All about THE VOICE I think we all agree David`s voice is one of the most gorgeous and beautiful

voices today. Welcome everyone to discuss here about The Voice. We have also a professional vocal coach, magicalbeck on DCO, who is willing to answer your questions. ... ... ...

"Bel canto" - singing ............................................................................................................................................................................. ......... mujerfeliz brought this quote from Carpe Nocturne from the original "Twop: You Had me At Hello thread". I think it describes Davids brilliance and talent on how to interpret songs: " ... But when you realize that the word "sing" is a VERB and that "singing" is an action word, then you understand that Cook more than holds his own: ~When you get that it is a dynamic activity to produce an unadulterated, raw, edged power from your lungs... ~When you become aware that it requires action to execute a ferocious range in the same song and sometimes in the same stanza (see the "Hero" duet)... ~When you comprehend that modifying, not just one's singing style, but one's voice itself, to suit different songs is not something that just happens but is something the singer must consciously do... ~And, finally, when it hits you that emotionally and passionately connecting, through "singing", to the lyrics and music that you perform demands a very active effort.... ~When the above facts dawn on you, then you fully appreciate the incredible talent that David Cook is as a SINGER. ... The producer Rob Cavallo compares David Cook to big-voiced former Journey frontman Steve Perry, who dropped by the studio while Cook was recording DCTR. Rob Cavallo:He really is an unbelievably gifted singer, Cavallo says of Cook. Theres no song on the record that he didnt sing in two or three takes. ... He can sing harmony to any of his songs automatically

without even thinking about it. From an article imogen_ph brought to us. ... Idol vocal coach, Debra Byrd talks about David, Hollywood Reporter interview and Sign of San Diego. com, 'Idol' vocal coach is never idle as she guides the apprehensive contestants ... ~ JennaWN`s You Tube Channel Instrumentations And Harmonies to David`s music. ................................................................................................................................................ LINKS TO THREADS, ARTICLES AND VIDEOS ~ ENAN David Cook`s vocal profile Higher notes Lower notes David`s wider range David`s range on Axium, AH and DCTR Vocal Analysis of David Cook`s Performance at Ronald McDonald House People, who knew David before Idol, talk in this article ... ... ... ~ MASTER CLASS LADY Her Blog of David`s National Anthem in Anaheim 4.7. -12 Vocal Critique of AI Season 7 Finale performances Evaluation of David Cook`s Analog Heart AI7 tour in Toronto ~ LINKS TO ARTICLES AND BLOGS OF SINGING TECHNIQUES INCLUDING MAGICALBECK`S POSTS ( #1) ... ... ... ~ Links to PERFORMANCES posted on this thread. (#2) ~ You Tube playlist by closeyoureyes: 1. Best Of Acoustic Dave (DCO) and ~ 2. Links to download , where you can find everything! ~ Links to Axium and Analog Heart (#3) ~ COVERS made by DC&TA versus the originals: LINKS (#4) ............................................................................................................................................................................. ............. THIS LOUD MORNING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Magicalbeck`s POSTS on this new era of TLM (#5) ~ Magicalbeck`s REVIEW OF THIS LOUD MORNING on Amazon ~ ENAN David`s VOCAL RANGE on TLM ~ HUMMINGBIRD has collected a wonderfull BEDTIME PLAYLIST of David`s mostly acoustic songs. ~ The Stellar Voice Of David Cook, a videolist by ImogenPH ~ David singing SSB 9/11/-11 a) CLICK b) Angie`s beautiful VIDEO , c) from KC website , to DOWNLOAD ~ Davids beautiful SSB from NASCAR Zippo200 , August 11. 2012

~ An interesting article Body and Soul Vocal Care , CYE brought to us ... ... ... MY YOU TUBE PLAYLISTS ~ Playlist to ORLANDO concert ~ Favorites from THIS LOUD TOUR plus some of my favorite interviews, ENJOY! ~ Favorites from David`s SOLO TOUR More gorgeousness to enjoy! ~ David sings CHRISTMAS CAROLS , YouTube playlist. ~ My AXIUM FAVORITES ... ... ... ~ You Tube playlist by Imogen_PH THE STELLAR VOICE OF DAVID COOK ~ David`s AI performances HQ videos by angelangiedc ............................................................................................................................................................................. ................... ~ LINKS to TOUR STOP DISCUSSION ~ LINKS to RADIO SHOW DISCUSSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

#1 ~ A thread by Scott: David generates ALPHA WAWES ~ Information about Larynx singing ~ Wikipedia article: Dramatic tenor ~ Howard McGillin, star from Phantom of the Opera, (video) reviews David`s MOTN ~ Orson Scott Cards reviews everything, including David on AI7 ~ Seattle Times May 17. 2008 Finalist David Cook's theater chops set the stage for "Idol" success ~ Understanding vibrato ~ Voice lessons: Vocal vibrato ~ Difference between staccato and legato and video ~ Magicalbeck: Vocal resonance, vibrato etc, dramatic tenor, and other singing techniques and evaluations of different songs. Articles about Musical Phrasing (thanks Abbyrocky for these links!): ~ Irene Jackson, Phrasing what it is ~ Wikipedia, Musical Phrasing ~ Wikiquote, Musical Phrasing Voicewize: Public Voice Disorders

#2 ~ Top 12 with George Michael | HD versions to download ~ SSB, Salt Lake City, long sustained phraises ~ David`s Journey On AI, fan video ~ MOTN, studio version ~ Yo`Face ~ LOTM. Sirius ~ My Hero, Homecoming ~ TWIK, top 2 ~ TOML Wallmart, right after the win

