SkyKnight

Nothing I could hear could be improved upon. Maybe just going back to the song and picking out better ways to attack certain parts. But who cares if I was to hear this live I would hug you.

Psychotic. I love this song. Strong Falsetto. It's pure and clean. What mic were you using? You got strong prescence in your voice. Everything was on pitch that I heard. The end where you are vocally just trying to pound home some energy was fun to listen to you. You clearly got range. I think we probably use the method of singing.

The link is no good. Could you repost. This is one of my favorite songs.

Awesome Job there Rusty. Clean vocals man. Is that you playing guitar? First of all. I am a longtime fan of Chris Cornell and I love Soundgarden and the self titled Audioslave album. Chris was my main inspiritation. Your cover of this is great. I like the way hit the bottom of every note. Also I feel like you sing this song with a mode of deep understanding and passion for it. The way you contort the melody to your own style like the way you say "room" and the high notes on "Alone" toward the end. I think you need to use more of your natural timbre for it is excellent. I'm not saying you are not using it, nor am I saying you are trying to sound like someone else, but when I hear certain things I get the same kind bumps I get when I listen to Lennon sing. Good work. I'd love to do some Soundgarden covers with you.

Currently listening. Great tone. Lots of strong notes. But there were times when I think that good sounding notes lacked power. But yeah at 3:04 was great. The finish was nice and on point, it gave nice amounts of energy at the end. I know want to cover this song. I think I could pull it off.

Catchy. The ooh yeah yeah parts are rock solid. They could use a little more prescence. What mic are you using? For the most part on pitch. You have a good ear pitch its just a matter of vocal control after that and your control is 95 percent concrete. You do have a unique voice. Trying lying down and re-recording the parts you want to re-record. I find that lying down while I'm singing tends to help my higher notes sound better. But I could be crazy. A little more prescence maybe a little more vocal prescence and I would buy original songs you came out with. Best of luck I want to hear more from you

This is my first time visiting this insanely long thread. I like the tone of your Voice. You got this good compressed sound whenever you sing words like "Tonight" Alas I don't have that kind of tone. On the bottom end of your scales it doesnt seem shallow in richness of tone, it's still good tone though but lacking Umph on those lower notes. But I don't consider myself an expert by any means. I like your songs keep it up. I want to hear more and more power come from you I know you can pull it off.

Thank you Robert for the comment. :)

I think your song writing skills are excellent. I would love to apply vocals for this. If you want a demo of what kind of music I do, I like ballads. please send me this track and lyrics. I would love to see what my version would sound like compared to keith's. If you have it in .wav format would be preferred. I really really would like to do this song for you. Great song. As for the singing though. It feels to me that you are constantly in a state of singing behind the nose in the middle of your head. You still have a good ear for proper pitch so don't worry about that. But with a more open less nasaly technique it would sound great. But again I would love to try this for you. *Edit** sorry forgot to include demo of me doing hallelujah https://soundcloud.com/#skyknight-1/hallelujah-m sor that you can judge for yourself if you like my styling.

Thank you Ron. You are an asset here at themodernvocalist. Your input is direct and always helpful. You are busy like a bee on here. My voice didnt cooperate on a few spots. I hope the long high note wasn't too much. I have never taken voice lessons but your words of encourage even though you didnt mention anything about technique or vocal style has inspired me to seek out someone than can tame my voice. At the age of 25 about 36 days away from being 26 I feel like I am already old and its too late to accomplish anything if I have to start from the beginning. I make music for my own enjoyment. I always have. But thank you again. Your information and help is priceless Ron.

Here is the link. This is my vocal cover done with a backing track. **Edit** Better link I have a soundcloud account now. https://soundcloud.com/#skyknight-1/hallelujah-m Thoughts??????????????????????????????

I LOOOOOOOOOVE the vocals!!!!!!!!! I felt like the vocals were summoning the god Chris Cornell to bless this song. I'm excited to listen to these vocals. Great song writing also. I didnt notice any pitch problems that I could tell over the psychotic drumming and ripping guitar. My only thing is that I wish the vocals could cut through the mix just a tad more. Probably really doesnt meed much more than a little EQ play. I'm not even an amateur yet so take that with a grain of salt. I do consider myself having a good ear for eq and balancing though. I'm buying this album if there ever is one. Woot!

