Voice Teacher Reacts to Evanescence - My Immortal (Live)
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- Sam Johnson's analysis of Amy Lee singing My Immortal.
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Amy Lee could sing the fucking veggie tales theme and it would bring me to tears. She has the most gorgeous voice
I wish she would ♥️
Trur. Sexiest female I've ever heard
Veggie Tales makes me cry too! And she sings good
Yes! She's amazing and her voice is memorizing
Big fan of the fact that you're mouthing all the words
Ville Lotjonen same lol
forrrrrrreal it's so cute!
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#enunciationonfleek
I came here to say this. It's adorable
Her voice is like a gothic cathedral voice that gives me goosebumps. Very unique and beautiful.
This is such a beautiful description for her voice. Absolutely true. I'm gonna see her again for the 4th time live in April and I can't wait!
I agree!! Shes amazing!!
@@0Onyx13 I've only been fortunate enough to see her once and I almost left early. She was on tour with Seether and came out during their set and sounded horrible.
Must have been a bad mic because she came out was just blew that stadium down.
I’ve seen her live a couple times. She’s soo amazing 💕 was a hardcore fan in high school.
Right 👌👌👌👌
I love how Sam gets SO lost in the videos, snaps back to reality to provide commentary, then gets totally lost in the videos again. His enthusiasm and unabashed "geeking out" over the vocals is contagious. I also love how I'm now able to put into words what I find appealing about certain vocals thanks to these videos. Subscribed!
I do the same. I love music and I got my love of it from my Uncle who passed 3 years ago. It brought him and I closer together and he was the only male/father figure I had(I haven't seen my dad in 9 years). And him and I would get so lost in music together. I love a very wide range of genre's.
Yes! I had to watch the video again just because I was watching him do that alone.
*amy drinks water *
*sam takes a drink of water *
*i grab for my water and join the water train *
💧💧💧💧💧💧💧
Jenna Miller 🤣🤣🤣
Same
Same
Stay hydrated my friends. Lol
Amy: *drinks water*
Me: Ugh queen.
Fun Fact: “My Immortal” is Amy Lee’s least favorite song to perform. Haha
I’ve seen Evanescence live 9 times. Eight of those times front row. I met Amy & the band after winning a meet & greet fan club contest. I know she’s had some performances where her voice was strained but that’s because she performs & rehearses so much. Literally all nine times her voice was angelic. Side note, she was the sweetest & humblest person. She was personable & down to earth. You would have thought she was a new artist with how flattered she was at my praise of her work. She hasn’t become jaded in the slightest & I hope to see Evanescence perform again soon as it’s been several years now! 😉
It's not her least favorite song to perform. She was just tired to sing it too many times cause it was very popular. But im pretty sure she loves to perform it.
@@channe4558 Where do you take that information from? As I understand Matthew Scott, he knows it is not her favourite because he actually talked to her.
@@LaNoireDetruit well, where does it say that amy said "my immortal is my least favorite song to perform" to him??? He just said he met them, didn't say he heard this information from her.
patlamis misir it’s inferred. He didn’t quote anything that was said. Just that they had a conversation about everything.
@@channe4558 itself her least favorite because Ben moody wrote it for her and after their break up she hated the song but began to love it after awhile as the years passed
I have to say, I really appreciate your critique. I watched another "voice teacher" who's sole purpose for his video was to make fun of the singers. It pissed me off. I am a classically trained singer (throat) and in my community, we support each other, we don't demean each other. You taught and you were respectful. I hope you are a huge success. You deserve it. Thanks for an educational and respectful video.
only reason why I subbed to him. awesome how he does not break down, just teaches in such a positive way.
I like throat as well
*all throat*
You are so right. People shouldn't demean one another. When it comes to anything, people should support each other. I'm not a trained singer. I'm self taught have been singing since before I could even speak properly. I would like to get some training, especially for my breathing, since I have a hard time with it. I taught myself a certain way and am trying to sing more with my diaphragm, cause I like to belt out powerful notes and I need as much breath as possible for them. lol Sorry, rambling. Anyway, I agree with your comment completely! I always go off on a tangent. I apologise for that. XD
Out of curiousity, who was it?
probably Carl John Franz. He's so irritating.
Everytime you say I'm Sam Johnson I want to say "hi, I'm Laura and I love your videos" :'v
My name's Laura, too 💚
That is a truly sad pacman
Me too!!
My name isn’t Laura...
I changed my name to Laura
Amy's voice is the human version of a violin I swear!
Zazoo Flores best analogy I’ve heard
@@morgansample6718 I think it's like a mix of a violin and cello like I've tried to explain her voice over the years but that's the closest I can come to it.
@@zazooflores A mix between a violin and a cello? Did you mean: a viola?
