Round One: Baronessa vs Clem (602 views)

[Steve]

This is the match-up of Baronessa and clem 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

[clem]

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{best use of dynamics - ronnie radke}Like with all my singer selections this time, this was a meme-y choice, and just out of curiosity to see how well I could do with these bois. But flicking through Ronnie's discog to find a suitable clip, this performance actually surprised me in terms of how nuanced it was, going pretty seamlessly between a lilty mezza voce sound to a theatrical belt in uncharacteristic fashion. Redemption arc from scene kid icon to mature musician? Who knows, but he managed to turn one of his early career singles into something new, so here we are.
1:35-3:35

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{best vocal cover - alexi laiho}Ok, no such pretenses of hidden gems here. George Formby didn't really do covers, and Children of Bodom had stacks of them, and that's why you're getting what this is. What this is is a cover of "Lookin' Out My Back Door", originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival. All I can say about it is that Alexi basically holds a melody, hitting G4s a decent few times, and manages to keep that copious level of false cord distortion consistent.
0:00-0:50

[Baronessa]

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{Best Usage of Dynamics/Volume - Mike Patton}

0:03 - 1:48

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{Best Vocal Cover - Myles Kennedy}

1:45 - 3:34

[Steve]

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