Released an Album · Rock Singing Success

Released an Album

I happened to release an album last week

https://tothesun.bandcamp.com/album/autonomic-solipsistic

First I'll say a little something about this song from it

https://tothesun.bandcamp.com/track/the-shepherd-and-the-slaver

It was one of the ones recorded longest ago. After it was recorded, it was brought to my attention that the way I was going about the more aggressive sort of lines in it was resulting in an epiglottal growl. When I revisited this song, I didn't really think it sounded bad and decided to keep it anyway. If I claim it as a stylistic choice, then no one has to know that I didn't have control over it. I added some overdrive to it and then added a more lifted, crisper take to the choruses to give them some variety and stand out, leaving the old line as a double. So the choruses are newer and show more of the control I've developed in avoiding that epiglottal sound. As for the other songs recorded more recently, I did consciously avoid that sound on them when singing more aggressively.

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