@@MartyMusic777 never heard one🤷🏻♀️
@@zazooflores Well, you've heard an orchestra, right? That mid-range background fuzz is the viola section.
Amy Lee is a legend. She epitomized middle school for me way back in the day.
powowliofkd LMAO @ way back in the day! That is super cute. How long ago was it for you? I am like 51 so for me way back in the day has a completely different meaning. We had no videos, TH-cam, VCR's, DVD players, blu ray players, cells phone OMG how did we live like that? Seriously it is unthinkable now to think of a household with 1 phone plugged into the wall with a super long chord to get any privacy! (if you could even) LOL
@@moriganna67ify so in 2003, I was in 8th grade at the time. I totally understand, as we were in the stone ages technalogically where I grew up. We had a party phone line with our neighbors, complete with rotary dial. I had to learn how to use a computer on DOS LOL!! Most kids these days dont even know what DOS was lol!
powowliofkd she epitomized 4th grade for me.
she is me right now as a senior in high school
Evanescence was a major part of the soundtrack for the death of my father. Amy Lee, Enya, Mary Fahl, and David Gray to list the people whose voices I associate with that part of 03.
I remember listening to this song at like 11 acting like I had problems to be dramatic about lmao
Ivy Collins Poitras lmao yes
I've had those moments too. Times where I felt that my younger self acted ridiculous and overdramatic about trivial things. But at the time, those "trivial things" weren't trivial. They were big, and horrid, and incredibly painful. Maybe they were even the worst things that had ever happened up to me at that point in my life. They were completely valid feelings at the time I was feeling them.
Once I realized all that, I was able to let myself off the hook a bit, and it has helped me be a much better friend, mentor and mother. Because I can remember how horrible those "silly" things felt while they were happening, I can better empathize with others' feelings. Even if I personally or objectively place different emotional value on a particular situation.
Give your 11 year old self a bit of wiggle room. You weren't pretending or faking it for attention. You were experiencing very real hurt at the time. And I bet you are an excellent friend now because you know how awful heartbreak can hurt.
@@VensVibrantNailsandBeauty Your comment is very sweet, however maybe the OP literally just meant they were imagining stuff to be upset about. Listening to music can do that to you.
Lmao yes
Please do Chester Bennington from Linkin Park, he had such an amazing and controlled screamed singing!
Sam mouthing along to all the words is such a Mood
I love the faces that you make when you like something on the video.
It seems like she sings everything with a specific intent in mind. She's trying to deliver a story, so the entire song she's very compressed and closed however the last sentense was only air... the character she was voicing found peace and freedom at the end.
Very dramatic.
It's Goth Rock/Metal. Most vocalists in this genre put so much emotion into their lyrics and vocals.😊😊😊
Ok that makes sense! I remember the song from when I was in high school but nothing about them sense (I’m more of an RnB gal😆) but the first 10 seconds was just, wow! I too wondered if she could have been telling a story, this was amazing!
Omg I've never thought about this song in that way....thank you for your comment as it seriously makes me hear this in a completely different way and feels so much more emotional, deep and real.
The song is about her former boyfriend, Seether vocalist Sean Morgan and being there while going through his addiction to heroin.... She did a few songs on the subject....
@@swingingmeatwheeler9882 You couldn't be more wrong! Lololol it's actually kinda funny. My Immortal was written by Ben Moody (co-founder of Evanescence who left the band) about either a short story or his grandfather's death ;)
Sam, would you do Chop Suey from SOAD? I think it would be really interesting to hear you talk about what is required to sing a song with really fast and complicated lyrics like that well. How would you go about teaching that, what kind of things need extra attention when the song is like that? I think that would be different and really interesting to hear about!
As always, great video!
Edit: if you hate Chop Suey then any other song that's kind of similar in this way would also do!
A great track would be A.T.W.A. The force Serj gets in each word of the chorus is insane.
I'd like to see him do Forrest or aerials
I literally had the same thought! Anything from SOAD would be interesting
Gets my vote!!
I was thinking Of Blood and Salt by Gojira, specifically Devin Townsend's part in the first 2 minutes or so of the song. Amazing range and power. "Swallow the liiiiiiiies, from siiiiick ideeeeoooools"
I've...taken note... of your shirt
You may see yourself out now
No you may see yourself in now
*stands in doorway*
*beckons you to come hither*
I love all the Jazz shirts he wears! Keep up the love!!!
Subscribed a bit ago and Dude you have an "it" factor that is just drawing me to your personality. You are so kind, sincere, calm, and sober-minded. I love it! And you know what the heck you're talking about too! Really like your videos
Wow this song is the epitome of my middle school days
Watch like 10 of your videos in a row and now I'm an expert at analyzing music. No but for real I'm just a shower singer it's interesting to see someone actually analyze the way someone sings.