~ Okla Travel video: The Truth | Better Never Than Late | mp3 BNTL ~ The Truth , Dickinson College surprise performance ~ Hello, Ford Day, mp3 ~ Lie, Bush gardens ~ Avalanche: Hammond, tired voice | Montreal, great voice | Manila ~ First live performance of Permanent, HOB ~ All I Really Need Is You, Neil Diamond, 1991 | David, May 2008 | AI: How The Top 5 Picked Their Songs ~ Hunger Strike, MWK with David Cook, circa 2007 | David Cook & The Anthemic, 3/09, Morgantown ~ Performances at Ronald McDonald House | LOAP | Heroes and Champagne Supernova | Hi and Dry | LO and Mike Woods You Tube Channel | Hi and Dry, mp3 ~ MITB in Shawnee, OK ~ TOML on Idol Tour 2008 ~ Billie Jean Idol performance ~ Silver that much he could remember on Northampton Declaration Tour ............. ............. ............. .............. .............. ............... THIS LOUD MORNING ERA ~ Rapid Eye Movement, album release party 6/28/11 ~ TINTLT with lyrics + all the rest of TLM with lyrics ~ Drive, acoustic 4/28/11 Posted by earlybirdSF

#3 AXIUM "Matter Of Time" (2002) > 1 Why Do You Care? > 2 Close Your Eyes > 3 Empty Again > 4 Matter Of Time > 5 Me > 6 Change > 7 No Free Advice > 8 No Place To Go > 9 Somber >10 Peace Of Mind "Blindsided" (2003) > 1 Feed Your Ego > 2 Hold > 3 Testament > 4 Just In Case > 5 Clean Brake (live) > 6 Thought You Knew > 7 Leave Behind > 8 Truth Is A Gun

> 9 Therapy >10 Still (bonus track) "The Story Thus Far" (2004) > 1 Callout > 2 AC > 3 Pecking Order > 4 Holding Court > 5 Balance > 6 Whipped > 7 Under Fire > 8 Incarcerate > 9 Unlucky >10 Colors Of A Bruise >11 On The Floor >12 The Finish Line > Uncovered > Creep > Optimistic To A Fault "Analog Heart", (2006) > 1 Straight Ahead > 2 Don`t Say A Word > 3 Fall Back Into Me > 4 The Truth > 5 Searchlights > 6 Porcelain > 7 Stiches > 8 Let Go > 9 Makeover >10 Silver

Axium`s last show at Hurricane 4/27/06 > Wavelenght > Dear Heaven > Creep Cain`s Ballroom Recordings > Just In Case

#4

> Anodyne - MWK and David > Don`t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds and David > EDIETS - NIN and David > HfT - Van Halen and David > Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog and David > IJDIYA - Cutting Crew and David > Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac and David > LOAP - Bon Jovi and David > Make Me - MWK and David > MITB - Alice In Chains and David > My Hero - Foo Fighters and David > Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz and David > The World I Know - Collective Soul and David > `Till I`m Blue - MWK and David

#5 TLM, MAGICALBECK`S POSTS 9 JULY 2011 Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 01:49 vocalmaniac said: (sorry I forgot how to do italics..Sad) "Just musing on why I like DC's voice here... This may sound a bit far fetched but it kind of reminds me of Niagara Falls, which is impressive enough in the sheer volume of water plunging into space, but then you realize the entirety of lake Erie is behind it. DC's voice likewise is impressive for the quality and strength of the sound alone, but seems to impart also a sense that there are vast reserves behind the sound that you hear. Also, when he hits the glory notes, it is almost with a feeling of coming down on them from above rather than straining upward to reach them. It's hard to pin down, and probably this isn't expressing it very well, but the overall impression is that he is producing all of this magnificent sound with ease and "there is a lot more where that came from". It's a very "solid" feeling, and I like that." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I absolutely LOVE this post vocalmaniac!!! The "vast reserves behind the sound that you hear" is EXACTLY what is incredible about dramatic voices. This is why I categorize him as a dramatic tenor; they have an endless supply of vocal power and beauty. A wellspring. If you listen to the great dramatic soprano Joan Sutherland, you feel that same sense - that you are on solid ground, and that there is always more sound to tap, and with ease, even!!! Some singers have weak points- a dotted line, then back to a solid line, in their breaks in the voice. Dave has NO BREAK problems... no dotted line... just SOLID_____LINES throughout. Dramatic voices have so many choices. (but of course there have been and will always be great voices that are not this type.) And about coming from above to sing a high note rather that reaching upwards toward it, this is how I teach people to approach high notes, or any notes that are a slight leap upwards, even if not that high. I make a motion with my hands... one palm open facing up (the left), and with my right I descend with my other hand, like I am laying the sound onto the palm. I have students do this with their own hands as well.

