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RockNSoulLover

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  1. No joke, I wanted to try to cover this Sarah's way in fasletto! I prefer her version. You: Pretty girl. Pretty voice. I have to say, I kind of miss that mysterious reverb effect. Would you consider adding it as an alternative version?
  2. Nice :-). Electricity fascinated me as a child (yeah, it didn't get TOO dangerous ), surprised I didn't do something with it. That sounds like a lot! Amazing to go to that from homelessness. I did sciencecy stuff, but I always wanted to be a writer. I don't know how that happened. Is everything easier from 1975 with things like CAD and general computing? tex-mex lol. I only know a bit of castillian, and I can't keep up if they speak fast.
  3. Oh no, Im sorry if it came off that way. It's just me being critical of myself. I appreciated your comments, as always :D
  4. I was thinking Heldentenor, but their roles tend to require huge breath support, which I've only recently got access to... somewhat. I had bad asthma (to the point where my allergist told me that I cannot sing anything until I got it under control). In comes symbicort , and I can now get up to Cs and such. Interesting, Im not too far off, Im 27 (ugh as 30 approaches...) I'm not sure if it's healthy. I've been told it sounds tense by those with better musical ears (no offence to you; some people actually just dedicate their lives to voice). For example Felipe above (once I clicked his link) is an actual vocal coach, who , interestingly enough has a section on "classification" I can get away with most of this in pop. But I notice a lot of big/showy pop vocalists lose their voices much more quickly. I'm a big fan of Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Robert Plant, etc. All "big voiced" people. But they all seemed to lose their gifts rather quickly, even though they could sound great to most people. Stevie didn't largely because he invested in operatic training once he noticed he was getting sore a bit after nightly singing, and he has a much higher sitting voice than I do. Mariah, I loved her range. I liked being able to sing low then high. Even now, I get asked to be a "fill in" for whatver is missing. If a group needs a tenor, I sing that, if they need a bass, I sing that. I sing as a hobby, really. I'm far too shy to really want to do it otherwise. I'm a scientist as a living.
  5. Resident troll? lol. I can hit a C6 in falsetto so maybe if they let me :P
  6. I've gotten this before. I don't know how to fix it? It doesn't hurt at all and I can do it multiple times. Is there anything in particular you hear that I am doing wrong? I'm really trying to imitate Pav/Bocelli/Diego Flores/Sherill without any training, so I'm not sure if that's wise to do considering those three are very, very trained. I did have one vocal lesson, and the teacher just asked me "So tenor or baritone?". Am I in danger of losing my voice like that even if it doesn't feel "bad" now? I'm 27 if that matters. Another thing that is odd: I tend to lose my voice speaking quicker than I do with singing. After a night of singing, I'm still okay. If I "speak up" in a bar, my voice is hoarse the next day. Does my speaking voice sound unhealthy as well? What do you recommend I do first? Would you describe any of my influences as tense? They are: Whitney Houston Mariah Carey Robert Plant Steve Perry Peabo Bryson Pavorotti Bocelli Diego Flores Barry White Issac Hayes Stevie Wonder Celine Dion Lara Fabian Axl Rose Christina Aguilera (okay, this is probably just silly to mention as she seems to be every vocal coach's "dont" ) My vocals are pretty much just a combination of trying to imitate all of these people at some point in my life (of course, an octave lower or so for the females). I'm making a program to test for my resonance peaks; I'm not sure if that will help. If it helps, it seems I don't employ much effort until around E4. After that, I can feel my voice "switch" so to speak. I feel it more in my head. I just kept working in this direction until I could get up to the 5th octave without feeling it hurt. I'm trying to "mix" as they say.
