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Post by adamrocks on Sept 27, 2015 23:04:08 GMT -5
 Alan Porcel @alguientieneque 58s59 seconds ago Adam Lambert hizo temblar la heterosexualidad de más de 5000 hombres en el Orfeo.
Translated from Spanish by Bing Wrong translation?
Adam Lambert did shake the heterosexuality of more than 5000 men in the
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Post by Holst on Sept 27, 2015 23:05:37 GMT -5
red panda asked: 1. cassie, I remember you mentioned that Adam is using his lower range more. Personally, I love it. Does it also serve to protect his voice, maybe less strain? I know you mentioned how incredible his stamina and how amazing that the level, the quality of his singing was maintained through such a demanding concert (Buenos Aires).
I love the lower register, too. Warm and chocolate-y. It provides a nice contrast to his higher notes. While it is very pleasing, I do not think it is as distinctive and remarkable as notes in the 4th and 5th octave. That is where his wonderful, pure, crystal ring becomes prominent. That clear, round resonance makes his voice float above the instruments and bounce around the walls of the arena.
As to straining his voice, when he is singing lightly like in the first verse of Save Me, it is like skating atop smooth, clear ice with a thin layer of water on it. It takes almost no effort at all. Well, except that if you have ever ice skated, you know that sharp skate blades combined with such ice conditions requires a very delicate, perfect muscle balance. A little error in technique, and you slip and fall flat on your face. In Adam's case, tho', using the proper technique to produce that wonderful sound in second nature after so many years.
Singing with power and intensity, at full voice, on those huge glory notes does put more stress on the vocal cords. He uses wonderful technique and doesn't really strain them at all, but he has learned how to do the most without relying on glory notes to impress. It is about careful technique, discretion, balance, and proper care of the voice, all of which Adam takes very seriously. It also helps that Queen has such marvelous songs for him to sing. He doesn't have to manufacture glory passages to impress, because the songs are impressive by themselves. Queen's reputation also lends itself to theatrical stagings which Adam does so well. That relieves him of having to rely on just the voice to wow the audience. Plus, the audience is primed to love Queen, if not Adam. After a few numbers, the audience realizes that the band, the repertoire and the audience are in good hands with Adam at the helm, and they are ready to love anything he does, glory notes or not.
Still, the QAL performance is exhausting for Adam as a singer. The muscle control required throughout his body to produce those sounds is demanding. Add to that, he rarely stands still in one place for more than 30 seconds. He covers that stage and the thrust forward and backward, side to side. It would be interesting to attach a pedometer to his mic pack, and see how much he travels in a 2+ hour show. Keeping the emotional intensity and rapport with the audience takes great concentration and effort. Very occasionally we will get a video that shows him at the side of the stage sipping water, or upstage with his back to the audience, and we can see him "slip" momentarily out of his performance persona. You can see the fatigue showing. Then, he turns around, walks back to the front of the stage, and the energy he radiates is palpable.
Back when he first came to public awareness in Idol, Adam was known as the guy with spiky hair, eyeliner, and black nail polish who screamed out really high notes. There were Adam parodies and imitations based on those features. While a little of that reputation remains, Adam has become a much more well-rounded performer on stage. He may not go for as many stratospheric wails as before, but it is because he has found many more options to evoke the passions of his audience and convey the emotions of a song.
I think that Adam has expanded his bag of tricks to impress the live audience. For example, several interviews asked him about his ability to hold a note for a long time. Now we see him do that to provoke cheers fro the audience. His call and responses, and his banter are also greatly improved. And his voice....... ah, his voice is sounding better and better and richer and more nuanced and more unique and stronger and with greater depth and more poignant and ..... more!
So, red panda, nothing to worry about vocally with that man. He's got it! I'm adding to Cassie's answer, although she is more knowledgeable. See her bold comment. If Adam were to sing low a lot (which is not his sweet spot) that could poor strain on his voice. It can be vocally unhealthy to sing too low for your particular voice. |
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