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The Charismatic Voice: Professional opera singer analyzes your favorite songs

APerfectOrganism

APerfectOrganism

Sky Van Gogh
Member
Dec 23, 2018
1,315
Washington State
This channel has sucked me in and I simply have to share.

First some background, the host of the channel is a professional musician and trained singer with degrees in music. On this channel she takes 20-40 minutes to break down the vocals (and often the music!) of some popular and favorite songs; analyzing both well known and popular music, classic rock, heavy metal, and everything in between. She is also a musician for video games has composed songs for Final Fantasy games and worked on soundtracks for smaller games too!

Her analysis is incredible, and her affectations really sucks you in as she listens to many of these songs FOR THE FIRST TIME. As she listens for the first time she paused, analyzes, rewinds, and breaks down the song. Her analysis is so judgment free, she just loves music, and she kills it's in teaching her listeners what exactly is happening in the songs they love.

Over the past three days I've spent hours watching these and sucked my partner into them too. Here are some of my favorites!


View: https://youtu.be/8mmg9elVPGY?si=fuOr9NrOEMeZejv6


View: https://youtu.be/SIZmeQtKAis?si=e_er-4ZCKpW_cgZC


View: https://youtu.be/wSxWhsWnP6o?si=Fp_KkFcR12y-4CeV
 

Shoeless

Member
Oct 27, 2017
7,001
I ran across her by accident looking for reactions to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album. Her take on Great Gig in the Sky was really fascinating, but I found her reaction to Judas Priest's Painkiller both informative and hilarious.
 
Mewzard

Mewzard

Member
Feb 4, 2018
3,466
lvl 99 Pixel

lvl 99 Pixel

Member
Oct 25, 2017
44,747
There are at least a few opera singers doing reactions, but also a lot of music experts. The only reaction videos for me that are interesting are by people who actually know their shit and are passionate about the subject. This seems like a good one.
 
Landy828

Landy828

Member
Oct 26, 2017
13,435
Clemson, SC
APerfectOrganism said:
This channel has sucked me in and I simply have to share.

First some background, the host of the channel is a professional musician and trained singer with degrees in music. On this channel she takes 20-40 minutes to break down the vocals (and often the music!) of some popular and favorite songs; analyzing both well known and popular music, classic rock, heavy metal, and everything in between. She is also a musician for video games has composed songs for Final Fantasy games and worked on soundtracks for smaller games too!

Her analysis is incredible, and her affectations really sucks you in as she listens to many of these songs FOR THE FIRST TIME. As she listens for the first time she paused, analyzes, rewinds, and breaks down the song. Her analysis is so judgment free, she just loves music, and she kills it's in teaching her listeners what exactly is happening in the songs they love.

Over the past three days I've spent hours watching these and sucked my partner into them too. Here are some of my favorites!


View: https://youtu.be/8mmg9elVPGY?si=fuOr9NrOEMeZejv6


View: https://youtu.be/SIZmeQtKAis?si=e_er-4ZCKpW_cgZC


View: https://youtu.be/wSxWhsWnP6o?si=Fp_KkFcR12y-4CeV
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I've been watching her for a long time. Her personality is awesome. I get a kick out of how much she loves her subject matter.

I'm useless when it comes to singing/any form of music related skills, so I find it all fascinating.
 
Fiction

Fiction

Fanthropologist
Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,792
Elf Tower, New Mexico
I love her.

I actually discovered a new obsession through her:

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Ren "Hi Ren" has me in tears. Vocal ANALYSIS of one of the most moving videos I've ever watched.

Ren's GoFundMe for medical treatment: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ren-get-better-from-lyme-disease-and-autoimmunity?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium...
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Ren's "The Tale of Jenny & Screech" Trilogy Analysis! Let's get emotionally wrecked together!