Ditto.
I’m narrowing my vowels more in the shower now and wondering what my bridge situation is! My shower and car singing have never had such critical attention. You should hear me singing Chandelier by Sia at the top of my lungs in the shower. The dog runs away.
Lmfao. Same
@@saraheeeeeee4552 This is a fantastic comment! Almost sprayed soda out my nose!
I'd love to see you analyze flyleaf, if anyone remembers laney.
Yes, an analysis of All Around Me (especially the acoustic version) would be really nice !
Laney Amy and Hayley are my baby mamas
Her name is actually Lacey. Lacey Mosley.
Damn, that girl is a beast when singing. Very unique.
Your attitude is contagious
Vicki Lee True, such a role model
I can't watch anyone else's reactions/analyzing to singing now
Vera Skomarokha I HAVE THE SAME. Nobody I've seen is this precise and I feel I'm wasting time watching anyone else 😂
Me tooooooo omg
Easily the best voice teacher/vocal coach whatever on TH-cam. I actually feel like I'm learning something instead of "oh man! yes, girl! that mix!" like... what? no... that's not helpful at all.
You can tell that he actually knows what he's talking about and he's not just a recent college graduate trying to make it sound like he knows what he's talking about.
As someone who studies linguistics and struggled with the science behind it, these videos which explain vowel sounds and other things REALLY help. I totally love these videos- id love to see you analyse Lorde! Her voice has always amazed me
Fucking same. The IPA vowel chart is one of the worst things I've ever experienced, most of the time I don't know which central vowel to use in transcription, not even narrow transcription lmfao
I love the conceptual side of linguistics, especially the whole concept of deixis and pragmatics and all that jazz, that comes naturally... but the mechanical side is just like *head-desk* level of *fuck*.
Her singing conveys the full story and emotion of a complete mental overload, almost like a nervous breakdown, without even moving her body an inch. I smile and sob at the same time every time I hear her sing. This woman is EVERYTHING. The raw feelssssssss.
I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but I actually look forward to the day you switch from wearing Utah Jazz T-shirt’s, to companies like AKG and Sennheiser who pay you to wear their stuff.
Also, you should know I’m applying your suggestions and techniques to my car singing during my commute. My fellow commuters in the surrounding lanes think I’m insane but I have no shame and I don’t care.
Melissa KBK I too am constantly checking my vowel sounds and mouth shape during my morning car sessions 😂
There’s no singing quite like car singing. Oh and the looks society gives sometimes are priceless😂
Melissa KBK I want to buy like 80% of his t-shirts. He might have a lucrative side gig selling the t-Shirt he is wearing on each review.
I like Amy Lee's voice, but sometimes she seems feeling so much pain, sounding stranger, but is beautiful.
Yeah, she's a very emotional singer and has such a great voice. But, she looked like she was in pain here and I was a bit worried. I felt the strain in her voice and her facial expression told me that she was straining a lot. Maybe she was just tired.
I feel this when i see her performances, like Made Of Stone, The Chance, End Of The Dream and Lacrymosa.
@@ReptilianTeaDrinker yes, this is probably the worst I've ever heard her. I'm thinking she wasnt feeling well.
Seems like she just had lost her brother.
She thought about her brother and a friend
Her voice gives me chills, every time. It seems like she's belting out vocals at the top of her lungs, but it's the complete opposite. It's such a pure, natural, clean sound, that feels like it's produced entirely by emotion rather than by effort. Her variations in her vowels, closed to open to held back to let out, just evokes such a roller coaster of emotion you can FEEL the story.
When her voice cracks on "all" at 6:59.....nearly makes me tear up, chills just aren't enough. That entire phrase just riddles my body with so much feels I almost can't take it, and honestly, I don't understand why.
Yes even decades later this song hits me like an avalanche! CHILLSSS. All the feels.
You touched on tiredness in your voice here at the end but I think it would be cool to have a whole video about it and what to do and what not to do when you're experiencing that fatigue.
Kimberley M I experience vocal fatigue all the time just talking for a little over 20 minutes. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Doing song service at church just kills me. Especially since the song leader is usually an alto, but I’m soprano so she’ll start the song a bit to low for me to follow all the way through.
So yeah I second this.
+Narlande Mendez Check out the book Set Your Voice Free by Roger Love. You might be hurting your voice even when speaking by using the wrong techniques for projection etc.
Oh what a song! 17 years ago I was big (oh so big) pregnant with my first kid, with my first love. He and I didn't work out and this song helped me grieve. He doesn't still have all of me, but he got a lot of the best of me.
I love the emotion she conveys. She sounds like she's crying the prettiest cry of all time. Like she just got dumped by the love of her life a few weeks before having his kid.