GREAT POST vocal!!! Loved it!! Smiling __________________________________________________________________________ Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 16:30 I LOVE Heroes NINA!!! It is one of the BEST SONGS on DCTR... and I will NEVER, EVER understand why they didn't make it a single. Sad You vividly describe all your favorite spots and i could just HEAR them as I read your words!!! yes, when everything gets quiet and The Voice is just softly sings... GAH!!!!! *faint* The little echo, "you're still standing", that he doesn't sing live, is mind-blowing to me, it is so beautiful... just madness. __________________________________________________________________________ Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 04:00 Let's get back to our favorite TOPIC - the VOICE!!! iLoveDCYES: I too am obsessed with TINTLT right now!!! It is so uplifting and cheering after the journey through all the songs and the heaviness but incredible force that is REM. I TOTALLY agree with NINA who said that it is the A Daily AntheM of TLM !!!! Makes you want to sing "at the top of your lungs" - and HE surely is!!! LMFFY is also INCREDIBLE - one of the best compositions on the record. Counterpoint is used on LLFFY, HTB, TINTLT etc. The overlapping of melodies, as in a round such as Three Blind Mice. That is the clearest way to explain counterpoint. Independent melodies rhythmically but that also harmonize. The way it sounds on this record is mind-blowing with David's voice over David's voice... and the "dude choir" in there as well!! WoW !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing out loud I'm with you on WB too, iloveDCYES. He sings that one so powerfully, the chorus reminds me of Steve Perry. Eye-wink __________________________________________________________________________ Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 22:50< OHYESYES: No, my choice was to not try that route. I decided to post a reasonable comment underneath the blog. There were already several comments so I knew most people wouldn't even see it unless they read through the comments. But I decided to take it directly to the person responsible. It actually seemed like the right course of action. I'll check my messages!!! LOVE messages!!! Laughing out loud __________________________________________________________________________ Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 20:28 Hi Incipit: Smiling Actually I believe that in a sense, the old adage is true: There's no such thing as bad publicity. Having the review taken down is what would have happened had I gone the route you are recommending. I did think about it, and I did not go after the writer of the blog in a nasty way, just called him/her out for what happened. I thought it the best course of action really, all things considered. They should have done exactly as you said, and it would have been quite simple. Thank you for saying that a reiteration of my words would only enhance a review of TLM, properly credited. Very kind of you. But! since they did not do this, this little eruption occurred. However, if anything, it does NOT detract from David!!! It calls attention TO David - and I did tell the writer that they made a lot of good points. Smiling It

also calls attention to the problem of stealing on the web. It generated more comments, and gave me a chance to talk more about David's vocal prowess. (you know I am gonna get THAT in there somehow!!!) There are only 95 members of that little rock blog anyway, but perhaps there will be a few who come along and get interested in the debate beneath it. Unfortunately, there are certain rock snob "haters" who are never going to come around. It doesn't matter if we do this, or that, if we put on a rally cap, or throw salt over our shoulders, if we defend him, don't defend him, are super passionate, or are cool and calm, take this route or that one. It simply won't matter with most people of that particular ilk. But I get your point. Eye-wink It's all going to be okay though. A little flurry here and there is not a bad thing, as I said. We can spin a negative into a positive. It caused more comments and most have good things to say about the record. In fact I encourage more people to PLEASE GO and write a comment about TLM underneath the ones that have already amply and kindly defended my writing. Just comments about The David Cook and This Loud Morning. I appreciate the support here; I truly do. ((((hugs)))) OPA: sorry about your daughter and that whole situation but it doesn't surprise me unfortunately! But glad she won out in the end. Laughing out loud Nothing good ever really comes of stealing. karma baby! (so to speak) Incipit - again, I tried to make SURE that I let the blogger know that I thought the review was a good one, other than the dishonesty involving paragraphs three and five. I also had a chance to point people to the amazon review. Eye-wink As did others from here; this can only help, if anyone is seriously interested in checking out David Cook's new record. Haters will be haters... there is no helping them. __________________________________________________________________________ Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 17:50 Polarbrrr said: When I read that review I was sure the reviewer had read your Amazon review, magicalbeck, and had copied from it quite liberally. Yes, s(he) should have credited you but (not to make excuses) perhaps the reviewer, whose English elsewhere in the review does sound quite limited, loved the album so much that s(he) felt only your words could be used to properly describe such a worthy album and special voice? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I understand what you are saying, Polarbrr... I truly do.. but there is NO REASON why they couldn't have just said that! ...and credited me for my words. We all know that is the right thing to do. It's pretty clear. There's no gray area when it comes to stealing. A good bit of the review was theirs, so why not simply quote me and say "this reviewer on Amazon explained it thusly" (so to speak).. ??? It would have been very easy. There's no excuse for this behavior and I am outraged at it. It's the pretending that my words are their own words that is sick, to me. I'd never dream of doing it. Language barrier or not. __________________________________________________________________________ Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 16:38

Hi EVERYBODY!!! Good to see everyone posting again!!! Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 17:41 magicalbeck: msstep said: Magicalbeck: Wow, Hard to Believe that someone would have the nerve to do that and not give credit where credit is due!! I'm definitely thinking of a 4-Letter Word to describe that person right about now! Grrr..Anyway, we are all Right Here With You, and We Believe what goes around comes around! ((((Hugs)))) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I LOVE YOU MSSTEP!!! You just made my day!!! Laughing out loud (veiled reference to The Truth) Eyewink That was FABULOUS!!! I only had "half-faith" but ended up with a "blessing" from my fellow Voice lovers here!!! biancaboo said: magicalbeck, that SUCKS! I am so sorry. I absolutely loved your review on Amazon (and learned a lot in the process)! And you're right, they stole it and butchered it. Is there anything you can do? I can't tell where that blog is even from... the grammar is so bad that it strikes me as being from another country, where English is not the first language. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BIANCABOO!!! (super-cute screen name, btw! Laughing out loud) Thank you for the support - it means a ton!!! I don't know what I can do.. I want to, but they aren't easy to find. I don't see a way to contact the person directly.. and I agree that English is a second language for them. Which is fine, but don't just STEAL and give no credit. Did they really think I wouldn't figure it out?? The way you all can help me, if you want to, is just to comment, to say that a good portion of the review is from magicalbeck and is clearly on Amazon, posted June 28, 2011, release day. Unfortunately, it IS a positive review and we certainly need them... but, liars and thieves never help. DC haters are posting comments below it too.. it's just kind of a general mess now. Sad __________________________________________________________________________ Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 17:00 It's okay PWELLER, I knew you didn't!!! I don't expect people to have memorized my review. But I sure as heck know it when I see it somewhere else!!! LOL The thing is, too, that they infused MY phrases with a few changes to try to make it theirs, and their changes were poor word choices and bad grammar!!!! Shocked ---------EARLYBIRD and PWELLER - I am extremely upset with that blogger. Yes it is a positive review but who STEALS OTHER PEOPLE'S REVIEWS and doesn't give credit???? I was TOTALLY PLAGIARIZED by this person!!!! Please do NOT link this here at the top, Early. They stole EXACT PHRASES and WHOLE SENTENCES FROM ME and did not say "from magicalbeck" or "from a reviewer on Amazon".!!!! They used my words AS IF THEY HAD WRITTEN THEM THEMSELVES. I am very upset at this because it is simply wrong. Please read my review again and you will know exactly what I am saying is true. My review took me all day and night until 3 a.m... and it was written ON RELEASE DAY, listening.. going to the piano...back and forth, etc etc. This is no joke and not something to be taken

