>>Don’t know why, but Lee’s voice always sounds off to me - like he’s flat, even when he technically isn’t. Maybe it’s just me. :-/<<
What he does is flatten his tone — if you picture singing a note and then compressing your throat a little to take the edge off of both the upper and lower parts of the note cycle.
It works for some songs since it provides a sense of control — the notes stay where they belong for the duration of the phrase.
But to some ears, it sounds like a truly flat pitch. It also runs the risk of tapering off and down at the end of each note.
Fla Voter — it sounds like you do this as more than a hobby. Do you agree with my analysis?
It works better to sing vertically if that makes sense. A person can sing much higher if they think vertical. My friend who can sing way above middle C taught me how to sing vertically. No strain, no pain and nobody in the hall suffers either. Singing vertically is like sailing instead of impaling. : )
To make it sound easy takes a lot of practice initially. I sing vertically when I need to get above high F without destroying my voice. When I’m not hvg to hit high notes, I very much figure everything out by the lyrics and what the song is about. I’m sunk until this tooth pull quits hurting. I can type about singing for now but I really miss singing.
Neither Aaron or Casey had much control tonight. Aaron isn’t singing from his gut or he’d have a stronger sound and he would be able to keep his vibrato but there’d be something behind it: support.
That could be it - sometimes he hits a note and I’ll swear it sounds like part of it is missing! Didn’t know that was an actual technique, but your explanation makes sense.