Voice Teachers React to Morgan James with Postmodern Jukebox sing Dream On

[@MrTonyInchpractice]

the high note is supposed to raise the hackles on the back of your neck- vibrato lessens that as it is "pretty" sounding, and a sweetly hit note would lessen the hackle-raising effect, ergo the slightly "off" or discordant choice; if you've heard the original song then you'll be aware of how harsh he sings the note, and morgan's purposely shrill and unvibratoed note is an homage to that.

[@mattyball]

Exactly this ❤❤❤

[@whyme7996]

Yes, they have a "pretty" preference...OK. not very dramatic and biased towards mediocrity but OK.

[@mattyball]

@@whyme7996 Your not seriously saying Morgan’s performance is mediocre surely. I’d rather a song be imperfect full of emotion than boring and ticking all the boxes harmonically personally. Music to me is about expressing and feeling something not being perfect 🥴🫠

[@whyme7996]

Exactly the opposite...I'm saying that her performance is outstanding but what this channel's hosts prefer is a pretty mediocrity. @@mattyball

[@PMJ_PTX_Fan]

Steven Taylor has a stressed sound when he goes to the high notes. I see the non-vibrato choice as Morgan’s equivalent. Her range is naturally higher so she needs a different way to relay that she is reaching.

[@mjbartholomew5317]

She has full mastery of her voice and I love it. We have tickets to see her live next month and I can't wait.

[@Galantus1964]

This is my absolute favorite-- she is so effin talented ... her enunciation is perfect... and she actually made me " understand" the song/ lyrics

[@hobiwan9597]

Excellent breakdown. With regard to the 'straight tone' - the band arrangement is oscillating between two pitches during that stretch. It has the effect of simulating a vocal vibrato. If she had chosen to go with a vibrato, I feel it would have conflicted with the band arrangement. My adopting the straight tone, she provided a contrast to the instruments which made her choice stand out.

[@manwithmountain]

stumbled on this video and really enjoyed your breakdown. Love Morgan James, and Post Modern Jukebox has featured a lot of great singers.

[@HitchUpAndTow]

This is the best cover I have ever heard. Love it

[@whyme7996]

far better than the original which I grew up with..and never understood all the words. With Morgan's articulation, the primal high note at the end makes a LOT more sense and pays homage to the original.

[@scottrainey7121]

Agree with you guys that she sometimes slides into a note, or off a note. Saw that too. My take: that's EXACTLY what she wanted to do.

[@dr.anthonytrabue7426]

I agree. She is doing it just like Tyler did it back in the day...

[@Jhedders17]

Thanks for creating a new word for us to use Chase! It was fabnominal

[@ChaseandMelia]

It'll catch on! 😉

[@jaybourne1185]

fabnominal maybe... but "fetch" definitely... :)

[@RustySax1949]

@@ChaseandMelia - Look what I found - Morgan singing "Dream On" with her own band! This time round, she does a whole lot of different things than she did with PMJ - including adding vibrato in places she didn't before. . . IMHO, it would be well worth your time to "take another look/listen" and share your thoughts. Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJyme2yAiNpjr9E&ab_channel=MorganJamesLive

[@Cccoast]

She sang straight tone because she is a uniquely trained opera singer.

[@josephbrewster1169]

I feel like the choice for straight tone, is specifically to emote a particular emotional tone. Some kind of desperation. Like a banshee.

[@umpdaddy1]

Morgan's "Take Me to Church" live with PMJ is amazing.

[@monolit73]

Gorgeous, phenomenal performance by Diana ❗ NEW: 25.09.2021 Diana Ankudinova Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley / DARK VERSION cover) Please react to Diana Ankudinova ! She has insane and unique vocals and great stage presence and her performances (from the show You are Super ! ( win twice ) are gorgeously choreographed and you should find them very interesting. Top song choices are up Wicked Game, Derniere Danse, Blizzard, Human, River. She is really an amazing young artist!

[@monolit73]

Diana Ankudinova Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley / DARK VERSION cover) Re-released on Diana's official channel 08.10.2021 + stereo sound + full version + subtitles with translation into several languages kzbin.info/www/bejne/g17dn3dshrCVqMk

[@7Taric]

TI am shocked by the performance of *Diana* *Ankudinova* ! This is something incredible! *Diana* *Ankudinova* Best of the Best singer!

