yes, that's his most popular song

he needs to stop sliding

..pretty much his only song in fact

if he simply fixed that one thing I'd give him 10/10

like... if we're actually going to talk singing for a sec, it boils down to this

there is classical singing, which is master race but is essentially technical rather than expressive

so all good singers fundamentally do the same thing as classical singers, but what defines them is their divergences in technique

@profagonist : http://medicalhypotheses.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/after-science-has-tradition-been-broken.html

in this guy's case he likes to slide a lot, as one major difference

so really when assessing a singer I basically ask, "does this person have the capacity for classical singing?" and if the answer is yes, "Do their divergences from it help or harm their sound/expression?"

and then there's little stuff like a person's natural timbre but I generally don't hold it against people

@Deleted User 57835c2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE5sJy44s-Y what do you think about this guy?

this guy also keeps his soft palate a bit more tense to try to sound more like a tenor than a baritone

evidently a powerful singer, but makes choices i wouldn't think to

which is fine, I have no problem with it

YES

works well in my opinion

along with the steel guitar, totally changes the emotion of the song

well yeah, that is another thing I tend to judge on

how good do they play their accompaniment

if they are going all alexi laiho and their singing is B+ then I forgive it

that's actually my opinion of dave matthews actually

Home on the Range [stands] ;_;7 🌻

his guitar playing is surprisingly intricate and on point, so I forgive some vocal faults

either way that don mclean guy sounds more likely than not to have put away 8 hour days working on his voice

@Deleted User 57835c2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE5sJy44s-Y

what do you think about this guy?

oops wrong link

h/o

falsetto should have been way more common

yes

I see falsetto as the foundation of male vocal training

I believe for long term vocal health and good technique they are best off learning that before they even learn chest voice

what about bass singers

https://youtu.be/khxx3sCVhtE

because failures in technique are more obvious with falsetto?

i agree with that

that's one reason

another reason is that iti s more durable, you can sing longer in falsetto without wearing out your vocal chords

if you use sufficient power

another reason is falsetto naturally forces you to have a very clean, smooth sound and be very legato with everything

it just forces you to do it right and you can practice it all day