New Recording - Opinions of Vocals?

Hey guys!

I just recorded a new track!

I know the vocals aren't great, but I'd love to hear your opinions/advice on what I should do, if you have a minute to listen!

Hi Shaw,

I like the funky sound - nice guitars - and i like your vocal too. It is very low pitched vocals, and they are mayby a little bit out of tune in some parts of the song. Keep the support "on" constantly so that you do not loose pitch and sound. Good work :-)

Thanks Stormo, really appreciate it! Yeah, definitely need to work on my support. I've been trying for a while, but hopefully I'll get a couple of breakthroughs soon!

I think you're singing is decent enough for this style of music. I mean, you're attacks are not pitchy. Most trouble I hear is in sustaining pitch. Breath control. But it works fine with the verses, because it makes it sound like you're addressing someone personally.

The doubling you did in the chorus is nice, and I guess in this case pretty much necessary. Mostly because you're having trouble maintaining pitch with those longer phrases in the chorus.

This kind of stuff eventually self-corrects when you start singing scales on a daily basis. Like perhaps half an hour everyday.

Try this:

Set a metronome to 76 BPM, sit at the piano or grab your guitar and start humming from C3 to C4 in one breath. Can you do that? Can you also go up and back down to C3 in one breath at this tempo?

That would be just a quick evaluation of your current level of breath control. From there it shouldn't be too hard to figure out how you can get to that next level you're aiming at.

Good luck!