It's so much easier to listen to you critique it than it was to sob my guts out to it so long ago. Thanks for that! 😂
Melissa H prayers for you and your child
I hope you and your kid are doing well and that you're happier now ❤
Holy shit. You said 17 years ago and I thought you were nuts.
It actually has been over 17 years.. fuck me.
Thanks for sharing that, it's good to hear music helps people 💜
I hope you're doing better now! :)
Bless you. I lost two babies and am pregnant successfully with my third. The pain is unbearable for any Mother but you have such a graceful composed demeanor its very encouraging.
Everything I heard was “Amy Lee is perfect, Amy Lee is perfect and Amy Lee is perfect” and I agree 😁
Floor Jenson of Nightwish is better.
@@terriewatson8828 no one asked
@@koffinkiss awwww. Are your feelings hurt? Too damn bad. Get a life, sweety.
Hi, please do a reaction to Lzzy Hale of Halestorm best live vocals! I'd love to hear your reaction to her. Love your videos, keep up the good work Sam! :)
Victoria Ruthardt LOVE me some Halestorm!
Victoria Ruthardt I just said that!!! I would love to see his thoughts on Lzzy
I just requested Lizzy, Hayley Williams, and Amy Lee in the same video lol!
Hi Sam,
I enjoyed watching this video. I would like to mention 2 things:
When you talk about Amy's legato and not legato singing, it mainly has to do with expression and also the meaning of the lyrics in those spots. On purpose not singing legato can also make the words sound more intense.
All your comments on Amy singing are very well put, also about the tiredness of being on tour - the Synthesis tour had us on the road for a year now, we recently wrapped it up and what I really liked about the shows is, how she totally was able to focus on her singing, rather than running around, head banging and risking to be out of breath. I had the same feeling with the background vocals.
The second thing is: it's not water she drinks, on stage she drinks Throat Coat tea ;)
And I know all that, because I play in Evanescence since 3 years ;)
Really enjoyed your video. Keep up the great work.
OMG Sam you an got Official Evanescence Member visit!!!
Oh hiiiiii Jen! I loved the Synthesis tour! I went to an Evanescence concert 12 years ago and I really feel like Amy's voice has only gotten better since then. Being able to focus on singing instead of running around definitely makes a difference too.
Awesome.
JEN, YOU ARE AN AWESOME HUMAN BEING,FOR A LOT OF THINGS AND FOR THIS! But i have to say, even running around she sounded amazing when i saw you guys live last year. She's just that good! But i loved what you guys did with this as well, Amy sounds great.
SAM, CONGRATZ!
@DarkCrea Silver
Absolutely, she sounds great during the rock shows. Call me fan :) but I know it from my own experience as a front vocalist, it is way more tougher and more challenging to keep your breath control when you head bang ;) Thanks for the sweet message.
This is how a vocal coach should react. Stop and talk about the specifics of her signing. Too many are just like "wow she's amazing!...welp, that's it, thanks for watching!". We know she's amazing. We want to understand how she's amazing (besides just being Amy Lee). Thanks Sam!
Can't be the only one binge watching Sam's videos can I?😂 I've always liked singing and these dissecting videos are so enjoyable to watch!
m j I'm not... but only because I already did last week :) now I wait patiently for new videos.
I've watched a lot of "vocal coach/voice teacher reacts to..." video's, but yours are by far (like many miles ahead) the most insightful and technical. I enjoy that very much. Thank you for your uploads.
And he doesn't shit on any of them really, which seems that a lot these "professional (blank) analyzes this (blank) seem to like doing a là Simon Cowell.
She’s one of the few performers that gives me chills every time they perform.
I'm really not sure how I stumbled across this channel (can't sing for peanuts) but I'm glad I did! I would love to see you react to some of the "best" of The Voice due to the premise of the blind auditions. Prompted by an amazing audition I just watched with Dream On :)
Eva SF Yes! That would be a great video!
Can’t sing for peanuts lol :)
I'm going to remember that phrase, because I can't sing either and I'm too scared to start trying or taking lessons. Music class in junior high has made me fear singing. Talking about teaching music wrong. Where was mr. Johnson when I needed him? xD
Don't you dare say that you can't sing. Everybody has the capacity to be good at singing. Some just need a little practice. That's fact too. Every single voice on this planet has the ability to sing. (Well unless your mute in which case I'm sorry if I offended)
The Voice is altering the performance a lot with effects. It doesn’t make a lot of sense analyzing those computer voices.
YAY YAY YAY!!! Thank you SO SO much for this Sam!! I really really appreciate it!! I clicked on this video with ninja speed lol this was an awesome watch😊❤
Video says: uploaded 5 hours ago. your comment 6 hours ago. what kind of black magic is this?
Same!!!!
damn Evanescene
AMY QUEEN
Sacha Schmitz I have no idea, all I know is I clicked the video as soon as the notification popped up on my phone. I think youtube is having a hard time keeping up with things.
