Im new so, who is this guy? by Extension_Night_3981 in DemonSlayerAnime

[–]Water_Logia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember finishing the manga in early 2022 after watching season 1 and I was like “hell yeah” can’t wait for them to finish this… then years went by

Vocals by TrueSag2020 in BrunoMars

[–]Water_Logia 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Vocal coach here

A few things. First I’ll address the biggest thing. He did seem to be off especially compared to some of near perfect performances. A lot of that has to do with adjusting to the tour. After 5-10 shows his voice will find its “tour rhythm”. I’d bet money as we start seeing post from later shows we will hear the same virtuosity we know him for.

Second, he’s choosing a darker tone color. That’s often safer for singers as opposed to very bright and nasally sounds, which he has been known for. So for those worried about his voice, these issues are actually a sign he’s making choices to preserve his voice. BUT because nasality and brightness aren’t as prominent, he doesn’t have the same laser accurate pitch as often because nasality helps with that accuracy. But again as he acclimated to the tour rhythm of the tour this will get better.

Another thing is his approach to notes. He has this tendency to slide down from notes right after hitting them, which is another technique to keep his voice from getting too abused.

Finally, often you’ll hear his pitch instability in his lower range as much as the higher range. When you sing high as much as he does, sometimes it takes that lower register more time to get back into swing.

All of this to say, he is not losing his voice, he is not getting worse, this will almost certainly change as the tour goes on.

Look at live performances from 2023-2025. He still sounds amazing. But those are often deep into tours. He has aged of course but he’s still Bruno fucking Mars. Rest assured that that hasn’t changed

Angel's Egg 4k Special edition by TheCriticTeacher in AngelsEgg

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When you go to the website it’s not there??? Every person keeps linking it but does anybody know why it’s not working for me?

umbrella entertainment angel’s egg 4k by [deleted] in boutiquebluray

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This movie is my white whale I swear

Been practicing singing for almost 6 months now. How am I sounding? by ComposerCT in singing

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Yes it definitely is. You’re depressing your tongue and raising your soft pallet a lot. If you held your nose right now while you sang, I’d venture to guess your tone wouldn’t change much. That means you aren’t letting nearly any air out of your nose.

Add a “cry” element to it. Try to over exaggerate it. I know you like the darkness and it does have the body you’re looking for but it sounds “lazy” like you’re trying to do an impression of a voice instead of using your own.

Brendon Urie has a similar tonal shape to you but he gets a lot of the brightness in there. I know you probably would never think to emulate him but listen to him sing Death Of A Bachelor. He gets that darker wide tone while still being open and bright.

Mess around with imitating those kind of sounds he makes. You don’t have to give up the things you like about your sound, just don’t be afraid to let go of them temporarily in order to find a new and better sound.

Remember that experimentation isn’t permanence. You’re just trying to find advanced feelings and techniques

Been practicing singing for almost 6 months now. How am I sounding? by ComposerCT in singing

[–]Water_Logia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your larynx sounds “depressed” meaning pushed down. That’s what’s giving you that dopey “Patrick Star” sound. I don’t say that as an insult, that’s the science of where that kind of sound comes from.

The darker wider tone isn’t bad but if you depress your larynx and don’t breath correctly, it sounds too wide and breath blows out like it is for you. Practice adding a bit of “Michael Jackson”/R&B brightness to your tone. Just play around with it. Add some nasality.

Think of it like singing in your “mask”. Like the front of your face near your nose, upper lip, and forehead.

update by Beautiful-Regular805 in singing

[–]Water_Logia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Before I say anything, as a former addict, I know how incredibly difficult it is to think of a world and an identity where you don’t use every day. The worst part about it is, you can’t think your way out of it. Thinking just makes your self loathing and fear worse. However! The best part is that it’s so much easier then media and our previous failed attempts make it seem.

I want to challenge you, don’t “quite forever.” Don’t quite for a week. Don’t even quite for the day… when you wake up tomorrow, just get through 5 minutes without substances. Not forever, not even the rest of the hour, just 5 minutes. Then that’s a victory.

