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Post by bridgeymah on May 14, 2013 16:04:36 GMT -5
This video will not play in my country. Boo. Couldn't find it on YT, either. (I love the song and wanted to hear his version.) But here is his audition: Very nice voice. Good control. Not much sound of tension or strain on the high notes. Thanks for sharing. Parenthetically, while I appreciate Bocelli's talent and voice, I am not crazy about his sound on high full-voice notes. Like many classical tenors, it sounds tense to me. Note, this is a style that is prized by many, just not me. I prefer the light, floating, effortless tenor voice such as Adam has. It FEELS better to me. To each their own, right? Cassie thanks - I do like his voice also. Here is one of him doing a more "upright caberet" style performance, we haven't seen this side of him yet on The Voice but I think when / if they do he will be hard to beat... www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLMyz4tGciA
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2013 8:28:07 GMT -5
Parenthetically, while I appreciate Bocelli's talent and voice, I am not crazy about his sound on high full-voice notes. Like many classical tenors, it sounds tense to me. Note, this is a style that is prized by many, just not me. I prefer the light, floating, effortless tenor voice such as Adam has. It FEELS better to me. To each their own, right? Have you ever heard Bocelli's lower register? Sounds gorgeous
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Post by bridgeymah on May 17, 2013 6:29:13 GMT -5
This video will not play in my country. Boo. Couldn't find it on YT, either. (I love the song and wanted to hear his version.) But here is his audition: Very nice voice. Good control. Not much sound of tension or strain on the high notes. Thanks for sharing. Parenthetically, while I appreciate Bocelli's talent and voice, I am not crazy about his sound on high full-voice notes. Like many classical tenors, it sounds tense to me. Note, this is a style that is prized by many, just not me. I prefer the light, floating, effortless tenor voice such as Adam has. It FEELS better to me. To each their own, right? Cassie the song has landed on YouTube so maybe you'll be able to see this one m.youtube.com/watch?v=4K6mkJydJZA
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Post by Holst on May 19, 2013 21:13:09 GMT -5
This video will not play in my country. Boo. Couldn't find it on YT, either. (I love the song and wanted to hear his version.) But here is his audition: Very nice voice. Good control. Not much sound of tension or strain on the high notes. Thanks for sharing. Parenthetically, while I appreciate Bocelli's talent and voice, I am not crazy about his sound on high full-voice notes. Like many classical tenors, it sounds tense to me. Note, this is a style that is prized by many, just not me. I prefer the light, floating, effortless tenor voice such as Adam has. It FEELS better to me. To each their own, right? Cassie the song has landed on YouTube so maybe you'll be able to see this one m.youtube.com/watch?v=4K6mkJydJZAI like this guy's voice much better than Bocelli (whom I cannot stand :-S--sorry).
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Post by crazyoldgal on May 20, 2013 20:48:33 GMT -5
Cassie...
I was just listening to the AI duet again, and thought I give my opinion of Titanium duet w Angie.
I think for the first time, in a long, long time. I hear the soft sweet quality of tone in Adam's voice starting .19 sec into the duet. The quality that I loved in his Brigadoon, CBTM...I think that's one of my favorite vocal quality from Adam.
For some reason, Angie's voice irritates me, it too hard, too sharp and sounding very "Steely". Even when she attempts to soften the vocals, I don't like the clarity of her vocals. Lastly, her last of vibrato around 2.03 is non existent.
What made this duet, was Adam's incredible ability to soften and harmonize w Angie. Then mid way thru, to bring the intensity and power of the vocals.
Again, I guess it's a matter of preference of sound, but Angie's voice is not to my liking. I hope I'm not too harsh on her.
Even, Adam's latest rendition of China's MW, which I absolutely loved, in particular, the ending, did not give me that pure softness from CBTM that I heard from the beginning of titanium. I thought that quality was lost but happy to hear that pure tone again.
oh well, just giving my opinion, but I really feel Adam's quality vocals are truly lost on pop music.
