Roddy

Hi , 

here is my cover of "man against the world " originally performed by survivor . 

I sing it 4 half tons down , because i am not a high tenor like jimmy jamison. 

Please review and comment for me to improve my singing. 

Thank you 

Helo Robert !

Thank you very much for your review !

I will try to apply your advices and sing with a better articulation , and I am sure Iam gonna sound better .

English is not my main language and i know that i have to progess on it .

What do you mean when you say I sound "flat" , does it means dark timber not enough bright ? Or this is about the pitch a little Under  ?

At 2.36 and the same before , I just see that I have made a mistake with the chord , I played a Asus4 but it should be a Dm .. Maybe that's why I sound below the pitch ?

Yeah you're right at the end I am a little careless ( maybe because this is the end of the song and i didnt think that i would keep the video lol ) , and that"s why i sound flat here ..

Hello everybody ! 

Here a quick cover of "man in the mirror" of MJ , recorded with ipad .

I wanted to have some review of what you think of my version , and some advices to improve my singing and sing it better.

I am high barry but not tenor so the song is played 3 half step down, the original pitch is too high for me . 

that's a pretty good singing! I think you should just practice in having more volume and heaviness to your voice. Other than that, all seems really good!

Thank you for your comment , yes I can have more volume and heaviness in some passages  , but I did it voluntary lightly ..

I like this song better when you sing it. There's something about John Legend's presentation in his studio version that is too slick, too controlled, and too perfect for me. Everything is placed so meticulously it sounds like a manipulative and calculated ploy to win over the listener, like how a clever sociopath might write a love song knowing all of the right buttons to press to win over an audience. That's nothing against John Legend specifically, just this specific song's production and the way it came together in the studio.

 

But your version sounds really honest. Yeah your pitch is good, timbre is unique, but just 'honest' and I'm really happy to hear it. Anyone in particular you were singing too? Not saying you should say who, but to me it sounded like John Legend was singing more to his bank account or a groupie he was luring to bed, and you are singing to a real person either already there, or of your dreams. Cool, thanks for redeeming it for me. 

 

I don't feel particularly critical of the piece. The only thing I could say is you could commercialize it more so by making the pronunciations more "American' or whatever, but I'm from America and not a huge fan of cultural imperialism. We just happen to have largest portion of the world's ear, probably cause we are rich enough to market our apple pie around the globe. It doesn't mean other accents are at all inferior.

Hi ! Thank you for having taken time to answer . I didn't sing this song for someone in particular , but my wife love this song

Yes I know that I don't have a good accent , and I have to work on all my pronontiations .. I am from france , and we are considered as having the worst accent of the world in english , thus it is not easy but I still work on it .. 

Hi everybody , 

I'am new of this forum and I'm here to improve my singing ..

Here is my first video "all of me" of John legend  , please critique ma singing , good and bad things accepted !

nice bright timber , nice vibrato  , good open sound and vowel pronunciation .

very nice version , good job !

hello ,

this is a smouth and nice version  and you are on pitch .

however there are some things that you can improve .

First of all  , the breath /diaphragm support .  You switch to mix/head voice too early i think , so you dont really have power , with a good support you could sound deeper and more powerful .

second thing , I find that you sound not enough bright , make your tongue more tonic , and sing with smile .

And be careful with the "i" vowel ...

good job anyway