9.13.15 Adam News and Infro
Sept 13, 2015 20:02:49 GMT -5
Post by adamrocks on Sept 13, 2015 20:02:49 GMT -5
First he said that WWTLF was difficult. Then, he added that TSMGO was a killer. Both are very challenging.... Adam needs to be challenged, so it's a good thing. TSMGO is more intense emotionally and musically. WWTLF starts out quietly, in a lower part of his range. It builds throughout the song until it is extremely powerful at the end. At least that is the way it SHOULD be sung, if the singer has the chops to vary his delivery and the ability to interpret and connect emotionally with the song.
TSMGO is angsty and more bitter from the beginning and needs to be delivered with power and beligerance throughout the number. It has to be attacked vocally from just about start to finish. As for range, much of it sits at a part of Adam's range that is perhaps the most challenging vocally and takes the most strength. Emotionally, it is a killer, too, if the singer has the emotional sensitivity and range that Adam does. Very intense experience.
Which reminds me, one (of the many) remarkable thing about Adam as an artist is how thoroughly he interprets a song. It is probably his musical theater background, where the songs are part of the storytelling and character development. Adam doesn't just sing the notes and words without regard to the message. He inhabits the song. I have spoken often about how he finds the arc to the song and has a beginning, middle, climax and coda. Most of the pop singers I have seen deliver their songs with basically the same intensity throughout. If certain parts are stronger or louder it is because that is how they have to sing to hit those notes, not because the word or phrase lends itself to that emotion. Whereas, Adam has the technique to hit a note or sing a phrase with power, with delicacy, with bite or with tenderness, as the emotion of the song demands, not as limited by the capability of his voice. If you compare his versions of songs to others, I think you will notice a big difference, not only in the quality of the voice, but in the feelings he evokes thru his interpretation.