basslord1124

Pretty cool recording...love Rush!!

I never thought about recording vocal tracks like that...although I have done something similar anyways. I have tried to pull off 1 really good take of the whole vocal track, and then I go back and pick out the worst phrases and sections and re-record those.

It's not officially done....but it's probably in the 90% range of being done. Gonna clean up/redo some vocal sections and few pieces of lead guitar.

I did listen to it and honestly, it's not too bad. Not spectacular but not crappy either. I think that's probably not the easiest song to cover anyways. You got the basics down, I'd try some new things and make it your own.

I am glad I listened to all three.

"Can't You See" - great soul and blues in your voice. If you ever decide to "train" that out of your voice, I swear to God, I will track you down and kcik your butt. And I am an old guy, so that would be enbarassing for you.

"Jet Airliner" - awesome guitar and I like that you do what I do, playing guitar and singing at the same time. It is my "wheelhouse" and where I am most comfortable. I was hearing some hypernasality. Through the nose nasal, which I am not a big fan of in every genre. However, that is just a style thing, for me.

Then, the third file, where you speak and I could hear it in your speaking voice, too. Then, I realized, you are singing with voice and dialect that you have and it made sense. And your original is awesome. Keep that and finish it.

Again, hypernasality is just a thing. For example, I like Willie Nelson and he is hyper-nasal. And I liked Phil Lynott, And he was hypo-nasal, at least to my ears. And my ears may be off. For I have done a cover and didn't realize until later that my guitar was out of tune, even if i was singing true pitch.

Which reminds me - in "Take it Easy", you changed keys, which can happen in a capella if you have not decided on a key.

Anyway, I love the funkiness of your voice and I think you need to be recording professionally and making obscene amounts of money.

Wow, thanks for the feedback ronws...I definitely was not expecting your last comment...well from anyone really lol. I have no intentions on making it big...I just want to have fun playing music and share my music with whoever wants to listen.

Nope the soul and blues will stay. No need for butt kicking here. As I have sat back and listened more I have noticed the nasal quality too...some songs are more noticeable than others.

And yeah Take it Easy, I noticed the key change right after it happened. Sometimes I have broke out in that one just acapella and been decently stable with pitch and key...I am not sure what happened to me here lol.

Oh and as for the little piece of original in the third file...that song is actually done. Lyrics and all that have been complete for a while. I am actually in the process of getting that one fully recorded...just got some more finishing touches done to it. I may post some progress on it here soon.

Good voice man! I like it. I think you fit the style well and yeah I think it's a good idea to try out some new genres/territory.

I'm not too familiar with the song (heard a couple of theirs) and this may just be how it is...but some of the ending phrases seem cut off too quick. Like "vacancy signs" I might have held out a little longer for example.

And the vocal volume seems really low at around the 2:34 mark. Where you start doing some falsetto stuff. You hit it from what I could tell, just needs more volume! And even if that is a soft spot it still seems like it needs some more volume.

Aside from that, like I said, it sounds good.

All righty, I uploaded a few more tunes. These are all just clips of me doing some covers.

There are a couple small spots in this one where maybe I got into it a little too much and lost control. oopsy! lol

This one didn't come out too bad I guess. And just an FYI, this isn't the editted version...so some brief profanity towards the end of the clip.

And finally this one. No instruments...just me talking and singing so you can hear the differences. First part is an obvious cover and the 2nd part is a little piece of an original song I have.

Very good dude, I was digging it. I haven't listened to a whole lot of Dio but I love that song. Good job!

Overall not too bad IMO. I noticed the lack of volume too. I say keep practicing and perfecting those songs if you like singing them.

I'm 33yrs old and have been singing since high school where I sang in the high school choir. But I seem to have always made more of an emphasis on my instrument playing versus my vocals. Well I think I've coming to a point where I want to try and improve my vocals...since apparently those close to me are saying they need improvement. The criticism they always give is to sing in my natural voice which I just always thought that's what my voice sounded like. I just open my mouth and whatever comes out is what comes out.

So anyways, that's my situation. And like I said above, I kinda think I should spend more time on improving my vocal technique anyways as it's something I've sort of neglected. The only real vocal training I have had is just in high school/college choir. So I appreciate any suggestions, thoughts, criticisms that you all may have for me.

Here's a link to my reverbnation page:

http://www.reverbnation.com/christopherperkins

I only have 1 song on there now, but plan to add more later this year. And if needed, I'll try and find some other clips of me singing