[@Dhara-In]

Amazing performance by Diana Ankudinova) Unique voice)

[@sergeykot8753]

Diana Ankudinova 😊👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥🎉💫💯

[@elizpepe2735]

​@@sergeykot8753 I am agree Diana Ankudinova was 🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥🎉💫 in this cover

[@md2787]

About the straight tone; Barbershoppers everywhere work endless hours each week to remove all trace of vibrato from our voices. Our secret thrill is to lock & ring a tone with our quartet :)

[@hans-christianpoulsen4103]

You talk about taste, and Morgan is the one who’s got it! I totally love the fact that she does not use vibrato in the high head voice. That part is so excellent and moving, and you are totally missing it. Listen and learn from this review by Elibeth Zharoff: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZXVmXV9jpt8eJI

[@themusicwriter1]

Her tone is consistent. It is the choral movement as she holds the note that is creating the thought that her pitch is changing. I thought the same thing to I listened closely.

[@bradsouthers7476]

My opinion is that the slight flat is intentional to add just a tiny bit of dissonance. A perfectly on tune note there would be boring - something that autotune addicts just don't understand. Vibrato is just a pre-technology way to hide imperfections, which is another reason I believe the dissonance is intentional... if she was having trouble hitting a perfect note she would have just vibrato'd her way through it instead of sticking with straight tone. Sometimes perfection is because of imperfections.

[@tugwinthrop7424]

Great analysis!

[@Bobbias]

Yeah the flat note near the start is actually interesting. She lands on the note, and then dips flat, then the vibrato comes in.. And since she's still so close to the right pitch it really just adds color rather than sounds put of place, at least to my ear. I'd say it's similar to how you get different colors for intervals in different tunings, but even more subtle.

[@TheWiseGrif]

YES MELIA, that Playbill's Obsessed video with Morgan James is ICONIC

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

What advise do you have to help Morgan with her sanging..

[@jobydogwhisperer4163]

She is amazing.

[@mickroom7603]

Ever considered reacting on hailey Reinhardt "creep" with PMJ?

[@jenniferlindquist292]

Morgan and Haley Reinhardt singing The Beatles' Dear Prudence is amazing!!! Also Morgan and Marc Broussard is a must watch too!!

[@RockDocNeal]

Morgan James is an absolute monster vocalist, with incredible technique, tone, phrasing and style. On her last extended note when she's using her head voice/falsetto with no vibrato, her pitch sounded dead on to me and to me, her first extended note that you said was flat was possibly slightly flat initially, but she corrected the pitch and some of the changing chords during the long note could be creating tension due to the interval between the chord tone and her vocal note which could also give an illusion that her pitch is off.

[@tgszw]

I'm not a singer. I don't have a passion to be one either, but I love your technical analyses. However, the thing I love the most is your impartiality. You could listen to a person singing at home on TikTok and point out something they are doing that is technically better than some professional singers, however rare that may be. I love this performance by Morgan James, but a case in point at 7:22 - 7:25 is that she may have been struggling to maintain the pitch. I consciously dismissed that, due in some part to her professional status, even though my untrained ear still picked it up. I have a personal preference for straight tones. An example is Alisa Supronova performing "My String". She includes two instances of long straight tone phrases with vibrato at the ends. It's far from perfect, but I still love her performance. Some future suggestions for your channel: Postmodern Jukebox ft. Haley Reinhart - cover of Radiohead's "Creep" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2TPd2WneqZlmdk Diana Ankudinova - cover of the Beatles "Oh!, Darling" at 10 years old - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eF7ToZWahd2iiaM Diana Ankudinova - partial cover (chorus) of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling In Love" at 18 years old - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g17dn3dshrCVqMk (from her personal channel with less chance of copyright issues and English subtitles) Alisa Supronova - "My String" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYmmdH6Eo7l1eKc Alisa Supronova - "Mama/Mother" in Chechen - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4DKemSXm9GaeNE

[@ChaseandMelia]

Thank you so much!!! We hope it makes you want to sing, even if its only in the shower! 😉 Thank you for saying that we're impartial! We're trying! Everyone has preferences, we're both fans of vibrato all the time. We love hearing from people with different perspectives, backgrounds, and preferences. Thank you so much for watching and for your amazing comment!

