Round Three: BassSquared vs falsetokaiba (382 views)

[Steve]

This is BassSquared vs falsetokaiba in Round Three of the Clip-Off. You have five days to submit your clips, and until 23:00 GMT Time Monday, June 29 to vote. June 30 is the Results Day.

This is the One Singer Wonder round! You use one of your vocalists for both of the two categories here.

The categories for Round Three are:
1. Best Soft Singing: A performance which particularly emphasizes soft or tender vocals.
2. Best Sustained High Note(s): Wherein any sustained high note is sung. Relative to the singer.

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

Vote here.

Current Vote Count: 5

[falsetokaiba]

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{Best Soft Singing}

Not a category Sebastian Bach is terribly well equipped for, but here's the best I've got: this nice mellow passage from Frameshift's 'What Kind of Animal'. Clip spans beginning to 1:14.

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{Best Sustained High Note}

After an aggressively belted fifth octave passage, Sebastian goes into a 16 second sustain, beginning on an F5 which slides down, then back up to a D5 which blends into the backing vocals. Clip spans 2:02-2:30.

[BassSquared]

Well, first place, it was nice while it lasted.

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{Best Soft Singing- Rachael Price}

0:16 to 1:59. A gorgeous, relaxed ballad featuring an understated but still powerful vocal performance. Soft, controlled stuff in the lower register plus some delicate, vulnerable head voice notes.

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{Best Sustained Highs- Rachael Price}

1:51 to end. Yeah I'm probably going to take a fat L on this category given how much it favors '80s metal singers and the like, but hopefully at least it'll be one with a decent enough average. This is a Jefferson Airplane cover in which Rachael sustains some notes on the higher side of her chest register with some nice vibrato and stuff.

[Steve]

This match-up has received the required number of votes.