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r00dris

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  1. I was chosing another song to work on and I stumbled upon this one. It has "high" notes (for my standard) and low notes. Definitely difficult for me. Insights appreciated. Cheers!
  2. That's really great to hear... I will be thinking on the next stuff I'm gonna work on. Thanks for the review. Cheers!
  3. That's absolutely true, and it's also my story. Until I was 21 (just before I started singing), my shy and bullied self had made my speaking voice soft/fragile (more high than low) like a Chinese vase. I had no idea I had an insanely low/powerful/resonant/ baritone voice hidden inside. When I started to sing, it was an incredible discovery. I was sure I was "going to be a tenor". It just didn't make any sense. So, the question that still bugs me is: which voice is the natural one? My fragile speaking voice that I used throughout most of my life? Or the low baritone voice that comes out when I sing? Or maybe none of the previous answers? I think that this "natural voice" thing, as you said, is very complex and hard to get.
  4. Done within less than 24 hours, as promised! I think that those 2 tips (lifting the upper lip to expose the canine teeh, and singing in the "mask") were really great. Especially the lip thing (which is something I've always seen many singers doing and never understood exactly why)!
  5. Those words means a lot coming from such a great teacher as you. I'm gonna keep trying hard to improve!
  6. Your voice really nice. It shines on the lower notes, which is uncommon for a woman. I'd recommend working on lower songs and exploring that. Have you heard of Róisín Murphy? You sound a bit like her in the lower register. Maybe a Murphy cover...
  7. Your timbre is really nice, but you should buy a nicer mic... this microphone makes it painful to try and find your voice in the muffled mix. About the more technical details, I think you should buy a membership/review... It's really worth it.
  8. Sounded very professional IMO. The forum experts probably will find problems as their vision is sharper, but I am no expert so I found it pretty great!
  9. Thanks a lot! My name is Rodrigo though, Noriel is the late great samba singer that I admire so much! It's Portuguese! But can you tell me the pitch of the note? I try to remove the original vocals, but some of it always remains... It's always a pain... lol. The track I use as a background is a "semi-karakoke-track", I would say. Mission given, mission accomplished! Gonna do that within the next 24h.
  10. The pitch of this song is like a rollercoaster (for me, at least), and this has caused me serious problems all the times I've tried to sing it. I finally managed to get an overall grasp of it, but I don't know if it's acceptable or not. I would like to hear what I am doing right and what I am doing wrong. (Also, PLEASE someone tell me the note at 1:10 minutes!) Cheers!!
  11. Weird enough, that pitch (D2-G3) is pretty much my comfort zone... If I go an octave higher, I get lost. Actually, if I start to hit middle-Cs and beyond, things start to go bad... If you browse through my Soundcloud, you can see that all my songs are sung in the Arnaldo Antunes / Leonard Cohen range (these 2 dudes are my biggest inspirations to sing). I'm gonna definitely purchase a membership or some reviews to try and investigate the origin of this problem further.
  12. Think of the sound of the male teenagers' voice when they're in puberty, getting lower, and sometimes they crack. I bet some of you know that sound. It's what happens to me, all the time, in my middle range and my lower range. It gets better after 10-15 minutes of warmups, but I'm still not confident that it won't crack. I can't imagine myself singing live, for example. Hell... On the verge of hitting THAT important note, and then... CRACK! I've been smoking for more than 4 years now (which was also when I started singing). My voice also changed quite a bit since then (from a mid/lighter baritone to a mid/lower baritone) and I've learned everything I know, but, as you see, not all gains were positive... Any help on how to deal with this... Anything... is welcome. (about quitting smoking... I'm trying as hard as I can)
  13. I think of what you just described as a "cancer" in my singing technique. Yeah... it took me off guard. I'd just like to know if it has "metastasized" too much (how far has it impregnated my technique)... if you know what I mean. If you could just listen to one more song and tell me if I'm making these sames mistakes I'd be really grateful.
  14. I think I got what you meant. I think that this speech-like singing is a comfort zone that I got into, thinking that it would make my singing more stable or something along these lines. Is this really such a bad idiosincrasy, may I ask?
  15. I'd like to purchase a couple of reviews, but the dollar is very expensive here in Brazil at this exact moment. Maybe a special price? lol If not possible... if I receive some money as chrismas gift maybe I can get one or two reviews. As Robert stated in another thread, you gotta invest in what's important to you. Thanks anyway!
  16. Hey guys. The thing is, as I have said in other threads here, I barely sing high at all. I'm very inspired by Leonard Cohen and my voice is pretty limited in the high register, so I transpose most songs to the bass region (even Avril Lavigne songs!) This Brazilian song (Portuguese is my mother tongue) represents my singing style very well. I'd like to hear opinions about my technique and what I could do to improve it! (EDIT.: I'd also like to know what is the last note of the song, please!)
  17. I really liked your voice. For real. You got real talent! Keep it up.
  18. This sounds great. Do you think this can be used in a melodic way? I mean, in a song? If I could produce melodic notes 1 octave below what I can now, or even half an octave, connected with the higher notes, it would encompass everything I'd like to sing.
  19. I have to say that, although my high range is limited, I've been dealing with those limitations in my own way those years, which is to adapt higher songs to fit in my comfort zone. I will try to work on expanding it later but it's not my priority on the moment. Honestly, because of the style of the songs that I like to sing the most (slow songs from Brazilian Popular Music, Folk, and even Doom Metal), I'm more interested in learning techniques to improve my lower range. I don't know if that is possible though (apart from fry etc., which I have been training on lately), or if there's a natural limitation in this case. My "full/modal" voice normally fades away below C2 and that frustrates me, so I'd really like to know. This may seem exaggerated, but many songs in these styles go below that. Please hint me up with any tips, if there are any.
  20. My comfort zone (the so called "money notes") is D2-A3. The total range (uncontrolled notes, fry, growls, falsetto...) is G1-F4.
  21. I think I get it. Here is one focused on the lower register that I really like to sing. And here is another which I once covered "a capella" and is mixed register-wise (mid-range main vocals and low chantings):
  22. I appreciate your answer. The thing is that I practice, but I only practice with songs that I can actually sing. I don't know how to actually belt above A3, so it's new territory to me.
  23. Throughout the last 4 years, since I started singing until now, although I gained technique (went from eardrum destroyer to mediocre/acceptable), my high register is fading away. What I did during this time was to smoke a lot (quitting now due to lung infections) and to focus on mid-register and lower register songs. Those songs were easier for me because I have to make little effort to reach the notes (from D2 to A3 is the area where my voice sounds better). When I have a higher song to sing, I lower the key to fit around D2-A3 for it to sound acceptable. In the past, I could sing easy cool F4's, although a little airy. Now, every note past around A3 (which is my "primo passaggio", D4 beind the second) sounds either heady, airy, thin, or unpleasant. Sure I can sing some 4th octave notes today, but they are limited and they use to suck. The main question is, is there a way to help recover some of the range that I lost due to heavy smoking and/or lack of practice, and then belt anything past A3 with some real chest resonance?
  24. Since I started smoking in 2013 my voice changed quite a bit. It has become lower every year (I'm 24 now and was 21 when started) Do you guys know if this has more to do with age or with smoking? And if has more to do with smoking, what is exactly on the cigarettes that causes these changes?
  25. Today's Warrel Dane is a good example, although he has lost the capacity to go into the 5th octave.
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