Skyharbor - Evolution // Live 2016 // A38 Rocks

[@TheSimonSongs]

I get really pissed off reading all these comments from people judging his vocals from just one performance. Most people don't understand that singing is not like playing an instrument that you can pick up in any mood and just play it in the way you always do. When you sing all your emotions have a bearing on how you perform, because you are using only your body to create the tone and you have to be relaxed in the right areas to sing something like that. You can clearly see in his face that he is rather uncomfortable. That asshole in the audience giving him the finger should think about his actions. Self-doubt is your biggest enemy on stage.. And this is only one of many issues you can run into as a vocalist - noone writing comments knows how his in-ear mix was that night, or if he was actually sick (his face looks very pale). Before writing shit like 'Please find a new front man who can sing' or 'Eric's got absolutely nothing on Dan' think about your words having an impact.. Greetings from Germany and all the best!

[@maeguk1]

well... when you are a singer, then your vocal chords and the whole respiratory system are your instruments. That's your job to be there, to perform perfectly. That is the reason you became a singer. It is clear beyond everything that this dude is not up to the task.

[@javierpayacan9319]

All the reason, eric looks quite sick and clearly uncomfortable not being able to perform a good performance. However he is a great singer, unfortunately this is one of the few good records that the band has recorded professionally, and of course that fuck a bit the instance.

[@ppang]

Yes, eric looks exhausted. I love his voice and energy.

[@envy690]

Let's be fair, though. Not many out there have vocals as powerful as Dan's.

[@thegreatpoo2electricboogal318]

What?! He sounds awesome! :)

[@markohadzic1487]

Props to the singer for not skipping a part. Great mellow vibes from this guy.

[@Anonimo-tv2co]

Okay, cut the shit. This performance is absolutely great. Eric is a great singer, powerful, focused, given. The song is extremely difficult in vocals, so shut up because he's great and the band choose him. Great support for them from me. Lots of love for you, guys. I hope Skyharbor continues making music.

[@thegreatpoo2electricboogal318]

Eric is a fantastic vocalist! His work with Skyharbor is my favorite music I've discovered in the last year probably.

[@christosgiannoudis171]

fantastic voice

[@akashagarwal9279]

Amazing work guys! All the love from India.

[@surajlama544]

Wonderful vocal..

[@UponthePath]

When I saw them live in NYC Eric was on point and his voice was very powerful. I think this was just an off night for him. Sad because this is recorded so well.

[@lucasbarbosa-zz2si]

What happened? Was him sick or else? Because I saw him other moment singing nice!

[@UponthePath]

Sick or maybe his voice was burned out from touring.

[@lucasbarbosa-zz2si]

yeah, probably

[@espabuser]

I haven't seen a single video of him performing well live, he's 100% a studio vocalist which is really disappointing. When I saw Skyharbor while they were on tour with Tesseract, Eric's voice gave out not even a minute into the first song.

[@Ironsvillage]

Eric isn't used to touring, he got sick a lot on tour, last time I saw Skyharbor he couldn't perform sadly. Touring is really fucking hard anyways.

[@michaellopez2402]

That opening is LIT AF

[@champrajkumar6826]

Let's be fair to Eric,he nailed it in a studio cover of his and even Dan has trouble singing this track live

[@un1sol_gr444]

Poor Eric, he knows he's not at his best and you can see it in his eyes. Close your eyes man and sing, be the voice we know you are, the voice you know you are.

[@DUVINDA]

His vocal range is just amazing

[@bronsonqwick5095]

Guiding Lights is a fucking phenomenal record.

[@SebastianSkadisson]

Awesome

[@silentshadowdnb]

Eric... You gotta let go brother

[@silentshadowdnb]

This is coming from a place of love. you didnt let go until the last couple of minutes then you nailed it!

[@josevicentemontan]

amazin vocals !!!!!!!!!!

[@voxextremos22]

Everyone complaining about Eric not sounding like Dan has 1. Never tried to sing one of Dan's Songs 2. Doesn't understand that the band's sound is changing 3. Doesn't understand all the preparation from a technical standpoint Eric goes through 4. And most importantly needs to relax and let him intemperate the music in which ever way he wants

[@CarnifexShaggy]

Is that the drumkit from Modern Day Babylon?

