Witch Hunt scratch vocal

Thought I'd do a couple musicless vocals, just so's y'all get an idea what I sound like.

This is Witch Hunt, by Rush. I'll find a video of it and put it in my favorites so you can compare them. Once I do, I'll update this description with a link.

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Entertainment

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• vocal
• cover
• Witch
• Hunt
• by
• Rush
• Kevin
• Biomech
• lead

[Mechanized0]

Pretty good Kevin. Given your voice, beard, and quite often aggressive facial expressions I could realistically imagine you a heavy metal singer.

As a side note you would be quite horrified at any attempt on my part to provide lead or even backing vocals to any musical piece. It is certainly quite disturbing.

[SirKevinBiomech]

@Mechanized0 thanks, I think....

Back in my youth I was in three different bands. I'm a better singer now. I just lack time to put anything together.

I think you sell yourself short. You have a rather deep voice, which I think would play well as counterpoint as I tend to be on the high side.

The best way to know fairly objectively how you sound is to sing in the shower. The small space tends to echo back how you actually sound to others.

[Mechanized0]

@SirKevinBiomech Not that the following applies to you Kevin but it does bring to mind something I've put a little more thought into recently. I've noticed how many singers eventually appear to lose their vocal abilities with time. David Lee Roth, Steve Perry (according to reports) and others immediately come to mind. Aside from a natural deepening of the voice that comes with age to what does one attribute this problem to?

[SirKevinBiomech]

@Mechanized0 The rumours concerning Steve Perry are false. I've heard him recently, he's still damn good.

That aside, I think a lot of it just comes from taking it for granted. I never had a strong voice so I had to work for it. Guys who got it naturally, I think, don't work to maintain it. Sammy Hagar, for instance, still sounds very good, where frankly Diamond Dave was never very consistent. Your voice does change somewhat with age, but practice will still keep it strong.

[SirKevinBiomech]

@SirKevinBiomech continued. Geoff Tate, for instance, can still hit those high notes, but it obviously hurts a bit. But he practices.

We also can't factor out drug use/abuse. Even though I'm in favor of total deregulation of drugs, that doesn't mean I'm blind to their dangers and effects.

[Mechanized0]

@SirKevinBiomech Thank you for your input Kevin.

Question: What type of work is required to maintain ones vocal abilities as it relates to singing?

[SirKevinBiomech]

@Mechanized0 The biggest one is practice, especially if you are going to be performing soon. You can pull off one or two songs without warming up in a studio without hurting yourself or sounding shitty, but you can't go out and sing for 1 to two hours with any kind of good results. When I was in bands, I got to where I could sing the whole setlist twice before I considered myself ready. Some notes are difficult, which varies by person, and can hurt if you don't have your throat in shape.

[neglectoid]

fuk yeah.... i can get down with some of that !!!!

rock on !

[Mechanized0]

@SirKevinBiomech My admittedly dry humor is sometimes misconstrued. It is often difficult to express ones self in this matter over an internet connection. It would be interesting to her your vocals accompanied by music.

As for my singing, the phrase 'completely tone deaf' comes to mind.

[gimlithepimp88]

sweet! not bad, not bad at all =D