Satisfied Mind

I think your are too concious of your diction too control of your singing, it is good for pop or rock ballards. Just not enough soul for this song.

cheers
purplehaze3691
 
V good voice except for the high registers. Otherwise a unique and saleable voice. Perhaps if you stayed away from the high registers, it'll end up better. Of course keep working on it - perhaps you'll get there one day.

And it is a bluesy tune. The guitar parts are so-so. Get a better (more than just for accompaniment) guitarist to work with and you could be in business.

Good Luck!
 
Good voice i'd say. No wonder u are focusing on vocals now.

Work on it. Not many bands in SG have good voice. Ur band is blessed :)
 
RoRK said:
V good voice except for the high registers. Otherwise a unique and saleable voice. Perhaps if you stayed away from the high registers, it'll end up better. Of course keep working on it - perhaps you'll get there one day.

And it is a bluesy tune. The guitar parts are so-so. Get a better (more than just for accompaniment) guitarist to work with and you could be in business.

Good Luck!
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thanks for checking out the tune. how could i improve on the high registers? any suggestions? thanks
 
>>thanks for checking out the tune. how could i improve on the high >>registers? any suggestions? thanks

Sorry I'm not a vocalist and I don't know how you can improve other than searching the Net for notes voice exercises.

Is that you on the guitar? And is that an original piece? Babes Conde does voice lessons and you'd do well to take lessons from her if you have the cash.

One last bit is that instead of trying to voice yourself like Joss Stone perhaps something more like Stevie Ray Vaughn would do you well. Off course keep aiming for something better.

In terms of rating the guitar, it's a low 3 while the voice gets a 6.0 for range but an 8.5 for tone. I just hope you have the looks to back the voice though - lol. It'll be pretty funny if you were 200lbs + (just kidding).

Good Luck!
 
hehe.. okay..
thanks for the tips.

um, to answer your questions, read the first post hehe..;)
um, i did everythign, and the song is a cover of a D.Houston song (i heard the jeff buckley version and decided to play around and try to attempt to sing this)

ya the guitar was a bit of an afterthought :oops:

i like joss stone lah hehe. whats wrong ;) ..

cheers.
 
If you played then guitar then OK lah. As long as it's not going to make or break you since your voice is more important. Being a singer, it's going to be an asset actually - I hope you understand what I'm trying to say here.

Joss Stone is great but only once you've got the high ranges nailed down. Perhaps a faster song that requires more balls may do the trick for your voice. Or for a slow bluesy number like that where you want to keep the same feel, then like I said stay away from the higher bits that require sustain in your voice. I would reach those notes and then tail off rather than try to sustain on them.

I'm sure you'll do well if you slightly pacier stuff and with your 'no-manja' voice.

Just my .02. Great voice though and keep it up. Work on writing originals and finding great musicians ot play with and you'll do well.

And stop listening to other people's music. I'm surprised how so many local bands listen to so many other bands. If you want to listen then do it infrequently and more so for technical reasons rather than for feel or melody or style.

Once you can play an instrument and your voice is an instrument, then it's time to draw your own map.

OK, my .02 cents have run out.

Cheers.
RoRK
 
RoRK:

firstly, i disagree with your point: "And stop listening to other people's music. I'm surprised how so many local bands listen to so many other bands. If you want to listen then do it infrequently and more so for technical reasons rather than for feel or melody or style."

no one should ever stop listening to other people's music, or else how are you going to ever gather inspiration or learn or anythign. u'd just be stuck in your own path and not know how to improve or anything. my advise is the total opposite. always try to listen to as much music as possible, and as many different types as possible to broaden your musical horizons.


secondly, what do u mean:
"I'm sure you'll do well if you slightly pacier stuff and with your 'no-manja' voice."

ya perhaps i could sing better doing faster music or whatever, but whats 'no-manja'?. is that like saying i have no affection or feel in my voice :smt102


other than that, i agree with the high notes tailing off thing, and the originality thing... thanks for the tips. :)
 
good attempt lah andrew.. and i think he has a pretty sellable face! i think he looks pretty cute ( no i'm not gay )
 
andrewtheshredder said:
RoRK:

firstly, i disagree with your point: "And stop listening to other people's music. I'm surprised how so many local bands listen to so many other bands. If you want to listen then do it infrequently and more so for technical reasons rather than for feel or melody or style."

no one should ever stop listening to other people's music, or else how are you going to ever gather inspiration or learn or anythign. u'd just be stuck in your own path and not know how to improve or anything. my advise is the total opposite. always try to listen to as much music as possible, and as many different types as possible to broaden your musical horizons.
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When I was learning the guitar ages ago, it was the in thing to listen to saxophonists, violinists and any other type of solo intrument to get inspiration. The thing is that once you are technically ok on an instrument such as the guitar it is best to get your own sound and technique in order to achieve originality in sound and playing style.

Of course you'll want to listen to your favorite bands but music is great with or without guitars for me. When I listen to a piano piece I tihnk of how I could try to emulate some of the licks I hear or even a saxophonists or a violinist. It really opened up lots of ideas. I would also listen to great music just for inspiration for composing. But all in all these things happened sporadically.

The danger to listening to music that is the same as what you are playing is that it's hard to compose stuff that is different from what you are listening. At the end of the day, you may just end up sounding like them.

My take is that you start off listening to what you like. Once you're ok on an instrument you taper off and widen your horizons. Then once you've got your own style it's OK to come back home, so to speak.

Of course you can still listen to the type of music you like and still be original but it's going to be really difficult.

That's just my take on it.

secondly, what do u mean:
"I'm sure you'll do well if you slightly pacier stuff and with your 'no-manja' voice."

ya perhaps i could sing better doing faster music or whatever, but whats 'no-manja'?. is that like saying i have no affection or feel in my voice :smt102

other than that, i agree with the high notes tailing off thing, and the originality thing... thanks for the tips. :)
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Manja is Malay meaning being pampered or wanting to be pampered. In this instance, I was referring to the style of your singing where you were trying to be laid back in the singing style in the slow parts of the song.

Cheers
RoRK
 
the gtr n vocal, blends unbelievable well..

ive also heard some of ur other works, n u never failed to amaze me.

well done!!
 
>>the gtr n vocal, blends unbelievable well..

The guitar is so-so. The vocals have great potential. For a singer to play the guitar part is admirable. For a guitar player to play the guitar part to support the same vocalist is a disaster and an insult to the vocalist.

They do not blend well. One part is definitely of a much higher quality than the other. Just to reiterate, the vocals are really good and can be quite awesome.

Depending on the singer's age and the amount of time he spends training (and not practicing) his voice, he can go quite far. It's a really unique voice and has the potential and balls to go along with it. He just needs good musicians to work with. And he has to look within himself first and then outside of music for muscial and songwriting ideas.

Cheers
RoRK
 
Doesn't sound like old blues number la... sounds like contemporary blues... nice nice I like your voice!

Pier.
 
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