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I like the underlying grit that accompanies certain words like "Drown" and "Down". I dig the vocals a lot. Very bluesy rock. This is the kind of music I love. Smooth and on pitch very nice. You are a better singer than I am for this type of music in my opinion. I was really waiting for snarl or growl Billy Idol Style! But you never gave it . I think a breakdown at then end with the drums and nice OW! would be a nice touch. But that's just me and I have no idea what the hell I'm doing with music. I want to hear more from you guys rock on!

Hey everyone it's me again. I got a new vocal for you. This is more a less a test for the mic and preamp I just bought but a critique on my singing would be helpful also. https://www.dropbox.com/s/f5khoi5k0crnll9/03-130116_2035.wav I just bought a preamp/computer interface and am testing it out. The Gear - An MXL/MCA SP1. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VP9VI8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 An Art USB DualPre project series preamp/interface http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KEAT78/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00 The software I am using for recording is Reaper. I love the interface and workflow. The song/melody/lyrics were all made up on the fly at that very instant. I picked a pitch and went with it. Very slight reverb was added nothing special. If you'd like a sample without the reverb let me know. So far I am happy with the low noise. This is done in my bedroom with my powerful computer's ambiance running in the background lol so I'm surprised it did as well as it did. I'm just starting out with recording and I didnt want to invest a lot into quality equipment until I can learn to get the most out of cheaper gear. So far I like the results. I just noticed the sample you got was done without the preamp on. Any of you pros out there are welcome to comment.

I dreamed a melody to a song I thought would be a classic and the more I started to wake up I forgot it. I was too broke to afford an instrument at the time or anything to record with so It was a lost cause. Oh well. I just purchased a sound device for my computer and am trying to pic out a good microphone any suggestions for my voice?

Thanks for the reply. I will work on completing this infant song and see where it goes.

I have to agree with some other posts. Your tone is excellent. Maybe only slightly pitchy but If I wasnt purposely tryiing to pay so much attention I probably wouldnt have noticed, thats how little you are off pitch. Nowhere near as noticeable as me. But your have an excellent voice and the note adjustments sound natural and it makes me want to wait for the rise and fall of cascading notes. Your rendition of this has an eerie yet spiritual feeling to the song. I can picture you singing this on top of a high church roof looking down at the world in all of its misgivings and transgressions, soaking it in and then singing it to the sky letting it all out. In fact I was just waiting for your high belt, I wanted so bad for there to be one in there. So I could let loose a tear. Of course I over do belting quite a bit so please forgive my opinion on it I do think you have potential to make an excellent recording with nice equipment. Please keep it up. Good song choice also. I look forward to hearing more from you.

Thanks for the comment. I agree with your statement on the loud notes. I have the ability to hit the right notes but I seem to not be able to do it properly. I fall back into my old method of just forcing it out like a demon ala Chris Cornell style. This is why I started to recently practice singing scales. I never practiced scales. I feel like I need to get some fundementals down and solid first before I start soaring. @ Ronws Thank you so much for indepth thoughts on this piece. I love doing acousitic one man one guitar type stuff. I have always used vibrato when I sing. I have two methods. One is rolling the back of the throat, moving what people call the palate area but honestly I think the part i'm rolling is even further back then that. The other is just breath adjustment when i purposely push and pull my breath. To comment on your comment of melody. I feel like when ever I hear a chord progression I can just spurt out a melody. I can come up with a million different melodies for just one chord progression. Its a curse cause I can never decide on the overall feel of the music when I write. I keep thinking each next melody is better than the last. This is why I need to study music theory. Its just that theory is rediculously boring. lol I wish I could become good enough to record an EP or something. I need to buy a good cheap home recording setup. And sit down and flesh out and finalize all my music. Thank you all so far for the great comments. I look forward to hearing your work also. Cheers and rock on. \m/

I never heard this song before. However it seems like a Showtune song. But here are my thoughts. I think a different singing style would suit you better. Your voice is naturally soft and you are trying to sing soft also. To me it makes me feel some notes are under powered like when you sing "guys" at :29 seconds. Maybe you could attack this song from a different angle. Maybe make it a "louder" song and do big belted supported notes with only a touch of vibrato. Carry on my friend. Thanks for sharing P.S. there was a moment where you reminded me of Darren Hayes from Savage Garden ever so slightly for like a brief second.