Ren's GoFundMe for medical treatment: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ren-get-better-from-lyme-disease-and-autoimmunity?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium...
youtu.be youtu.be

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Vocal ANALYSIS of Ren featuring Chinchilla performing "Chalk Outlines"

I am incredibly impressed by Ren's storytelling and musicality, and it shows in this collaboration with Chinchilla exponentially. So what better way to enjo...
youtu.be youtu.be


View: https://youtu.be/twUZCctHwJU?si=bTwua2kZUMoe5z0O


View: https://youtu.be/wEzFupOoGTI?si=6f87v5l1M20Aydv9




View: https://youtu.be/n-_ATRGflxE?si=7CraqXfvzMDiYLmm


I love it when she takes on out of the box stuff, and Ren doesn't even appear to have a genre. I was hooked. All the music videos (apart from money game part two) that she analyzes here are live filmed and one shots.


View: https://youtu.be/NHte-7aNlO8?si=AXD9AEHYzVG1o4u4
 
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gyrspike

gyrspike

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Jan 18, 2018
1,988
Oh damn there's a video of her listening to Judas Priest's Painkiller. Lol gonna watch to have watch and see what she thinks of Rob Halfords range in Painkiller.
 
Conkersbadfurday

Conkersbadfurday

Member
Oct 29, 2017
5,310
Minnesota
Her videos with Will Ramos have been fun, especially when she paid to have him scoped, but I find her reaction content to feel really, really fake. Rubs me the wrong way.

She's done some AMAZING interviews with singers though. Highly recommend those.
 
PHOENIXZERO

PHOENIXZERO

Member
Oct 29, 2017
12,115
I found her years ago, no idea what the first video it was, I like that she's not over the top or anything but I find her pretty dry in a NPR kind of way.
 
hodayathink

hodayathink

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,055
Everything except R&B, it looks like. Was hoping I'd find a little something but went like 8 months back and the best I got was a Nat King Cole song.
 
PHOENIXZERO

PHOENIXZERO

Member
Oct 29, 2017
12,115
hodayathink said:
Everything except R&B, it looks like. Was hoping I'd find a little something but went like 8 months back and the best I got was a Nat King Cole song.
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A lot of these channels are directed by Patreon members or trends, it's why a lot of these music reaction channels seem to cover the same songs around the same time.
 
Tranquility

Tranquility

Member
Oct 28, 2017
542
Either videos are somewhat faked or she has a supreme understanding of song structure because she always seems to pause at the exact moment of a transition in a song. She also rewinds a song too much. Other than that I enjoy watcing her videos and have been a subscriber for years.
 
Lakeside

Lakeside

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,242
I watch her stuff and have for a long time, love it. My wife eye rolls me when she catches me.
 

Polk

Avenger
Oct 26, 2017
4,252
take_marsh said:
Her video with/about Will Ramos, one of the most insane voices out there, was my first experience with her channel. So cool, they even became friends and they stuck a camera into his throat to see what it looks like when he works his magic.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZaVXE5UqaQ

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8SuWNPrLE
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Them becoming friends is so wholesome.

Elisabeth is great in showing that metal vocalists need actual talent not just screaming into clinchet microphone.
 
grang

grang

Member
Nov 13, 2017
10,087
take_marsh said:
Her video with/about Will Ramos, one of the most insane voices out there, was my first experience with her channel. So cool, they even became friends and they stuck a camera into his throat to see what it looks like when he works his magic.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZaVXE5UqaQ

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8SuWNPrLE
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Yeah I came to post this, I was introduced to her a few years ago after I was introduced to To The Hellfire/Will Ramos/Lorna Shore and then watched like 25 reaction videos. (go to 22:55 of that first video to see her hear/respond to some crazy shit)
 
scottbeowulf

scottbeowulf

Member
Oct 27, 2017
9,404
United States
Fiction said:
I love her.

I actually discovered a new obsession through her:

youtu.be

Ren "Hi Ren" has me in tears. Vocal ANALYSIS of one of the most moving videos I've ever watched.

