Airy Sound and Projection

kickingtone

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Sometimes I sing like this.

It's a style choice, but I sometimes get comments on lack of projection, too much air, falsetto etc.

LOAJP001FERP by kickingtone | Free Listening on SoundCloud

When people say things like, "too much air", what does it actually mean? Too much air for what?

Maybe they mean too airy for their preferred style. Interesting to know, but not the purpose of that current exercise.
Maybe they mean too much air for good projection and to be heard in a mix! Now, that IS objective and relevant.
But it is a myth that less air necessarily projects better.

So I tried (yet another) experiment -- sing it again, this time leaning in more.

LOAJP005FERP by kickingtone | Free Listening on SoundCloud

Then I decided to play them together. (It was an afterthought. I am really surprised they synced so well, as they were each sung separately without any reference.)

You'd think the airier one would get drowned out a bit???

LOAJP006FERP by kickingtone | Free Listening on SoundCloud

You can hear both just as easily, and I didn't amplify either. It is a bandwidth effect.

But some people immediately think of lack of projection as soon as they hear any airiness!

I don't like the mix particularly (I prefer them separately), but it does prove a point.
 
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