[@tgszw]

@@ChaseandMelia my pleasure. Keep up the great work

[@selmonb921]

Now i understand why you two are sitting on your "Curb alert" couch and not getting 25+ MILLION views for a performance! Dude when you try to mimic Morgan's sections, you actually FAILED miserably!

[@sematamo9386]

Big mama is a older kpop girl group. They have such great vocals so please react to them as soon as possible

[@michaelmolloy365]

I enjoyed your reaction to Morgan James performance. I'm looking forward to PMJ's performance with you.

[@jaybourne1185]

excellent review and very detail breakdown... you guys really need to do a similar reaction to postmodern jukebox's amazing re-imagination cover of radioheads's "creep" featuring haley reinhart. "dream on" is superb, but "creep" is an absolute masterpiece

[@ChaseandMelia]

ohhh! love that! I was learning creep on guitar the other day!

[@agwyvern]

@@ChaseandMelia I think you'll really enjoy it. The really neat aspect of it is that, while it is like all other PMJ songs (except for two) that are shot in one continous take with no dubbing of any elements of the audio, Creep was done *literally* in one take.

[@rcinsley]

@@ChaseandMelia Haley's PMJ rendition of "Creep" ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2TPd2WneqZlmdk ) is truly a masterpiece. With 100M views, it's also PMJ's most popular video.

[@MrJohnisthename]

Good or bad does matter. Performances that are good are likely to be more popular ergo remembered or even revered far longer than bad performances which tend to be easily and happily forgotten

[@ChaseandMelia]

AMEN! PLUS! Good and Bad is different to each person!

[@michaeldinsen7641]

Gods gift to the refined ears of humanity

[@mircotocchetto7468]

Great reaction! Guys you absolutely have to react to Lara Fabian "ADAGIO" or "JE SUIS MALAD" from her concert "From lara with love - 1999". She is incredible. This is the link for Adagio kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHzXf6iCfJqdd9E I really hope to see your reaction to this artist that I discovered few weeks ago and stole my heart. Thank you from a fan from ITALY.

[@krishnnanova2838]

you guys need to do a reaction to Little Mix. either Confetti (acoustic version) or Secret Love Song (a ballad, e.g. Live from The Search - this one is the latest one… or Jingle Bell Ball 2018) or Love On the Brain (yes, their cover of Rihanna’s song, it’s so good)… or if you wanna go back a little more How Ya Doin (on Ryan Seacrest… which imo doesn’t showcase their actual vocal talent but mostly their harmonization… but it’s so cool!!)… just to name a few :) i think you’d enjoy all of them i’d even pay but i’m only a student MIXER X2

[@allendesalme197]

You saw her on "Obsessed" with Seth Rudetsky. A great little series!

[@luiskarnov6131]

I like your Reactions, now you could try Don't Speak (No Doubt cover) or Creep (Radiohead cover) by Haley Reinhart and PMJ your reactions will be very interesting. You can also try Beth & Joe - I'd Rather Go Blind - Live in Amsterdam.

[@organize9115]

When you look at a painting, do you worry that the wrong brush was used for a given stroke? Art is not about rules. It's not about preferences. It's meant to be seen as a whole. Craft on the other hand may in-fact give importance to the pieces, parts and personal preferences. Someone who has mastered their craft has poetic license to do as they please to create their art. Morgan has done that.

[@zbrehvillarente4582]

I started watching your video.. I love the honest comments that really opens a lot of understanding. The good things as well the constructive criticism.. I do hope u also feature lea salonga"on my own". I'm not sure if you know here or not but she voices a lot disney princess way back on the past and as well she plays in broadway.

[@ChaseandMelia]

Thanks! We're trying to be honest while still enjoying the performance! She is such an amazing singer, we can learn so much.

[@beriliumsphere107]

She is better than you 2 will ever be.

