Hands down to JLB

Re:Hands down to JLB (colty42)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:51:57 GMT

ViolinTheater

^You forgot "I spent so long trusting in YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!"

Epicness.

Also:

"Bear this honor in my......NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMEEE!"

Re:Hands down to JLB (van Furlay)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:35:41 GMT

Do you see what you did, Kirk???

No way...

EDIT:
Sorry guys... I was told that there was a server error, but as it seems there wasn't really...

Sorry...

Re:Hands down to JLB (van Furlay)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:35:27 GMT

Do you see what you did, Kirk???

No way...

Re:Hands down to JLB (Dreamman)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:31:31 GMT

Everytime i've seen them James is getting better.
So thumbs up for JLB

Re:Hands down to JLB (I_Am_Your_God)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:29:07 GMT

cosmotobe

KirksNoseHair

What I'm really glad he has gotten away from is the screaming thing he used to do.....to try to reach some of those high notes, it just didn't really work. I'd rather have him just sing a lower note in the same scale....

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I love JLB screaming high notes:

"I am the killing haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand"
"I'm asleep yet I'm so afraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaid"
"Praying for time to disappeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeear"
"I'll try, I swear I'll tryhaaaaaaaayhaaaaaaaaaaay"
"sex is death and death is sex", "enough to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay"
"In spite of circumstaaaaaaaaaaaance", "Your endless sacrifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice"
"Does following faith lead us to viiiiiiiioleeeeeeeeeeeeence?"
"Oc-ta-va-ri-AA-um"
"One man rises aaup standing in their waaay"
"Fly now be freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

Man, that's why I love his voice. I consider this to be an important stylistic signature feature of DT. Does anybody feel the same?

I agree 100% I love his high screams and it's part of what separates him from other vocalists.

Re:Hands down to JLB (cosmotobe)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:14:59 GMT

I'll go home

Doh, I'm already there.

Re:Hands down to JLB (ViolinTheater)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:10:44 GMT

cosmotobe

ViolinTheater

^You forgot "I spent so long trusting in YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!"

Epicness.

I am deeply ashamed, of course, THIS ^.

And how could you forget Learning to Live?!!!!

Whoahooaaaahooooaaaaaaaa, WhooaaahoooaaaaaHOAAAAAAAAA, WhoaaaaHOAAAAAAAHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re:Hands down to JLB (cosmotobe)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:05:50 GMT

ViolinTheater

^You forgot "I spent so long trusting in YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!"

Epicness.

I am deeply ashamed, of course, THIS ^.

Re:Hands down to JLB (ViolinTheater)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:59:56 GMT

^You forgot "I spent so long trusting in YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!"

Epicness.

Re:Hands down to JLB (cosmotobe)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:56:29 GMT

KirksNoseHair

What I'm really glad he has gotten away from is the screaming thing he used to do.....to try to reach some of those high notes, it just didn't really work. I'd rather have him just sing a lower note in the same scale....

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I love JLB screaming high notes:

"I am the killing haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand"
"I'm asleep yet I'm so afraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaid"
"Praying for time to disappeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeear"
"I'll try, I swear I'll tryhaaaaaaaayhaaaaaaaaaaay"
"sex is death and death is sex", "enough to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay"
"In spite of circumstaaaaaaaaaaaance", "Your endless sacrifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice"
"Does following faith lead us to viiiiiiiioleeeeeeeeeeeeence?"
"Oc-ta-va-ri-AA-um"
"One man rises aaup standing in their waaay"
"Fly now be freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

Man, that's why I love his voice. I consider this to be an important stylistic signature feature of DT. Does anybody feel the same?

Re:Hands down to JLB (KirksNoseHair)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:11:59 GMT

I think a big part of this improved singing is the songs that Dream Theater are writing now. The vocal melodies are sung in much lower registers than on the albums from the 90's and it's pretty well established fact that when you get older it gets harder to reach those higher notes.

That's not a slam on JLB at all, I have always thought he was an incredible talent, and I still think that.

I've seen Dream Theater live 7 times and while he did miss an odd note here and there, for the most part he was spot on.....

What I'm really glad he has gotten away from is the screaming thing he used to do.....to try to reach some of those high notes, it just didn't really work. I'd rather have him just sing a lower note in the same scale....

Re:Hands down to JLB (Niek_pas)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:04:07 GMT

He was awesome in Holland, so yes:

"HIS VOICE IS FUCKIN' (FUCKIN')

POWERFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULL!"