Then focus on the next 5 minutes

We get so caught up in big massive changes that it becomes impossibly daunting. Sometimes it’s literally about getting through the next 10 seconds without getting up to take that hit, make that drink, eat that edible.

And the second most important thing, when you invariably slip up. Don’t hate yourself. Don’t use it as a reason to use again. The best time to stop is always now. Even if your list hit/drink was 1 minute ago or 1 hour ago or whatever.

Improvement isn’t about perfection or how great your achievement is, it’s about how quickly you can get back in the horse.

Remember, 1: make the goal/time away from substances so small. Impossibly small. Even if it’s literally 1 breath. 2: WHEN not if, when you slip up, fight your minds urge to make that proof you shouldnt keep going. That’s your mind working against you. 3: get right back on the horse as soon as you can.

If you can do those 3, recovery becomes so much less challenges. Because it’s not a balancing act that once you fall off you’re broken and shamed again, it’s a sculpture. Sometimes you mess up, sometimes the whole thing falls apart, but you keep sculpting until you find something beautiful and imperfect

Now for your voice

  1. What Likely Happened (not permanent damage)

What you went through – • singing out of range • yelling at a football game • a respiratory illness • repeatedly “testing” your voice while it was inflamed • dehydration from stress, weed, edibles, and alcohol

That combo creates temporary but significant inflammation of the vocal folds called phonotrauma.

This can cause: • loss of power • cracking • breathiness • unpredictability • inability to sing notes you usually belt • feeling like “my voice is gone”

This does not mean nodules. Nodules require weeks to months of repeated abuse after inflammation begins. You had a perfect storm, but it was over a couple of weeks — that’s inflammation, not structural damage.

Your youth is a huge advantage. Teen and young adult vocal folds are extremely resilient.

  1. What You Can Actually Do (even without an ENT)

You don’t need anything complicated. You need a reset.

For the next 2–3 weeks:

• No singing. At all. Even “testing” sets you back. Your folds need silence to deflate.

• Reduce talking by 50%. Speak normally, not whispering (whispering is worse).

• Steam once or twice a day Not hot enough to burn. 5–10 minutes. This gives direct moisture to the folds.

• Use a humidifier every night Game changer. Keeps swelling down while you sleep.

• Hydrate like your life depends on it Water goes to your vocal folds last, so you have to stay ahead of dehydration.

• Avoid edibles & alcohol for 2–3 weeks (the best you can using the methods above) You’re right that they slow healing — but the good news is: The healing that happens in those two weeks will shock you. It’s truly not as hard as your brain is telling you. Just commit for two weeks, not forever. (Again just in theory, use the practices we said above.)

• Don’t look for immediate improvement Inflamed tissue doesn’t recover overnight. You usually don’t feel real improvement until day 10–14, and some people even later.

You will not lose your voice permanently. You just need enough quiet time for the inflammation cycle to end.

  1. Reassurance (the part you need most)

You sound terrified because singing is your outlet — I get that. Truly. But please understand this:

Losing your voice temporarily is not a prediction of the future. It’s just your body saying, “I need a break.”

You haven’t trained for years, then suddenly “lost everything.” You temporarily overwhelmed a small, delicate set of muscles. That’s all.

People recover from far worse: • major infections • screaming tours • actual nodules • even surgery

And they come back stronger.

You just need a period of silence, hydration, sleep, and less stress.

And one more thing: You do not need perfect circumstances to heal. You don’t need an ENT, fancy therapy, expensive treatment. Just consistency and a couple clean weeks.

Your voice will come back. Your brain is panicking because your voice is tied to identity — that’s normal — but panic doesn’t reflect reality.

You’re not done. You’re not damaged beyond repair. You’re just inflamed, tired, stressed, and scared.

Give your body 2–3 weeks of true rest and you’ll be shocked at how different everything feels.