lightly. I posted a comment underneath the blog regarding this. I tried to keep it calmer than I am being here, but make my point. I'm really upset about it though. The NERVE!!!!!!!!! I have other positive things to add to the conversation that is going on here and I'm sorry for the outburst. But this is most distressing. One DC friend, when I tried to be as diplomatic as possible, saying "well I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery", replied that this "might work when someone buys the same shoes as you, but not when they're stealing your words." True dat. Sad __________________________________________________________________________ Friday, August 12, 2011 - 03:53 QTT - I can't wait to hear MSSTEP's response. !!!! So what DID the tat artist hear??? In the meantime I just wanted to add that my guy likes the very rock songs the most. He loves REM, and Kiss on the Neck, Bar-b-sol, Straight Ahead, etc. but also LMFFY, ADAM, TINTLT, HTB, WB... he likes the lyrical melodies as well especially GTTG but doesn't prefer slow songs. I'd say his absolute faves are definitely the rock tunes. Just a little FYI.. I realize you didn't ask(!!!) Laughing out loud ... just thought I'd share. Smiling There are a few young guys overseas that I have met online including Enanski and a singer in Armenia named Aram. It is always interesting to see what the dudes are drawn to! Aram was covering The Last Goodbye. But he seems to generally like ballads. Could be because he has studied with operatic coaches. (I even give him advice from time to time.) Enanski is passionate about RHWY, PH, GTTG, LMFFY, TINTLT, FIM, REM...heck it would be easier to just say the WHOLE THING !!!!!!! hehee Eye-wink We KNOW what a true fan he is!!! I met him via youtube a long time ago... way before here. *Hi Enan* <3 Anyway, we can all agree; Dave's Voice IS "SICK" !!!!!!!! It's madness !!! __________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 22:21 PS - I must admit I DO love the glorious power choruses, with the BIG singing. LOVE 'em!!!! A Daily AntheM will always be one of my favorites, and Straight Ahead, Callout, Incarcerate, Heroes, Declaration, and many on TLM with similar huge choruses. (Circadian, WB, TINTLT, REM, etc) His Voice is absolutely BUILT for monster choruses. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My only tiny criticism, if it is one, is that the distortion on that level is distracting. I like to listen LOUD, but the louder I turn it up the louder the guitar chords with their distortion.. The Voice is appropriately louder; it's the accompaniment that is sometimes an issue for Yours Truly. Have y'all noticed that on This Is Not The Last Time his Voice is much more front and center..? It's not that the others have him recorded any softer. It's that TINTLT doesn't really have that super distortion. Huge difference. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG. It's insanely good. *not worthy smiley* __________________________________________________________________________

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 20:44 Absolutely Still is Absolutely Beautiful !!! I've always loved that one. Also, "Ashley's 21st birthday song part 2". It is before Idol, in a small club where the power had gone out, and contains vulgarities, but the RESONANCE is off the charts. It's not about falsetto, but I just wanted to share.. (Most of you are familiar I'm sure). I'm not sure if this is allowed on the site.. if not, somebody please let me know, or Early..? take it down if it is a problem! Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJWJp2yyjl0 Dave's vibrato is sooooo CRAZY beautiful, even in this playful, vulgar, distorted mess!!! VOCALMANIAC said: "Why do people with outrageous, mind-blowing talent in one area want to be known for something else? Jimi Hendrix wanted to be known as a great vocalist; Streisand wanted to be known for her acting. Go figure.." I know EXACTLY what you mean my friend!! But the truth is that David IS a great writer, and Streisand a great actress. Hendrix a pretty cool singer as well. I can see why DC wants to be known as more than a soloist, because he is. HOWEVER... the Voice could be less buried amid the extreme guitar distortion on the choruses and not detract from his serious writing skillzzz, IMHO. __________________________________________________________________________ Friday, August 5, 2011 - 02:41 HI EVERYBODY!!! Sorry.. was busy the last couple of days. NINA!!! Love your vast enthusiasm!!! I too am the type of person that needs several exclamation points... Eye-wink hehee ESPECIALLY where David Cook is concerned!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing out loud Vocalmaniac: I'll have to think of some examples but David sings just as strongly in his lower voice in certain phrases on DCTR and on TLM as he does on Testament.. the difference is that at that point he was partially imitating the Grunge sounds that were current, and most of them were baritones. That was the cool sound of the time. Eddie Vedder, etc. Cornell is an exception. And Dave can get very dark tones, but as a tenor the tone is going to be different. And Earlybird was right, it was almost sung through his teeth, and probably with his mouth more closed than the usual way he would sing. okay - NINA!!! About High and Dry.. it is so hauntingly beautiful isn't it? I'll listen to it again for you - this is just from memory really quickly - he glides upwards into falsetto soooooo seamlessly in this!!! He does the same thing in The World I Know, Little Sparrow, and Rolling In The Deep, and When You Wish Upon A Star Smiling to name a few. He also does it in Music Of The Night but most of that is full voice. Anyway, Nina, this is what you are probably hearing. Dave has the most GORGEOUS falsetto ever. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Let Me Fall For You !!!!!! the counterpoint at the end is amazing... *sigh* (voices overlapping, like in a round). The two bonus tracks are ASTONISHING!!! I can't believe they are only bonus tracks!!!!! This Is Not The Last Time blows me away vocally and is so uplifting it's virtually impossible to describe. That high C after the key has changed on "this is not the last TIIIIIIIIIIIIIME" is MADNESS. Sheer madness. I think Hard To Believe is one of the best songs on the reckerd. Smiling Seriously, it should be a single. He does so much with it vocally.. CRAZY. I agree with all who are lauding this song!!!

