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Post by SophieB on Mar 30, 2014 15:47:19 GMT -5
I think he didn't have chemistry with the vajayjays, shoot me:/// I agree - he tried very hard to make it work but it never really did. There was never a 'that sounded great' moment with them (IMHO) but it's hard to say why.... |
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Post by kittykay on Mar 30, 2014 15:47:57 GMT -5
I think he didn't have chemistry with the vajayjays, shoot me:/// I never warmed to the vajayjay's. Adam can sound good with the right background singers. Great Chemistry all around. Example: |
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Post by cassie on Mar 30, 2014 15:51:50 GMT -5
The comments are wonderful, but where is this site from? I'm reading the names of a lot of Asian singers (Indian? Chinese?) that I've never heard of before. That said, nice to see Adam with MJ, Freddie, and Elvis.  I ETA: Cassie -- I see you beat me!! Since you are hear, why does Adam sound so much better than Chris on that duet? It is more than the difference in power. Is it just that Adam has such smooth, easy transitions and more developed vocal flourishes (or whatever the proper term is for the extra vocal effects he adds)? There just sounds like there is more "data" when Adam sings. When you hear Adam singing with someone else you would suspect that he has bribed the sound tech to tweak the mics, adding special effects, reverb and volume to his, and dampening harmonic frequencies in the other voice to make it sound less full, less present. I know that Adam endures (oops, make that) endears himself to the tech people, but I don't think he can manipulate them all. It's the raw difference in his voice. You have identified some of the factors. Yes, he has power that he can dial up when he chooses, and dial back to an intimate level. Yes, he knows how to add those riffs or flourishes in a way that sounds pleasing, not like he is just doing it to show off cuz he can. The transitions you talk about are important, too. It takes a lot of technique and practice to make a voice sound seamless from top to bottom through all the registers. It's not something that comes naturally or by listening to other singers alone. It has to be learned from a coach/teacher. One factor I noticed with Nate in particular, but with others as well is that Adam sings through musical phrases. He doesn't chop them off at the end, or chop them up in the middle. Untrained singers often do this because they have never learned how to breathe and support their singing. It is one thing that makes Adam's voice sound richer and more ringing, almost like a natural reverb. The biggest thing to me about Adam's voice is that incredible resonance. If you were to use a frequency analyser and identify the various harmonics in his tone I am sure you would find a much broader range of compatible sub-harmonics than most singers. A note has a primary pitch of so many cycles per second (in the soundWAVE). For example, the A above middle C on the piano (the note an orchestra all tunes to) vibrates at 440 cycles per second. Unless the note is being produced by some type of electronic means, tho', there are additional subharmonics which are mathmatical multiples of the 440 cycles. These are produced by the instrument, the sound chambers, the materials in the environment, etc that are stimulated to resonate to the 440 Hz tone.
Adam was blessed with a body that has unusually great natural resonance. Think of it as having a Stradivarius violin while everyone else has instruments that vary from beginning student $50 pieces to performance qualty pieces worth $10,000 +. (A Strad sold for $3.6 MILLION back in 2010). The best violinist in the world cannot make a $50 violin sound beautiful. Conversely, a beginning student cannot make a Stradavarius sound beautiful either. It takes great technique and artistry to make a Strad "sing" more perfectly than any other violin in the world.
Adam knows how to coax those harmonics from his body, amplify the ones he wants for the sound he wants (mellow or sharp, dark or light, mature or youthful, rock or opera), and project them. It is like Adam is singing in High Def while others have an old analog voice. Or like Adam has a Crayola box with 120 crayons in it where non-singers have 8, good singers have 32 and great singers have 64. Or Adam has a voice like a boxed assortment of the world's finest chocolates, good singers have a box of Russell Stover, and non-singers have a bag of tootsie rolls. Or Adam's voice is like listening to orchestral music with a state of the art surround sound system in a specially built listening room, good singers have high end Bose speakers, and non-singers have a 40 year old walkman radio. At least, that is what I hear. IMO. YMMV etc. |
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Post by melliemom on Mar 30, 2014 15:52:07 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gka__DBWZhwI guess Rockstar will be our next quest for hits... Love it now waiting for the video..I'm going to miss seeing Adam on TV... Really that's what I desire the most from our guy..seeing him on TV every week.Adam my sweet ADDICTION 
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Post by melliemom on Mar 30, 2014 15:54:04 GMT -5
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Post by Avari on Mar 30, 2014 15:55:08 GMT -5
I think he didn't have chemistry with the vajayjays, shoot me:/// I agree - he tried very hard to make it work but it never really did. There was never a 'that sounded great' moment with them (IMHO) but it's hard to say why.... I agree. I never liked the vjjs; I thought they were a hindrance rather than a help to most performances. In fact....bad fan warning!...their sound and presence distract me so much that there are very, very few WAG videos I actually really like. :/ |
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Post by melliemom on Mar 30, 2014 16:01:16 GMT -5
I agree - he tried very hard to make it work but it never really did. There was never a 'that sounded great' moment with them (IMHO) but it's hard to say why.... I agree. I never liked the vjjs; I thought they were a hindrance rather than a help to most performances. In fact....bad fan warning!...their sound and presence distract me so much that there are very, very few WAG videos I actually really like. :/ Well for the most part, IMHO, they never sang on tune.Either flat or sharp.... :( |
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Post by adamrocks on Mar 30, 2014 16:04:10 GMT -5
I just got back on a little while ago and I was so bumped out that I had to leave right when a full version of Rock Star was posted! I thought about getting to hear it all the time I was gone!lol I love it! I knew Adam would add his own edge to the song! When will we be able to DL it from iTunes? Is there a good DL floating around until we get the Glee iTunes one?
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Post by adamrocks on Mar 30, 2014 16:08:43 GMT -5
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Post by cassie on Mar 30, 2014 16:09:34 GMT -5
P.S. to my reply to Q3 about Adam's voice. You said it was like his voice had more "data" than Chris's. That is exactly right! It does have more data in the form of range of harmonic overtones. Thanks for the analogy. I could have just stopped my explanation right there.
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