He sang with a tremendous amount of energy and narrow vowel perfection. Also it looks like JLB takes his voice very seriously. But it could certainly benefit from some training. I'm hoping to get it on vinyl!90's LaBrie in the Images and Words and Awake era was outstanding, I couldn't understand how people could hate his voice. Yes, harsh misbehavior requires harsh punishment.As for JLB's voice over the years, it would be pretty neat to discuss what he does differently now compared to the 90s version of himself.You should give a listen to the Astonishing. I thought for the longest time I would never get it under control. A former member of the forum who can't visit any more because his band's album is taking off is friends with JLB and invited him to join our forum. Meanwhile, his father, uncle, and brothers were in a barber shop quartet, which James was made a part of.In addition to Dream Theater’s numerous studio and live releases (Images & Words, Live at the Marquee, Awake, A Change of Seasons, Falling Into Infinity, Once in a LIVEtime, Metropolis Pt.
Then Pierre Paradis, who managed the band Voi Vod, approached James regarding a solo project with Aquarius Records. If it's true that voices darken with age, I would love to hear that version of LaBrie. By fourteen, James was singing and playing drums in several bands. He still sounds very good on the albums even to this day.Am I being harsh? Range:4 octaves(E♭2-B♭5(-B5)) This is the most accepted James Labrie vocal range video and,we have no doubts he´s a High Tenor because he´s not a teenager,but his voice is still fast and light,reaching some real high notes some women can´t do.Some say he has an “effeminate” voice,waht I consider prejudice,it´s just a characteristic of High Tenors,reach high!Who say that,I bet,can´t reach these notes. He's like family, he got hurt, can't give up on him kinda thing. If James had any dignity at all he'd have resigned after Awake or 6 Degrees and let the band continue to flourish instead of becoming the joke that they are among most serious prog fans. I feel like JLB was doing the minimum possible to sing that. And yes, I know they haven’t on some albums, but not most of themDoesn't even need captions when you speed it up, this guy just drawls painfully slow. The followup, James LaBrie’s MullMuzzler 2, was released on September 11th, 2001. Especially with the leaky breath, larynx shooting up into the chin thing. Consider this - while the other band members can replace their instruments, James has a 55-year-old voice. James Labrie’s vocal abilities are basically a story of “overuse”. It's unbearable to watch or listen to any slower than that.edit: using JL as an exemple of a unique "irreplacable" voice, and not as a negligent singer who abuse of his status.From what I understand, this all happened right before the Awake tour, and rather than cancel, he chose to try and push through, which led to some irreparable voice issues. He’s able to sing everything from a tender ballad to hard-core metal songs. We all know he's proficient with the bright metallic sound so if he starts going in the opposite direction, I'm very curious to see how that would sound!What I know and see is that James LaBrie has studied with and received lessons from Jaime Vendera in the last few years and I think it has been to good effect. Fire his ass and move on. It was obvious that his voice was very mature for a six year old. Some concerts are good, some are not so good.Regarding singing within G4-D5, the "closed" sound that Xamedhi refers to was important for me.