Elvis

You're probably right, I could use more emotional intention in my singing. I guess I'm just a little too focused on singing properly.

Same problem with me bro. If i follow my heart ill kickass but will have tons of mIstakes. If i am technichally as good as i can be but its bland and robotic

Tried recording it today...i failed horribly. I oversang the first part of the song and i really had a hard time with the consonant filled chorus. Gonna sleep on it and try again tomorrow xD

Tight, dude. What phone adds reverb/delay to the recording?

Samsung galaxy s4 mini > upload to box.net > download on pc > run thru Cubase 5 > share on TMV...

XD but i phone has Garageband that does the effects

Also Caustic 3 is absolutely awesome DAW for androids

Nice one, Elvis. I think this is the first I heard from you.

I had a few covers before. Most notable Stevie Ray Vaughan and for all of me challenge now.

And thanks all for kind words :)

Rapair the link, it doesn´t work..

 

Now that was brutal,

Hey man! This sounds very good. Your voice reminds me Bon Jovi.

 

Thank you very much!

So i had a flash in my head that i want to cover Dream On so i randomly took my cellphone and recorded a minute of me singing the song.

 

Just wanted your opinion guys about how this sounds, i tried to add a bit grit to it which i dont ussualy do.

 

Tell me what you think and any tips maybe for me to improve before it goes into full version <3

 

Thanks all!!!!

 

 

https://app.box.com/s/8gzeld1eefmxjnvv174vp4t4qx8fwgdt

 

P.S. Lyrics are wrong in some places. I didnt hear that song for a while and it hit me suddenly so i didnt really check it ;P

 

P.S. Delay and Reverb used just so it doesent sound so bland ;P (and to cover possible mistakes xD)

Just remember, using a USB mic, you will have latency in your recording software that you might have to adjust to a shorter playthrough. However, that will also cause clicks and pops in playback. So, when you go back to playback, adjust your latency back out to 30 ms or whatever it was before you adjusted it. This because adjusting latency down creates less time for all the information. Increasing latency allows more time for all of the data to play.

 

 

Actually i already tested Rode NT-Usb on my laptop and there is 1-3ms latency even on 512 buffer size and thats actually negligable. Its very well made.

Thanks Robert! I agree there is alot more to work on.

 

Not to get deffensive but i can ussualy follow melody and rhythm very well but because i am using a "poor way" of recording i have some limitations. I cant really hear myself if im having my headphones on so i remove them slightly, and then i cant hear the bed track, so i kinda fall late or early. 

 

My dad actually agreed to buy me Rode NT-Usb so if it gets delivered by the end of the challenge ill try recording with it.

 

Thanks again for your input i REALLY appreciate it

 

Edit: and i was doing alot of "baby babe's" so i guess that dampening became almost unintentional

Ill try to record new one. This one is ok but some of the errors were not really neccesary. :/

Hell yeah. MDEW should take Hillbilly all the way. Layne Staley and Steven Tyler already existed anyway. He should take this thing to it's limit.

I truly want to see a banjo playing true texan in todays music. I know they exist but i want to hear it more exposed. Good music is hard to come by these days if your not actively looking. Im getting tired of ke$has and nicki minaj Style song.

Did you read the part about it still sucking without a GOOD singer. If I could sing like Steve or Layne I wouldn't need to be here.

But, then again I'm a Hillbilly, we do strange things just because.

You say Hillbilly with kind of a negative conotation. I hear hillbilly and read it as independent culture with defining characteristics and staying true to the way they are raised. Nothing wrong with that. Furthermore i aplaud you for staying true to who you are. :)

Those notes are preety tasty. Tasty as hell. And the whole thing gives me a wierd emotion inside me, which is great. I can hear this as a background music to some sad part of the movie.

Grimey as hell! Love it!

Thanks so much!

I have to agree! I've tried looking into singing, but with all the information out there, it is hard to distinguish what is marketing junk and what's actually true. I've tried looking into "The Four Pillars of Singing," but I do not have the $198. So for now until I can save up Pillar, I'll try to keep at it

Thank you Elvis!

 

Bro i was saving from June, 2014 until a month ago. I am working and going to college but i live with my fiancee and it is hard. I work 150h a month for 300$, and i gotta eat something. so it was hard, but i managed and i didnt regret it.

Bro this is better. Even alot better. Im preety sure with the right vocal coach or a programm you will have amazing results.

Im begginer myself so it wouldnt be fair to give you technical advice. Im sure alot of people will help you around here.

Just be persistent. If i really love singing you will make it.

Dont get hung up on baritones tenors and basses. Fach doesent mean anything in pop music or should i say contemporary. we have a thread about bari's basses singing high here on forum with 200+ posts. take a read.

 

Now i think you are speak-singing. you need to really get into singing mode. its hard for me to explain as im a begginer also. But try giving it more strenght like ron said and dont be afraid of "sucking". i thnk you are trying to much to not sound bad or embarassing, and then you end up almost reciting the lyrics.

