VOICEBOX with David Coury

Four Good Men, One Idol

February 25th, 2010

Lee DeWyze, Alex Lambert, Andrew Garcia and Casey James are the interesting voices of the Top 12 on American Idol. Alex’s nerves wouldn’t strangle him if he put his body into the performance. “Body talk” will free up the voice and cause a more authentic vocal. Lee needs to work on his pitch when he’s holding notes. How you do this is to imagine your actually “lifting” the note with your hand. Andrew should sing a half-step down from where he’s used to singing. This will give him a little room to play without worrying about what he sounds like. He’s listening to himself right now and that’s why the performance felt flat. Like Andrew, Casey should have brought the key down a bit. This would allow him attack his vocals without being “maxed-out” up top. There’s a subtle strained feeling to his upper range vocals in the higher key that prevents him from focusing on telling the story with passion. These four men have voices that would record nicely. Andrew Garcia has Idol potential.

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