Round One: Alex61 vs falsetokaiba (415 views)

[Steve]

This is the match-up of Alex61 and falsetokaiba in Round One of the Clip-Off. You have five days exactly to submit your clips, and until 23:00 GMT Time Tuesday, June 9 to vote. June 10 is the Results Day.

The categories for Round One are:
1. Best Usage of Dynamics/Volume - manipulating vocal volume and/or tone from the other end of the dial to the other.
2. Best Vocal Cover - a performance of a song originally by another artist.

The pair are free to post their clips, voting commences as soon as they have.

The voting form is linked here.

Current Vote Count: 5

[Alex61]

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{Best Use of Dynamics: Annie Haslam}
Rather dynamic performance by the lovely Annie Haslam here, starting out soft before crescendo-ing at various points into belting - great sustained C5 at the end, too.

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{Best Vocal Cover: Marcella Detroit}
0:23 - 2:23
A rather snazzy cover of "You're All I Need to Get By". There's a lot going on here actually that's quite easy to overlook because of how easy Marcella makes it look - melismas, head voice notes, dynamic shifts and even a decent A5 towards the end.

[falsetokaiba]

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{Best Use of Dynamics/Volume: Tarja Turunen}
This bonus track is one of my favourite Tarja performances, particularly the ending which gradually builds in volume before ending on a softer note. Clip spans 4:50-6:28.

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{Best Vocal Cover: Sebastian Bach}
Sebastian takes on the Iron Maiden classic 'Children of the Damned', displaying both the clean and grittier sides of his belting register as well as his powers of sustain. Clip spans 1:25-3:02.

[Steve]

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