  7. I want to try singing classical and opera styles, but I have no training. In pop, it doesn't matter what your voice type is, but it seems central to classical. Can anyone help me determine if I should try tenor, baritone, or bass roles? I go from my highest comfortable to my lowest and include my speaking voice (I am not sure if that matters): http://vocaroo.com/i/s1wLU3VQZcr4 warning: my speaking voice is almost inaudible (I get told to "speak up sir" almost everywhere) but my singing voice isn't. I backed up about 7 ft from the mic and kept it at the same sensitivity so it is as close to "usable classically"
  8. Woah, you'd feel as if I were a midget. I'm 5'5" 130 Congrats on the loss; don't go overboard however, at 6'6" and your chest size, I'd imagine perhaps 300-350 as good for you? I'm not a Dr. however. You're definitely some form a tenor. Sometimes, people go by what notes you're hitting. This is, by my reading, largely incorrect. It depends on where your "tessitura" lies, or where you can really sing the longest without fatigue while keeping your beauty and ease of voice. If you tried to sing an alto's material, say "Another Sad Love Song" by Toni Braxton, you'd probably find the end of it way to hard because she spends half the song belting a note or 2 higher than the highest there--over and over. People can have a lot of range, too, which can throw some off. I'm a bass-baritone type, and I can hit some of the notes you're doing here, but if I attempted the whole song that high, I'd fatigue because it's in a tenors "tessitura" Amazing voice and good luck w/ the weight loss!
  9. I'm about to head to bed and so is my other so I sang it softly I really like the song (sound of silence) , and can't find anyone to do it with, so I figured I'd try to do my own two part for it. I might do it with music/full; it's just a rough draft. Tell me if it's convincing enough: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1UE1GvZEos7
  10. yeah that's what I mean. That "carry over the music" ability with large instrumentation is largely resonance based. It's what allows a tiny woman to fill up an opera hall with her voice over a large orchestra w/o a microphone. It's no big deal at all, as he sounds amazing, but he asked us to nitpick :cool:
  11. this guy seems to be doing that "natural reverb" thing I was talking about. See how when he goes up there, it sounds like there's a lot going on even tho it's just one voice? His voice is resonating more (basically some overtone frequencies come in that are far higher the the pitch he's singing). This is also what gives opera singers their ability to carry over orchestras. I think it's called "squillo" in opera, and tends to occur around the 2500Hz-5000Hz range (hence a part of it sounds like there's a lot "covering" his voice) there. He even lowers his jaw a lot more for the big notes, something you'll see operatic tenors doing. He probably, like you, doesn't think about it either. You can probably do the same. I can't; I just know what it is :rolleyes:
  12. He does, but he has a point. In actuality, a lot of these singers are like this; we hear the finished product, which by the time they finish--IS easy to them, in much the same fashion that a body builder can lift things I'd get herniated over. It does take work. Hmm, Stiletto, I'm not a vocal coach, but a lot of what they do is "mixing," where they bridge the falsetto/headvoice with chest. From doing it myself (I could be doing it wrong not sure), it seems like once you get there, you have to remember to project. Another thing is that when you do it, the sound will resonate more in your head. I find this is sort of a bad thing because you then hear yourself a lot louder than you think you are. I've hit mixed notes, where I focused on hearing it myself, only to play it back and have it sound much less powerful than I thought. Conversely, I've done them and projected (thinking OUT instead of UP) where they sound very strong on record but, at the time, they didn't sound as strong to me, possibly because the "heady" part of the mix is being more evenly distributed and projected. Perry was a master of this. He could hit high notes with any intensity he wanted. "Wheel In the Sky" is one where it's one constant soft fluttery high note. It sounds to me like you're mixing correctly--but possibly not projecting because you think it's as you hear it resonating in your head when you do it?
  13. Nope. Not nearly that smart! Don't say that about yourself! You seem analytical enough . Musicologist Oh, sorry. By all means then. I thought you sounded good. I don't have perfect pitch, and I have no vocal training, so some of those things get a free pass from me I guess. I thought you had a light timbre compared to Perry's. I'm not sure if that's what you meant by "massive airflow". I'm a big fan of Perry's voice, and given how perfect he sounds, I bet he is exactly like this. I've even heard of Maria Callas practicing for hours until others wanted to just go home <<
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