Hey guys welcome back again to Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy where the proof is
in the singing. I'm doing a series and the series is
called What Makes This Singer Great and next up is Jennifer Hudson. So if you
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interested in learning how to sing okay. What do I think of when I think of
Jennifer, well I think of her being on one of the singing shows that made her
popular you know that's the first thing I think of, that's great.
I think of her lip-synching the national anthem for no reason she's such a great
singer she didn't have to do that, nonetheless she did but I think it was an
awful thing cause actually I think of good things about Jennifer. She's a very
unique vocalist, her sound is very unique so I really appreciate, she beats to her own
drum, she doesn't sound like anybody else or like she's trying to sound like
anybody else, she sounds like herself. I think of the Tori Kelly thing she did that,
the song "Hallelujah", that was killer. I think of and I'm, I'm, "And I'm
Telling You I'm Not Going", I think of that was a great piece from her.
"Spotlight" of course I think of, "If This Isn't Love", quite a few pieces that
she's done that have quite a, quite a big following but a lot of popularity and
you know I just think of just a very unique, talented lady. Now I want to call
up something, she's done a few covers and this is certainly one of them. So we're
gonna listen to it first and we're gonna make some comments along
the way and let's just do this, here we go.
A lot of charisma.
Denzel Washington.
So she's got really an old-school, Motown approach to her singing. Instead
of her and she's got some great licks too but she's chosen to reach back like to a
lot of the greats and her influence is much more early classic Motown than a
lot of the newer sounding artists out there which makes her really unique
because it's a standout right because she's taking a classic sound and really
contemporizing it, rather than you know trying to showcase a bunch of licks and
runs and this that whatever, she's singing for the song. Now we're about to hear "A
Change Is Gonna Come". I've not seen this video so I'm looking
forward to it and of course the Sam Cooke tune, I love his approach to that
tune, the originator of the tune. Let's hear her version, here we go.
Love that big, wide sound.
See what I mean, couldn't you guys just hear like Gladys Knight & the
Pips or just like with Donna Summer wait back in the day. I just hear her
fitting into that era as much if not more than in today's era though she does
today really well but when she takes on a classic like this, it just gives us
that classic view of her voice which is awesome, that's my favorite part about
her singing.
Good strength in her abdomen, she really brings those notes home man. Good power.
Looks like Denzel's getting kind of tearied up there.
I don't know what this is for but.
AFI 2019.
Dang.
Great pitch man.
You know um with a voice like that she's got her sex appeal about her and she
always dresses cool. Wouldn't it be cool to have a voice like that and you kind
of walk into a room and I'm not just talking a karaoke bar, I could mean that
but at her level and you know there was an old funny song you know (sings)
right. She's got this voice like (sings)
that's kind of what I think of
and she's got that confidence like I'm just gonna do what I do and I do
Jennifer you know what I mean and it's really cool. So confidence would be way up on my list
of what I think of.
And delivery.
Just owning it man.
Lotta mask.
Pharyngeally.
Good licks. Appropriately placed, pharyngeally.
spreading the sound.
In her own way.
Good breath control.
Standing O for that one, heck yeah man she deserves it.
That's Jennifer man.
Wow. I mean wouldn't you love to just have a voice like that where you could just stand
up, walk in, just boom and kill it so. Yeah so from, from. So the other thing I
think of is from the later generations of singers that have come and let's say
within the last decade, she's at the top of the heap, I mean she's way up top and
has really carved out her own thing you know she's not doing the JLo thing, she's
not doing the Christina thing, she's not doing the Ariana thing, she's not doing,
she's doing her own thing and Demi's got, Demi Lovato is kind of like the too where
she's got a similar you know spread sound up top and this really bright
ping in the sound too, very different singer but you know they really
carved out their own very unique character and their own unique art,
artistry within the industry which is awes.. timeless artistry with it, within the
industry. They're not relying on special effects, they're not relying on dancers,
they're not relying on tracks and all this other stuff, they're just the Real
McCoy and the real, real deal so. Tell me what you think of when you think of Jennifer
that'd be awesome, put some songs you like by her, recommend something for us
that we haven't heard of seen, maybe a live show or something that would be
great. Doing this by request guys so make your requests known, I'm trying to knock
them out you know as they come into play so I do that and check out my next video.