__________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 17:16 Nina - I just love your fresh enthusiasm!!! You are very observant, by the way, and your English is excellent. "I'm right here... I'm right here..." THAT gets me every time!!! (In Hard to Believe) Also, "just stay with me"... GAH!!! His voice sounds so beautiful there, in these little subtle in-between phrases. We ALL know he sings incredibly on glory notes, but these little subtleties are just as impressive in a different way. In Heroes he has that little echo "you're still standing" (fairly early in the song) that is on the studio version... it too has that little subtle, sexy, breathtakingly beautiful sound. He doesn't usually do the little "echo" live though. LuvCook: yes Steve Perry is an extraordinary tenor!! I mention him in my Amazon review. I hear certain similarities, esp on glory notes.. not in the middle voice or lower voice. Dave's is much darker. Tony Bennett is a tenor, yes, but a very different type of tenor. But that is probably what you are hearing. It's a much lighter voice than DC's. Dave's Voice is just so HUGE and glorious!!! But Tony's always had a lot of beauty and you are perhaps hearing the emotional connectedness they both have.. Steve Perry too. Very moving. Steve Perry is even more moving to me emotionally, than Tony Bennett, but Bennett is purposely singing very smooth and cool, as a crooner, whereas Dave and Steve Perry are singing more "raw" sounds and not as "rounded off" in the tone. MaineDC: I'm sure sometimes Dave takes out the earpiece to hear himself more purely.. this whole method is never perfect, and I have noticed he takes it out when he is singing slightly pitchy and then he comes back perfectly in tune. This happened in Newport Beach at the Tastefest or whatever it was called. He hit a big note in Heroes that was really really off pitch, and he jerked that thing out, and quick!!!!! It was always hard to me to hear myself when I was in bands... but we didn't use those then. It was an ongoing problem and I see it still is. Some things never change! Shocked SkyBlue: What are you calling them? I'm not familiar with that term. What does IEM stand for? I guess I should just google it, but I'm just gonna ask you and keep the conversation going! __________________________________________________________________________ Oh thanks for that vsteph!!! I'd never heard him mention ADAM as being hard to sing, but it makes sense. The voice (yes, even his!) gets tired and strained, belting out huge high notes all night long in a set. Also, when you have sung a lot of high notes your low end disappears, especially if you are a tenor or soprano. He wisely lets the audience sing the low part of LO!! Laughing out loud Smart cookie, that Cookie!!! Eye-wink A Daily AntheM has always been one of my very favorite songs. Smiling The lyrics are poetic and more "DC" than many of these slightly more simplistic co-writes, lyrically speaking. Hey, don't worry... you have a right to your feelings about GTTG. The melody is beautiful, with a lot of arc to it. And I love the lyrics. My only personal drawback with it is the guitar solo. It is a tad formulaic and overblown to me.. Neal didn't play it, which is a shame since he cowrote the song with Dave and Andy. He is a very tasteful player and I would have preferred him on the song. Live, of course, we will get Neal! I can't wait to hear what he does with the solo. Very important! by magicalbeck Monday, July 25, 2011 - 14:47 __________________________________________________________________________ Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 17:45 Wow!!! There have been some interesting comments in this thread lately!!! I just can't possibly quote everybody, but I am happy to see what Tiger-eyed, Nina, vocalmaniac, Early, ohyes, iloveDC and all of you are discussing!!! Fascinating!!! I'm gonna address several things here, so bear with me. I totally agree about the "honeymoon" phase we've all been in!!! I am starting to study the songs vocally

more though and will be writing about them soon. I have not been shy out in cyberspace in saying I sincerely believe that Dave has the most astonishing, breathtakingly huge, beautiful and versatile Voice in the entire world. That may seem hyperbolic yet I have many reasons to back up my assertion. It is truly a magnificent Voice. Anyway, I agree that some of the covers are just AMAZING: Billie Jean, Music Of The Night, Creep (even though it is a little rough in places, it is very wild and sung with great abandon), High and Dry, etc etc etc. And of course, live, The Voice is just THRILLING beyond words. But I also think the Voice prints incredibly well in the studio recordings. A majority of my favorite DC vocal moments occur in studio. A Daily AntheM comes to mind with his amazing backing vocals.. The studio versions of Music of The Night and Billie Jean are absolutely MIND-BLOWING. The Truth. (too bad the audio is screwed up on the acoustic live version tho..) Straight Ahead. Callout. Incarcerate. the list goes on. Every week on Idol he was laying down a masterpiece in the studio with very little time and even less rest.. Then there's Declaration. Heroes. Light On is sung really well in studio. Permanent. Just cherry picking DCTR; there are more. Goodbye to The Girl, and much of TLM. In fact, most EVERY song on TLM, to me, is a vocal masterpiece. I love that he is using a little less of the rasp. It is still there, but in key spots.. very strategic. It's used amazingly well on the EP, in subtle ways. (There is nobody on the planet who does this like DC, btw.) My top five songs are (at the moment, in random order) Circadian, REM, Hard To Believe, Let Me Fall For You, Goodbye To The Girl, with a "bonus favorite" of This Is Not The Last Time. (The latter is sung with crazy abandon!!! and the high C and D are to die for. *sigh*) Take Me As I Am is sung with a lot of sustained power. Not easy for mortals, but probably not one of the hardest for a voice like Dave's. He has mentioned that Right Here, With You is hard to sing. And Light On. Anything else y'all know of? But all that said, I do agree that he seems to be conscious of trying to not overpower the original, studio recorded songs with his Voice. Sometimes the huge distortion that he favors on guitar chords in choruses distracts a teeny bit... but usually it manages to enhance. Sometimes I wish he'd use a "cleaner" sound for the guitars though, rather than so "dirty". ..he still loves that heavy distortion! I think it may turn some people off and they don't give him a chance as a result.. Tiger-eyed, I agree that he has more choices than other mere mortals. I have said this many times. His softs can be softer, his louds can be louder, he has this "rasp" he can add at will, he can belt straight out, or sing with pure and gorgeous vibrato...the most spinning and free, shimmering vibrato I have ever heard. He can sing with the most beautiful falsetto, too. Not slightly shrill like most tenors. Too many singers these days sound like girls to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UGH. Testosterone, please. He is almost at a disadvantage that he is such a songwriter too.. because just having a Voice this astonishing would be enough for most. It's almost "what to focus on?".... almost a quandary. It shouldn't be, but the way the stupid market is right now... grrrrrrr.... where exactly does a guy like David fit in?? He HAS to!!! All I know is that he DESERVES MUCH BIGGER RECOGNITION. It frustrates me. This record is too good to not be selling more but that is for another thread. !!!!! He needs to get on a good tour and have more completely new ears hear him. Okay, back to The Voice!!! Please discuss!! Oh, one more thing. I think he's supporting his lower notes better, just growing stronger throughout his range. The high notes are as impressive as ever, and his voice is better than ever. He's just at the beginning of his prime years. He wasn't there yet on DCTR, AI or before! Which is just unbelievable when you think about it.. I think I mentioned this a while ago and it turned out to be true. *GAWD I LOVE BEING RIGHT* !!!!! LOL __________________________________________________________________________ CookieCrazy, I know what you mean.. he's so humble with that comment. I honestly think Andrew has a

