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