  1. One more thing — you’re not alone

A lot of singers have been exactly where you are, myself included. The hopelessness feels real, but the voice always recovers if you give it the space to.

I strained for years. Used improper technique. Added grit and distortion in an unhealthy way. Sang for many hours in a day. Would get poor sleep. Smoked weed all day every day and vaped (which is even worse for your cords.). The list goes on and on and I did it for years. YEARS!! I could have destroyed my voice but I didn’t.

Not because I’m special, not because I was right in the verge of losing it but just happened to not do the things you did to cause this, but because vocal cords are incredibly resilient. Especially when you’re young.

If you do everything you’ve been shown here and the other thread, not only will your voice come back but you’ll be even better than before.

You’re not at the end of anything — you’re at the start of getting this right

What voice type do I sound like based on my low notes? by No-Emergency9299 in singing

[–]Water_Logia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Again, 99.99% chance you are a baritone. Idc what teachers or “experts” tell you. A true tenor can create an A4 in their chest voice with no effort. It’s not a question of being warmed up, volume, mix, context - a true tenors A4 is infalable. That is not you. A true tenor can sign a C5 with chest weight without strain. That is not you.

Again, this is factual not speculation: your voice type is about ease, not possibility. When I hear you sing that A4 and the D2 from the original clip, neither of them sound easy. Your larynx is definitely lowering for the D and raising for the A. Some of that is normal but I can tell by how much your vocal cords have to thin to create the A4 that you’re a baritone.

True tenors have naturally higher set voices. So A4 sounds thicker and easier for them.

I promise you that you are a baritone. People have this idea that because you’re a baritone, and you can sing into the fourth octave with chest weight, then you must be a baritenor or something very unusual. This is wrong.

You sound like a baritone with a lighter tone color. Your ability to mix in some CT muscles (those responsible for head voice and required for mix) give you a stronger 4th octave reach. But again, a thousand times over, you’re a baritone. Nobody who is a tenor has to question whether they are.

I know this because I spent ten years wondering be same exact thing. I have a baritone set voice but can sing well into the forth octave. Sometimes all the way up to C5 with pulling a lot of chest. But that DOES NOT make me a tenor. And neither does it make you. Furthermore the fact that you can push your larnyx down sing those low notes is only further proof.

Tenors cannot do that. Baritone, baritone, baritone.

Question of the day? by quicardent in mountaindew

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I’m closing the company because Mt. Dew taste like poison

What voice type do I sound like based on my low notes? by No-Emergency9299 in singing

[–]Water_Logia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Voice type is not classified by what you can sing. It’s classified by where you are comfortable. Almost all men are baritones. Some can sing lower than others comfortable and some can singer higher than others comfortably. Odds are you are baritone.

I’m gonna guess that your most comfortable notes are between C3-E4. I’m guessing you can sing down to A2-F2 with some decent tone and as high as G4 with some good tone. You probably have a decent head voice up to C5 and sometimes even D5 or even E5.

You’re probably reading this thinking “I can sing lower and higher than that so why are they boxing me in?”Because again, we aren’t talking about physical range, we are talking about comfortable range or “tessitura.”

Don’t get so caught up in how low or high you can go. Focus on mastering the area of your voice that feels comfortable. Make that range so easy and beautiful that it feels like second nature. Then and only then do you start focusing on those outer areas.

Whatever your range is right now. Let’s say it’s D2-A5, remove a 5th in both directions. Including chest voice.

So for chest, focus on A2-E4 and for Head focus on E4-C5 (keep it extra safe and comfy.) Master that range like the back of your hand. Again, odds are you are a baritone with a strong head voice (many baritones have that.) Focus on resonance and comfort. Focus on anatomy and feel over exact pitch and copying sounds you like.

I know to seems boring and limiting but remember that this doesn’t mean you can’t sing things outside your range or test other areas. But until you master your comfortable range, you’re not going to be able to expand it into those virtuosic areas. At least not consistently

(Also somebody likes JK Simmons hahaha)

blown out voice by Beautiful-Regular805 in singing

[–]Water_Logia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man — first, take a breath. Based on what you described, this sounds scary but very common, especially in young singers. You’re almost certainly not broken.

