MafiaScum Idol Season 1 (And the winner is...)

[Davsto]

ego hoping i can squeeze it in before deadline? idk how long it is because timezones

[Davsto]

7.5 hrs is chill enough yeah ty

[Davsto]

i'm sure you're far from the only one deciding not to do an extra, superior take because youre worried about disturbing your parents at 2am

[Davsto]

Yeah I think my high range suffered from me restricting my voice because I was trying to be quiet. Hopefully with more time available there should be some time no-one's home so I can worry less about that. Hoping to impress with next round. Given that the range of music that falls into "rock" basically covers most of my music taste anyway I should be pretty free to do whatever this next round lmao

[Davsto]

if u import the original song into audacity in the "effects" tab there's one that's p decent for vocal removal too so you can have just a backing but without it being weird or in the wrong key like karaoke versions

[Davsto]

On your side here Malkon. viz was definitely out of line to give that response to you as you gave a very polite and understandable response, and you're doing great with this.

[Davsto]

Yeah hoping I'll get a chance to be home alone before deadline to really feel less need to hold back but we'll have to see if that pans out.

[Davsto]

Could be a tad late since I'm a bit busy tonight. I've recorded it but am not entirely happy since I'm finding it difficult to not hold back bc of nerves of family hearing and questioning. I'll keep taking part to the best of my ability since I'm not so shy about showing to you guys, but don't be too shocked if I end up leaving due to missing a submission somewhere down the line.

[Davsto]

Might even do a last minute song change. Who knows. It's exciting to have all this drama it's like the real american idol

[Davsto]

Could do with a couple, yeah, thanks!

[Davsto]

i imagine i'll be done before 5am my time yeah dw

[Davsto]

slightly drunk last minute switcheroo woooo

[Davsto]

don't excite yourselg!

[Davsto]

to be fair given the existence of karaoke slight drunkness is the way singing is practised

[Davsto]

For Broadway are we able to do musical theatre in general or does it specifically have to be Broadway stuff (like are west end or other musicals fine to choose from too)

And thank you for feedback! I definitely had some flats and need to breathe more and restrict my voice less

Congrats Mina for your victory and everyone else who made it through, and it's a shame to see NPOM leave

[Davsto]

I probably could've given myself an extra take or two but I don't want to over-worry and end up making 30 takes because it would spiral from a few to that. Plus it's best not to put too much stress on my voice by singing for a long time. I'm sure what you've done has turned out great!

[Davsto]

wow ari i was gonna joke that from your description it sounded like you were gonna do memories so nice

also congrats tool and everyone! shame to see tee bone gone

[Davsto]

Yeah so I have an ear infection or something similar so looks like this ain't happening for me sorry

[Davsto]

we'll see how i feel tomorrow as deadline approaches because it might begin to clear up but I'd be surprised if an extension would really help as it's just started and feels p bad. I'll let you know tomorrow.

[Davsto]

it's less the singing quality more the pain and irritation when doing mouth movement

[Davsto]

oh thanks, i appreciate it!

be warned i've had infections last a week though and this round probably won't be a winner for me regardless. if i'm still feeling rly lousy rather than close-to-recovery by deadline-approach-time i'll probs default to dropping out anyway ngl

[Davsto]

sry i was planning on seeing if i could get smth done in the next 40 minutes and formally requesting a dropout if not since this ear is only clearing up v slowly. my bad

[Davsto]

well that was the plan until u extended lmao i'll still try and get something done tonight as a backup then see how tomorrow is tbh

[Davsto]

v soft and low-register singing for me. thankfully that lies pretty comfortably in octave-down-female-singer territory.

[Davsto]

(also just to clear up the way i discuss deadlines it's worth noting that the deadline sits at midnight for me)

[Davsto]

ugh i balanced my audio really poorly (backing track way too quiet even though it sounded a bit loud when i was editing??) but i'm happy enough with my singing and another take is probs too risky. ohwell.

[Davsto]

it's a real shame to see anyone go damn wish it didn't have to be that way

i can't wait for a majority of entries for next round to be country roads tbh. i literally do not know any country songs besides that and achy breaky heart off the top of my head

[Davsto]

So I started watching that Eurovision movie on Netflix because Khan said it was good, and that's when I realized that Eurovision contestants perform

original

songs and not covers like I thought. So I looked up the most famous Eurovision songs and I have heard exactly one of them, and I have heard that song like maybe once before in my entire life. Soooooooo assuming we have to do a Eurovision-themed round at some point, that is not gonna be easy.

best look ahead now so making your mind up is easier

[Davsto]

i know only like 5 country songs and only one was in range so enjoy that other superfamous country hit besides country roads

[Davsto]

sorry let me amend

superfamous *good country hit besides country roads

[Davsto]

i mean we're talking octave-down vocal range for this one so it's possible or even likely

[Davsto]

i mean there's no shame. the more the merrier. i was going to try and actively recruit people to country roads until i realised i couldn't comfortably hit the highest note (and no other note! i can do the entire rest of the song! pure bollocks!)

[Davsto]

i wanted to do falling out by ween since that's, like, the only non-super-mainstream country(?) song I know but it's another one I can't really comfortably do.

[Davsto]

idk maybe she did piss up a rope by ween that one is a little bit questionable at points

[Davsto]

someone sang mr blue sky huh

[Davsto]

oh i've not posted since i was elimmed. sry i got so worried abt my weak control of tone-over-typed-words i was worried i wouldn't b able to sound gracious! i was def the weakest remaining (not that that's a self-insult bc everyone's been great from square 1) so right call, and ngl i don't really have any care for any country like i did my other performances so the lack of passion held my performance back on top of that. well done everyone else n keep smashing it

[Davsto]

tbh i should've just entered a song from eurovision since that'd be a music from a country right

[Davsto]

could've brought down the house with Papa Pingouin

[Davsto]

to be fair despite being british i've never really followed eurovision, mostly because we haven't got close to winning for like two decades. So I basically only know the Jedward entry, Making Your Mind Up, and the winner in 2018

[Davsto]

so is someone set to sing ashes to ashes or

[Davsto]