Hey everybody welcome back again to Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy where the proof is
in the singing. I'm doing a whole series and the series
is called What Makes This Singer Great and next up to the plate is Phil Collins.
So like I've said a few times, I don't think of him only as a singer, I think of
what all goes in to making Phil Collins great. So before we get started if you
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what do I think of when I think of Phil Collins. Well of course I think of Genesis
right, he's from Genesis. I actually think of way back when he got the gig in
Genesis and when he took the place of Peter Gabriel which was the original
singer and Phil Collins was the drummer and he got out from behind the drums and
stepped up to the plate and walked up to the front of the stage so that's a big
deal. I think of gritty vocals and very
passionate singing. So I think of songs like "In The Air Tonight" and in fact I did a
vocal coach reacts to Phil Collins and I'll put that in the description tag so
you can see a much bigger picture of the whole band and his history and whatnot
with "In The Air Tonight". So I chose a different song so we're gonna fire that
up here in a second but and we're gonna discuss his vocals but and then I think
of gosh movie soundtracks, you know he's done a lot of stuff. He's been, he's
kind of a hit maker for a lot of years and that got a lot of radio airplay so
you could hardly turn on the radio and you know driving for half hour or so and then
Phil Collins or Genesis song didn't come on. I think of a very unique sounding
voice in general. I, you know the minute he comes on, boom you know who it is and
you know you certainly think of songs like "In The Air Tonight" like I said,
"Against All Odds", the movie soundtrack, "Sussudio", "Do You Remember" "You Can't Hurry
Love", "Take Me Home", "I Don't Care Anymore" and I'm just gonna
fire up some music here, we'll take a listen to it and we'll talk a little bit
more about his singing. Here we go.
Okay so he's also one of those guys that pushes his voice to the absolute
threshold of his range but for some reason it doesn't bother me that much
because you know yeah it seems like, like Bruce Springsteen "Born in the US",
you could tell he, that's all he's got and in this case Phil it's kind of, he's
at the threshold and at the top you know ceiling of his range but it doesn't
sound so straining that it bugs me and makes me feel uncomfortable or kind of
nervous so that's okay and his tone is so cool and again his expression, the way
sings, his phrasing is cool, his melodies are great and just real consistency. His
pitch is really awesome and really, really good live for all those years he
sang great live. So if I missing something guys, please put it in the
comments section. What do you think of when you think of Phil Collins and
Genesis. Was it what I said, can you think something different, are there other
songs you relate to. Is there something that I missed, I want a more well-rounded
thing than just my own personal feelings and comments that'd be awesome and the
other thing too is please, I'm doing this by request so if you guys hear or think
of someone that you'd like me to react to, I'm happy to do that for you and
definitely check out my next video.