Here's the link to "sober version"
If you guys find time to listen thx
If not, you've given me plenty to learn in your previous comments so ya.
Thx guys
Vocaroo | Voice message
Very noticeably better, man! Much more convincing!
More fluent, and a good, round timbre on those lower notes, with cleaner onsets.
But I can still hear tension or "reaching" on those higher notes. It is not a pitch issue, it just sounds like a breath thing, to me.
I can hear good interpretation and expression in your voice, in breaks and inflections, but I think that you have to TOTALLY convince the listener that it is NO side effect from any technical issues. That means you have to get RIGHT on top of those higher notes, like you have a ton to spare. That way, the listener will associate the artistic nuances with expression, and not technical hitches.
Methinks that there is only one answer to relaxing those higher notes, and it is good "breath support". That can take a while to get right (a few months, perhaps). And you have to achieve it without ruining the expression you have already built into your singing. Don't underestimate the dangers. I have known singers to trash their sound after being told to "start from basics" with a heap of artificial techniques. But I don't think there is any way to get the same round tone on your high notes, without good breath support. The higher you sing, the more important breath support becomes.
Examples:
1.59 "highway"
The break on onset can be caused by lack of breath support. "h" is a telltale indicator. The "h" allows the breath to escape before the vowel sounds. Without good breath support, this causes a problem in singing the vowel, because necessary air pressure has been released. Then the singer will "push" the vowel through, rather than sing it, often with a break between h and vowel.
The break can also be stylistic, though (especially after h). But that works best if the listener is left in no doubt that the singer is right on top of the note. For that to happen, the vowel has to come through with command and control. It is all subconscious. The listener will automatically associate the break with deliberate expression. The slightest technical waver, and the listener will associate it with that and expression is lost.
(In fact, your second clip compared to your first clip (low notes) demonstrates just how you can shift the listener's attention from technique to expression.)
2:01 "see"
The "see" shortly following "highway" has a break "s--ee". Again, slightly higher note, exposing breath support issue. I am not aware of any expression that employs such a break in this case, but I could be wrong.
(Personally, I find the -ee- vowel a bit of a bitch, anyway.)
2:03 "all" gets "pushed".
I am guessing that the "see" and "all" would have been fine, but for the "h" in highway, which stole away your air pressure, until your next breath.