[@kovachskorner3322]

Idc if its sports music food business etc etc there is a fundamental science at the base of everything. Always appreciate detailed Xs and Os from peeps within the profession. Thank you😁💪

[@Bobbias]

I really do feel like your opinion on the straight tone is informed by your signing. I like her choice of straight tone, but I believe in the original the note is actually bring sung along with the band, trilling slowly between the two semitones, or something approximating that. It's hard to tell given the mixing in the original. But to me it really sounds like he's actually kind of trilling with the band but maybe not swinging between the exact notes.

[@ayepanini]

im interested to watch u guys do masked singer reactions!

[@cristiancastro326]

Excelente reaccion, saludos desde Costa Rica, pura vida !!!

[@jikookbts8901]

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH GUYS. I JUST WANT ONE REQUEST FOR MY BIRTHDAY KINDLY REACT TO TORI KELLY'S LIVE VERSION OF LANGUAGE IN TODAY SHOW.

[@o.w.h.astronaut8204]

Yay - I am like Number 201. so, how much vibrato did Steven Tyler use? NONE !

[@nashkadesrosiers1237]

Please react to the band Lawrence's live recording of "don't lose sight"!

[@baambooob]

oh my god. I always go back to this video. its SO powerful!

[@saintbenedict3441]

Hello🙂Please react to Gary Valenciano "SPAIN" live on wish107.5 bus. You will be blown-away what this man can do VOCALLY🤯. Thanks😎

[@elizpepe2735]

I really enjoying your reactions, can't wait for your reaction to Diana Ankudinova most unique voice in the world

[@anaclarafernandes5477]

PLEASE, React MARILIA MENDONÇA- PASSA MAL (TODOS OS CANTOS). She died earlier this month in a plane crash. TODOS OS CANTOS is a project she did, she went to ALL the capitals of Brazil to give a free concert to fans who couldn't afford to buy tickets for her concerts. She is very dear in Brazil

[@otisyoung7061]

I remember her saying Scott raised the key on her and she didn't like it

[@sag2horses]

#POSTMODERNJUKEBOX #HOMEFREE #VOICEPLAY #BASSGANG

[@nickerpsg1]

She's opera trained, but has chosen a different path. Check out her other PMJ songs as well as Haley Reinhart ("CREEP")....FABULOUS SINGERS !!!!!

[@CarloRodriguez10]

she’s an amazing singer… I’ve to say I agree with you about straight tones. I prefer to hold a note with vibrato, it shows that you’re in control with the notes you hit… but sometimes Singers choose to hold a straight note with no vibrato that doesn’t mean they can’t do vibrato.

[@ChaseandMelia]

oh for sure. She definitely did it intentionally, it was the sound and style she went for in the moment. I think our point was for people learning to sing that singing straight tone can be hard to tune, even for a professional singer like Morgan James.

[@CarloRodriguez10]

@@ChaseandMelia Absolutely 💯 your analysis are amazing 👏🏻 keep it up

[@richardfranz3180]

Love that you're willing to say someone's vocal god was a little flat on that note. Morgan is still one of the best Jazz singers out there. On another note, Scott Bradley(the pianist/arranger) is the best for this genre of big band sounds. Check out "All About That Bass" with Morgan, Haley, and Arianna singing. And for a real treat, listen to Haley Reinhart and PMJ collaborating on "Creep". Simply the best.

[@ChaseandMelia]

Thank you! Some people get really upset when we say things like that. We’re hoping to normalize imperfection, especially in live performance! She is such an amazing singer!

[@agwyvern]

@@ChaseandMelia No worries. I love the live 'sound'.... I'd far rather hear a performer's *real* voice than the overproduced junk that passes for popular music. I fell in love with PMJ from the first time I heard them -- you hear the actual sounds of all the performers, blemishes and all.

[@DWilliams-ce8nb]

Reminds me of when Paul McCartney's dad implored him to cut the Americanisms and change the lyric to, "She loves me, yes. yes, she does." Far more proper.

[@SparkyLu60]

making a Cello sound like a Jazz guitar, not something you hear every day

[@Majoofi]

I'd like to get your take on the super fast vibrato of Beth Hart.