Ren's GoFundMe for medical treatment: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ren-get-better-from-lyme-disease-and-autoimmunity?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium...
youtu.be youtu.be

youtu.be

Ren's "The Tale of Jenny & Screech" Trilogy Analysis! Let's get emotionally wrecked together!

Ren's GoFundMe for medical treatment: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ren-get-better-from-lyme-disease-and-autoimmunity?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium...
youtu.be youtu.be

youtu.be

Vocal ANALYSIS of Ren featuring Chinchilla performing "Chalk Outlines"

I am incredibly impressed by Ren's storytelling and musicality, and it shows in this collaboration with Chinchilla exponentially. So what better way to enjo...
youtu.be youtu.be


View: https://youtu.be/twUZCctHwJU?si=bTwua2kZUMoe5z0O


View: https://youtu.be/wEzFupOoGTI?si=6f87v5l1M20Aydv9




View: https://youtu.be/n-_ATRGflxE?si=7CraqXfvzMDiYLmm


I love it when she takes on out of the box stuff, and Ren doesn't even appear to have a genre. I was hooked. All the music videos (apart from money game part two) that she analyzes here are live filmed and one shots.


View: https://youtu.be/NHte-7aNlO8?si=AXD9AEHYzVG1o4u4
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I also fell down a Ren rabbit hole around the time I found her. Great stuff.
 

Polk

Avenger
Oct 26, 2017
4,252
grang said:
Yeah I came to post this, I was introduced to her a few years ago after I was introduced to To The Hellfire/Will Ramos/Lorna Shore and then watched like 25 reaction videos. (go to 22:55 of that first video to see her hear/respond to some crazy shit)
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I was never deah/metal core fan (prefer death/black) but this video introduced me to Lorna Shore and I went to their concert last year. And it was fantastic.
 
Bjomesphat

Bjomesphat

Member
Nov 5, 2017
1,825
BRITISH ROCK MUSICIAN HEARS THE BEATLES FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!! REACTION!!

I'm sorry, but these channels on Youtube are almost all universally lame. Regardless if they've actually heard some of this stuff or not, it's all still manufactured and manipulative to maximize views. Like do they ever have anything negative to say? Every channel is the same thing, it's like when they put on the headphones you'd think they've never heard music before in their life. It's just these huge reactions and overexpression, it all comes across as really fake. And of course everything is incredible and amazing, and the artist did everything perfect.
 
B4mv

B4mv

Member
Nov 2, 2017
3,058
Bjomesphat said:
BRITISH ROCK MUSICIAN HEARS THE BEATLES FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!! REACTION!!

I'm sorry, but these channels on Youtube are almost all universally lame. Regardless if they've actually heard some of this stuff or not, it's all still manufactured and manipulative to maximize views. Like do they ever have anything negative to say? Every channel is the same thing, it's like when they put on the headphones you'd think they've never heard music before in their life. It's just these huge reactions and overexpression, it all comes across as really fake. And of course everything is incredible and amazing, and the artist did everything perfect.
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Really no need to be bitter, people are able to genuinely enjoy things. This channel is more about the analysis of singing techniques, as the reactor is a trained opera singer and vocal coach. More than just your typical "oh wow, did you see that!" type reaction.
 
kyle mechlachlan

kyle mechlachlan

Member
Oct 27, 2017
12,313
Bjomesphat said:
BRITISH ROCK MUSICIAN HEARS THE BEATLES FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!! REACTION!!

I'm sorry, but these channels on Youtube are almost all universally lame. Regardless if they've actually heard some of this stuff or not, it's all still manufactured and manipulative to maximize views. Like do they ever have anything negative to say? Every channel is the same thing, it's like when they put on the headphones you'd think they've never heard music before in their life. It's just these huge reactions and overexpression, it all comes across as really fake. And of course everything is incredible and amazing, and the artist did everything perfect.
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The algorithm usually tends to skew and favor negatively and rage bait. Stuff like this getting traction for being positive is good, actually. Especially when the specific thing being highlighted here is a vocal coach/expert doing it to react and dive into the concept of singing and the different techniques.

