r00dris

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)!
 

Rodrigo,
Much better... !
Your voice sounds a little bit louder and has more "life" and color.
Nice job!

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I really need help trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong vocally or is it just my tone? I need honesty. Thank u! 

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!!
 

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.

Cool,
my kind of forum dude!
I knew I was reaching when I suggested French. It some how didn’t sound like French either. 
Get’r done Rodrigo!

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.

Noriel,
Welcome to the Review My Singing service, happy to help you.
- What language is this? Is this French?
- It's so low... the note at 1:10 was ok.
- Are you singing to the original track? Sounds like you are. Can you get a karaoke track of this?
- It is pitchy and needs to be stronger. I think if you got a better backing track, that might help you on your pitch. It is a bit quiet.
- Generally speaking, you tend to be flat, or below the pitch. A lot of the pitchiness we hear is not due to your inability to hear pitch, but I think more due to the fact that the formant, or the resonance you are amplifying does not have all the necessary frequencies amplified. What I mean to say is the overtones or more accurately, the partials ( individual frequencies in each note ) required to make the not sound in tune with your ear are NOT amplified or tuned properly. This makes the ear hear only some of the frequencies, but not all. When the ear hears only some of the frequencies it needs to hear, but not all... it makes the voice sound flat. Some simple techniques would help you a lot.
1. First and foremost, fix your embouchure... or lift your top lip more when you sing. You need to expose your canine teeth, or smile big when you are singing. You will be surprised at how much that simple tip will help your singing. Notice how that amplifies brighter/higher frequencies in your voice and how it suddenly tunes better... you MUST start by doing this.
2. Work on singing in the "mask" more. Get out of your throat. Resonate more forward, behind the nose and into the forward, hard palate.
Try these two things and then post your song again.

I like Roodris,
He wants to get better and is open to feedback and reviews. 
And when you give him feedback, he goes and works on it and comes back with another try.
I really respect that.
Nice job Roodris.
BTW, I gave you a big review on your other tune...  And your in good hands here with Draven.
Maybe Felipe could chime in... @Felipe Carvalho, Maestro Carvalho, Roodris kicked in for the RMS service. He isn't looking for a handout, which is noteworthy. Would love to get your feedback for him if you have a minute.

 

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?
 

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.

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.
 

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!)
 
 

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!!
 

You're resonating a bit better, but it almost seems as if there's not enough support for you to stay in pitch. That could be partly the air support, but also from singing too low of a pitch. You might try an octave higher. You should be able to get just above a middle-C from good resonant placement alone. From there, the voice shifts a bit, but it's still only a matter of knowing how to build the strength and coordination to take it further.

I will jump in, since I have a bit of time. I used to have a Brasilian (Portuguese) student who sounded just like you.
To note, you're not singing in the above example, rather you're speaking the lyrics - sometimes in pitch, but still speaking. Arnaldo sings the song in the same octave range, but lifts his voice to the soft palate and forward. Singing vowels don't resonate in the same placement that speech vowels do. Here's a good place to start:
You need to be training. Whether with The Four Pillars of Singing, online lessons with me, one of the other voice coaches here, or, depending on where you're at in Brasil, get in touch with my friend Dan Vasc for in-person lessons.