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Hi Van!!!

As a singer who sings in lower keys, which I believe you do also, I have to point out something that I have realized. The higher one sings, the more "emotional" and "alive" it sounds. It is IMPOSSIBLE to sing really low and have it sound as exiciting as someone hitting the high ones. That's just a physical thing. There's nothing we can do. I also know I lack that excitement and emotion you're speaking of, but sing adequately. I believe our choices are limited. I have tried having a second person who sings higher sing with me (a fifth above me) and the difference is huge. I am going to try a vocal harmonizer also which would put the fifth in automatically, and could even add the octave when i want it to. I don't know if it'll sound good or hokey! I need to play with one. Listen to Aaron Tippin or Lenoard Cohen or another lower register singer, then compare to say Vince Gill or Queen or Styx. Those high one are just more exciting (and emotional) sounding, to me any way.

Yes, we can improve on our lower tone emotion, but it will never be like a high singer. Do I make sense?

Herbie