Gsoul82

Ron that was very good, i like your version.

Hey Nick,
Welcome to the forum. Sasuke is a wise choice, by the way.
Doesn't sound that bad at all really. Many people hate the sound of their own voice at first, because you don't sound on recording like you sound when you're talking, and that's because things like temperature affect your voice when it comes out of your mouth.
When you first start singing, your voice tends to sound a little bit like you're speaking voice. Over time, you gain texture, and there are bunch of things you can do to change the sound of your voice (utilization of different resonators, techniques like twang and vibrato). After working on your voice for some time, you may find that you end up with several different ways that you like to sing.
You shouldn't sing the same exact way for every song though, because your singing should reflect the tone of the song that you are singing.

Hey Nick,
Welcome to the forum. Sasuke is a wise choice, by the way.
Doesn't sound that bad at all really. Many people hate the sound of their own voice at first, because you don't sound on recording like you sound when you're talking, and that's because things like temperature affect your voice when it comes out of your mouth.
When you first start singing, your voice tends to sound a little bit like you're speaking voice. Over time, you gain texture, and there are bunch of things you can do to change the sound of your voice (utilization of different resonators, techniques like twang and vibrato). After working on your voice for some time, you may find that you end up with several different ways that you like to sing.
You shouldn't sing the same exact way for every song though, because your singing should reflect the tone of the song that you are singing.

Nick you want help with your singing?  Please upload a picture to your profile.  This forum is locked until you do so. Get it done!  

Hi Guys
I'm new to singing and I got the Ron Anderson app which I've been using for a while and it's helped a bit, but I'm still pretty bad!
I do this thing where it sounds like a whiny, hesitant sound which makes me want to jump off a cliff. Also, and this is a deeper topic I guess, But I never really know where to put my voice, if that makes sense, because I sing (badly) in lots of different ways, but I want to find my default, but am not sure how, is there and exercise that I can practice a line on and then sing it to find my natural voice? hope that makes sense, any advice on what exercises I should focus on more would be great.
 
 

Yeah, Rob. We're avoiding consecutive genre repeats. However, just because we're choosing songs this month from different genres, it doesn't mean that people can't sing those songs with a Rock or Metal styling. It's encouraged.to approach songs from different genres with vocal styles from other genres. Country is doing good right now, so if that gets selected as one of the genres, I may approach it and try to interpret it from an R&B place. It's all about mixing things up one way or another.
I mentioned this in the thread addressing rules and guidelines, but I've also edited the instructions in my first post here, in order to make things clear.

​cuz we did highway star as a rock piece so it would be bland to repeat rock rock rock

Do help, what kind of vocal style do I have? And I think I can't really reach high notes using my "real" voice, but it could be because I live among many people and was afraid of being judged? But I feel abit strained singing too high a note. Also, I haven't had any vocal training.
https://www.facebook.com/NaomiTanWG/videos/10153872013253272/?pnref=story

Nice and funky. Interesting production group name (Norman Bates Family).

I gave 1 vote to each except country. I was thinking if we go with pop, the song Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush would be a great head voice test for all. 
Maybe a Journey or Steve Perry song would be cool too. 
For Gospel, the only songs I know are "Michael row the boat ashore" and "Movin on up" from the Jeffersons theme. Those could be cool as well. 

And thanks, guys, for the good comments. I actually describe what I did in my thread on Reaper. I have sang this song for many years but can still mess up while recording.

Hey Folks I just want to share a new song of mine...it's an R'n'B track with a rap verse by a friend... it's my first attempt to sing in my own language (Italian) since I always sing in English. So, even if Italian is my mother tongue, I had some difficulties in pronunciation, especially in the consonants and some vowels as "Ah"... I hope you enjoy it and feel free to comment if you want...here is "Niente è per sempre!" (Nothing is forever!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DGcfa7N5dI

I did like the groove there, GSoul, and dig your falsetto, but watch when you transition to chest voice. It sounded a bit squeezed or pinched on the "I love it. I need it." . Even if you're going to go for like a  DeAngelo interpretation or whatnot you should work on that bridging area to keep it smooth.
 
