How Am I Supposed to Live Without You Acapella

[Gsoul82]

Hey all,

Around a week ago, I talked Pekka into doing this song, because I heard something in his voice that reminded me of this guy. Pekka is a Rock guy, and this is considered an R&B song, so it was an interesting thing. Ronws came into Pekka's topic and mentioned  that Bolton used to actually be a Rock singer, but his career wasn't going anywhere, and so he ended up giving Soul a try. Being that we're doing the whole monthly challenge thing every month and pushing genre boundaries, I thought it would be cool to get into songs from crossover artists, like Bolton. Especially since this month it happens to be a Rock song and Bolton is a Rock artist who crossed over to R&B, which is my area. This was spur of the moment, but I might really work on this and put it to music. It only has two verses.

[MDEW]

Sounds Good GSoul82. I'd love to hear something from you with a backing track and full musical intent. These snippets are like appetizers. I am ready for the meal.

 

[Pekka]

GSoul82, your voice is like soft velvet. So beautiful. I liked it very much.

[Gsoul82]

Sounds Good GSoul82. I'd love to hear something from you with a backing track and full musical intent. These snippets are like appetizers. I am ready for the meal.

 

​Haha. I guess I'm just lazy. Whenever I'm in the mood to sing something, I'll just record and get it done in a few minutes. Then post it. I really do need to start using this production software though.

 

GSoul82, your voice is like soft velvet. So beautiful. I liked it very much.

​Appreciate it. I probably wouldn't have done it if you hadn't made a topic on it. Then I really started listening to the song, and I liked it. This seemed a bit too light, in my opinion. I sang most of it in clear voice (no kind of effect), and I rarely do that, but that's part of the appeal for me. I want to get used to doing things I don't normally do.

[Denis Gallén Iserte]

Very good, a nice deep Voice¡ 

I' d like yo hear you singing a barry white song !

[Bono]

very nice Soul! I bet you could do a wonderful cover of this song:

 

[Gsoul82]

Very good, a nice deep Voice¡ 

I' d like yo hear you singing a barry white song !

​Thank you. Not much of a Barry White fan. I will see.

very nice Soul! I bet you could do a wonderful cover of this song:

 

​Interesting you posted this song. Ronws said I sounded like him in another thread.

[Sexy Beast]

Hey GSoul I think you should work on keeping a steady airflow when you are singing. For this you can use a straw + glass of water, just the straw, lip rolls, tongue trills, any kind of semi occluded really: "v", "z", etc... So for instance: sing the melody first with the straw, then put the words in.

I'm saying this because your voice is very shaky.

Also you should practice the song more because you are changing keys for the chorus. I don't mean going a little flat like most people are when singing acapella, I mean you are modulating to a different key.

And I agree with Denis, you should do some Barry White, you know, for the ladies

 

[BetterThanFine]

Hey GSoul I think you should work on keeping a steady airflow when you are singing. For this you can use a straw + glass of water, just the straw, lip rolls, tongue trills, any kind of semi occluded really: "v", "z", etc... So for instance: sing the melody first with the straw, then put the words in.

I'm saying this because your voice is very shaky.

Also you should practice the song more because you are changing keys for the chorus. I don't mean going a little flat like most people are when singing acapella, I mean you are modulating to a different key.

And I agree with Denis, you should do some Barry White, you know, for the ladies

 

​Sexy Beast has some great advice. It felt a little like you were holding back with your breathing. I noticed in another thread that you usually sit down when recording songs. Maybe try standing up and see if that helps? It certainly feels better overall to sit down, but I think you get a better sound and more control over your voice when you stand.

I very briefly went to a vocal coach, and the best piece of advice she gave me was to take the biggest breath I could -- a gasp, as if someone had just scared you -- and then slowly breathe out on one note for as long as you can, like with a "Hmmmmmmm" sound. It doesn't have to be a pleasant sound. Imagine holding your breath but using just enough breath to make a consistent sound, and no more. It sounds silly, but it helps. When I first started doing it, there were a bunch of breaks in my breathing. After about a week, I was able to go a full 35 seconds without any breaks. 

[Gsoul82]

"Also you should practice the song more because you are changing keys for the chorus."

Was wondering if somebody else would notice. That's hot, huh?

[Sexy Beast]

That's hot, huh?

 

[Gsoul82]

Yeah, I was sitting down. I don't think I was holding back my breathing, but I can't say for sure, because I don't remember.

[Olem]

Sounds good overall,Gsoul82, but it seems like you are holding back a bit. 

[Pekka]

We want Barry White... We want Barry White... We want Barry White .. 

[MDEW]

We want Barry White... We want Barry White... We want Barry White .. 

​  Barry White and Aaron Neville.   Barry Takes one verse, Aaron another......I have already heard this in some of Gsouls postings.