Thursday 19 November 2015

[Vocal Profile] Brendon Urie ("Panic at The Disco" )


Brendon Urie


Vocal Type: Leggiero Tenor
Vocal Range: D2-D6 (4 Octaves)
Whistle Register: No
Vocal Pluses: Brendon Urie has a unique instrument with an instantly recognizable tone. A bright voice in the alternative rock genre, he is capable of melisma, manipulating the tone of his voice and sustaining notes for long periods of time. He is comfortable throughout his entire range from the lower to the upper extremes and can switch to different parts of his voice with little to no difficulty [I Believe in a Thing Called Love]. Consummate live singer, he is able to replicate his studio recordings perfectly.

Adele Reveals Increase In Vocal Range and How Throat Surgery and Pregnancy impacted Her Voice


This sure has been an Adele heavy week. Only three posts and all about the returning Diva. Well, today is no different (obviously), but it's not about the new album or new music. It's about her instrument and how it has changed in the last few years.

Spilling her own tea to Graham Norton for her BBC special, Adele's first revelation was how being up the duff changed her voice- something I wish more Divas would comment on- saying, "In pregnancy my voice got a lot lower, which is why Skyfall is so low, I couldn't get up that high". A timely explanation for me, since only this week I noticed how much stress was present on that top note, despite it only being in the fourth octave (Bb4).Oddly, pregnancy seemed to have the opposite effect on Mariah carey, whose voice soared during the incubating of her twins.

Monday 16 November 2015

Adele Hits An Impressive Eb5 In Live showing of New Song "When We Were Young"


With 25 being released on Friday, you best believe Adele is going to be EVERYWHERE.

With a BBC hour long special already recorded and hyped, a new clip has been released of the Diva's 60 Minutes special for Australian television. Amongst the interview excerpts, we are shown snippets of two new songs. It was the first, When We Were Young, that caught my attention, seeming to show some real vocal growth.

Demi Lovato Covers Adele's "Hello" @ KISS FM’s "Fall Ball"


Demi Lovato didn't do the best of jobs when she tackled the American national anthem a few weeks back. However, it was a different story this weekend in Seattle, where the Diva covered Adele's monster comeback hit, Hello.

Thursday 12 November 2015

Kylie Mingoue Releases Christmas Cover of "Only You"

Kylie Christmas


Twenty-seven years into her musical career, Kylie Minogue finally releases a festively themed LP called Kylie Christmas. Now there's no excuse not to listen to this Diva all year round!

[New Music] Missy Elliot Returns With "WTF"!

missy elliot WTF music video

Missy Elliot's brand of creativity has been a source of inspiration for many- myself included.

Carving her way through the rap game with great production, unique rhymes and a visual aesthetic that doesn't trade on her sexuality, this Diva is a legend for not only what she has achieved with her career (thus far) but also how she went about it. And thankfully, she's back to provide the next generation of female rappers an alternative route to that taken by Nicki Minaj, Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea, who serve body and controversy just as much (if not more) as lyrical skill.

Tuesday 10 November 2015

Alanis Morissette Gives 'Ironic' a 2015 Update with Nods to Instagram, Snapchap and Netflix!!!


Isn't it ironic that genuinely, only half an hour before being made aware of this video, I was listening to Jagged Little Pill, the housing LP of the Alanis Morrisette classic, Ironic. No, it's not!!!! Because that is not what irony is!