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Post by Steve on Feb 9, 2023 22:19:45 GMT
This is Gilad v BassSquared in Round Nine of the Clip-Off. You have five days to submit your clips, and until 23:59 EST Saturday, February 18 to vote. February 19 is the Results Day. Round Nine is the Grand Finale round, in which clips may be up to five minutes long. There are three categories - for the Free Choice category, you can use any of your singers, regardless of if you've used them in the first two. However, as a bonus twist, if you use all of your singers across all three categories and sweep, you get a bonus +1.0. The categories for Round Nine are: 1. Best Live Performance: A live vocal take done during a live show, a stage show or live in studio, etc. 2. Best Studio Performance: A studio recording of a vocal performance, which may include backing and/or harmony singing. 3. Free Choice: A clip you thought was interesting in terms of its vocal that you just really want to show off; you can use a song here that you were perhaps saving for a category but didn't get to use. Vote here. Current Vote Count: 6 |
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Post by BassSquared on Feb 12, 2023 18:36:54 GMT
{Best Live Performance: Georgia Train}
A searing yet clean live rendition of Bitter Ruin's most "rock n' roll" song, in which Georgia goes hard from the very first bar. It's also got some really nice duet/interplay with Ben Richards and an ending where she belts a C6 just because she can lol.
{Best Studio Performance: Will Wood}
In one of my favorite tunes from him, Will channels pure manic sexual energy into a performance full of character and powerfully belted Bb4s. His smooth lower range gets brought out towards the end in an effective dynamic contrast to close out the song.
{Free Choice (Best Emotional Singing): Ninet Tayeb}
Yeah, I wasn't going to let this competition go without posting the song that got me, and many others, into Ninet's music. In quite possibly the most depressing song Steven Wilson ever wrote, she portrays the grief of a woman who has lost her entire family, going from numb, leaden lows to anguished belts that climax in a primal scream. The closing lines are gentle, soft, and vulnerable, bringing the emotional journey full circle.
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Favourite singer: Chester Bennington, Serj Tankian
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Post by Gilad on Feb 15, 2023 0:15:34 GMT
{Best Live Performance - Chester Bennington}
1:08 - end, LP's "Given Up" is an absolute monster of a vocal performance. The repeated soaring belts in the chorus, the scream-heavy bridge, the iconic 17-second scream, or the fact that immediately after that very scream Chester is required to belt out yet another demanding chorus. Chester nails it all in this live performance. RIP to one of the best to ever do it. {Best Studio Performance - Matt Bellamy}
1:51 - 5:04 (skip 3:05 - 3:27 if you're not interested in a tasty guitar solo)
Y'know, I'm more a fan of Bellamy's raw, shrill and angsty vocals from his early days, but that doesn't mean that his more refined approach in the latter half of his career doesn't have its place, or that it can't appeal to me as much at times. "Madness", a seemingly Peter Gabriel-inspired performance, is one such example. Known as one of Bellamy's standout vocal performances, he provides excellent singing all around, whether it be the tasteful and nuanced mid-range singing in the first half of the song, or the epic belts and falsetto in the second. {Free Choice - Conor Mason}
Singing starts at 0:10
Attempting a Jeff Buckley classic like "Lover, You Should've Come Over" would be a daunting task for even the most celebrated of vocalists, especially when you keep it as faithful to the original as Conor does here. I can't say he does it as good as Buckley, but he gets damn near close imo, and he should get a ton of props for that on its own. |
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