frederic
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Confidence is always a problem with musicians of all kinds - either their confidence exceeds their talent (most common 
) but sometimes it's the reverse - their talent exceeds their confidence and they require a bit of coaching to reach their maximum potential.
I assume you realize your song doesn't require a Billy Joel on the piano or an Eddie Van Halen on guitar - musically it's a very simple song, and that's part of the beauty of it - the focus is the question - where is the love of my life?
Would you agree?
That's the "grab" that draws the listener in, and you've achieved that.
While there are a lot of flaws in the recording, you could send V5 in as a demo and it will get attention. Enough attention to be made into a hit giving you a recording contract? No idea. But it's a good song, and that my friend is far more important than the chosen method to acheived distortion on the guitar, or whether you sat or stood while singing, or what gear you have lying around.
Good songs are hard to come by.
Anyway, your song doesn't require a Billy Joel on piano or an Eddie VanHalen on guitar - just someone who can play them well enough to be consistent in timing and pitch, with a small amount of feel. The majority of the feel comes from your words, your voice, and the slight crescendo you have going start to finish - the latter I would capitolize on moreso actually. With each verse, chorus and the bridge, I'd want fill the dynamic range a little more than you have but you are definitely on the right track with this. Build the song as you would a house... foundation.. walls... roof. Over time the house gets bigger.
As far as singing, generally a sitting position leaves your vocal tract in a less efficient position than standing up, head slightly tilted upwards towards the mic. You can go too far the other way also - obviously you don't want to sing with your noise pointed at the ceiling. At "some" angle you'll get the fullest sound your voice can produce. You'll have to experiment to find that sweet spot.
Take a gander at powerful, professional singers, even from different genres that may not float your boat. Donna Summer, Aretha, Whitney, Chaka-Chan, Striesand, Celine Dion, and many others. Watch any of their live performances and see what they do when they're ready to belt out a portion of whatever they are singing - they move the mic they're holding upwards, and sing up a little. They do this to straighten out their vocal tract a bit, allowing them to produce a fuller, more powerful sound than when they sing facing forward. In fact, they can produce so much power they are often trained to move the mic up and away to prevent overrunning the electronics which would cause distortion. Chaka-Chan for example rarely has the mic close - they have to mic her from a distance because she pumps so much vocal energy distortion is almost guarranteed.
Now, your song is not a song that is to be "belted" the way the above singers power through their songs - I'm not suggesting that. I listed them because they are good examples of people who have great technique when they sing, and also have somewhat exhaggarated the "mic up" method of opening the vocal tract when they perform mostly for presentation purposes to a live audience - but it's something that you yourself can hear, and simultaniously see, when watching their live clips and such.
While you yourself may not achieve significantly more power this way, your voice will sound fuller and that is why I'm making this suggestion.
Everything else, can be fixed or re-recorded.
Again, I think this is a good song with more potential than you may realize. Let me know if I can help.
) but sometimes it's the reverse - their talent exceeds their confidence and they require a bit of coaching to reach their maximum potential.I assume you realize your song doesn't require a Billy Joel on the piano or an Eddie Van Halen on guitar - musically it's a very simple song, and that's part of the beauty of it - the focus is the question - where is the love of my life?
Would you agree?
That's the "grab" that draws the listener in, and you've achieved that.
While there are a lot of flaws in the recording, you could send V5 in as a demo and it will get attention. Enough attention to be made into a hit giving you a recording contract? No idea. But it's a good song, and that my friend is far more important than the chosen method to acheived distortion on the guitar, or whether you sat or stood while singing, or what gear you have lying around.
Good songs are hard to come by.
Anyway, your song doesn't require a Billy Joel on piano or an Eddie VanHalen on guitar - just someone who can play them well enough to be consistent in timing and pitch, with a small amount of feel. The majority of the feel comes from your words, your voice, and the slight crescendo you have going start to finish - the latter I would capitolize on moreso actually. With each verse, chorus and the bridge, I'd want fill the dynamic range a little more than you have but you are definitely on the right track with this. Build the song as you would a house... foundation.. walls... roof. Over time the house gets bigger.
As far as singing, generally a sitting position leaves your vocal tract in a less efficient position than standing up, head slightly tilted upwards towards the mic. You can go too far the other way also - obviously you don't want to sing with your noise pointed at the ceiling. At "some" angle you'll get the fullest sound your voice can produce. You'll have to experiment to find that sweet spot.
Take a gander at powerful, professional singers, even from different genres that may not float your boat. Donna Summer, Aretha, Whitney, Chaka-Chan, Striesand, Celine Dion, and many others. Watch any of their live performances and see what they do when they're ready to belt out a portion of whatever they are singing - they move the mic they're holding upwards, and sing up a little. They do this to straighten out their vocal tract a bit, allowing them to produce a fuller, more powerful sound than when they sing facing forward. In fact, they can produce so much power they are often trained to move the mic up and away to prevent overrunning the electronics which would cause distortion. Chaka-Chan for example rarely has the mic close - they have to mic her from a distance because she pumps so much vocal energy distortion is almost guarranteed.
Now, your song is not a song that is to be "belted" the way the above singers power through their songs - I'm not suggesting that. I listed them because they are good examples of people who have great technique when they sing, and also have somewhat exhaggarated the "mic up" method of opening the vocal tract when they perform mostly for presentation purposes to a live audience - but it's something that you yourself can hear, and simultaniously see, when watching their live clips and such.
While you yourself may not achieve significantly more power this way, your voice will sound fuller and that is why I'm making this suggestion.
Everything else, can be fixed or re-recorded.
Again, I think this is a good song with more potential than you may realize. Let me know if I can help.
