Does the girl from Evanesence have the best female voice?

[miniMUNCH]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Damn, she can sing! My Immortal gives me chills every time.

Can you say 'digital enhancement' ?

My brother is a professional audio recording engineer (has done recording for Madonna, De la Soul, and a host of others) and fixed theses peoples voices all day.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Damn, she can sing! My Immortal gives me chills every time.

It's so hard to pick a "best female voice". And are you talking about best range or what? Plus there's too many different types of music. IMO the best female voice I've heard is Linda Ronsdadt. If I hear her sing the right song on a quality system it bring goosebumps. Her voice is so clear and effortless... brrrrrr

But we're talking about Amy Lee here. One thing's certain to me - she's got the best "rock" voice I've heard in a while and I mean that in a good way. My Immortal seriously blows me away as well - mostly the way she can pull that off as well as the other tracks on the album.

At the same time I like Jewel, Celine, Christina, Tori, Natalie, Sarah, Dido, and some others that I can't think of right now. But honestly, I wonder if any of them could pull off Amy Lee's vocals on their album.

Their website

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Damn, she can sing! My Immortal gives me chills every time.

Can you say 'digital enhancement' ?

My brother is a professional audio recording engineer (has done recording for Madonna, De la Soul, and a host of others) and fixed theses peoples voices all day.

So they all go through digital enhancement then, right...?

 

[Cerb]

Eh...she can hit notes, if that's what you mean.
Melissa Etheridge seems to have gotten to calm or something (not a single bad track on the first album, the rest are just boring and hardly moving at all).
Stevie Nicks, Skin, Joyce Kennedy*, etc. are good (I'm discounting all of the ones out there that have great voices but music I can't stand, BTW, and not bothering to really search).

* - Georgia can't seem to get education straight, but my fine state seems to be able to push out plenty of good artists (in this case, Mother's Finest)

 

[cucumber]

I think she's ok but nothing special. As far as chops and pure skill goes Christina Aguilera is pretty damned good. I
hate her music though. Kelly Clarkson too. Fiona Apple takes the cake for me. I don't think she's the best skillwise.
There are many singers that can out do her in most technical aspects but she gives me goosebumps. To me she has
more soul and feeling than most. Janis Joplin is also great. Absolutely horrid when it comes to technique,
but I'll be damned if she doesn't make me want to drink a bottle of whiskey and shoot up......

 

[C'DaleRider]

Sade.......

 

[ZeroEffect]

music isn't about being pitch perfect...
it's about feeling - what you put into it.
You can usually tell when someone is "real"

And music isn't a contest either.

I'm sure that prizic on that music show that
cuts everyone down would have given the
gong to Janis Joplin.

i saw Evanesence in a small venue (Hard Rock Live)
and "the girl" (Amy Lee) certainly rocks and has
stage presence... and live is where it counts!

 

[Eli]

Nah.

Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy is better....

Song

In all seriousness... recommend me some Evanesence songs?

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Damn, she can sing! My Immortal gives me chills every time.

Can you say 'digital enhancement' ?

My brother is a professional audio recording engineer (has done recording for Madonna, De la Soul, and a host of others) and fixed theses peoples voices all day.

So they all go through digital enhancement then, right...?

Most definitely. Just about every "big ticket" performer uses enhancement in both the studio and the live performance these days. Some use a little, some use a lot.

 

[imported_vr6]

i have heard her live, she isn't all that impressive, but she does sound good on CD's. I think Christina A. has a nice voice, seen her in concert, and man she was just as good as a recording except u can tell she wasn't lipsync-ing.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Kwan1
i have heard her live, she isn't all that impressive, but she does sound good on CD's. I think Christina A. has a nice voice, seen her in concert, and man she was just as good as a recording except u can tell she wasn't lipsync-ing.

The bold is further evidence of miniMUNCH's claim:

Can you say 'digital enhancement' ? My brother is a professional audio recording engineer (has done recording for Madonna, De la Soul, and a host of others) and fixed theses peoples voices all day.

 

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: C'DaleRider
Sade.......

I agree with this. She's all too often forgotten as one with a great voice.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Damn, she can sing! My Immortal gives me chills every time.

Can you say 'digital enhancement' ?

My brother is a professional audio recording engineer (has done recording for Madonna, De la Soul, and a host of others) and fixed theses peoples voices all day.

So they all go through digital enhancement then, right...?

Most definitely. Just about every "big ticket" performer uses enhancement in both the studio and the live performance these days. Some use a little, some use a lot.

I know that - that's the point I was making.