Sometimes I find Amy struggles with some of her vocals but she’s so talented. Her solo stuff and synthesis show that. I also find some people hate her voice but I think it’s because she has a very different voice than most singers currently.
This song has such a deep dark feeling to it, the lyrics are both breathtaking and devastating. I don't think any singer can deliver what she does with such feeling.
yes!!
It's great, isn't it?
There are so many incredible vocalists out there. Here’s one: Einar from leprous is jaw dropping. th-cam.com/video/_9o2nVY8FZ0/w-d-xo.html
Great as always. I just feel like a lot of the "compression" and "tenseness" is her playing on emotion.. That is, playing the part of the person in the song..who obviously is dealing with major sadness.
Monscent totally agree!
Hello Mr. Johnson,
Do you have any opinions on Lzzy Hale and Halestorm? I'd love to see your analysis.
Thank you.
YES THIS PLEASE PLEASE DO HALESTORM
Your assessments are wonderful, you come across as truly genuine and open and must be a wonderful vocal coach to have. Your channel is going to result in an army of singers who never would have had the confidence to try otherwise.
Can I just say that I really appreciate your sound editing in this? It's super helpful that you're dropping down the video sound if you're trying to talk over it - it works really well and makes it easier to listen to your video. Your editing overall is really fun. Don't beat yourself up over the "not" vs. "just" - you're doing great!
I'm practicing
I kind of appreciate the self correcting because I can't hear lyrics
@@SamJohnsonVoice You did well with that error. The last "just" that popped up made me laugh. You handled it well! Good sense of humor about it! I enjoy your videos tremendously!
Please also react to Lacrymosa and End of the Dream by Evanescence! Synthesis versions for both of them. Also maybe check out Emilie Autumn? I'm really, very curious to hear about her technique. I recommend the songs Opheliac, Fight Like A Girl, and What If. They're also one from each of her "eras." What If is the oldest of the three and Fight Like A Girl is the most recent.
Would love to see him react to Lost in Paradise by Evanescence as well!
loved the synthesis version of "end of the dream" :)
I used to love Emilie Autumn in High School, lmao. Haven't listened to her in a while.
I saw her in concert this summer on the Lindsey Stirling tour and I thought she sounded amazing live. I was impressed and mesmerized at the same time.
I went to that concert too! They were all just amazing!
Same! I was so mad when people left before she performed and left between each popular song of hers.
TeacupTempest I was sitting in the aisle seat and I had to get up so many times because people just couldn't sit still! Come on, people! I'm glad we were in the nose bleeds though because the orchestra section flooded when the tide came in.
Me too! She’s such an emotional performer
That was a great show! I was at an outdoor festival and there was just something really special about having her vocals float out over the summer evening air. Ethereal and perfect.
Hi! Could you react to Floor Jansen's vocals?
She's in the finish Symphonic metal band Nightwish, It would be awesome if you react to the songs "Ghost love Score" or "Romanticide" both from Wacken (2013).
She has been in After forever and Revamp and also in a side project called Northward, they just realise two song now.
Thank you so much ; ;
I took the liberty of listening to "Ghost love Score", I analyzed her vocals and determined them to be "smooth like butter".
Yeah!!! that would be so great!!!
What the fuck.. i just commented this
So proud of that woman 😍😍
It helps that she is also a vocal teacher/ coach...so she knows how the vocal folds work.
There are two things I like about Sam Johnson. The first one is his laser like focus when he's watching a video and listening it's almost like he doesn't blink. The second thing is how spontaneous and vociferous he is when going for the exclamations of recommendations. I mean the guy obviously has a strong background about music and also about teaching. Bravo!
I would love to see you react to Heart's Ann Wilson. She is considered to be one of the best female voices in rock.
Omg I wish I could pin this. You're a genius why didn't I think of that? Or what about him reacting to that Barracuda cover by Nick and the Groove. That young man absolutely slayed it.
Holy shit, yes
Ann is fantastic! Heart's cover of Stairway to Heaven was perfection...
@@taliabarreto3628 Did you see Robert Plant tear up?! Only she could do that. Someone told me they absolutely loathe being covered. That was amazing.
Talia Barreto great idea!
So Amy Lee live is...AMAZING. It’s an experience. She jumps and dances and hits all those huge high notes from the album. But she holds her slower songs for midway thru the concerts so her voice can be a bit rough when she gets there. Not rough but tired. Which it kinda sounds like here. She’s one of the best sopranos out there. I was just listening to them thinking..”Sam needs to react to them live” lol Yay!!!
Neko 79 she's actually a mezzo-soprano.
I love her voice
I agree. I was able to see her this summer and I would agree with you that her voice can sound a little tired when she gets to this point.
