome. I am sorry I did not listen to it earlier. I am not a Bieber fan but I did not realise it was you. I am a fan of yours. Keep up the good work and Take Robert up on his offer. You have great potential and just a bit of Maturity to the voice will take you from Awesome on Youtube to Awesome on the charts. Do you write any songs of your own? How about a friend who writes?
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    Thanks Xamedhi, .This was recorded about 1:30 in the morning. I gave it just enough energy to get the notes. I do not think that would have been loud enough to wake anyone but you still kind of lay back when you know people are sleeping. I am going to rerecord this when I get some loud time. Maybe even rerecord the Bass line a little closer to the original while I am at it.
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    I always thought that it was Fair use for educational purposes and Commentary or parody..............Gneetapp, Maybe you are just too good and no one will want to hear the screeching of Axle anymore after they hear you.
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    I always add another word to the title or Just give a description instead of using the exact title of the song. If you had it listed as "Sweet Child of Mine" - Guns and Roses............... Yeah you will get busted. I usually would title it something like "Sweet Child of Mine Practice". Cover of " ".... something like that.
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    Congratulations, You are just like the rest of the male population. Singing is NOT instinctive, there are many aspects that go into it. Best answer is to get a GOOD teacher or GOOD program. "The Four Pillars of Singing" is a good program. That being said, the reason you sound the way you do when you speak is do to a coordination you are using. You could just as easily speak lower and sound like an advertising announcer. When speaking we use things like accents, inflections and other types of adjustments that are learned from our environments that we do not use in singing. Figuring out all of this stuff is almost impossible on our own.
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    Yeah, At 53 as far as health goes, I am in the PINK, Pretty much all day I am "Comfortably Numb". No need for meds.......... Life did that to me.
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    I had a Literal Deja-Vu experience ............... Like you have been here before but know you have not. Hearing the same background noises and seeing the same junk sitting on your table. I view these experiences as a confirmation that I am on my destined path regardless of how bad or good my situation is. Kind of like a mile marker of a life path. Either that or my Meds did not wear off yet. I never had any problem singing high notes when mimicking Axle. I have problems when trying to sound consistent with my lower notes or sounding "Full and modal" in the upper range. It is like the sound of Johnny Cash to F4 and Axle singing from F#4 to E5.(not exactly, but it is good for an example)
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    I got a weird sense of Deja-Vu when I clicked on that link......... I am not sure what I wrote in the last timeline but this time there was some pitchiness around the 3 minute mark. Did you see the video Felipe made about the "Ultimate tip to high voice"? I cannot remember the exact name of it. Look through the threads in Vocal technique section. He says something about breathing through the nose and a dopey "Hong" kind of sound............Really look up the thread, I suck at explaining things. Anyway, Axle is a perfect example of what Felipe was talking about AND Witches Cackle sound. Be cartoony and "IN the Nose". I think you are allowing a little too much of your natural full voice into this instead of allowing the Honk and Twang take you up the scale. This is one instance that you want to copy the sound of the original singer......... At least to help you strengthen the upper notes enough to bring a fuller sound into it later.
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    People tell me I have a Crappie voice. All this time I thought that it was a bad thing. Thanks Ronws. Just my technique of singing with Fish Lips.
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    I do not have anything to add except to say I listened and I like it. I also agree with Ronws and Robert dipthongs are a killer. Other than that awesome job.
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    I did not mention this on the other songs but we as an audience really need to hear the words in the song. You have a lovely tone and good pitch but the words are muffled or garbled. It is not because of an accent and not because of the microphone. Maybe you are singing in such a way that the consonants are too quiet. While it is true that we should sing on the vowels the consonants still need to be articulated.
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    Check the southern Rock band "Blackfoot" . Kermit the Frog to me is more of a swallowing(high larynx closed back of throat) sound not depressed larynx. Depressed or low larynx would be more of a Yogi Bear (low larynx, open back of throat) sound.
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    Hi Emme, Welcome to the forum. You have a real nice tone. one suggestion I would have is to learn the words like a story. Singing is like acting with your voice. It is not just providing words and a melody, it is expressing an emotional plus musical idea. Timing and pitch improve when you do not have to read the words. If you were not reading the words then you are focussing too much on the camera and letting that distract you. You have a very good sound and lots of potential.
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    It's coming along quite nicely.......... I do not need to point out the things you mentioned yourself..... Falsetto switch and Compression problems........ You came in strong with the Bruno Mars at the beginning and towards the end you softened up a bit. Good Job over all...............
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