The Beautiful Ones

I know that it is blasphemous to come to the epicenter of all things purple and promote yourself, but dammit I love Prince too! He's my idol, and this is my ode to him. I hope you like it. And if you do, please check me out on YouTube and if you're on Twitter you can follow me @Kev24Sev. Happy New Year to all. Kevin Michael

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Um......

Your cover of "At Last" is SLAMMIN!

Really, your voice is AMAZING and you clearly blow 95% of the male singers currently out there

out.

of.

the.

water.

Keep doin it!

Beautiful Ones is excellent

Pretty original but you do justice cuz it's not a mess and embarrassing like 99% of Prince covers

Thank you so much SupaFunky!! I tried to add the video in this post, but for some reason it won't let me. In any event, you rock!

mrabound said:

Thank you so much SupaFunky!! I tried to add the video in this post, but for some reason it won't let me. In any event, you rock!

I had to go to the facebook page to see it. Youtube blocked out the sound

I tried to link directly from Facebook but when I post, the video doesn't show up here. Any solution guys? I'm pretty sure it should have jest been as simple as copying the embed code & popping it into html. No?

mrabound said:

I tried to link directly from Facebook but when I post, the video doesn't show up here. Any solution guys? I'm pretty sure it should have jest been as simple as copying the embed code & popping it into html. No?

I have no idea how to help with FB video

PS-You are hot as hell!

Mmm...thanks...I think??

mrabound said:

Mmm...thanks...I think??

You THINK?

YES! And your voice is amazing

That cover was real dope man. I was wondering what happened to you after 2007. Good to see you still on the grind.

Oh yeah there's no way you can embed any video besides YouTube here (for some reason) so sorry about that.

I had to get around that "security warning" b.s. (don't know what that's all about) but I still enjoyed it man.

Thanks bro. Appreciate that. Wow...only YT videos? SMH.

I tried to watch the video but found it to be obnoxious so I just

listened to the track.

Meh. I never really liked his voice - why do R&B singers today

insist upon over extending vibrato and melisma? I blame

Stevie Wonder for that. Listen to Paul McCartney sing "I Will;"

he kills it without the slippery vocal acrobatics that R&B singers

today think means you can sing well...

It takes balls to cover Prince and some serious hirsute ones are

needed to post that cover here of all places, so kudos to Michael.

duccichucka said:

I tried to watch the video but found it to be obnoxious so I just

listened to the track.

Meh. I never really liked his voice - why do R&B singers today

insist upon over extending vibrato and melisma? I blame

Stevie Wonder for that. Listen to Paul McCartney sing "I Will;"

he kills it without the slippery vocal acrobatics that R&B singers

today think means you can sing well...

It takes balls to cover Prince and some serious hirsute ones are

needed to post that cover here of all places, so kudos to Michael.

While some of this might be true.

HE.

CAN.

SING.

Which is more than can be said for the Autotune robots who rule the airwaves these days

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

duccichucka said:

I tried to watch the video but found it to be obnoxious so I just

listened to the track.

Meh. I never really liked his voice - why do R&B singers today

insist upon over extending vibrato and melisma? I blame

Stevie Wonder for that. Listen to Paul McCartney sing "I Will;"

he kills it without the slippery vocal acrobatics that R&B singers

today think means you can sing well...

It takes balls to cover Prince and some serious hirsute ones are

needed to post that cover here of all places, so kudos to Michael.

While some of this might be true.

HE.

CAN.

SING.

Which is more than can be said for the Autotune robots who rule the airwaves these days

I never made the claim that the dude couldn't sing. Obviously he has vocal talent

and ability. I can dislike his voice while simultaneoulsly acknowledging he's gifted.

I'm turned off by his technique; I'm tired of all the R&B singers sounding like Stevie

Wonder's unoriginal scion. I think the dependency on vibrato and melisma is

annoying and it's grating on the EARS (not AIRS). {EDIT}

I think he should do it again, without the goofy attempt at vocal histrionics and see

what happens.

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Hey, I dig it Ducci. Different strokes for different folks. Unfortunately I didn't "try" to do anything with my voice like you suggested. I just sang it from my gut, that's all I know how to do. In any event, I appreciate your feedback. Have a very happy new year! -KM

mrabound said:

Hey, I dig it Ducci. Different strokes for different folks. Unfortunately I didn't "try" to do anything with my voice like you suggested. I just sang it from my gut, that's all I know how to do. In any event, I appreciate your feedback. Have a very happy new year! -KM

Don't listen to him. He's a conservative

mrabound said:

Hey, I dig it Ducci. Different strokes for different folks. Unfortunately I didn't "try" to do anything with my voice like you suggested. I just sang it from my gut, that's all I know how to do. In any event, I appreciate your feedback. Have a very happy new year! -KM

No, I was suggesting that you try to sing the song again without relying on too much

melisma. You probably grew up singing in church where its a technique most leads use

for their solo on Sunday....yawn.

Check out this article: too much fucking melisma sucks

And happy new year to you too, homie. You're a good sport.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

mrabound said:

Hey, I dig it Ducci. Different strokes for different folks. Unfortunately I didn't "try" to do anything with my voice like you suggested. I just sang it from my gut, that's all I know how to do. In any event, I appreciate your feedback. Have a very happy new year! -KM

Don't listen to him. He's a conservative

I just did a line of coke off a midget's ass, how am I a conservative?

Seriously, it is true what Michael says about different strokes for different folks;

but I betcha that he uses melisma because he thinks he's suppose to, not because

he thinks it adds musical value to what he's singing by his own discovery.

Most R&B singers today grew up singing in the church and unfortunately, not only

learn bad theology but bad singing habits as well.

On to the next...

Anybody else listen yet? * wink wink, clue clue *

duccichucka said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Don't listen to him. He's a conservative

I just did a line of coke off a midget's ass, how am I a conservative?

Seriously, it is true what Michael says about different strokes for different folks;

but I betcha that he uses melisma because he thinks he's suppose to, not because

he thinks it adds musical value to what he's singing by his own discovery.

Most R&B singers today grew up singing in the church and unfortunately, not only

learn bad theology but bad singing habits as well.

Oh yeah cuz you and Chuckaducci are different peeps!

umm I didn't know Kevin was lurking around here all this time... I love him.

ABeautifulOne said:

umm I didn't know Kevin was lurking around here all this time... I love him.

I remember his first album. I was wondering what happened to him

Sounds like Justin Timberlake with the vocal ability of the BeeGees (Thats a compliment, just saying I know a lot of people hate anything envolving BeeGees )

ABeautifulOne said:

umm I didn't know Kevin was lurking around here all this time... I love him.

I've been known to lurk from time to time. LOL. Thanks for showing love!

bboy87 said:

ABeautifulOne said:

umm I didn't know Kevin was lurking around here all this time... I love him.

I remember his first album. I was wondering what happened to him

Yup. Still alive & well. LOL. Tell a friend!

ManlyMoose said:

Sounds like Justin Timberlake with the vocal ability of the BeeGees (Thats a compliment, just saying I know a lot of people hate anything envolving BeeGees )

Are you kidding me?...Andy Gibb is god! Thank you for the kind words.

WaterInYourBath said:

Good or bad?