@@pxblx As a totally uneducated ear I prefer the pitch (probably not the correct technical term) of a mezzo. Less shrill, more warmth.
You should react to "Speak to me" by Amy Lee!
That's such a great song!!!!!
Yessssss!!!
Totally 😍
Sam Johnson, will you hold me and tell me everything's going to be OK?! LOL!
I would love if you would analyse some of her bel-ty stuff like „going under“ (rock in rio 2011) or „weight of the world“.
These are moment‘s where she really shows her full potentional.
That would be awesome, because there aren‘t really any videos about her.
Man.. Your analysis is dead on.. I spent years playing Cello and analysing the different ranges and styles of play in both instrument and voice. I can sense the exact moment an emphasis strikes you and I can tell you are an accomplished educator.Thank you. I appreciate someone who has such an accomplished ear.
OMG! I LOVE EVANESCENCE! When is Evanescence coming back? I miss them!
Could you please react to Within Temptation or Lacuna Coil?
Oh my goodness I'd forgotten about Lacuna Coil!
YES! Within Temptation especially! I'd love a reaction for The Heart of Everything or Solemn Hour! She seems to go up so high!
Or something with Floor Jansen with either Nightwish or After Forever, preferably After Forever. Analyzing her singing live with Soilwork would be a great two for one with Bjorn from Soilwork.
Oooh within temptation Yes!
Letícia Soares Calvi HALESTORM!!! He needs to do HALESTORM!
I'd love to watch your reaction to the Postmodern Jukebox Creep cover ft. Haley Reinhart. Her voice and range are so interesting.
I second this!! 🙋
Yaaaaaaaas
J U S T
I was searching for a comment about this word and finally found it, thanks a lot)))
Same here.
Just!!! :( haha
Sounds like shes holding a LOT of tension somewhere all throughout this.
I've watched soooo many of her live performances of this song and she always seems to keep it very tense compared to the studio version and then she only really seems to let go in the tail end. p interesting to me
This song is hard
Jessica Armenta It's one of the easier ones though. Ever listened to "Hello" ?.
Jane Doe X No I haven’t.... what do I know I don’t know anything about singing it just seems hard when I’ve tried to sing it
The song is about her sister dying
Would be interesting if you were to react to some metal, I'm super interested what you can say about that famous 'screaming'. Maybe some iron maiden with Bruce Dickinson as the singer would be good. Or maybe dream theater or disturbed.
EDIT: i saw you did the sound of silence form disturbed ^^ awesome vid, i'd love to see more
Yes! A reaction vid and critique of the legendary, Bruce Dickinson would be incredible!
He should react to spencer sotelo's vocal range. He's insane.
yes please react to bruce!
Bruce, Dio, Robert Plant, David Coverdale...
System of a down too :o
Her voice is just beautiful. No matter what she songs it's goosebumps all over for me. Her range is out of this world.
Your editing keeps getting funnier and funnier
ll val ll that slow zoom almost half way through.... hahaha
I'm an English as a foreign language teacher and It's so interesting that phonetics play an important part on people's singing. This makes me wonder if speaking a language as a native makes singing easier opposite to a person singing in their second or even a foreign language.
English is my second language, my fist one is Spanish, (I'm from Mexico). I have always liked singing in english rather than Spanish as I feel it's easier, and I think it is because of this same reason: phonetics. Singing in Spanish is so different for me, I feel that your voice gets too boring, there's only much you can with only five vowels, lol. Once I realized this , I started to change my vowels a little bit when I sing in Spanish so it gets easier, it doesn't sound like perfect Spanish anymore but, hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. So, being able to speak English helps me sing better overall. Win win situation. 🤓
Phonetics plays a massive role in singing and speech. Learning German as a second language, I spent a lot of time listening to native German singers and their English accents to learn the differences in phonetics. Also, singing in German helped me learn dramatically as well and it's really not that much harder than native English for me.
Of course it does, different languages position vocals and consonants in different places in the mouth
I’m an intermediate Scottish Gaelic learner and I’ve found so far that singing in Gaelic feels easier than just speaking. Pronounciations stick in my head with a melody or something. Now, learning when and where to put emphasis is harder because I’m still learning sentence structures.
This may not be how every language learner feels though, because I started learning to sing and play music at like 2-3 y/o.
Spanish is also my first language! (Venezuelan here) and while I do prefer singing and writing in English, I actually feel like I sound better in Spanish for some reason. I'm pretty sure I change some vowel sounds as well, and maybe even some consonant sounds. I'd have to pay more attention to my singing in the future.
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Is it just me or does she sound like she's about to cry?
That is precisely the intention while she's singing that song.
"Effect" ??
That's the whole point of the song. It's like she's fighting back tears and the breathing is part of it
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If it is true that she is singing about her dead child, it is understandable.