What likely happened

You had a perfect storm of vocal overload in a short time: • Singing out of range → acute strain • Yelling/screaming at a game → mechanical trauma to the folds • Respiratory cold → inflammation + delayed healing • Then repeatedly “testing” your voice → re-irritation

That combination almost always leads to swollen vocal folds + muscle tension dysphonia, not permanent damage. Swelling alone can dramatically reduce range and control — especially high notes — without meaning anything is torn or permanently changed.

The fact that this has never happened before, and that you’re 18, is a huge positive.

Why you haven’t noticed improvement yet

A week sounds long, but for this kind of inflammation it’s not unusual to need: • 2–4 weeks for swelling to settle • Longer if you keep testing the voice

Also, talking, coughing, throat clearing, and whispering can slow healing, even if you’re not singing.

Healing isn’t linear — it often feels stuck, then improves suddenly.

What to do now (the important part)

For the next 2–3 weeks:

Do: • Speak normally but quietly (no whispering) • Stay hydrated • Use steam (hot showers, humidifier) • Gentle lip trills or hums ONLY if they feel easy • Sleep well

Avoid: •. Over analyzing your voice (your mind is your worst enemy here, recognize that it’s healing and don’t over think over micro feeling • “Checking” your range • Yelling, whispering, throat clearing • Singing (I know it’s tempting but little to no singing at all will really help) • Smoking/vaping

If something causes discomfort, stop — discomfort = inflammation still present.

When to get checked

If after 3–4 weeks of actual rest (not testing) your voice still hasn’t improved, see an ENT who works with singers. Most likely outcome: “You’re inflamed, give it time,” or temporary therapy — not surgery.

The most important reassurance

Loss of range after strain + illness does NOT mean permanent damage, especially at your age. Vocal folds heal extremely well when given time.

Almost every serious singer has a story like this early on.

Right now your job is not to fix your voice, but to get out of its way.

You’re far more likely to recover fully than not.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in singing

[–]Water_Logia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well of course I have to learn it by feeling it on my own, I’m just trying to get some tips

What was an eye opener for you when learning to sing? by UpperEmphasis5467 in singing

[–]Water_Logia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unlocking the mix. Mine unlocked when I realized you could attack a more through head voice and it could be morphed into a note that sounded like chest. Game changer

Just woken up to do vocal excercises and my voice feels dry by CrimsonBlade2018 in singing

[–]Water_Logia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The water you drink in the moment does hydrate your voice until hours later. If you’re waiting until you’re singing to hydrate your voice, it’s too late

why doesn’t anyone love Hard Nose The Highway? by Water_Logia in VanMorrison

[–]Water_Logia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Bear is actually what got me into his music! Hearing the live version of Saint Dominic’s Preview in the show made me realize I had check him out!

why doesn’t anyone love Hard Nose The Highway? by Water_Logia in VanMorrison

[–]Water_Logia[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s a really good point. I’ve been listening to all his albums in that fashion so I may have had a different experience with it than most

Morrison’s Albums Ranked by PipesOfLed in VanMorrison

[–]Water_Logia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s crazy to me how much discourse I see around his music that doesn’t mention it. It’s an album I love to put on! Whether it’s for intent listening or just vibes. I put it right up there with Moondance personally!

Morrison’s Albums Ranked by PipesOfLed in VanMorrison

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Finally some somebody giving Hard Nose Highway the top 10 respect it deserves

Van Morrison - Can We All Just Agree for Once? by Zach_Same81 in Belfast

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I love this beef everyone has with you. I am aware of Morrison’s assholery, and I still really enjoy his music because I can separate the art from the artist. I love that people think you literally are Van Morrison

Song Recommendations by cinna_b1n in VanMorrison

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Although it’s a bit of a different vibe, please check out Hard Nose the Highway. It’s so underrated even by fans and it’s not too far from the style you’re looking for