 

I can hear that you have an ear for pitch. it wasnt perfect but you hear the melody and you are trying to follow it, and you DO, but its more of a "lyrical recitation" (if thats a thing) than singing.

 

Try to loose up and really let it go and record again.

The only thing missing is grit and a bit clearer pitch and your done..you have done really good. I like it.

Also take note that if geoff tate sang this it would be very mellow and like aa choir boy

MDEW im a beginner so i cant tell you really how to improve it but i can tell you that i really liked your approach to this song. (also im a guitar player so guitar is inviting for me ;P)

 

I like this song even more with your apporoach. Im not a fan of this pop-ballad style songs or generally "modern pop music" (with the exception of Ed Sheeran) so this "folksy country" style is preety awesome to hear as the lyrics are really not bad in this song and i really like it.

 

I like the style of your singing its really easy on the ears and it doesent feel like a chore to listen to it

Hey guys... I feel like I should chime in here... didn't want Felipe to think I was "doggin" his idea... I haven't even had time to hear the track... and any recording I do right now has to be toward my EP... Im also doing a major update to "Pillars" that is a huge beast... I may not have time to make for this... but I do want to try... Just wanted you to know Im not puss'n out, just have other things to do right now... to include more features and improvements to this forum... lots of work with contractors, teaching, product building, and any time left over to sing, I have to do it on my own tunes at the moment... Im trying to get some new content published.

 

 

Its actually my idea to do this contest but we wont nitpick hehe

 

Yea it means alot when some really good singers and quite knowledgable say something is good, even if its just out of courtesy

I liked it very much.

 

Thanks so much Martin and MDEW...

 

To be honest these kind of replies makes me train harder and not loose my will to learn to sing...

 

I myself realise this is far from perfect and im really just a begginer but i really have alot of will to learn..hopefully in time ill get better

Thanks MDEW...i might scrap this for now yea and record proper one..at least without any breaks and chirps

 

Thanks for kind words

Hey guys! This is my entry for All of me contest.

 

I figured id upload it here too just so i get some feedback from you guys!

 

My falsetto sux hard and i cracked at 1 place but overall im preety happy with it!

 

Tell me what you think

 

https://app.box.com/s/ozr07i6py6n8e0oai0jzcs56vqss3wr0

 

Edit: ill record another one so consider this one as practice

@ Elvis...

 

"Grunge"... has a good response here, especially the point that I do it my way. I never wanted to try to make my voice sound like Layne Staley, to me... that feels like a pointless endeavor... its more fun for me and interesting to listeners to hear a good singer do the song with their sound colors and stylings in my opinion... within a respectable and reasonable margin.

 

Regarding the modified vowels...  This is a point I make in "The Four Pillars of Singing" regarding modified vowels... we modify vowels for several different reason in training and singing; to help shift the formant when bridging in workouts, to help shift the formant when singing, ... in "Pillars" there are now about 13 "Resistance Vowel Modification Formulas" for students to train that are modification sequences that are designed to increase strength and coordination... that means, they are HARD and like solving a puzzle... and in regards to singing, we modify vowels for two reasons;... because we have to get the note done because the frequency, physical strength, song, level of fatigue, etc... dictates that we do... this kind of vowel modification is contingent on the frequency. The higher the pitch and the more narrowed the vowel, the more the necessity to modify the vowel.

 

But sometimes we ... at least I do and I teach this as well... we modify vowels simply because we want to as artists. Modified vowels tend to be more open, resonant vowels and that means more warmth and color sometimes in the voice. Modified vowels also tend to make a singer sound more "formal" or "theatery" in my opinion, a "vibe" I like to go for sometimes... if all your vowels always sounded like speech vowels... your singing would sound too amateurish...  this is what 'grunge" is referring to I believe... and I certain did chose to do this purely for artistic reasons in this performance.

 

The performance is now about 2 years old... if I did it again today I would probably not modify quite as much and I would probably Edge my vowels more to the forward palette and get a slightly brighter sound color.. which is the changes I have made since then... at that time, I was more into warmer colors, which modified vowels tend to give you... 

 

It is just a matter of artistic choice and what my attractor state was at the time... these days, it would be less modified and brighter in color and I would not mess up the lyrics... there were a couple lyrics that were wrong in this performance... either way, is fine.  I like this performance, I think its cool. I'm glad you guys enjoy it too.... 

 

Layne Staley's mother sent me a personal email after seeing it and she thanked me. She thought it was respectable and a good effort. She sponsors a fund raiser here in Seattle for heroin addiction every year and I have been a part of that charity for a few years.

 

 

Awesome response Maestro!

 

Btw i actually like the vowel mods here...they are kinda groovy ;P

Don't want to poke my nose into your question, but he's kinda done it in his own style and is not copying layne, he's modified the vowels to maintain some of that twang on the high notes, its not necessary, I would call it preference.

Yea i just wanted to know...btw if u see comments down on rooster and child in time cover you will see that i love them...i really like Roberts take on those songs. Really bluesy interpretation that i really dig