Please react to Nightwish! They're such a good band and I love their songs. Some better songs of theirs to listen to would be Storytime (live with Floor Jansen), The Islander, While Your Lips Are Still Red, and Over The Hills and Far Away. I love your videos because you actually have so many good things to say about the singers and I'd for you to analyze Nightwish's three different vocalists over the years, I think that would be super cool!
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That's an opinion I disagree with.
Yes, please!!
Nemo or Phantom of the Opera with Tarja.
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It's always amazed me how she uses her mouth position and legato to make that painful sounding voice without puting any tension up her larynx 💚 It took me a few weeks to figure this out as a girl, I couldn't understand how she wasn't hurting and exhausted.
Can you react to Matt Bellamys Live vocals? I'd love to see what you think.
Yesssss I fucking love Amy her voice is just so beautiful
I think we can all agree that this is not her best performance, and I mean that's human, we aren't always at our best. But I honestly appreciate how you talked about her performance without directly criticizing her - you tell us what she's doing great and how she does it and how she could improve certain things without really saying that it was not that good. And that's lovely, other people would just point at her and laugh or criticize her, and not just her, but every singer, and what you do is, in my opinion, the only morally right thing to do instead of laughing. You're amazing (I hope this whole comment made sense)
It didn't.
It did, makes perfect sense.
You need to react to some of Michael Jackson live performances
That would be interesting as he’s amazing and near impossible to follow. He uses so many difference vocal techniques in every song it’s mind blowing
Yes please would love love to see that video!
I love the haunting quality to Amy’s voice beautiful , sad and just a little bit magical
It's SO good that you sing the different bits in different ways to explain the concepts.
One of my favourite singers (and so underrated) ever! I almost fell out of bed seeing your notification! I've listened to Amy Lee since young and I couldn't be happier listening to you analysing her.
I think she got to a point that she is trying new things on those old songs just to keep it fresh. I didnt like this version THAT much. But you can see is her choice to do it differently. Everything under her control, even things that not sound THAT well, so yeah, shes awesome.
This sucked for you, huh... 😁
This is definitely a different style. I dont like it at all lol it just doesn’t do her justice. Watch the video tittled “amy less tribute to my mom” its a recent gig and she sounds much better in it just like the old days.
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She sang my immortal always like that since Over 15 years lol
Its beautiful but I feel really distracted by the sharp in take of breath 🤔
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Yes! And it's such a shame.
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Can you check out rooster by Alice in chains, just interested in seeing what a professional thinks about Layne Staley
She was trained operatically, and my god does it shows
This is definitely not one of her better performances of this song, but you're spot on that her voice is tired. I can hear it very clearly because I sing this style of music often and the high impact vocals sustained over that amount of time is exhausting. Also, the strange pulsing movements she was doing paired with the staccato phrasing wasn't helping her. It sounded to me like her jaw was somewhat clenched too. I'm not trying to be negative about her at all, I love Evanescence. I do think she was pushing to get through this song though. In any case, awesome vid as usual. ^_^
It depends which live version this is as quite a few from the past year she was still grieving her brother which affected her performances but to her fans it added to the emotional hauntingly ethereal quality :-)
5:53 Sam is subliminally trying to make us fall in love wit him. It’s workin y’all 😉
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He's very kind and genuine. A beautiful soul..
I don’t sing. I know nothing about singing. But I stumbled across your channel and have been OBSESSED. I had no idea there was so much involved with singing!!!! It’s been so educational. And you are just SO nice and knowledgeable!!! LOVE!!!!
i'm a 'can't carry a note if it was in a bucket' type but i've been trying to remember, and utilize, some of your tips; and i feel like it's really helping. i heard, once, that 'if you can * feel * the music in your throat, almost to the point of hurting, you're doing it right. i have a feeling that that was BS advice...
Heather singing should not hurt your throat unless strain is being put on the vocal cords. (or from being tired of singing which happens to me at times LMAO) I think you are probably right in that it was BS however it is only my opinion. I used to make this mistake myself and not be able to hit the pitchier sounds. Now that my voice can relax they come out much better. Sams techniques really work and I am super glad I found him. He is such a lovable guy and gives amazing perspective without being nasty.
Hahaha! Love your "can't carry a note if it was a bucket" analogy.
I was taught to start singing as similarly to talking as possible at first because "trying" to sing is more likely to cause tension/strain/etc. A choir director who had been a professional opera singer had us plug our ears and talk to each other while holding the notes of the words (so we were sing-song talking) to get used to a relaxed feel in the throat.
I'm so happy you reacted to her 😍 i have not listened to my immortal In so long 😍😍😍😍👏👏👏
If you hear her early demo tracks she recorded when she was 16, she’s always had pretty good vocal techniques. She even wrote and composed an entire song for her choir called, “Listen to the Rain.” She has a vast knowledge in music theory.