You'd be surprised how often people have no exposure to 90% of music out there despite their placement in the music industry.
 
Lashes.541

Lashes.541

Member
Dec 18, 2017
1,762
Roseburg Oregon
Been watching her channel for a few years, she is really amazing but I ended up stopping, personal nitpick but i can't stand how she will stop and replay the vid she is watching like five times in a row. I totally get it's so she can process what she is hearing but it just grinds my nerves lol.
 

Polk

Avenger
Oct 26, 2017
4,252
BennyWhatever

BennyWhatever

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Oct 27, 2017
4,810
US
I've been watching for a while too. I love how she crushes over Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) and Brandon Boyd (Incubus).
Her Tea Times have a lot of REALLY solid knowledge about rock vocals and proper technique.

I can't stand REACT channels, but this one is legit because it's more of an analysis channel, not really react.
 
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Bjomesphat

Bjomesphat

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Nov 5, 2017
1,825
kyle mechlachlan said:
The algorithm usually tends to skew and favor negatively and rage bait. Stuff like this getting traction for being positive is good, actually. Especially when the specific thing being highlighted here is a vocal coach/expert doing it to react and dive into the concept of singing and the different techniques.

You'd be surprised how often people have no exposure to 90% of music out there despite their placement in the music industry.
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I see value in the expert analysis of the craft, but I think their critical lens undermines the whole purpose. Like I know going into these videos that they're going to gush about everything they hear, which just makes me question their authenticity.
 
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APerfectOrganism

APerfectOrganism

Sky Van Gogh
Member
Dec 23, 2018
1,315
Washington State
Bjomesphat said:
BRITISH ROCK MUSICIAN HEARS THE BEATLES FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!! REACTION!!

I'm sorry, but these channels on Youtube are almost all universally lame. Regardless if they've actually heard some of this stuff or not, it's all still manufactured and manipulative to maximize views. Like do they ever have anything negative to say? Every channel is the same thing, it's like when they put on the headphones you'd think they've never heard music before in their life. It's just these huge reactions and overexpression, it all comes across as really fake. And of course everything is incredible and amazing, and the artist did everything perfect.
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Why are you here? Go be a pain in the ass in the real world and quit participating in the enshitification of the internet. People can enjoy what they enjoy. Maybe, just maybe, your cynical attitude biases you in such a way that you no longer see positivity or authenticity anywhere. If that's the case, I'm sorry you have gotten that way.
 
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Leclair

Leclair

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May 3, 2021
1,649
Denmark
Music and movie reactions have been my YouTube comfort food the last couple of years, and 'the charismatic voice' is one of my favorites.
 
hodayathink

hodayathink

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Oct 25, 2017
3,055
PHOENIXZERO said:
A lot of these channels are directed by Patreon members or trends, it's why a lot of these music reaction channels seem to cover the same songs around the same time.
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I know, and I generally don't really hold it against these channels, but I tend to stick to the more musical theater themed ones because they're more likely to choose songs within my wheelhouse (pop and pop-like R&B).
 
Nappuccino

Nappuccino

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
13,045
Tranquility said:
Either videos are somewhat faked or she has a supreme understanding of song structure because she always seems to pause at the exact moment of a transition in a song. She also rewinds a song too much. Other than that I enjoy watcing her videos and have been a subscriber for years.
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When you listen to a ton of music, it's pretty easy to catch where a vocal line or chord progression is resolving.
 
Sky Chief

Sky Chief

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Oct 30, 2017
3,383
OMG, me too! I love her channel. Sometimes she'll do a song that I've never really been fond of and would change the radio station if it came on but she ends up really making me appreciate the talent and artistry and I end up liking the song after watching her analysis.
 
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