good voice, even a very good voice. But it is not a CRAZY good voice. C'mon Dave!!!! David's voice is incredibly pure. How could he not see this??? People all over the world LOVE his singing on GTTG, MOTN and Permanent. Also Little Sparrow, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Avalanche, Just In Case, Therapy and several others, where he also sings with that breathtakingly "pure" sound. But he loves his brother and is paying him a high compliment. And I'm sure he truly does love the baritone sound that Andrew has. They sounded so incredible together on the SSB! by magicalbeck Jul 9, 2011 - 5:04 PM __________________________________________________________________________ JANLIN: that is entirely true. One does not hear oneself as others do, from inside the head. AS he is singing, he can't possibly hear the resonance quite the same as others do. But recorded, yes. Then he can hear it. But the critic's hat is always on in that case. You are right, most singers don't love to listen to their own voices because we have by nature highly sensitive and critical ears. And we grow up loving certain vocal sounds that may be entirely different from ours. In Dave's case, most of the singers on the rock and popular landscape would not have voices as rich and dark colored as his and that may seem strange to him somehow, when in fact, as we all know, it is Golden. One in a Billion. He has a MUCH BETTER VOICE than most people, naturally speaking. People prefer all kinds of voices though and I am not saying that other, thinner voices cannot be beautiful. Not at all. Just that his is most unusual and impressive and AMAZING. But... I'm preaching to the choir here! by magicalbeck Jul 6, 2011 - 4:42 PM __________________________________________________________________________ INCIPIT: I agree that there is a huge difference between one not liking to listen to one's voice as entertainment, and downright not liking it at all. I think he, like many artists, just doesn't want to hear it outside of "work"... he gets to hear it all the time! Many actors say they don't love to watch their movies. Or that they might watch them later in life. I hope David is aware that sans rasp, his voice is still completely unparalleled. In fact it is even better without the rasp in many ways. Does he not hear how pure that sound is?? I know Debra Byrd (AI vocal coach) said that his voice was incredible! Dolly Parton called it beautiful, Neil Diamond said it gave him goosebumps, and of course Matt Serletic said that when you put a mike in front of him madness ensues. (paraphrasing!) I remember once that Streisand said that she not only didn't listen to her own music but didn't listen to music much at all.. because she spent so much time at making music. Maybe that is kind of what he means. by magicalbeck Jul 6, 2011 - 3:43 PM __________________________________________________________________________ magicalbeck- But there's always an exception to the rule, isn't there- and my mind immediately went to the famous high note Dave produced in his performance of 'Music of the Night', which of course was on the word 'beeeee'. Not sure why he was able to create this note- live, at top volume- with a 'smile' face (my technical word for it!) rather than a wide-open mouth. I'm thinking he was perhaps just aiming for a different kind of sound, even though 'be' and 'believe' should be produced similarly. by AngelaTarantula ANGELA:

