lorenzo

Sebasitan Bach who sang in Skid Row did that every single night.. and the dude doesn’t know a thing…zero zilch about music theory… he sang Broadway and of course had the part where he screamed his face off eight shows a week! NEVER had a problem…

I went to youtube to listen to your examples – if you want to use someone as an example of singing like Adam does, but on JCS, check out Steve Balsamo. Sebastian does exactly what you say – he screams his face off. That’s using the vocal cords in a completely different way from projecting something out on pitch, using a pharyngeal voice. If you listen to Sebastian over time, you can hear the gradual decline in his vocal quality. He can’t hit the notes anymore, and at least one of the examples of him singing in JCS is really quite awful – it sure sounds to me like he’s done damage to those cords. Your example of the guy from Steelheart is closer to Adam’s vocal technique, but I’d be curious if he really does still sound today like he did in 1990. The other thing is, it’s not just the notes you sing, but the combination – what comes immediately before and after, how long you have to sustain the note. All of that has an impact on how easy or difficult it is to achieve. If Adam wants to not only be able to belt out notes like he did on Born to be Wild, but also be able to sing the glorious pianissimo notes he sings in something like Soaked or Broken Open, then he’s better off following the vocal techniques he’s been taught, and paying attention to how his throat feels.