As a contrast, many of you know me for my Chris Cornell vocals.well, thing is, as a singer, I actually thing the steve perry thing is MUCH harder than the cornell thing. This song was a workout and took me a while to get comfortable with. If I would have flipped to my head voice, you would have noticed. This song really challenged me and I can assure you, there's no way to cheat on this song or this type of singing.
But, he belts, full chest, the whole way and that my friend is HARD. Which is why I always chuckle a little when people give me range advice. I can sing a d5 without any problem at all. It's not the notes that make this hard to sing, it's the FULL CHEST, BELTING HIGH D's over High C. I have a tremendous amount of respect now for Steve Perry. I knew the risk I was taking on with this song but like Lynn said, I'm just a take names kind of guy. With a good voice like that, you can only get better if you stick with it. :) Good range, you hit all the notes and your delivery was really killer. I think you are really close to Steve's tone though.there were moments of greatness on this for sure. But it really works well on other people. I get this weird rasp sound from it that isn't too pleasing for my vocal style. LOL! For some odd reason it just doesn't sound right on my voice in any other key. I wish I could loan you mine.I can't use the darned thing unless I sing in the key of G. You can literally hear your epoglottis flapping, any phlegm you got hanging around, if you wheeze, smack your lips, your tongue sticks to the roof of your mouth.those high end mics pick up everything. Now, if you are a smoker, you can get close to this sound with a really high end mic because it will pick up everything. It's just the way his vocal folds resonate. Almost like a smoker yet not as severely damaged sounding. Ever hear him talk? He has a very peculiar voice that sort of has that half rasp, half wheeze type timbre to it. The key to Steve's sound is the actual sound of his voice.
A little pitchy in spots.not a bad out of key type of pitchy.just sort of.maybe a bit unsure type of pitchy if that makes sense? Joshua: I think you did a pretty darned good job on this brother.