First of cheers for trying this very hard for anyone especially males. I love this album. Its very much a blues album which is why I love Adele. But on to your singing. Going acapella is hard to do so you must listen to this song alot to have the notes in your head as well as you do. I can tell you have the notes in your head and pretty much have them memorized. The hardest part is getting your voice to replicate those notes but also do it in your own style. I feel like you have potential get some good resonance but that requires you to open up your mouth more. Adele opens her jaw as much as possible when singing just watch some live clips off of youtube. I feel like you are not getting enough air to support the notes you hear in your head. To get a feel for a good amount of air control Take the biggest breath you can and try singing an 'Ah' sounding note louder than you can talk but only about 65 percent as loud as you can yell. Try to keep it at that volume consistently for as long as possible. And try to hold the note steady. Repeat this with a simple scale and try doing all the notes in an open Ah sound. I grabbed this link for you. All in all not a terrible beginning voice. You have good tonal qualities but try concentrating on each and every note. I didnt become a better singer till I picked up an instrument. singing along with a guitar or piano helps a person immensely. When you practice with an instrument you can line up the pitch of your voice one note at a time. You know how notes can make things vibrate. Well you know you are on the right frequency when the note your voice hits and instrument hits vibrate together inside your head. Its a feeling of everything lining up. You can best experience this by humming to a vacuum cleaner until you hear it line up in your head. When it does youll then understand the effect I'm talking about. And we try to do that with each and every note. I'm not great at singing and am only a tad past beginner. So take what I suggest as a grain of salt. But good first shot and also don't be afraid of being loud or sounding terrible. All the best singers started of singing at the top of their lungs not giving a damn what other people think. My roommate routinely tells me I sound terrible but I shut him out. Cheers and good luck my friend thanks for sharing.

First off the bass player needs more props!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And second. For only 17 she as a very controlled voice. Her tonal qualities while subtle has just a hint sultry, a dash of grumble and her support for her lower register is good. I commonly hear women shy away from supporting their lower register. This one doesnt and she knows how to add tone on top of it. Shes a great vocalist. However she isnt very daring and is singing in pretty much one octave I just think she needs a song to bring her out of the box that makes her use more of the register I feel she is capable of and showcases her tonal sultry qualities. Cheers. She's a good find.

Hi guys. First off thank you for stopping by my very first forum post. As I become familiar with the site and I spend more time here, I plan to become familiar with the active users. I am a 1 for 1 guy. If you give feedback no matter how harsh. I will try to get to some of your stuff as quick as possible and return the favor. Now this first recording was recorded off of my tablet. I used my Semi Hollowbody electric Ibanez guitar and my vocals of course. the semi hollowbody is clear and loud enough to practice without an amp so I use that. DO NOT HOLD BACK. So many people in the world are afraid of hurting other peoples feelings. Well let me tell you something. Sugar coating the truth or just plain lying helps no one. Im looking for you to point out the bad things as much as possible so I can focus on correcting that. Thank you ahead of time for understanding. Telling what is good about my technique is fine but remember any technique I am good at means I already know how to do it somewhat. So please concentrate on the bad things. Thank you all for your participation on this first round of NO HOLD BAR CRITIQUE. ***********The Song********** "Untitled" I just started coming up with the melody on the fly. With this recording every lyric sung and every progression of melody is on the fly off the top of my head. I am simply trying to get into the moment and concentrate on vocals. If my lyrics don't make sense no worries It was all adlib And off we go... https://www.dropbox.com/s/i5qyin7rwgso4je/My%20recording%20%2397.wav