Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Male Singers Sing in High-Pitch

So there I was listening to music when I realized the style of singing of male artists' songs. I mean I noticed the tone of voice some men singers use in songs. There are high-pitch, low-pitch, and some who utilize their normal voice. However, the focus this week rests on the popularity of males' soft high-pitch voice, which fans adore. So think about it, who does sing like that?

Well some well known artists that comes to my mind are Robin Thicke, Lloyd, and Maxwell. You maybe familiar with Robin's songs "Lost Without You," "Sweetest Love," and "It's in the Morning," all of which reveal Thicke's style of singing and proves to be an effective likable method. You can tell that Thicke's style is praised by fans because his songs reached the top of the R&B charts. Lloyd also produces fan favorite songs with his soft singing style. Songs that  exemplify Lloyd's style include "Lay it Down" and "You" featuring Lil Wayne. And no one can forget Maxwell's unforgettable songs: "This Woman's Work" (from the movie Love and Basketball) and "Pretty Wings." Maxwell is well known for his style of singing and fans love it. These men success in their style are favorable to fans and have made the soft high-pitch singing popular and cool. They paved the way for a different way to sing. It's hype from the fans have prompted other artists to adopt the style as well, which resulted as a success for the artists whom utilized the style. One artist whom used a soft high-pitch singing approach is Marques Houston. His song "Naked" is fully sung in the likable style and earned him great recognition from fans. Now if you compare the song "Naked" to Marques' other song "Circles," the difference is pretty clear especially in the verse section.

I agree with the fans liking the soft high-pitch singing because it sounds really nice, especially when the artist knows how to do it correctly (as the men I wrote about in the above paragraph do). It is like a gentle harmony mostly used in the context of love, sex, or about that significant other and quite frankly it fits well with those subjects. The softness of the artists' voices helps the fans and listeners feel the passion of the song. If those same songs were song in a different way such as in a firm or aggressive way then the fans would not receive the same effect. Any other way of singing would definitely lose some of the passion that the songs originally contain.

1 comment:

  1. you know what, i would have never noticed this but it makes sense. I actually enjoy a female high pitch voice much better than a male voice but hey.

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