RockNSoulLover

I like to toy around with my lower range at times, and I thought this was a cool song to do so. Any comments? I tried to sing it an octave below the original (Lana Del Rey's version): http://vocaroo.com/i/s0V9Nj1UJ8ru

http://vocaroo.com/i/s14CKZR4hVt9 I am using a shitty laptop mic, so the air tunnel you hear is my cooling fan. I'm trying to make everything sound close to seamless--dunno if I did. I used compression so there's some odd artifacts. My lows are not really that strong without a microphone. I doubt I could use this in a classical setting w/o a mic unless the audience was within about 10 feet max. It's in 1 take, just recorded it. :rolleyes:

Nasal polyps? Odd, I never even heard of those till now. Interesting. I don't think it's a big deal. My voice tends to get throaty/growly. Everyone's voice kind of veers to one side or the other most of the time. Also, it's nitpicking. A lot of people have interesting tonalities that work. Axl Rose's high stuff is very nasal (much more so than what is here). Just make it your style. Also, you might be able to do some cool stuff with those polyps! It probably changes your whole resonance a bit, so play around and see what tones and stuff you can come up with. Mariah Carey has vocal nodules that she uses to sound much lower than her natural soprano at times.

Hmm, you have a good voice, but if I were to nitpick, it would be that you have a very nasal delivery. It's odd because it sounds like it helps you deliver on the belty stuff, but it kind of takes away from the feel a bit on the verses. It becomes especially apparent on vowels. I don't have perfect pitch, but it does seem like you have good pitch. You have a very powerful voice; I like it :cool:

Well, here may be the problem. I'm a male, but I always loved Mariah Carey and such as a child. I could sing soprano then, up to about a C7 (those whistles she does). Then I turned 12, and my voice got deep as shit. It was pretty abrupt. I was in the 8th grade and couldn't get away with talking in class because my voice was very distinct among other 12 yr olds. I also had to learn my voice over, which is closer to a lowish-baritone--but definitely not a coloratura soprano. Unless you are a very low alto (Toni Braxton, Annie Lennox), your lows will probably never sound very male at all. Even though Mariah (a soprano) can get into baritone range, she does not sound male. Why not sing womanly? It doesn't mean you have to throw in all sorts of runs and crazy embellishments. Or at least wait until you have the support to sing lower. Can you try an evanescence song? Just for kicks? It's hard to really judge people when they are singing out of their range. If I tried to sing like Mariah Carey now, most people would say I could not sing at all,

Nah, I'm actually just pretending I'm singing as I would if there were backing. I had the backing in college and lost it; it's not easy to find. I CAN add vibrato, but I kept hearing that I "overused" it on my last cover here, in which I do the last high note with heavy vibrato. When I did that, people kept saying it was too "classical" sounding. I'm not really sure if my upper is healthy or not; it doesn't hurt and I can do it for long periods of time, but it's a big departure from my talking voice, which is more along the lines of the lowest notes there (which I am basically talking, as you said). Yeah, I def could use a coach. I'm kind of doing this as a hobby and am working on finishing up Grad school, which doesn't relate to this at all. Hopefully I can get it ironed out after. Thanx! Glad I didn't annoy with those overzealous, child-of-90s-R&B-radio-domination runs :cool:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1eadm7oISEC Trying to: -Practice runs--I normally shy away from them altogether -Practice using range- I'm have it, but I shy away from using it cause I'm not technically apt (self-taught/no lessons) -Use grit--for some reason, I have a hard time getting a 'grit' in my voice -Practice modulations The song has a modulation in it on the bridge. I don't think it's a key change, but I couldn't find an instrumental. I kind of shy away from it and talk it out because it's hard to follow without music. --Figure out if I'm a tenor or baritone I know people say it doesn't matter, but I want to get lessons someday (my voice has finally settled/isn't changing/I smoke infrequently) Help? Thankx. This is a 1 take cover with a laptop mic; it's a rough draft. I think it's "OK" but I need help in certain places I'm sure.

I appreciate this, but what exactly do you mean by knee? :lol:

I'm a baritone too; I tried to sing it the same way you did and it did feel kind of mixish, but I wouldn't really know for sure how your particular voice operates. Whatever it is, it is predominantly chest to the point where you might as well consider it such. If you're a baritone, I doubt you'd really have to mix that low. I tend to only be concerned with these things for high notes.