[@fromdepthswerise3024]

To be fair to Eric, Dan has the vocal range of a demigod...he can really belt. Eric is a damn good singer in his own right (if you doubt it, check out his performances with Meytal), but his range doesn't match with Dan. At least he's giving it a damn good try

[@crowing3886]

What's funny is on the new album he hits a higher note than dan ever has with skyharbor.

[@jonthangnaiding4504]

After taking a sip of pre-workout drink, this song hits differently 😅

[@crrainger]

This song often IS my pre-workout

[@jonasgoldenburg3154]

Dan is a good singer, no doubts. Eric is good singer too, he just different. I think this is main reason why he was criticized.

[@dkazmer2]

nope. Eric's inferior to Dan, big time

[@cleanclouds]

@@dkazmer2 Dan has had MANY shit performances. Plus, his technique is overall awful.

[@freestylinfool3670]

Eric started to come good around the 3 minute mark but struggled with the big notes and fry, still love his voice and have all skyharbor album's. I have learnt a bit vocally from this dude.

[@subhamchettritheillusionist]

Professional 🤗

[@alondite215]

I've heard Eric perform this perfectly, so I'm not sure what's going on with him here. Maybe he's sick? Or he might not have feedback in his earpiece so he can't hear; It's really fucking hard to sing well when you can't hear your own voice.

[@anthonyainsolar]

Dan Tompkins is a tough singer to follow this guy did great.

[@tingkagol]

this is painful to watch. I feel for Eric. His eyes scream self-doubt.

[@SebastianSkadisson]

The lyrics and voice were written by and for Daniel Thompkins, and Daniel simply is the best rock singer out there right now. Stepping into his shoes and not altering anything about the tracks is pretty badass of Eric if you ask me. I can tell that that's no self-doubt in Eric's eyes, it's focus and concentration.

[@pandoratypography]

Idk about that, Eric's cover of Evolution in the studio is a *lot* different and doesn't look at all the same. I think he knew his voice was bad tonight and it compounded his nervousness at being on a live recording in the first place. I think this is the first professional live audio recording that Skyharbor has done with him.

[@hiteshcool451]

It's not self doubt! Eric takes off his glasses while performing and everything is blurry to him and cannot connect to his audience as he can't see eye to eye... If it was an open arena, this wouldn't be the case. The vocals were spot on.

[@juliusgreaser6141]

1:27 Why did they flip at each other

[@Davpowerm]

I can't Hear the Snare

[@teehundeart]

Why is everyone hating on the singing performance?

[@blackheartscars]

because Eric doesnt hit all the notes, and is especially flat in the bridge. i attribute it to tour fatigue because i think Eric is a phenomenal singer.

[@teehundeart]

Larris Liew agreed, he performs Dan's song better than Dan himself

[@rodrigolarrea8273]

because he sucks....

[@dkazmer2]

@@teehundeart only in your deluded dreams, pal

[@guhan45264]

Intro🤯🔥🔥🔥

[@katatonicmind]

Peavey Zephyr bass? hehe

[@wilhelm2016]

the choreographed head bang is cute.

[@charleshot25]

I can barely hear the drums. How come that new new drummer never plays Anup's intro? I understand it's difficult but he could at least try.

[@AXELAGONY]

I think it's better not to play rather than screwing it up. Anup should be this band's drummer. It is losing its mojo without Dan and Anup. I always had doubts on Emery's longevity; most probably he has burnt out.

[@charleshot25]

AXELAGONY​ You are right. I just don't know how i feel about having the intro playing on a track in the background like that. I mean he could just "Simplify" the intro. That's what i do when something like too difficult for me to play.

[@AXELAGONY]

Hmmm. Probably he know it won't sound that good and people will compare and ultimately, judge. He doesn't sound very tight also.

[@charleshot25]

AXELAGONY Hmmm...perhaps you are right.

[@Ironsvillage]

I actually talked to him about that the last time they we're in Hamburg. He said he just never got to learn it and they've always used it as a sample live.

[@tamaljandik]

No no no, look. Others have seen him perform well, plenty of times. Its obvious the way he is constantly fidgeting with his earpiece that the f'in SOUND guy has no clue what hes doing. He probably cant hear himself at all. Most people have no clue what goes into performing live, changing climates/weather/new sound guys at new venues with possibly hoopty sound systems and mixers etc. Not to mention, the drummer started lagging cymbal strikes off the BAT. But Eric is awesome in my opinion. GO C-TOWN BWOYS!!!! CLEVELAND BORN AND BRED

[@tomparker8282]

I think you might be right, you can see him looking over at the sound guy and fiddling with his earpiece constantly. I don't think he could hear himself.