“Same.” *Grabs water * 😂 Anyway, another helpful video. I started watching your videos about 2 weeks ago (and binge watched the ones I’d missed). And you’ve helped me realize that I can actually work on my range/technique to get better rather than thinking, “Well, some people have it and some don’t”. Just today I sang a song that I normally would’ve put in the “not in my abilities” category. Turns out I just needed to work on my mixed voice more. I wish some one had explained actual vocal techniques to me as a kid (I took voice lesson for years, did theatre, etc...) But better late than never, and I’m having lots of fun with it! Thanks!
I feel you! The same "epiphany" hit me when I was cooking just yesterday and casually rung in some high notes that I would usually have to push to death to barely scratch - and it was totally comfortable. I guess relaxing, and breathing, and getting out of our own head is what improves most life situations after all, including singing. :D
Same, the video on breathing alone was amazing. I haven't had any kind of training, but I've been singing/performing all my life. No guidance. Just winging it I guess, and I picked up a lot of bad habits including shitty breathing but his videos are so so helpful
Yay! That’s how you know Sam knows his shit!
Your editing is everything 😂 please react to Nighwish!
OMG Tarja Turunen... of course!!!!
Chavezoid yes!
Nightwish with Tarja or Floor, but please skip Annette
I feel like he could actually give lots of insight that could have helped Anette in the begining of her Nightwish career. It would be more helpful all the way around if he did review some Anette.
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You: "Hi. My name is Sam Johnson..."
Me: "Hi, Sam Johnson. I'm dad."
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Amy Lee... I don't even know what to say. I don't remember how old I was, but this song was the first time I focused deeply on a voice, and thought about every little thing... when I would sing along, it was the first time I listened closely and would mimic the way she was singing it, and actually feeling the difference as I would adjust to match. I always wanted to be a singer when I was a kid, however I was too shy to ask my parents. lol
I've seen Amy Lee perform live at least five times, if not more, and I think this video you're reviewing is not the best representation of how well she usually sings it live. There's usually more legado and less strain. Her voice doesn't usually crack either. I think there are other songs that do her more justice as well. Thank you so much for doing this video... It's nice to see her getting the recognition that she deserves. I think she's one of the greatest vocalists and she is so underrated. She gets left out when things are posted about vocalists.
Yeah, it seems like the recording is weird. I totally agree he should react to another video of her, a better one.
Ive seen her live twice and seen multiple live versions.. she's just not a great singer. The studio versions sound amazing but that polish doesn't transfer to live. She's a mediocre singer that hit lightning in a bottle with a well produced album that was palatable to most people but live I've never seen her not struggle. Doesn't mean she isn't good or doesn't put on a great show she's just not an elite singer.
I think the live concert in paris from 2011 is one of her best performances. he should watch that
Yeah, she is amazing in live, I love to hear her sing live, and when she sings and plays the piano, she steal my heart every time.
David Hernandez really? I saw her only 2 months ago LIVE. and she was amazing.. idk you can't say "not a great singer" and then say "doesn't mean she isn't good". She is classically trained, and is a very good singer. :) but to each their own.
Love them...Her voice is incredible. Absolute goth. Hauntingly beautiful and so much emotion.
One of my favorite songs from Evanescence ❤️
Hauntingly beautiful!!
You should totally review Within Temptation . Sharon Den Adel is an amazing singer without any vocal training.
YEEEEEES GOOD. Let it be so!
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Angels or Frozen!!!
He does react to her doing Angels studio and live in the reacting to female metal vocalists video 😁 she’s amazing
i guess you could say her talent is "within temptation" eh?
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Sam “Same” drinks water 💦 love it!!
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Evanescence is my favorite 💙 i love Amy lee
5:42 I think she did right to break it (and in general the staccato in contrast to legato). At least in my ears, it somehow enhanced the feeling of "crying" she kept through the song...
Yay! Amy Lee!
I didn't really like this performance. I felt that she was trying too hard; maybe it's her body movements, I don't know. But I also didn't like how she sang some of it compared to other performances.
So... Amy Lee... Next you'll do Demi Lovato, huh? *hint hint*
Yeah, I'm with you. I watched most of that performance thinking, "RELAX". She looks like she's having muscle spasms.
It just felt very theatrical
I’m with you there. Is it good for your voice to make that much noise when you breathe in? She might just be tired and that’s why she preform like this.
I heard once that I make too much noice when I breathe in while playing the flute. I don’t know if it is the same thing.
Agreed she's had better performances this didn't sit so well with me
One too many sharp intakes of breath for my liking.
I could listen to Sam talk about singing all day, what a fantastic knowledgable guy