[@christianandersen6854]

You guys should give a reaction to Eylia Guntabid sing This is me on Starvoices...

[@sematamo9386]

Your ears will be blessed if you listen to Big mama

[@buiewynn6975]

If you had listened to the Arrowsmith version first, most of your comments would be different. I've followed Morgan James for years. Listen, she has range and control of her instrument like no other living singer today. I love you guys, but you both talk too much. And it is sort of embarrassing when you don't quite know what you're talking about. But . . . Dream on!

[@user-im5or1gd8z]

Can you pls react to exo best live vocals 2020 they are known as the vocal kings of kpop

[@bogdanknezevich835]

I disagree Morgan is "tuning" the straight longtone. She's giving a nod to the half-step motif that is the backbone of that part of the song albeit the note, like in most blues, along with the b3rd and b5, is flat, but I believe on purpose.

[@maritzaisidoro9817]

You guys should react to stigma live by v from BTS

[@briobrandon911]

Ok now react to Postmodern jukebox: Haley Reinhart - Creep and Dont Speak 🙏🏽🙌🏾

[@whyme7996]

Straight tones are far better than vibrato in this song. And the fact that she went PRIMAL on that high note is important to the song's meaning.

[@s.simms02]

you guys should react to chloe x halle tiny desk concert. you will be thoroughly impressed without a doubt!

[@jowr2000]

Goose flesh all over. Good Lord! Loved it. Many stank face moments for me. 😆Always learn so much from your analysis, guys. 👍would you say straight tones predominate in country? E,g., don’t think I’ve ever heard Blake Shelton use vibrato. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@emancerda126]

You should react to Lea Salonga (on my own) too! 🤞🏻

[@sultanalrashdi7869]

Please please please react to Lauren jauregui scattered live performance, the coven ( Lauren fans ) will go crazy if you react to it. Fun fact Lauren jauregui is one of the members of fifth Harmony.😭🦋✨

[@danhodge2337]

First time listener and stopped after 50 secs, your volume is fine but the vids is low, 10 percent (ish) drop for me through Cyrus DAC and amp with DTS X on, constructive crit only but sounds so off it messes it up, as I said constructive crit only good luck with the channel

[@ranrachvl]

Could you guys please do a reaction to the Petersen's cover of Cold Plays the Scientist? They are a bluegrass family band that does an amazing cover of this song, in my opinion this is one where the cover is better than the original!

[@theblackdog2399]

Great reaction. You guys should react to "Creep" by Haley Reinhart and PMJ. As it stayed on the Billboard Digital Jazz Chart for 58 straight weeks. As Haley Reinhart is easily the best vocalist to have ever performed with PMJ by far.

[@umpdaddy1]

I think she's the best jazz vocalist working today. She's amazing. Every vocal coach that has reacted to her is just blown away by her.

[@dehro]

doesn't the lack of vibrato reflect the original song more accurately?

[@billdemas8712]

Can you react to Katrina Velarde..Go the Distance?

[@RolandTumble23]

Opinion Alert: some vibrato is fine, but I'd rather hear straight tone than too-deep vibrato. An example of what I mean by "too deep" can be heard in the clip of Angelina Jordan singing Summertime on Norway's Got Talent. Her vibrato is so ugly--to MY ears--that it makes the whole clip almost unlistenable. Which is too bad, because everything else about the clip is wonderful. I'm really glad she learned to tame it.

[@Ka13Bang]

Or maybe ... that note was supposed to be guttural/animal-istic and a little flat ???

[@texaseagle3484]

Love you guys. Got my sub. I'd love to see you guys react to & breakdown Morgan and PMJ covering Maroon 5 "Maps" Great job guys...very instructive and informative.

[@hendaldahri9358]

Hi , You guys have to react to baekhyun from EXO he is the vocal king in the whole kpop industry. You will be surprised by his vocals . You will love it 🤩 listen to: Bambi Cry for love Amusement park All i got

[@DanielPerez-ts7hs]

Please react to Juan Gabriel’s “desde que te conocí” The live version, you will be amazed. It would be cool if you could react to latin artists.

