http://www.redlasso.com/C...e4df31dadf


Did anyone catch this performance? I missed it and stumbled across it on another site.

I really like this song, but I think it may have worked better on someone else with a bigger voice.

I think it works just fine with her voice. A lot of times, just because a song is a ballad, does not mean that it needs to be belted out loud.

shorttrini said:

I get where you are coming from and I agree with you. I think she did a good job with it, but when I say "bigger"voice, I mean someone that could hit the high notes (especially at the end) much better than her. I'm not sure, but Keyshia's voice kind of makes me think that she smokes because her voice has a tendency to crack when she's trying to hit certain notes.

daPrettyman said:

The way I look at it is like this, she is singing this song to somebody. I don't know about you, but if I were singing this to somebody, I don't know if I would be singing all of the high notes. Also, I don't care how long one has been singing, one tends to get nervous at times. Nerves might have alot to do with it.

shorttrini said:

I agree with you completely. Since Keyshia is a performer, I would think that her nerves don't get to her that much anymore.

Did you watch her reality show on BET? After watching that, it told me she wasn't that shy.

I think she is trying to cross over to the pop audience more. That's why we have seen her everywhere singing "Heaven Sent". I hope she makes it to the pop side of things. "Heaven Sent" and "I Remember" are great songs and she deserves some pop success.

daPrettyman said:

It's funny that you mention these two songs. They both have special meaning to me. Her CD has really hit a cord with me in regards to a relationship that I am in. Every song touches on every single aspect of my relationship. If a singer can do that with their songs, then you got me.

shorttrini said:

I think that's why I liked MJB's 411 album. I was going through a few things in college when the cd dropped and it hit home for me. There have been other cds that have done that to me, but 411 was one of the first.

Now that I think about it, it seems like they are grooming Keyshia to be the next MJB.

To me, keyshia's songs have a bit more of meaning to me. She doesn't over sing like Mary has a tendency to do. Also, Keyshia does not sample as much as Mary. Don't get me wrong, Mary can sing but sometimes, I can do without all of that "over singing".

Honestly, I've never really got the term "oversing" it just puzzles me. You either sing or you don't. i don't get how if you sing to the best of your ability people call it "oversinging". I'm not gonna tell a person to stop singing because they have a strong voice that I can't really get with.
Oh shorttrini, this is not directed towards you, it's just that your post made me think of how many people use/used that term and put a lot of negativity towards it also.

KidaDynamite said:

I understand your point, but a person can definitely oversing a song. I think the term "oversing" sometimes gets mis-interpreted as shouting. When a person approaches a song, I think it should be like telling a story. I think it should have a beginning/middle/and ending. Some songs don't always have that. Some just have a beginning and ending. Nothing wrong with that, just it doesn't seem to get the point of the song over as well.

A singers job is to be a storyteller in a way. Some people like to shout the song to you from beginning to end (especially untrained singers). I think that has been part of my issue with Keyshia Cole's career. She was very untrained on her first album. By her being untrained, it made a lot of the songs sound as if they were being oversung instead of with lots of emotion.

For her 2nd album, I downloaded it on a whim. I immediately liked "Let It Go", "Heaven Sent" and "I Remember". You can definitely tell that she has had a few vocal lessons. I think in a few years, she'll be even better. But for now, she's good, but she hasn't reached her peak.

daPrettyman said:

Okay, I feel you and agree with this as well!

KidaDynamite said:

I think a good example of someone who tends to oversing a song would be Aretha. When she sings, she tends to do all of these vocal acrobatics that to me are just unnecessary. Mariah, and sometimes Mary. For me, just sing the damn song. It is very different when an artist feels a song and lets the song take them to another place, compare to when a singer does all of those vocal acrobatics that I mentioned earlier. You can tell the difference.

shorttrini said:

U r so right about Aretha. Earlier in her career, she didn't do it as much as she tends to on her later work. Listen to songs like "Willing To Forgive" vs. "Respect". She sang both songs well, but on "Willing To Forgive" she oversang the 2nd verse for sure. I know she was doing it for, but it came across as oversinging.