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Copycat singing has a way of turning me off. Though much can be learned from it… when you’ve reached the level of singing that Robert Lunte has, copycatting is a step backwards. I’m sixty years old and having purchased Robert’s singing course I am determined to catch up to this level, but that means that I have to un-learn all the bad, ingrained habits. I’m determined to catch up with you Robert even if it takes me to the year 2023 when I turn seventy.

Beautiful voice.

Sergio, I was great hearing someone at your young age doing tunes like these that usually would only appeal to older crowds. You do an excellent job of it. Do you perform professionally?

The sign of a good song is that it sticks in your head after a first listen. These three songs do that. Keep up the great writing. Your voice has a good, solid professional sound. It is also unique and memorable. You say that it’s not a final master but it sounds pretty darn good. The people that you are working with definitely know what they’re doing. Be sure to post up the final master so we can hear it.

C#6!!! It sounded great and ronws was correct about dog whistles.

I was taken aback by the sound of your voice so I wasn't listening to the words as did ronws and ElWin did. You hit the C#5 at the end with easy which makes me wonder what your highest note is.

Geno, I think you do a beautiful job on this and I agree with you that you should always sound like yourself. I fact because you head and chest are built differently than Steve Perry's, or anyone else's for that matter, your vocal tones will always sound uniquely like yours. You say that this is your first attempt. Wow

Turn your reverb down Ed. I can't hear what you're doing

I'd like to hear more. This site is more for critiquing but I think your an inspiration for others hear. Plus it would be a good thing if you could participate in critiquing others. We need help that you can give.

Bri, I love the sound of your voice and I enjoyed the way you sang it. It is difficult to tell because of the lower quality of the cell phone but I was surprised that it was that good. I purposely looked away from the lyrics to see if I could hear all the words. Some sound as though you need a little more pronunciation but then again it just might be the cell phone not picking everything up. I’d like to hear you on a high quality mic. You show good power at the end but I can hear the cell phone compressing your voice. Do another song. I'd like to hear you again. Jeff

Great job Will. There's nothing I can critique here. Super strong voice and great on the screams. Your G5 at the end shows blew my head off.

I would say that for now you should just work on getting your head voice stronger by practicing a lot in that area. You can learn how to make a connection later. You are in head voice. Keep doing your sirens and move up and down in the head voice. Jeff

Beautiful!

Cool or what. It was a lot of fun watching this.

Super job. I would just like to hear your voice a little more out front.

FHan, you're doing a real nice job with this. The only critique I can give is sometimes you seem a little bit behind the beat from time to time. Jeff

Great job Enander. What impressed me is that you hit the C5 without constriction.

Kirsty, Your first link didn’t work so I clicked on the second one. On that second clip you are hitting a C5 and you look very comfortable doing it. This is why I think that you could be in head voice. At least it sounds like it to me. Let me ask you a question. Can you hit and hold that high C5 for a long time?

I agree with you ElWin, it did cause the sound of her voice to deminish in quality. It was a piece of advice given me by a vocal coach that work for me, but then again the coach was stand right there in front of me and correcting me when I was making mistakes. Nothing can help better than to have a coach right there in front of you. Jeff

A belt in head voice will give the appearance of being in chest voice. Here is a youTube on belting.

Kirsty, I like your style and how you are turning it into your own song instead of doing it just like Maroon 5, like within the lyrics, “wound up at your door.” You’re giving it a nice feminine sound by flipping back and forth into your falsetto and chest. Keep this within you style of interpreting songs. It’s a nice touch and it is what ElWin was talking about when ElWin said “… I didn't really feel that I heard you going into falsetto unnecessarily…” and “You shouldn't be put off from a certain style if that is what you are aiming for…” I definitely don't want to put you off your style. On the lyrics, “and she will be loved”, within the chorus it sounds like on the word “will” that you are in your head voice but it is hard to tell and here is why. This note is an A#5 which is around where the common female voice would go into head voice. However, because this is in the lower register of the female head voice and is disconnected and light it is difficult for me to definitely tell whether it is the head of falsetto. If it is head voice I would say to keep this disconnected because you make it sound nice. On the words, “be loved” these two notes are G4 as in the word “hands” that you sing comfortably in the song “Stay” in your chest voice. However, it sounds as though you might be running out of air and this might be why on the words “be loved” you are having a difficult time coming back down into your chest. Try practicing just that line, “and she will be loved” with a little more air and see if you can get yourself back to chest. ElWin, listen closely to the word “will” in the chorus. To me it sounds like she is into a light head voice. Let me know if it sounds like she is in head to you. Jeff

Kirsty, Keep in mind that we are trying to find your head voice. To do this we must first establish where your chest voice ends and your head voice begins. That’s not to say that there is only one particular place where a singer can enter into head voice. Once you find your head voice you can enter into it at earlier times within a scale or later within that same scale and it depends on the melody of the song and where you want to take it emotionally. Quote ElWin: "... I didn't feel that I heard you going into falsetto unnecessarily..." and this is correct if you intend to do this, but let’s first establish your range by having you sing it more like Rhianna. You can always go back to this style, which is called yodel effect, anytime you wish. I would just like to hear you sing the two songs with a forward projection as I stated earlier.

I'll be here.

Kirsty, You are definitely breaking into falsetto on this song. However, you are breaking into it on notes that are well within your chest voice. Let’s fix that first. The very first time that you sing, “I through my hands in the air”, on the word “hands” you are singing a G4 and I can tell that this is well within your chest voice range and you hit if with comfort. The next thing I hear you do is you sing the words, “come a little closer”. On the word “closer” you’re hitting three notes. On the second note of that word you hit an E4. That’s four half steps down in your vocal range than the G4 on the word “hand” that you hit earlier. If you are trying to get a yodel effect then this is good, but if you are going into your falsetto just because you think that it is a higher note then you are just fooling your psyche into thinking that your larynx has to flip into falsetto when it is totally unnecessary. You should be able to hit this E4 with more comfort than the G4 you hit earlier. On the lyrics “tell me now you know” on the “know” you are again hitting three notes. On the second note you now go back up to the G4 as in “hands” and again this note should be comfortable to you. Later you sing, “I want you to stay”. On the word “stay” there are three notes but the first note is the same note as the third note where you break it back into falsetto again and you don’t have to. It’s the same note. Then I hear three notes on the “ooh”. Here is one place where you may be singing in a disconnected head voice which would be the sound that you might want in this song. However, if you want this to be a strong sounding like chest voice, you have to learn how to connect. You will still be in head voice but it will give the appearance that you are singing in a strong chest voice. Leave this part alone for now and let’s see if we can get the chest voice corrected first. It is difficult to tell if you are singing in head voice on the “ooh” because you are singing so lightly throughout the whole song as well as on the “ooh”. It’s like you are singing as though there is a child asleep in a crib next to you and you don’t want to wake the child. Try this experiment. It’s not a replacement for learning to sing properly but I just want to see what happens. Picture the person that you are singing to as though he was standing on the other side of a large room. Sing out to that person without shouting and let’s see if we can get you to project a little better. Remember, you are not shouting you are just singing out. Also I want you to sing, “She will be loved”, by yourself because I think I heard something in there that was head voice but you didn’t know that you were doing it. Again sing out to the person on the other side of the room. Keep your breathing correct and while doing this with everything in your upper body completely relaxed. Jeff

Also Elizax, could you turn the reverb on your voice down a bit. It's too much and is clouding your voice making it more difficult to analyze.