Members Mamma Cat Posted January 14, 2009 Members Share Posted January 14, 2009 ...might as well show you some of my old recordings I dug up from the comp. Two completely different things. http://www.box.net/shared/9v4eo61kgt This one was recorded on a young musicians night in a jazz club here in my town. February 17, 2003. I was a month away from 15, if I'm not mistaken The guys called me that Monday morning and asked if I wanted to play a gig with them, I said "sure, when?" - "Tonight" http://www.box.net/shared/jbrgofo8fv A cover of Therion's ABBA cover December of 2004, I was a young metalhead with classical training and nuts enough to do this yes, I know the band sucks. We had major sound problems, and the person who was supposed to sing the verse suddenly had a change of heart, so I did it by myself. We've seen better, but what the hell. Bring it on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted January 16, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 16, 2009 Wow, is it so bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nofuture Posted January 16, 2009 Members Share Posted January 16, 2009 Sounds good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members epyon77x Posted January 17, 2009 Members Share Posted January 17, 2009 Sounds pretty good actually. Fun to hear someone covering Therion. Band wasnt really up to it but you were pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted January 17, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 17, 2009 Thanx Hoping to hear some more comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted March 22, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 22, 2009 I've dug up some more audio, a friend of the band (now an ex-band) recorded these on one of the rare gigs we had. One of our songs Zombie White Rabbit Comments & construstive criticism most welcome Btw, could the moderator please rename this topic into "Mamma Cat's thread - comments welcome" or sth? Thanx heaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stilettoechoes Posted March 23, 2009 Members Share Posted March 23, 2009 Ooh, Mama! Well, here it goes: Hit the Road Jack - I love that damn song. Really powerful vocals already. If you didn't already know by this time you had something going here, I hope you did shortly after. I wish you had pulled it back and been a bit more sultry and gritty in certain parts rather than having such emphasis on the growly powerful aspects of the song, but it still works. White Rabbit - awesome. Your voice is well-suited for this song, as I'm sure you know. Sounds like you had fun with it too. This song is pretty much always on my Ipod. Zombie - your voice is definitely different from the Cranberries' singer. I almost wish you would have fully given over to your own voice and completely disregarded her stylings and maybe even melody to pursue your own take on it. I still think you did a great job. Overall, I really dig your voice. There's great power (and control of that power) and nice vibrato. I'd like to hear you temper that power with more soft, sultry kinda stuff so that everyone can appreciate when you go to the belting area. Myself, I've always enjoyed belting and being dark and powerful and now I'm trying to work on the more feminine softer and angelic falsetto type stuff. *claps* *holds up lighter* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted March 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 26, 2009 I am well aware that I lack some variety, that I often sing at full volume, which makes it difficult to go back to softer and "calmer" vocals. I am working on it as we speak, as I don't think good interpretation is possible without it. Thank you for taking the time to listen and comment, it's very much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stilettoechoes Posted March 26, 2009 Members Share Posted March 26, 2009 Agreed. This is the exact same thing I have been working on recently for myself. So, I'm right there with you. Hopefully I will unlock something soon and it will start to click. I've been contemplating going to a jazz vocal coach for some help along the way. Let me know if you stumble upon anything helpful and I'll do the same. I've been messing around with major and minor scales and just climbing up and down alternating between. That's been fun as hell and I think it's been helping. I think it's more of a mental thing than anything else.... Best wishes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted March 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 26, 2009 I have gone back to classical singing lessons, so it's been helpful in maintaining control over my voice. Also, I've stumbled upon a vocal coach who isn't really anything special, but he said one thing that never occurred to me - if you start in piano, you can go to forte and back, but if you start in forte, it's hard to go anywhere from that point. I have no idea how I never came to that conclusion, it's really pretty obvious Oh, and one more thing - I used to sing at this full volume all the time because I was struggling with the band, I couldn't hear myself properly. So the band and I dedicated just a bit of time to that and we figured out how to place the PA and everything so that I could hear myself. I realised I really AM expressive even if I don't sing at 120% all the time, I just need to hear myself properly. So much for that, now back to the purely vocal technical stuff I'll write here as I figure stuff out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members davidblair Posted March 27, 2009 Members Share Posted March 27, 2009 Add Reverb on White Rabbit... rock on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members romvert Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 I am well aware that I lack some variety, that I often sing at full volume, which makes it difficult to go back to softer and "calmer" vocals. I am working on it as we speak, as I don't think good interpretation is possible without it. Thank you for taking the time to listen and comment, it's very much appreciated It's pretty good overall... I wish you would've put more head resonance into the ABBA song, it was a little weak. And the Zombie thing... I think your range is limited by a little belting that you do toward the top of your range;it's usually the reason why one's falssetto/ higher register dissapears. You have to let your folds thin out naturally and not push too hard. Let me take a stab at it: Sove and background chatter is polish, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted March 28, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 no, it's croatian. But close enough It was a drunken friend filming us, saying something about a "fine looking woman" who passed by Thanks romvert, you're absolutely right about everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members romvert Posted March 30, 2009 Members Share Posted March 30, 2009 no, it's croatian. But close enough It was a drunken friend filming us, saying something about a "fine looking woman" who passed by Thanks romvert, you're absolutely right about everything AAAH! I heard "dobre" and I know that's the same in polish, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted April 1, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 I wouldn't know, I don't speak it but quite likely so, yes, cuz we're in the same group of languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members romvert Posted April 2, 2009 Members Share Posted April 2, 2009 I was born just a bit north-east of where you are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted April 2, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 2, 2009 Oh? Where? Hi from the lovely Azores archipelago btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members romvert Posted April 3, 2009 Members Share Posted April 3, 2009 Oh? Where? Hi from the lovely Azores archipelago btw Azores? I thought you were based in Croatia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted April 6, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2009 I am, I was on a trip for a week, got back home yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members romvert Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I was born just a bit north-east of where you are... I was hoping you would take a guess... not the same country, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted April 7, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 Hungary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members romvert Posted April 9, 2009 Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 Hungary? Sorry I was thinking of Serbia... more like straight east from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted April 9, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 Oh, hello I have many Serbian friends, some of them the nicest and most positive people I've ever met Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members romvert Posted April 10, 2009 Members Share Posted April 10, 2009 No, no, I meant past Serbia. A hint is in my user name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted April 10, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2009 Romania then? Now that I come to think of it, I have it in the back of my head that you've mentioned it somewhere before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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