Could you rate my voice?

My range goes from F3-C7 (without whistles) and I transition to my head voice around D5. The song doesn't fit into my range when it's lower without an awkward transition from my belt to my head voice.
 
What are you going to do? Get testicles? Your range is your range...

Instead of worrying about it, utilise it. Belting out covers of covers of Leonard Cohen songs on a piano may not be the best thing...

Go listen to Joni Mitchell. She had a range, annd knew what to do with it...

Your voice just sounds anodyne to me... no real character. I'm sure there is one there, just a matter of finding it... good luck.


Another tip... starting a video telling everyone how you suck at these chords is a bad idea. Just shut up and play. I almost didn't bother proceeding, and had I not, you never would have the benefit of my great wisdom above... :D
 
Actually, that video was directed specifically to a group of my friends doing a "Casting game" which is why I mentioned the chords.
 
I think your voice is good. You will have to select your material a bit more careful, or do more practice before you "throw" it out there.

I don't think it is a matter of your voice, but presentation. The Cohen song you sang as an example, IMO I don't think the original guy can sing at all, but he does a really fantastic job at his song. Singing is just one part of it, how you give the song life is much more important. You didn't do that in the version I heard, it was just, nice singing.

Hope this was helpful.
 
First video. Singing sounds OK. Stick with that.

Second video. That's called "SCREAMING!", not singing. No wonder people find it weird or unpleasant. It's a horrible noise, IMO.

:thumbs up:
 
My range goes from F3-C7 (without whistles) and I transition to my head voice around D5. The song doesn't fit into my range when it's lower without an awkward transition from my belt to my head voice.

That is where I would suggest you to train your voice. It is that transition between head voice and 'belt' that can make or break a singer. You obviously feel comfortable with your head voice. Don't let that hold you from improving.

You will always have a comfort zone. It is the transition areas between that are tough to make smooth.

Great singers find the way to make that transition work with the material they are singing. Or they just find a genre or style that they are comfortable in one range.
 
I have this big problem with my voice. The problem: its too high. Some people say that its cool but other people say that its weird and I really want another opinion on it.
This is what I sound like singing normally:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtB3NTRadbo

But do to my annoying range, this is what I can (but tend not to) do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luacv6ndlm4

I also normally sing opera but I don't have any recordings of that...

I happen to be a singer.

In the second vid, those are whistle tones, they are just loud. And can be used, especially in a live situation.

As for the first one with the Hallelujah cover, you start out soft and almost get into the right spot.

Remember this: singing is vowels. The closer you get to the italian pure vowels, the better. Ah, eh, oh, oo, and i (ee). The downfall of american english is that we do unholy things to vowels and dipthong just about everything. Dipthong is a changing vowel sound in the same syllable. For example, the word eye is a dipthong of ah and ee. Choose one. For that word, ah is the better choice. The listener will hear "eye" in the context of the other lyrics.

Second, don't worry about breath, I could hear that you are managing it well. Worry only about resonance. Let resonance drive anything else. Such as Debra Lynn's "The Bel Canto Buzz."

Basically, you want to "feel" all vowels at your upper teeth.

Here is an example of me using such concepts.

"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by the Darkness

http://www.box.com/s/43d19dbd80a5e2418dd3

And to add insult to injury, another by the same band.

"Growing on Me" by the Darkness

http://www.box.com/s/a1c022a59a4a2b4e10ef
 
I have this big problem with my voice. The problem: its too high. Some people say that its cool but other people say that its weird and I really want another opinion on it.
This is what I sound like singing normally:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtB3NTRadbo

But do to my annoying range, this is what I can (but tend not to) do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luacv6ndlm4

I also normally sing opera but I don't have any recordings of that...

Have you tried singing in a lower octave than you did on the Halle track?

Even a 4th or 5th would make all the difference.
I think that's within your range, based on some of your other videos.
 
I have this big problem with my voice. The problem: its too high. Some people say that its cool but other people say that its weird and I really want another opinion on it.
I'd be curious to hear you sing something without going into head voice.

Charlotte Church initially gained fame as a soprano, then had a pop career as an alto.
 
OK, the first one sounded fine but the second was from the casting of an horror film. Take care though shrieking like that could damage your chords in the long run even if you don't feel sore.
 
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