[@matiasandres2319]

He defend so well himself anyways.

[@RichardHoogstad]

Indeed not the best performance of Eric as many stated, something might be wrong with the monitor or a bad day. Still think he is one of the most impressive vocalists I've heared so far.

[@soulreaper3827]

You are a fan of Chester me too

[@ethanbbarr4544]

Is that Dan at the front of the audience??

[@CheeseLord]

lol, definitely could be

[@mr.sidecomments9278]

this is 2016 right? definitely not him because he had a bald fade haircut at this time. Plus that guy on the fron has no tattoos

[@Tothelightcave]

I think Eric sounded great

[@statom985]

eric doesnt looks well here sadly its painfull to listen hes fighting but he cannot win here

[@yodaonfire]

Feels like the only positive additions to Keshav are the bassist and Devesh. The drummer skipping the intro for a pre-recorded loop was just bleh :/. Should check out Anup playing that stuff!

[@willbass86]

I believe he has since rejoined

[@moustacheanddrumsticks4381]

Oh man...Eric is SUCH a good singer and he looks ill here, like hes struggling..his eye movement and body language! Least hes on stage fucking giving what hes got and hes hitting notes! If you listen to his intro vid for Harbour he fucking nails it. So something clearly isnt right here. illness? tech problems? I dunno! Anyways

[@FEAbeas]

can't believe they don't even play the intro

[@HillHunterME]

If you're wondering, Eric killed this performance, the vocal mix is definitely way off.

[@AlextheBant]

I've seen HORRIBLE performances of Dan, just like from pretty much every vocalist ever. When you tour heavily, little sleep, sickness.... it all affects your voice. Singing is hard, and none of you can pull off the control he had here to make the best of it despite his voice giving in.

[@ericedmunds9488]

Very true!

[@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind]

FINALLY someone who speaks some truth regarding Daniel's live performances, his voice has gotten so "wasted" throughout the years you can definitely hear him struggling in the present, it is in fact baffling to see people still defending him and make it seem like he is some sort of "god".

[@hxlynvtxxn]

@@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind this not aged well

[@Vall619]

​@@hxlynvtxxn not at all

[@Vall619]

​@@FindingsOfAnArmouredMindhave you listened to the new TesseracT album?

[@Kalupz]

Performance was great. Commenters are..weird to say the least. Yikes.

[@fscorpion678]

i honestly didn’t think his singing was that bad, definitely looks tired tho

[@fallawait]

To everyone dissing the new vocalist, take a chance at singing one of Dan's songs with the band. Personally, I'd give a hell lot of credit to Eric and diss the new drummer instead. Aditya is weak as fuck and it baffles me as to why they chose him moving forward. His drumming throughout the whole of Sunshine Dust was so damn monotonous and borderline generic, to the point that certain well-arranged songs suffered majorly. As an avid follower of the band, I really hope they find a drummer who's roots are in metal/prog, instead of the currently enlisted newbie, moving forward.

[@aliveinatlantis8304]

To everyone who's judging Eric's vocals, I'm 200% sure that y'all don't even last one song on stage and if y'all try evolution I'm pretty sure you'd bleed from your ass!!

[@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind]

I'm sure there are people who can do it much better. Nothing against his performance, I did in fact like it, but come on, you are deliberately ignoring or underestimating other people's potential to suit your narrative.

[@aliveinatlantis8304]

@@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind yeah but y'all would still bleed!

[@WayOfTheFlow]

Still I think they’ll get better has time moves on.

[@JannikBork]

Eric normally sounds way better - but what the fuck is going on with the new drummer? his playing is not even tight. especially him trying to simulate the double base is just horrible. I'm hoping for some tight studio grooves.

[@sattaaIntergalactique]

Oh why you look so sad ? 😢

[@M3atbucket]

Lots of keyboard critics in the comments. Y'all are chumps. Dude can sing better than 99% metal vocalists out there and y'all keep shouting "He's not Dan! Reeeeee". You go record yourself doing something like this and face the critics.

