JonJon

I have no clue where ya'll are hearing ANY Danny Joe Brown in this track lol.

Generally the song should have had some lead guitar but I wanted to put it online that night. If anything I might have taken the last couple choruses and sang only the first line of the chorus and then answered with a guitar lick. "And in the morning light"-----guitar lick etc

7 hours ago, ronws said:

I was not hearing much Coverdale sound. I find this to be quintessential Coverdale.

I was thinking more long the lines of the low, smokey verse sound...almost half speaking/singing. I didnt quite get it this time but im going to try to cultivate it

I definitely like the Skynyrd-38Special-ARS-M Hatchet vibe...being that im southern. Then again I dont fish, hunt, or drink lol.

Love the line from the song 'Flirtin with Disaster'......."got our sights set straight ahead but I aint sure what were after"

I said I was "trying to go for" a Coverdale vibe lol. I have to get a lot more thick low resonance...but I will eventually

Never used de-esser b4....half the time I was getting the B in, other times I wasnt

Believe it or not, the line "sun is so bright" reminds me of Rob Halford, like an octave down....maybe from the song "Invader"? or something back in the 70s Priest vibe. lol

Not too sure about M Hatchet vibe...didnt Danny Joe Brown sing thru his nose? Ive sort of determined that im not using much pharyngeal sound at all because 1) I dont feel any resonance in the "mask"and 2) I can hold my nose and it generally doesnt change the sound at all lol

An original song called "Morning Light"  https://clyp.it/0cmkoubr

No heavy technical reviews needed (unless you're bored lol.) To me the word "morning" sounds flat or otherwise weirdish. Lemme know what you think.

I realize the "B" in the word "bright" isnt coming out every time.

I was trying to go for a slightly David Coverdale vibe on the verses. The chord at 3:03 is pretty close to Jimmy Page

The intro scat thing was just done off the cuff. I was going to put guitar solos in but didnt have time.

(Edit: note to self. NEVER write a song with this many chorus repeats unless cash is involved lol....waaaayyyy too much work)

Ive had this music sitting around for about 6 months. Wrote and sung the vox today. No bass guitar on the recording

Enjoy, JJ

obviously you are a good singer

one small comment

"Into the flood again"   

1) sounds like you are saying "foot" instead of flood?

2) Im no expert on vowels but when he says the "in" from "into" it sounds more like he is saying "aauhnd" where you are saying "hin"

22 hours ago, Jeremy Mohler said:

Thanks man, that means a lot!  Maybe he is a distant cousin haha.. I think it's the double track that makes it sound similar to the T. Rex style.  I know the song you mention, but not sure if I've heard the original.  I just know the hair metal version. 

For me it was just a light twangy chest, I'm not bridging at all here or anything.  If you are asking about the original song, I am not sure.  I'd imagine the same but only he would know hehe.  Thanks for listening.  

Well I had seen where KillerKu had referred to you as a chest puller in another thread so I am just trying to get perspective on these terms and what the different sounds are etc. (im just learning all the terminology lol)

You got some other stuff posted where you are doing some strong chest pulling? or bridging?

btw, I never heard that particular T Rex song b4,but it immediately reminded me of the verse from this classic....same feel

14 hours ago, KillerKu said:

It's good. It's also an excellent choice for progression into head voice.

Was this song head voice though?

you got guts to try to cover that one lol.

I cant comment too much on the vocal quality but I will say that at certain points (chorus) you seemed to be a little bit behind the beat

nice.

So for all us newbs, thats all M1, correct?

Thanks G. Imma try to get some singing posted for review. Ive got SO much to learn

Hello Robert and Hello to all!

I just ordered the TVS program and am excited to start working on my singing.

Quick bio. 48 Y.O. male from southside Virginia. I have played lead guitar since 1988. After taking many years away from home recording, I got back into it about 18 months ago and had to learn the new DAWs etc from scratch.

To make a long story short, I have about 50 "songs" on my hard drive that need vox. I also have quite a few lyrics written without any music etc. It has been difficult (impossible) for me to find any singers to work with so the next logical step is to just develop my own singing voice more. Hopefully it is not too late. Besides which, I love to sing even if I am not very technically aware at this moment.

As far as singing, I want to sing rock, classic rock, 80-90s rock, grunge, bluesy styles etc. In my songs I generally find myself in sort of the style of VH, Rainbow, Whitesnake, LedZep....sort of melodic and bluesy stuff. (at least thats the aim, hehe)

My fave singers in no order. Ann Wilson, David Coverdale, Goran Edman, John Sykes, Glenn Hughes, Mark Slaughter, Marq Torien, Barry Gibb, Layne Staley and many others. I am not fixated on copying anyone though, I just want to develop my own innate abilities. My dream song might be "Love Kills" by Mark Slaughter when he was with Vinnie Vincent, but again, its not a fixation. (Im aware Mark had a pretty high voice lol)

My current estimation of my singing abilities? I have potential to have a nice voice etc but am pretty clueless technically and totally untrained lol. Just from browsing vids etc I think I have a good understanding of some of the terminology....chest voice, head voice, falsetto, bridging etc. I understand the concept of vowel modification but have never tried to practice it myself.

I am probably like a lot of other untrained people. If the song happens to "fit" my current capabilities, then I sound decent. But if it doesn't, I sound like a frog that spent the previous day hollering at a sports event. Sometimes I can sing along with the verse to a song but when it goes into the higher chorus part I cant hit that.....or I can hit it but I have to jump up to head voice with no bridging going on lol.

I think my head voice is developed to some degree but there is a no mans land between my chest voice and head voice. If I work on a song I tend to get into a lot of pushing/straining/choking lol. No bridging currently happening. On occasion I also like to throw in some BeeGees falsetto.

Anyway, I am excited to get to work and am looking forward to some nice progress.

I am throwing in this link to a "before" song where I sang and played guitar over an existing rhythm track. This was in Jan 2014. Pretty sure all the vox are doubled. (manually sang twice) Im pretty good at doubling...since I have never thought my voice was good enough to stand on its own yet lol. Any feedback on the singing is welcome. Id be interested as to what my natural range is. I understand it isnt going to be that impressive as it is an untrained voice but maybe we can get an idea of what we are working with and what potential for range and style I might have etc

Thanks a lot for any feedback!

https://clyp.it/egudjvlp

Peace, JonJon