Members grace_slick Posted April 3, 2009 Members Share Posted April 3, 2009 Me doing a bit of Pie Jesu by Sarah Brightman. Well, it's not really sung properly, because I have no idea what the hell she's saying in it. So I was just going noo noo noo or something. lol Enjoy. AND FEEDBACK PLEASE! http://www.box.net/shared/h3g3o0o4yn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted April 7, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 ...anybody? lol. It's not that bad, is it? Or is it just boring? Maybe I'll try a thrash song next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I've listened to it about 10 times so far, and here's my 2 cents. The first part was really good, the tone was nicely positioned and focused, and for a second there I couldn't tell if it was Sarah Brightman or not. The second part, when you start the "noo noo", it sounds good, but it seems to me you're pushing the tone a bit, while it should be just slightly flowing out. But that's ok, it's really high and it takes years and years of practice to be able to sing a really silent, soft high tone. Many professional singers still can't. What I admire is that you sound good with no background music, your tone is pleasant and soothing. And also, I totally didn't expect this from somebody under a nickname Grace Slick - I just assumed you were into rock, and rock singers who try to sing belcanto usually fail miserably. Props to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted April 8, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2009 OH MY GOD, really!? You weren’t sure if I was Sarah Brightman!? Woah. Ok, thank you! Mmm, yes, I do push the tone. I find it VERY hard. I never used to, when I was 15 and stuff I’d sing that song and things like Phantom of the Opera and stuff…and I’d find it relatively effortless. The higher I got, the easier it was (to an extent)…I could even do that supposedly “impossible” top note at the very end of Phantom of the Opera…but not these days. I’m old now. lol Oh, yeah, I DO love the rock stuff. I love Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane, other stuff that’s not hard like Fleetwood Mac, I love Lou Reed, David Bowie, the Beatles, the Stones, Marianne Faithfull, Frank Zappa, Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Mamas & the Papas, Kate Bush, Heart…I guess my taste is slightly varied. I’d LOVE LOVE LOVE to do the harder rock stuff…with a low voice and such like Grace, but I just don’t really know how, and it’s very frustrating. I tend to lose my confidence the more I sing the types of songs I love but can’t sound that good doing, and my confidence goes up when I sing the Kate Bush type songs that are easier for me but that I don’t have as much of an interest in, you know? Oh, and as for there being no background music. There was, but it was SO quiet, you couldn’t hear it. I have to play the actual real song through Windows Media Player so I can keep in time (I’m ok with keeping in time without anything, but I do find I gradually get a bit ahead of the music, which I’m always trying not to do) and I’d prefer to have the music backing me, but I can’t remove the real voice, so…no music it is. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted April 8, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2009 Oh, also, I don’t naturally have a high speaking voice either. I wrote a thread on here a while ago about this – how I speak quite low and not at all light or soft or high like how I can sing. Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted April 8, 2009 Members Share Posted April 8, 2009 I meant that there is no background music that we could hear - meaning there is no music to cover up your mistakes. You found it easier to sing those high stuff at 15 because you were still a kid. Your voice was naturally higher, and people tend to start feeling shame somewhere around that age, which affects singing quite a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted April 9, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 Really? Interesting. I just found that from about the age of about 17-18 or so, when I’d try and do say, that highest note in the Phantom of the Opera, for instance, I’d get this huge pressure behind my face/cheeks/forehead, and it got so hard to do it, and sounded not good anymore, so I stopped. Does this mean that I’ve “lost” part of my high range, or was it not really natural anyway because I wasn’t a full adult yet? (although what’s that thing about women’s voices not maturing until they’re 35-45 years old?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mamma Cat Posted April 9, 2009 Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 Girls' voices also change, though not so radically and obviously as the boys'. But it doesn't happen in your mid 30's, but in your teens. Just listen to any 15-yo and a 20-something-yo and spot the difference - the first one is still a girl, and the other one is a woman. Of course, your voice keeps changing, your vocal chords are like any other organ and they mature, even get old if you don't train them. Your head hurt cuz for high notes you need a lot of air. With proper training that stops, just like muscle aches stop if you train a sport regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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