Vocal duets

Justin Moore lets his fans know how appreciative he is of all they’ve done for him in ‘Flyin’ Down a Back Road.’ Moore tells Taste of Country the song was written in the same spirit as ‘Small Town USA,’ he’ll continue to include songs like this on future projects. “People want to know what you sound like coming out of the radio but they also wanna know who you are as a person,” he says. “They wanna know that opening up for Alan Jackson still gets you excited.” The first two verses are focused on…

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born August 9th, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. She was the youngest of 3. Her parents are John Houston and Emily "Cissy" Houston. Her mom was a Grammy-award-winning gospel singer and her godmother was Aretha Franklin and her cousins Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick were also singers, as well as her other godmother, Darlene Love so she knew singing and was born for it . At age 11 she started performing in her church’s gospel choir as a soloist and learned to play the piano.…

Miranda and Me The start of my YouTube craze began with a simple, humorous video of Miranda Sings. Miranda, a bizarre, comically talentless and narcissistic internet character created by Colleen Ballinger, sings popular songs with a peculiar accent and excessive use of vibrato, performing various satirical parodies of musical artists. Resembling a child who inappropriately applied her mother’s make-up, Miranda lavishly smears her face with superfluous lipstick and wears purple cat sweaters and…

Ever since I joined choir, I knew from the start I knew the goal to make the Regional and Allstate Choirs. My first year I auditioned, which resulted in a poorly fashion. Consequently, the next year I put more effort into my preparation. While I had prepared a great amount for the audition, the score came back resulting me staying out. Feeling upset, I continued to work hard on achieving this goal. My Junior year of high school I auditioned and was one point from making alternate. I was upset.…

Client’s Age: 49 Disorder: Dysphonia and Vocal Fold Nodules Observation #1 Amanda is a police officer, and her responsibilities include frequent speaking engagement in which she must speak a lot of ambient noise. In addition, she has smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 25 years. Amanda was referred to a speech pathologist for evaluation of her voice. An examination revealed an abnormal change in the voice, or dysphonia, most likely bilateral true vocal nodule on the medial surface of the left…

to unilateral vocal fold paralysis is a common voice disorders in adults. Another cause that leads to hypophonic voice is vocal fold atrophy due to certain neurologic diseases or aging. However, considering its prevalence among adults, treatments are limited. Treatment typically consists of voice therapy combined with behavioral approaches or surgery. Behavioral treatment includes exercises, such as vocal Function Exercise, to forcefully adduct the vocal folds. Surgery involves vocal fold…

voice isn’t warmed up. Spend ten to twenty minutes warming up before you sing so your vocal cords will be ready to produce the best tone possible. Practice breathing. If your shoulders and chest move when you breathe, it will be impossible for you to have a nice tone. Practice keeping your chest and shoulders still and moving your stomach when you inhale and…

voice clinic. Her complaints include her voice giving out and losing her voice when faced with heavy speaking demands and recent international travel. This has affected Ms. Chang’s career aspirations. The ENT found nothing physically wrong with the vocal mechanism. Assessment, referrals and treatment will be included in the case study for Ms. Chang. Assessment: I would begin the assessment by learning more case history information…

Colbie Caillat is a pop artist who loves to love love, and she’s not afraid of letting the whole world know all about it repeatedly in her 2007 hit album, Coco. Her work was far from enjoyable, but in order to fully dislike her for her work on this album, and to prevent you from picking it up, or listening to another album like it, it’s important to understand some of her past history, such as the reasons that explain her desire to get into the music business in the first place. For instance,…

During this session, compression was applied to both the Kick Drum microphones, Drum Overheads, Floor Tom, both Rhythm Guitar microphones, Saxophones and the Lead Vocal. The Klark Teknik SQ1 were used for everything with the exception of the Lead Vocal which was the Focusrite Compounder Class A. Other effects include Reverb and Autotune on vocals and a Choral/Flanger and Dynamic Delay on the Guitar solo which was rendered to the track in Pro…