[@jerryadams6799]

if you want to see a singers stomach working try Natalia Tsarikova's cover of Night Wish's Sleeping Sun: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJfdeneafdafZ9U you can see her poor abs every ripple and contortion. She does not need a gym membership. All she has to do is sing.

[@legslark]

Just found your channel and subscribed. I would be interested in you reacting to PMJ "Creep featuring Haley Reinhart". She makes a lot of musical choices to fit the style she is going for.

[@jordandp5127]

PLEASE REACT TO ARTHUR NERY "BINHI" IN WISH 107.5 HE IS FROM PHILIPPINES I HOPE YOU WATCH THIS💜

[@martinschafer7404]

This is a great cover. I really enjoy your detailed reactions to things. The last time I listened to this was before I got into K-pop. There were moments here where I was really reminded of Solar's vocals.

[@noelbernardo7778]

Please do next morissette amon fly like a bird a quarantine cover. Pleaseeeeeeeee

[@sitiamirah6415]

Hi Chase and Melia, thank you for this reaction! Please react to these trio men vocalist on Kingdom performance in Korea kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4PPZ2qrisSigNU They are main vocalist from different 3 boy groups and in Kingdom, they collaborated and formed this group named Mayfly. I would love to hear your review on their vocal performance. Thank you.

[@dietherdanielbas3898]

Please react to broadway medley regine please please please

[@Rosannasfriend]

I love Melia’s voice

[@ek-1707]

She hits the climax of the song and you blow it up? You skated over the long held notes like they were irrelevant and then you bombed her on the big one. Sorry, I'm out, you just proved your expertise isn't.

[@ChaseandMelia]

We mostly focus on the teachable moments. Sorry we didn't touch on your favorite parts. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@RustySax1949]

@@ChaseandMelia - Just an FYI, Morgan said in an interview that when singing this song with PMJ on tour, she tries to convey very strong feelings of angst and desperation. That being the emotions behind her performance, the straight tone makes a lot of sense, because it almost becomes an anguished scream. As another commenter said, adding vibrato to that would totally kill the mood trying to be conveyed.

[@sematamo9386]

REACT TO BIG MAMA

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

Literally hundreds of reations by professional singers...... you are the only one that thinks she was flat..... yeah, thats a negative, ghost rider

[@charlottevan_8]

I'd be interested to see you react to Avi Kaplan's (former bass with Pentatonix) original solo work "Change on the Rise", released in 2019. All of the vocals are his, layered, and all sounds other than a bit of synth organ and tambourine in the bridge him as well. Avi was opera/classical trained as a basso profundo in college (and had been offered a position with the Los Angeles Opera before he was recruited into Pentatonic's pop world), with a minor in composition and arranging that has served him very well. That song is just one example of the amazing solo work he's done, about 95% of which is original. Do give it a watch and listen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWmVc4eugbOlpdk

[@iankings6405]

Please, Please STOP talKING ALL the way through.

[@ldoc3988]

just found your channel and already in love with the vibe. as far as pmj goes you gotta check out hailey reinhardt, she seems like the fan favourite singer view-wise (and for good reason)

[@beriliumsphere107]

Stop it too much

[@scottyr618]

Loved your detailed and honest reaction. Scott Bradlee is a musical genius. Morgan James' voice is so amazing, but she's my 2nd favourite singer. For pure vocal talent you must check out Angelina Jordan - a 15yr old Norwegian prodigy. Her cover of Bohemian Rhapsody (on AGT) at age 13 is a great start. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnSUmXdtoMSKitk

[@greggsmith6148]

Dump the guy who'd rather listen to himself than the artist, and you would be good.

[@Gabrielvlu]

please react to their cover of don't speak

[@Corey-mn9dt]

Please react to PMJ Haley Reinhart - don't speak

[@susiearviso3032]

Stop interfering with the song.

[@LinaRobinsMusic]

They’re reacting to the video. That’s literally the whole point. Take your negative comment and watch the original video, instead of this analysis.

[@MrChubbyMuffins]

Please react to ariana grande’s and the weekend’s live performance of “save your tears”

[@rianardani6571]

Please reaction indonesian singer Ty 🙏