Originally Posted by Colin Ward

Linda - you have a set of pipes for sure! I think Tammy has offered some good suggestions above. For my taste, sliding up to pitch is fine now and then, but you might want to reduce the number of times you slide up. And when you are really belting it out, pitch is king! Janice screamed and shouted and wore her voice out but she did it on pitch! You might want to back off on the rock chick thing a hair and sweeten it up a bit. Also add a little vibrato on the notes that are held.

Yes, we were all having fun, Colin!
Thank you for listening!

Good counsel. smile All taken to heart. This is only my 2nd try at this style at all, so, I am sure with practice I will figure out how and where to slide or NOT to slide and improve pitch-wise as well.

I am not going for "sound like Janis" either BTW... I'm getting that as side comments... but in honesty (I should not admit this) I've heard maybe 3-4 of her songs on radio - I don't own her stuff (yet) so... I'm not sitting around wondering how to sound "like" that. I am hoping to find my own "rock" voice, the way *my* voice comes out, what feels right to me for the genre, rather than copy anyone.

I have to laugh chuckle just a bit at the vibrato comment, 'cuz when I FIRST came back here on the boards this year, Polly hopped in with a "whoa - whoa that's so much vibrato" that I've been working on my vibrato-DELETE key.

LOL

There is *some* vibrato toward the end of that last long note which you'd catch with headphones I'm sure.

Anyway thank you for a discerning ear!

Linda
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