Fairy Voice Mother says:
In this video, I (a contemporary voice specialist) analyse “Righteous Brothers” performing “Unchained Melody” (Live in 1965) on the fly, whilst watching and hearing it for the first time.
Watch me adoringly describe Bobby Hatfield’s incredibly classy use of vocal technique, obsess over his ingenious switch-a-roo between Mode 1 & 2 (head to chest voice) and dive into to the magic of contrast. In this video, I analyse the composition and vocal performance in depth. I explain and demonstrate the vocal techniques (from an anatomical perspective), and ultimately tell you what I think makes this so great.
I love this video. I love the song and performance and have listened to a half-zillion times in the last two years or so. And I love both Lolli’s spontaneous reactions and her explanations of vocal technique. She thinks about the voice like I think about the trumpet. And there’s some cross-over between the two. She talks about manipulating the vocal cavity to influence the sound. Trumpet players do the say thing, though we don’t quite have the same range of control because of the constraints imposed by the instrument itself.
BTW, I'm treating this as a media note because I want to draw some attention to the reaction video as a genre. Now that I've posted this I'll probably post some more reaction videos.
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