the difference here is that the "e" in MOTN is in full tenor voice, loud in volume, but legit style, not a belt. There is a good deal of definite difference in soaring, tenor, high, full-voiced notes and rock belting. You can hear great women belters too like Ann Wilson or Linda Ronstadt, when she used to sing rock, modifying "eee" to "eh" etc, for effective belting. But Ann Wilson actually sometimes chooses to do an "ee" just full voice, no belt, and it is big enough! Dave has these choices, like Ann Wilson, because of the size of the voice(s). As far as the "smile" or scrunch, or as one brilliant blogger from S7 (may she RIP) deemed it, "sexfacemoneynote", it is a little idiosyncrasy.. a mannerism unique to DC that he uses on high notes. A lot of singers have them but of course they are not to be taught to anyone else and are not actually necessary, but just something that singer has grown comfortable with. The soprano Kathleen Battle has a lot of them. I know I have a few. They work, somehow! by magicalbeck Jul 6, 2011 - 2:38 PM __________________________________________________________________________ PWELLER: I did put the Enanski video here. But thanks for bumping it up. He did a really wonderful job on it! we can use it here as we start to discuss the Voice. CAPEFAN and LAVINIA: I can hardly believe that he thinks his voice is less than Andrew's. That is just plain weird to me. Maybe he means speaking voice. (??) He has always shown immense confidence (altho not c***iness) in his vocal ability. If Andrew was really THAT great wouldn't somebody know it by now? I'm sure he is a good singer... He's a baritone, BTW, that I could tell from the SSB.. but better than Dave???? ummm...NOT. Brotherly love VIVIAN: I know exactly what you mean!!! Well said. Sinatra is one of my faves... he calms me... I love to relax to the soothing voice of Ol' Blue Eyes. Take a bath to his lyric baritone..*sigh* If I go into a store that has Sinatra playing, it just feels like a relaxing and classy experience. DC's voice on the other hand, makes me feel and grabs me... it invigorates, or makes me cry, or makes me wave my arms around, or fall to the floor. And many other emotions.. KELLY (MaineDCfan): Rebecca or Becky are fine... I've been called both a lot in my life. I actually like "Beck". Good to see you in here!!! COOKIECRAZYINCT - another New Englander I hope you'll stop by often - you will be such a welcome addition to The Voice thread. You too, Kelly. You don't have to be a vocals expert to come into this thread.. I hope everybody understands that. I want to hear what everybody says about how the Voice strikes them on a given song, or phrase, etc. That is fascinating to me!!! (((hugs))) by magicalbeck Jul 6, 2011 - 1:05 PM __________________________________________________________________________ TIGER-EYED: I always preferred Domingo too.. he sounds less strained. He has that darker tone and it kind of just "rolls out" of his mouth in the middle and lower voice, like DC. About the "we believe" modified vowel you are pretty much right on target. The review by Lindsay Parker talks of mid-western accents! LOL. No, it is all about the fact that he is belting it out.. when he is not belting, we have all heard his beautiful "e" vowels. "It's therapy for meeeee.... to wear my heart on my sleeeeeve." Stunning resonance on the e's there. It just rings like crazy. In We Believe, he belts, hard, so the vowel has to be opened. A cross between a long A as in "paved", or eh as in "set".

One cannot belt up high, or even in middle voice, on a closed vowel. Notice when he brings the "we believe" down to the lowest one, it is more or less the pure vowel (as in tree, me). by magicalbeck Jul 6, 2011 - 12:47 PM __________________________________________________________________________ Kelly - we don't expect musical expertise here - ALL ARE WELCOME !!!! Your opinions are like gold to me, and equally valuable if not surpassing the so-called "experts" !!!!! I happen to have this musical background but am just a fan, too, and so in AWE of this man's talent. We'll be having interesting discussions soon and I expect you here, girl!!! I know, Hard To Believe is a killer song. Breathtaking. It is also my boyfriend's favorite. Interesting, from a man, to hear what he likes. One of two: REM and HTB. (but he's still learning the record.) As I said it is in my top four, possibly top three. by magicalbeck Jul 4, 2011 - 2:18 AM __________________________________________________________________________ JAYELGEE: I forgot to answer! No, David's voice is not like Pavarotti's exactly... the passion is there for both but Pavarotti is a lyric tenor...a brighter voice. Not quite as huge as a dramatic tenor. David's has that CRAZY dark tone. I'd LOVE to hear Dave sing Nessun dorma. DAVID ROLAND COOK: if you happen to lurk here, I hereby humbly request that you put a modern spin onto "Nessun dorma". It's about time for it to be done differently. Even sung with the teeniest bit of your "rasp" but mostly clearly, as in Music of the Night, GoodbyeTTG, or Permanent, this could be STUNNING. EPIC. Full, open-throated, power lungs... (and we know you can do all these things like no other..) PLEEEEASE!!!! MUST HEAR YOU SING NESSUN DORMA!!!! Jayelgee: Dramatic tenors: Corelli. Placido Domingo. darker tone. fuller in the middle/lower voice than lyrics. Listen to them on youtube. That's more of what DC would sound like in opera. (But I have never heard ANY voice like his.) The most beautiful version of Nessun dorma is considered by many to be Jussi Bjorling's from the 40s. Not a dramatic tenor but he had something incredibly special. He makes me weep every time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUbA5y1hnFg by magicalbeck Jul 4, 2011 - 1:54 AM __________________________________________________________________________ JAYELGEE: Thanks for the kind words, and for reading my review! Look how many words I had to use, and I still don't think it is possible to describe how beautiful and powerful his Voice is. I agree with JANLIN, I think we've all just been immersed in the new music - it's so overwhelming that it takes time to process.. we will then come in here and discuss. All in good time. I hope we will be buzzing about the Voice in a little while. I'll be happy to try and answer questions better this time around. COOKIECRAZYINCT - good to see you! I met this CookieCrazyinCT through my Amazon review! It's so fun to meet new DC fans through different means. We started chatting a little in the comment thread, then I told her to look for me here. small world I guess when it comes to DC, altho I know many DC fans that don't come here. He has quite a few male fans around the world... I sometimes help a young Armenian singer online that says his friends LOVE DC! He needs to do an international tour.. as well as a US tour, of course. He could sell so many CDs if he'd go to the Philippines again, to Japan, Finland, Sweden, other European countries, England, Brazil, etc etc etc!! More people need to hear The Voice. *sigh*