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Post by cassie on May 20, 2013 21:14:11 GMT -5
Cassie... I was just listening to the AI duet again, and thought I give my opinion of Titanium duet w Angie. I think for the first time, in a long, long time. I hear the soft sweet quality of tone in Adam's voice starting .19 sec into the duet. The quality that I loved in his Brigadoon, CBTM...I think that's one of my favorite vocal quality from Adam. For some reason, Angie's voice irritates me, it too hard, too sharp and sounding very "Steely". Even when she attempts to soften the vocals, I don't like the clarity of her vocals. Lastly, her last of vibrato around 2.03 is non existent. What made this duet, was Adam's incredible ability to soften and harmonize w Angie. Then mid way thru, to bring the intensity and power of the vocals. Again, I guess it's a matter of preference of sound, but Angie's voice is not to my liking. I hope I'm not too harsh on her. Even, Adam's latest rendition of China's MW, which I absolutely loved, in particular, the ending, did not give me that pure softness from CBTM that I heard from the beginning of titanium. I thought that quality was lost but happy to hear that pure tone again. oh well, just giving my opinion, but I really feel Adam's quality vocals are truly lost on pop music. I agree there was something transcendent and ethereal about Adam's voice on Titanium. When Adam started to sing I literally stopped breathing for a few seconds. That tone just washes over me and bathes me in warmth. I am hearing it more and more these days, it seems. I heard it in Stay and Underneath, I heard it in China's MW, but, in Titanium it was even more prominent. You know, several years ago some "experts" were saying that Adam could no longer sing as he had on CTMBTM. He had ruined his voice singing rock and wailing the high notes. At the time I thought, "What evidence do you have of that?" but I was concerned enough to ask my expert, Angelina, who assured me that Adam was singing with impecable technique and in no way was damaging his voice. While he was choosing to sing in a different style than musical theater, he was still totally capable of singing that way. In fact, in her opinion, if he had wanted to pursue a career in opera, he would be a huge hit. We recently talked about how Adam's voice has matured and gotten even more luscious and rich. When I listen to CTMBTM I still LOVE it, but I think his tone, when he chooses to use it in that light, cultured way, is even better these days. He has incredible mastery of his instrument. As to Angie, my ears hear what yours hear. When she belts the tone is brittle and shrill, without warmth or depth. I just don't care for it, but it is very popular in pop diva music these days. To each her own.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2013 12:09:35 GMT -5
Even, Adam's latest rendition of China's MW, which I absolutely loved, in particular, the ending, did not give me that pure softness from CBTM that I heard from the beginning of titanium. I thought that quality was lost but happy to hear that pure tone again. oh well, just giving my opinion, but I really feel Adam's quality vocals are truly lost on pop music. I thought I heard small pitch problems at the end of the China Idol Mad World. As I always get ready to cringe when he gets to the end due to the AI live performance I can't tell if I'm just imagining a problem or if it really was pitchy.
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Post by ayleim on May 21, 2013 12:21:45 GMT -5
This is probably quite a daft question to be asking, but... when Adam moves the microphone away from his mouth (especially when he starts belting), is it purely to reduce the volume of sound the audience will hear? Or is there some "sound effect" resulting from moving the mic (randomly hypothesizing - more "airiness" or apparent distance from the singing)? Because if it's just for volume, is it possible to just sing less loudly to get the same effect? Was wondering because on watching the Angie and Adam duet, while Angie seemed to keep the mic quite consistently close to her mouth, Adam moved his mic back a couple of times, with the difference being quite obvious on the last note. cassie has said that with Adam's classical vocal training, he'd be easily able to project his voice to the mic if it's held further away than normal... so other than for aesthetics or showmanship, what's the mic-moving for? Random nattering below: Angie's voice - I actually quite like her voice too. It's clear and sometimes piercing without being shrill, which works well for some songs, and I found it nice when she's NOT belting or only doing so for a couple of notes. The closest analogy I can think of is the musical ping sound you can get when tapping a glass - it can sound really nice when it's soft, maybe a loud note or 2 is good for effect, but too many loud notes becomes a tad jarring, for me anyway. (Hubby quite strongly disagrees though.) Duets really do make me appreciate Adam's voice more. When he's singing with someone else, the contrast is pretty stark and makes my toes curl when I hear his voice (rather than the usual "ooh, that's beautiful" reaction ) And honestly, the contrast usually adds to the listening experience for me. His MW duet with Cyndi Lauper for instance - I found that her breathier-sounding voice provided a certain fragility to her parts, which was a nice foil to Adam's rounder tones.
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Post by ayleim on May 21, 2013 12:25:09 GMT -5
Even, Adam's latest rendition of China's MW, which I absolutely loved, in particular, the ending, did not give me that pure softness from CBTM that I heard from the beginning of titanium. I thought that quality was lost but happy to hear that pure tone again. oh well, just giving my opinion, but I really feel Adam's quality vocals are truly lost on pop music. I thought I heard small pitch problems at the end of the China Idol Mad World. As I always get ready to cringe when he gets to the end due to the AI live performance I can't tell if I'm just imagining a problem or if it really was pitchy. I thought I heard pitch problems at the end of CI MW too, when I heard it on alidol's soundcloud which she uploaded just after he pre-recorded it last month. But it seemed oddly better on the youtube telecast version when I saw it a few days ago. Maybe my ears need checking.
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Post by cassie on May 21, 2013 12:28:21 GMT -5
Even, Adam's latest rendition of China's MW, which I absolutely loved, in particular, the ending, did not give me that pure softness from CBTM that I heard from the beginning of titanium. I thought that quality was lost but happy to hear that pure tone again. oh well, just giving my opinion, but I really feel Adam's quality vocals are truly lost on pop music. I thought I heard small pitch problems at the end of the China Idol Mad World. As I always get ready to cringe when he gets to the end due to the AI live performance I can't tell if I'm just imagining a problem or if it really was pitchy. I heard it even in the fan videos first posted. Also, to me, the very last note was a little tense or choked off. The performance was beautiful, and I think I only notice these things with Adam because he is 99.9% perfect with his pitch and production. Folks get testy with me when I mention any aspect which is not 110% perfect. Sorry, folks. Adam may be a glittery alien from the Planet Fierce, but, no one is that perfect singing live. It takes nothing away from his technique and artistry.
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