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Okay now this is gonna be the ultimate party pooping analysis, so abandon hope all ye who enter here!

I think most of the stuff in the VH1 promo is based on one sample by Adam, it's half way between D5 and E♭5, he holds it for a while then does a run down. The glass breaking video is the one I think the sample is taken from, BUT I think the super long note was extended by looping. I mean we've heard him do stuff like that naturally and live so I don't see why, but every now and then I hear a weird jumpy bit in the note which sounds to me like where they start a loop. In the "throat coat" vid, when he hits the note it doesn't sound like it would if he were to just belt it from nothing cause the articulation and stressed consonant you'd get from hitting a whole new note isn't there, that's cause it's (imo) the glass breaking note, which is part of a smooth scale. You splice in a note that was originally mid-scale and it just doesn't sound like a note from nothing.

I do the love the vids, but I couldn't help noticing this stuff cause it just sounded odd to me. I might be wrong though 8-)

ETA: Ninja'd by Cassie!

albiku, that's an F♯5, sounds good :D Loads of metal/hard rock dudes do stuff like that and I love it.

Precisely, glampoon. When you produce a note from silence, you have to have the initial attack, or opening of the vocal cords. There is a distinct sound in that which is missing from the beginning of that note on the video. He had to have already been singing and hit that note directly from another without stopping his breath in order for it to sound like it does.

I have heard or read somewhere that Adam DOES continue to work with a vocal coach. Many trained singers do. It can be like a maintenance check up, to make sure they haven't fallen into any bad habits. Or the singer may be having problems with some specific technique/range/approach and need some help getting over it (like athletes frequently do when they hit a slump). Or, Adam may want to work on a new style or extend his ability to sing in a certain way, and seek out a coach who specializes in it. For example, if he wanted to do more lower register singing in concerts, I would imagine he would consult a coach to help him access that range quickly, strongly, and reliably. Or, if Adam ever accepted a dare to sing light opera for some charity event, (my secret fantasy) he would most certainly seek out an opera coach. Different coaches specialize in different techniques and styles.

Adam KNOWS his voice is his bread and butter; the thing that sets him apart from everyone else in the industry. Hence, insuring it (which I am sure he has). When you have one of the best instruments in the world, or one of the best cars, or one of the best wines, you are very careful to protect it, nurture it, and keep in in pristine condition.

Cassie

I don't know if anyone has asked this before....

I was listening to the TP cd in my car this morning, trying to listen to the back up vocals.

Is it Adam singing the back up vocals on OOL? I can't tell. I hear his back up vocals on the other songs but OOL leaves me questioning whether it him or a female.