Hauntingly raspy voice. Love it. Some people that ask about this just sound bad so I was kind of reluctant I don't think it's either; I just hear you softly using your chest voice.

My god; I was done when those falsettos hit. Stayed in pitch even tho that's quite high. Was that pure falsetto? It sounded quite full. Great job whatever it was.

Hey thankx. I kind of like the big high note sound; I was told by a music major? that you're supposed to round a lot so you have an open sound (raise the soft pallett)? I think it's giving me a classical sound where I don't really want it. @tito has said this. So should I not try to open my mouth so much? How do I do this from a physical standpoint? This made sense but I don't know how to employ it?

Yeah, this was my problem; I kind of aspired to be a high tenor because most of my influences are (e.g. Robert Plant). I'd try to lighten my sound, and as a result I would switch to a kind of unpleasant center. I now just accept that I'm a lower centred voice that's capable of big highs (I can safely get up to a C--or at least it doesn't hurt and I can do it multiple times). I remember my first vocal lesson (I only took 1); I went up and down the scale, and he said "Wow, what a lower--I bet you never use that" which was true. I didn't know he was already in the middle second octave as I kept going. I was kind of puzzled when he asked, "Hmm, so tenor or baritone?" but I can kind of see what he was getting at. I guess if I were to try classical repertoire, I could probably entertain the idea of a dramatic-ish tenor. I'm really trying to learn my own voice; it's hard for a lower-centered guy because pop/rock is all about light, agile tenor lines, which don't come easy. I'm just staying with my Earthy/Dark voice and weighty highs and lows for a bit.

Oh wow, thank you. I think it's different, but I think Yorke's version is incomparable. His whiny sound (which he hates) made the song even 'creepier'. You genuinely believe he's indeed a "Creep." Also, his live acoustic versions have bigger climaxes. I wanted to sound lost then absolutely mad/angry, instead (which is how I felt at the time) I agree with the rest of what you said with one exception: I do believe in tessitura in any voice, which has been taken into account in Opera for years. I like to think of it as a car in high gear; yes, it can operate that way and just fine for awhile, but you will wear the gears more if you keep it in a gear that is too high for the natural terrain. If I sang "Locked out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars, while the notes are in my range, he sings in a much higher tesitura, so it's almost impossible for me--though I can HIT and HOLD the same notes he does from time to time because my range is wide. Look at Maria Callas, one of the few "soprano sfgato(sp?)." Wide range, but they kept her in a tessitura that people now think was too high for her natural mezzo voice. I believe it; listen to Joan Sutherland, even as a hefty dramatic coloratura, Callas' voice was much, much darker and heavier. Thank you so much; I'm a hobbyist. I intend on doing some more covers--but be warned I'm self-taught . My high notes are quite loud, however--which is a big divergence from my deep, timid talking voice (people ask me to speak up so often..)

Hi Tito! Welcome. I'm someone you probably know and I'm not as seasoned as some here. Your pitch is very good, and I love the rasp you have on the belted parts. My only concern is sometimes all that gets lost for a half second while you trill. I know it's bad to "think" art--but try to find where you want those heavenly trills to be to add to the lyric.

Ty; I'm actually just a hobbyist that does this as an emotional release for myself :-)

Hi guys; I'm a high baritone (one person deemed me a baritenor). I'm pretty much self-taught and have been working on my tone placement and high note technique. My comfort range is about F2-G4, with further extensions E2-C5, although I can't sing that low or that high as a tessitura--for example, I cannot cover a Bruno Mars song because he stays in the A4-C5 range. http://vocaroo.com/i/s1oCDg5lemYC Some have said my high notes sound a bit forced; this may be the case, but I hit this note about 20 times without any real degradation of sound, and I can play with the vibrato. I'm not sure how high it is (G4?). I try to raise my soft palette a bit and push from my stomach. I kind of wanted the almost yelled sound here, but is it healthy? Any advice? Oh, this was one take. I used dynamic range compression in audacity because I have shit equip and didn't want my highs to clip or lows to be drowned out (this is in my bathroom with my laptop-built in mic). If anyone knows a better system for Ubuntu, I'd be open but linux isn't very multimedia friendly.