For a quick fix you could give a slight yawn and let that note relax. But Rob is right, if you want to sing more in the original style you're gonna need to start with chest and keep some of the closure. I also think your rasp might be vocal fry in falsetto. I'm not sure about that. I'd work on the chest and try to keep strength in head voice if you want to go this route. I am an Eddie Kendricks fan, and I feel like your current path if refined could go down that route:
 
 
 
 

Hey bro, your mixing skills are getting better. Nice use of chorus. Only advice is on your mix, when you hit the high notes, edit them to lower the volume a little(I don't know if your DAW will allow you to edit just those parts without affecting the whole track). That way, they are no louder than any other note. They are just a little hot in the mix.

Sounds good Ronws,    I like it, I love It, Can't get enough of it...........You're a Highway Star........

Here is my attempt, also at trying to mix for a good balance of music with voice.
https://app.box.com/s/em0tqq2maxoxp5kllc7wwz89a986oci7
 

Hey Ale,
Please go ahead and upload a picture to your profile. It helps the forum a lot. If you don't know how to do it, please watch this video:
 
 
 
I'll let you know what I think after you upload a picture. Thanks, Ale.

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Wow,  Rob. I really appreciate you taking the time to come in and coach me on this kind of thing. I really want to get this stuff down and there's nobody better to get advice from. I guess this is what I'm missing. I wanted to use some rasp for this song, which I get by experimenting with twang, but it naturally comes out lighter and higher. This also made me realize, I haven't really experimented with this kind of thing in chest. I'm going to work on this.

I'm glad you gave this a shot Gsoul, Not bad for the first steps into the Rock world.
I am going to need some LOUD time to even attempt the singing on this. I may be able to put a few guitar parts down in a few days.
I have a few thoughts on how I want to attack this.....It sure sounds like fun.......Can't wait to get started.....

​Your delivery was, to me, soft and laid back. Like I was in a piano bar listening to a smoky singer while sipping on scotch (with a soda chaser.)

​Hey Killer, was wondering when you were going to pop back up. Yeah, D'angelo was not what I was going for, so this needs refinement.
On the "I love it" part, it's kind of hard to explain. Kind of like I jumped into falsetto, going into it, and I did something different on they way back down. It sounded cool and didn't hurt, so I let it rock.
The rasp actually turns out to be something a little different and I use it in head voice. I tried to use vocal fry to get a similar effect around a year ago, but it didn't happen. I just get into this certain placement and it comes out. It can be more or less depending on how I manipulate it.
I want to get this style down though, so I need to work on more compression. Eddie sounds good, but he sounds a bit like what I'm used to, and I'm trying to work on being able to get away from that if I choose to. I think you were the one who first told me that the placement I was using for this kind of thing before sounds similar to Al Green sometimes.
How are you coming along with this, Killer? I know the last thing you said you were doing was working on interpreting the song.

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Wow,  Rob. I really appreciate you taking the time to come in and coach me on this kind of thing. I really want to get this stuff down and there's nobody better to get advice from. I guess this is what I'm missing. I wanted to use some rasp for this song, which I get by experimenting with twang, but it naturally comes out lighter and higher. This also made me realize, I haven't really experimented with this kind of thing in chest. I'm going to work on this.

Yes that was pretty groovy GSoul82. Sounds good.

I agree with Jabroni. Kind of a jazzy feel on that one.

Round 2, different takes and I think it's a better mix too. I'm still using mostly presets since I don't know what the knobs do  : https://soundcloud.com/jabroni-1/highway-star-take-2
 
By the way, here's the original vocals for the song as well as the organ track... I noticed there are a nice chain of effects there. I think it helps to hear the vocals without the other instruments to hear what effects are used.