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Thanks for the reply Draven,

Yeah sadly it was recorded by an audience member on their phone, never ideal..  

I've never felt totally comfortable singing the song because I feel it's in an awkward part of my range - some parts are uncomfortably low, and some parts are right on the edge of my upper range - in particular, the high note before that middle section (at about 2:15).  But then I also feel like I struggle with the choruses - they feel too low when I'm singing them

I've been meaning to post this to get some feedback on where I can improve my live technique.  This was taken one of my bands live gigs last summer.

If you have a moment, please take a listen and let me know your thoughts.

Thanks guys 'n' gals

Sounds great Quentin!  I agree with Ron, you have definite shades of Dave Grohl lurking in there - and then you get to 1:38 and suddenly your inner Kurt explodes out of there!  

I love this recording - very very cool man! :-D

Incidentally, I can hear your voice in my head being perfect on something like Crazy Train (Ozzy)

Now that is irony. A guy with an Aussie accent not all that familiar with other AC/DC stuff. Well, I guess that's okay. Brothers Malcolm and Angus were from Scotland and so was Ronald Scott, nicknamed "Bon" because he came from the bonny hill country of Scotland. Brian is from England but his father is from scottish ancestry, so that helps.

 

I kind of agree with Quentin. You have more of a Brian Johnson sound, if one were to pick which singer you are closer to.

 

By the way, you guys did an awesome job. What I have found from singing that song for a really long time is that the chorus is not higher than much of the lyrics and certainly not as high as some of Bon's pyrotechnics in the latter part of the song.

 

But really, you are singing it as he did. The rattly parts were higher and the chorus was a bit cleaner.

 

 

Ronws - Thanks very much for your comments (my accent is actually English hehe!).  

I've had a listen to your version of this song and I must say your vocal sounds far more controlled and refined than mine, I always feel like I'm on the edge of losing control when singing this one as it's such a strain :-(  I'd like to somehow harness the control you seem to have.

Jonpall - to answer your questions, I'm not 100% sure how to describe how I get my voice like that.  I have a naturally gravelly singing voice anyway (think early Bon Jovi), and I have to really force it to sing cleanly.  For the ACDC stuff I kinda reduce the space at the back of my mouth by having my tongue relatively high, and I push the vocal from my throat.  It's the sort of thing I could probably demonstrate in person but putting into in words is really difficult!

I'm actually singing that in full voice/full volume.  I find it's easier to sing if I reduce the power, but it doesn't sound of feel the same so I go full tilt.

Thanks Quentin! Appreciate your feedback!

I'm not familiar with much AC/DC so I'll have a listen to the tracks you've mentioned and see if they're any easier!

This was recorded at my one of my band's gigs a couple of weeks ago.

As you can see, I struggle with the choruses (I can't maintain the vocal style for those parts ), it's not really the style that I feel most comfortable singing, but I think I did ok in places.  (apart from the very very end where I'm really flat on the scream and a few other places)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/thdiheoeelaucuz/14%20Highway%20To%20Hell.mp4?dl=0

Any feedback/advice/pointers on any parts would be really appreciated, as I struggle in general with this song (it takes a ton of water to get through it!)

PS - I'm not the greatest frontman in the world, so please excuse the lack of interaction haha!!

Man this is awesome! This has always been my favourite version of the song and to hear someone covering it so well puts a huge smile on my face!  

Thanks for all the comments and feedback guys.  Although I must confess to being a bit annoyed that the guy who mixed the song corrected that line and didn't feel it necessary to tell me until I asked the other day.  He swears blind that was the only line he 'tweaked', but I guess I'll never really know.  From now on I'll be sitting in on any mixing we do!!

I'll try and record something a bit more 'honest' ASAP - something that I know for definite hasn't been messed with

I stand corrected (literally!) - I've had a chat with the guy who recorded us, and apparently there was auto tune used on the 2nd line of the song (but he swears that was it).  

I had no idea - I feel like a bit of a fraud now

Thank you very much for the feedback and kind words Killerku

The vocal hasn't been autotuned but I must confess I've never really known how to add vibrato so it's something I tend not to do. When I do try it just sounds so forced, (I do it live when I'm in caught up in the moment, but I never commit it to a recording hehe!) I tend to sing straight almost always.

On that note, if anyone has any tips on how to add vibrato they can share, that'd be great!

This was recorded recently with my band in a friend's home studio.

I'm singing the lead vocal, and all the backing vocal parts are also me - these might be incorrect though - it took me forever to figure out the harmonies as I don't have any real musical theory knowledge  :-(  They sound ok to my ear but that could just be me!!

In particular I struggled with the high notes on the lead vocal - especially the "I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might" before the choruses.  The more I listen back to those sections over and over, the more I dislike the way I sang them.  

Any tips or feedback - good or bad would be much appreciated!

https://app.box.com/s/bhaem69pl50osrr4yola

Thanks guys

Sean