[@rodrigolarrea8273]

70% in this song is the daniel tompkins voice.....

[@judsonchristudas]

01:18 WTF???? Testing the tone?? lol???? Really unprofessional! Didn't expect this from you guys! 01:10 What happened to the cleans?? lol???

[@chuckfriebe843]

Vocals are way too far back into the mix. This guy is a good singer. I'd like to actually hear him.

[@cags1744]

The mic recording does not make his singing justice

[@TheLocktest]

Hahaha why doesnt the drummer play this amazing intro fill in? poor...

[@dre72387]

Solid job for sure but Daniel Tompkins blows Eric out of the water.

[@jerbear97]

the vocals were actually good, just mixed terribly

[@Inglescomgus]

this guy is having a hard time !!!!!

[@yodaonfire]

On this impression, Eric's sadly got absolutely nothing on Dan :(

[@espabuser]

Yeah he's really more of a studio vocalist, he relies heavily on studio tricks and effects it's really disappointing :/

[@AXELAGONY]

True. His studio presence is on a different level. Live, he can't hold a candle to Dan. Dan is a prodigy.

[@lc8361]

Dan is terrible live.

[@sorakey909]

Are you braindead? Look up the Odyssey/Scala DVD that Tesseract did. If you think Dan is bad live you need a hearing exam, stat.

[@espabuser]

+Dimitrios Kapoukranidis I was going to say the same thing. That video is hands down Dan's best performance so far.

[@Zaksporebrainiac]

ffs turn up the vocals!

[@HamzaKhan-qm5bl]

It was his bad day. He is a great vocalist. You can check his covers and stuff ,he has his own channel.search eric emery.

[@kaputmonkey]

NOPE.

[@nicoletteshepherd1705]

The music doesnt even go together with the singing

[@ferrenberg]

Ew. While I really love the songs recorded with Eric, he singing Guiding Lights's song didn't impressed me.

[@rodrigolarrea8273]

soft guy, i prefer 100% dan tompkins voice, much powerfull. gg

[@SilvioGazquez]

I like this singer but he is a studio guy. Not everybody can sing live

[@janocronismo]

No Anup, no groove...

[@adanadan1585]

theyre good musicians they can do better

[@judsonchristudas]

Poor vocals lol..... What happened Skyharbour?

[@dylang2255]

Dan is much better

[@Bernsong]

Please guys find a new front man who can sing.

[@jafoste2386]

Bernsong I think without the tatoos he would be a better singer

[@ModernDayBabylon]

ERIC is a great singer

[@hyperdazedesu7350]

F you

[@coolbrando1]

Give him some time. I feel like he can nail it

[@bassheadjazz2708]

He cant sing live. A lot of people defending him here, and his voice is beautiful on record, but im scouring youtube to find a video where hes on, or at least near the recording.

[@francesconicsinger]

This singer is terrible! He doesn't have control... The bass notes are the worst! In the high is unlistenable... Every resonance and frequency is wrong. Maybe lessons??! Daniel Tompkins of Tesseract is on another planet!

[@KriDawg420]

So disappointed in Eric's live singing ability. I'm not sure what's up with his forced vibrato but it sounds terrible and he should really stay away from it. especially since the songs he's covering never had it to begin with in every word. All these songs from this A38 recording are terrible...

[@sorakey909]

I really want to believe that this was an off/burned out night for him, because you're so right. Even the songs he wrote and recorded sounded so forced and weak. I was pumped to see Eric's videos after he announced he would be joining - I'm a lifelong fan of Dan's but I was excited to see someone talented filling his shoes. I'm really hoping this was a fluke, and that all his covers and studio videos aren't just filled with studio tricks.

[@KriDawg420]

Dimitrios Kapoukranidis I'm seeing a lot of people in the comments that have seen him live say that he's not good live... If this is his way of performing, it's a shame

[@fromdepthswerise3024]

Now that being said, go back and watch performances after this and through 2019. This was literally just an off-night. If memory serves correctly, this was I believe one of his first shows with Skyharbor, and he is doing his damn best to interpret what another singer wrote with a near similar range. That being said, obviously you've heard the studio version of this. That is an equivalent of Mariah Carey/Whitney Houston in their absolute prime type of performance. Not even the original singer could replicate that live.