by magicalbeck Jul 4, 2011 - 1:29 AM __________________________________________________________________________ Soul Whisperer !!! LOVE it !!!! Thanks JANLIN !!! I understand that everybody has been overwhelmed and immersed, including myself. But I am surely looking forward to the time, which will be pretty soon hopefully, when we start discussing the Voice regularly. SO MUCH to talk about now !!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY to all the wonderful DC fans. Much love to all. <3 by magicalbeck Jul 1, 2011 - 5:25 PM __________________________________________________________________________ Thanks, SUPER ENANSKI asked me to bring over his new David Cook Range video. It's AWESOME!!! REALLY well done, not only the audio which is superb, but the beautiful graphics. Will be a great tool for me, and for us, as we discuss this record vocally. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Z24A_-BWQ by magicalbeck Jun 29, 2011 - 12:59 PM __________________________________________________________________________ One of the greatest treats about being a David Cook fan (aside from the obvious) is the quality people he brings together. I've been so touched by the kind words of support from DC peeps today. I truly believe he has some of the brightest and most creative fans. I may be prejudiced but I still think it's true! Thank you HOALOHA and CHARIVNI SING7 - sorry about the challenges you are facing right now... I know what you mean. This came along at the right time for me as well. My bf said, "maybe David Cook should release a new album every month, because you sure have been uplifted since it has been out there"!! (on AOL, etc.) Sometimes it helps greatly to have something to help me feel my feelings, whatever they are. Thank you for your very encouraging words. You are such a good lady, and I am blessed that you PM-ed me a year ago! PANDORA: my dear friend - we go back in this journey a ways don't we? I am so impressed that you posted your top five! I LOVE that you included This Is Not The Last Time! Excellent choice! I think it should be the next single. It's a barnburner !!! How about that high C??????????? CRAY-CRAY!!!! Pan, thanks for your friendship. You're special and one day I'll be lucky enough to meet you. Love your inquiring mind when it comes to music. <3 (and life in general.) by magicalbeck Jun 29, 2011 - 2:17 AM __________________________________________________________________________ Thanks opa and MargMom !!! Good to see you both!!! You are very kind. I love this thread and hope to get it hopping again soon as we discuss The Voice on all these amazing songs... so much to talk about now!!! "MAYDAY, somebody SAVE ME NOW!!!!" Circadian is CRAZY good.... the whole thing.... I hope Rolling Stone gives him some cred but I'm not holding my breath.. *rolleyes* by magicalbeck Jun 28, 2011 - 6:53 PM __________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for that Capefan !!! I greatly appreciate it. I was up till 4 am and worked for days listening and studying at the piano, and reading the lyrics, etc. It was a labor of love though. I am hoping anybody on the fence might learn something, and decide to buy it, or even that Dave might read it, and/or the guys, or Matt Serletic. I was determined to get mine there as the first one!!! I doubt there will be as many reviews this time around on Amazon because of the amount of pre-orders here, and because of Walmart and iTunes.. but we'll see. Last time mine was buried on the 5th or 6th page, or further. (there are 350+ amazon reviews for DCTR!! I did NOT want to get lost in there!!) Hi Earlybird!!! Good to see you!! WHAT RL is there besides TLM and DC??? J/K!!

BTW, I edited the review in a couple of minor spots...no biggie... but here is the edited one. http://www.amazon.com/This-Loud-Morning-David-Cook/product-reviews/B004W... Please go over and click "yes" if the review was helpful. Thank you all very much, I really would appreciate it. <3 by magicalbeck Jun 28, 2011 - 5:51 PM __________________________________________________________________________ okay peeps, did my Amazon review. It took me hours to listen to it and think about it and then write about it. It's very long!!! I included a short introduction of who I am and what I have done-my perspective and where it comes from.. Then a brief explanation about dramatic tenors.. then general thoughts on TLM, then the track by track. Should I paste it here or just the link? Where has our earlybirdSF been? I've missed you Early!!! I think for now I will post the link: http://www.amazon.com/This-Loud-Morning-CD-DVD/product-reviews/B004WOS7L... by magicalbeck Jun 28, 2011 - 7:32 AM __________________________________________________________________________ HOALOHA: Thanks! I ordered a couple of copies from Amazon just so I could write one. Got my EP and CD/DVD today!!! SQUEEE!!!! How about the high notes on This is Not the Last Time??? They're CRAZY!!! by magicalbeck Jun 25, 2011 - 7:24 PM __________________________________________________________________________ You're welcome MSSTEP- and thanks for the kind words!! So glad you've gotten something out of my Long and Winding posts!!! This album is so detailed.. so astonishing, but believe me I am working on it... making notes as I listen.. I have to really get to know the entire thing before I can truly comment on it track by track but that is my end goal. The whole record is so astounding and there are repeated themes, etc, so I have my work cut out for me!!! but what sweet work it will be!!! I will be doing an Amazon review too I am sure. On the 28th. I did one on Nov 18, 08 for DCTR and cannot fail now!!! It may not be as detailed as I aspire for it to be but we shall see. I will share it here too. WOW - "finding it hard to believe....yeah....finding it hard to believe!" by magicalbeck Jun 24, 2011 - 2:24 AM __________________________________________________________________________ Matt Serletic retweeted me - I am so excited !!!!! Woooot!!! @MattSerletic love the use of counterpoint on this record.. so many intricacies.. you are the George Martin of NOW! #brilliant 5:05 PDT, 8:05 EST I agree about the absolutely CRAZY falsetto in the bridge of Right Here, With You HOALOHA...it takes off right into Neil's solo...MADNESS!!!!!! Much to discuss soon.... sooooooo much #EXCITEMENT by magicalbeck Jun 24, 2011 - 1:25 AM __________________________________________________________________________ This is TRULY an EPIC record. I am at a loss for words besides astonishing, breathtaking, beautiful, riveting... In the glory days of rock and roll there were epic records. Enter This Loud Morning. This may be strange but a Bible verse describes it perfectly and better than I can:

"Infinitely above all we could ask, think or imagine, beyond our highest thoughts, prayers or hopes.." ~Eph 3:20 by magicalbeck Jun 20, 2011 - 8:14 PM __________________________________________________________________________ Posted by earlybirdSF