Re:Hands down to JLB (Keys In Motion)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:24:02 GMT

Hearing James i Stockholm was great, wonderful to hear him with all of his energy on stage!

Re:Hands down to JLB (Frunobulax)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:09:43 GMT

James won't let a little food poisoning ruin his sound. When I heard the Stargazer cover I was like "Holy shit, he sounds like 'Awake'."

Re:Hands down to JLB (colty42)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:35:44 GMT

WilliamMunny

James is the man...one of my top-3 favorite vocalists of all time...

I dare say that he may be what brings me to DT's music over almost anything else..(by a super slim margin of course)

He's the reason why I love Images and Words and Awake. Without him, those albums wouldn't be nearly as powerful as they are.

Re:Hands down to JLB (WilliamMunny)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:46:25 GMT

James is the man...one of my top-3 favorite vocalists of all time...

I dare say that he may be what brings me to DT's music over almost anything else..(by a super slim margin of course)

Re:Hands down to JLB (Cyclopssss)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:50:33 GMT

Hands down, thumbs up!! ;)

He was killer at Rotterdam, all the high notes without a problem!

'Rotterdam, you never f'rule9' ing let us down!'

Re:Hands down to JLB (BrickGlass)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:47:29 GMT

The guy rocks and seems to be in improved form lately.

Re:Hands down to JLB (ScenesFromGeetarmeister)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:37:24 GMT

Whenever I've seen him live he's only been amazing. And that's 14 times. Even on the SFAM tour he was fantastic.

Re:Hands down to JLB (TPR)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:20:12 GMT

Rachmaninoff

That's great to know.
Does anyone know if he is doing some kind of treatment or exercise routine?

Google "james labrie warmup" and you'll probably find a video of him explaining what he's been doing and does daily.

Re:Hands down to JLB (fireandice)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:13:14 GMT

Rachmaninoff

That's great to know.
Does anyone know if he is doing some kind of treatment or exercise routine?

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/interviews/525841-dream-theater-shattered-silence.html

About halfway down the page.

Re:Hands down to JLB (lutima.mp)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:05:43 GMT

Of course I had no doubt James would sound awesome , but it's great he gets what he deserves !!!

Having a sour throat myself after Wednesday's show I have much respect for James and taking care of his voice !

Caroline

Re:Hands down to JLB (Onearmedmidget)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:24:02 GMT

I have to give him a huge thumbs up. The Toronto show he was on fire, and him singing voices.... wow.

Re:Hands down to JLB (Xulid)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:03:47 GMT

James is frickin awesome.

I notice sometimes when I sing through a busy enough arrangement, I have trouble hearing myself, but I don't have perfect pitch or whatever it is. I rely on the notes around me to make sure I'm in tune. I wonder if he sometimes can't quite hear himself in the mix, due to maybe the in-ear monitor mix for that particular part of the song, or something, masking his vocal.

That said I think he sings just fantastic. But hell yeah, that one recent vid of him tearing up "The Mirror/Lie" was frickin awesome.

Re:Hands down to JLB (Rachmaninoff)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:58:52 GMT

That's great to know.
Does anyone know if he is doing some kind of treatment or exercise routine?

Re:Hands down to JLB (GlassDream)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:11:43 GMT

ViolinTheater

Yes, his voice is so powerful!

However, I must say, I still notice a lot of intonation errors, is it a matter of not being able to hear?

it has to do with the fact that a voice isn't as easy to tune as an instrument. Hell, even singing on a colder than usual stage can strain the voice a bit, but enough to sing a bit out.

It's the most delicate instrument there is, so being a little out is more than understandable.

Re:Hands down to JLB (Le KeyWizard)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:12:10 GMT

intonation problems okay, but i'm talking about the power in his voice that's back. i'm really happy for him that he's doing it again.

Re:Hands down to JLB (ViolinTheater)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:00:24 GMT

Yes, his voice is so powerful!

However, I must say, I still notice a lot of intonation errors, is it a matter of not being able to hear?

Re:Hands down to JLB (RubyO)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:59:26 GMT

Yes, thumbs up for JLB.

Re:Hands down to JLB (Ink)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:51:05 GMT

Yeah. He DOES sound so much better on this tour. He still has one or two 'off' nights, I guess probably like the third show of three nights in a row or somethng, but the vast majority of the videos out there show him seeing in absolutely sublime form.

Props to JLB.

Hands down to JLB (Le KeyWizard)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:32:32 GMT

I'm just very pleased to hear James has regained A LOT of his power in his voice back. Since i missed this tour's concert in holland, the next one i'll definately be joining just for the sake of hearing James singing that good live again!
James, i'm impressed!