This week's video is more Amberian Dawn! This time, Shallow Waters and as you can guess from the title it isn't an easy one.
Hardest problem I had was managing to sing that fast and high without that many chances to get a breath. Really really hard on that level. If you're doing the song in a lower octave though, it's a piece of cake. I played it in a lower octave the day it came out because I was a bit congested and I just didn't have it in me to try to sing it in a higher octave physically.
I did this song over and OVER and OVER again trying to make my struggle to breathe sound less obvious and it did indeed become easier the more I did it (yes, yes, I know practicing helps!) but still it's a killer.
Or it was for me anyway.
So yeah you will see me trying to stand very straight to maximize my lung capacity and inhaling really obviously, you might even hear it. I tried my best to not take a noisy breath, but hey.. I'm still human and I still have to breathe.
I really like this song, and I enjoy Amberian Dawn's guitar solos, but it's really boring to sit (or stand in my case) there and look/feel awkward in front of the camera when doing vocals... so I get a bit silly. Don't take it to mean though that I'm bored. I just feel weird.
Anyway here is the video.
Shallow Waters Expert Vocals 100%
Gotta love your vocals :D Oh, and I heard-saw some loud breathing a couple of times but it was hardly note-worthy, lots of extremely talented singers (Tarja, Vibeke Stene and Sarah Brightman to mention a few) do it live, and it's all too often edited out in the studio. You need to rock out more though, that's what makes a good singer great :)
ReplyDeleteRocking out would be a convenient solution to the awkwardness problem, too, but I think it could cause trouble with the game.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I don't think I've seen Heidi rocking out a lot, either ...
Oh, and to touch a more peripheral point: You changed the design of your character and your band, right? Your character resembles yourself more strongly now and it looks as if your band is now all-female! The drummer really has a Xena look going about her, which is fitting enough given how physical the character is :D
I randomly wonder which song is a greater challenge for your breathing technique: This one with its speed, or Sleeping Sun with its long sustained notes? I bet both are a bitch for not giving you much room and few occasions to catch your breath!
ReplyDelete@Aki: Well Rocking out would be more entertaining on camera that is for sure :p but yeah I just feel weird alone in my living room with a camera.. LOL
ReplyDelete@Almagest: Yes the game doesn't like "rocking out". Example: Next week my video will be No Doubt- End It On This. Now.. I managed to get 100% on the song when singing it sorta flat, not all that interesting and kinda boring.
After I FCed it, I thought I was good to go back and sing it with enthusiasm, but I was wrong. I never managed to FC it while singing it with more emotion etc. It's a real limitation of the game :/
As for the character I actually have several in game. My Anex character (the one you're used to seeing), my "Me" character (the one I've been using more lately), a Rogue from X-Men (the one from back in the day that wasn't the crappy movie version), Storm (X-Men), Psylocke (also an X-Men character).
In this specific mode I can't choose my band members, they are randomly selected and can change in every song. However in the tour mode I can indeed set certain characters to every band member, but they would have to be ones I actually created. I don't have enough in game money (the career mode) to buy the clothes etc I would like to make a complete band that looks interesting. I would have to play through career mode a few times on EACH character to have money to make them look spiffy.
So the band thing there is unintentional ;)
Honestly.. I've done a crappy (as in it's not so great) karaoke of Sleeping Sun (on that karaoke play website) and I didn't find it hard.. The speed on Shallow Waters is more of a killer for me :/
@Aki: Well Rocking out would be more entertaining on camera that is for
ReplyDeletesure :p but yeah I just feel weird alone in my living room with a
camera.. LOL
@Almagest: Yes the game doesn't like "rocking out". Example: Next week
ReplyDeletemy video will be No Doubt- End It On This. Now.. I managed to get 100%
on the song when singing it sorta flat, not all that interesting and
kinda boring.
After I FCed it, I thought I was good to go back and
sing it with enthusiasm, but I was wrong. I never managed to FC it while
singing it with more emotion etc. It's a real limitation of the game :/
As
for the character I actually have several in game. My Anex character
(the one you're used to seeing), my "Me" character (the one I've been
using more lately), a Rogue from X-Men (the one from back in the day
that wasn't the crappy movie version), Storm (X-Men), Psylocke (also an
X-Men character).
In this specific mode I can't choose my band
members, they are randomly selected and can change in every song.
However in the tour mode I can indeed set certain characters to every
band member, but they would have to be ones I actually created. I don't
have enough in game money (the career mode) to buy the clothes etc I
would like to make a complete band that looks interesting. I would have
to play through career mode a few times on EACH character to have money
to make them look spiffy.
So the band thing there is unintentional ;)
Honestly..
I've done a crappy (as in it's not so great) karaoke of Sleeping Sun
(on that karaoke play website) and I didn't find it hard.. The speed on
Shallow Waters is more of a killer for me :/