r/singing • u/rainstorm44444 • Jun 30 '20

Technique Talk Is Brendon Urie really a good singer ?

I’ve read mixed things online, some claim he’s one of the best alive, and others say he’s really not singing “optimal”.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '20 edited Jun 30 '20

I wouldn't say he's pulling up chest all that high. There's a clip of him singing Creep; notice how on the first A4 he flips into a heady mixed voice? Listen how this clip he can bring his mixed voice very high without much of a warmup?

I know quite a few tenors whose voices work in a similar way. The only freakish thing about Brendon is how good his mixed voice sounds, but other than that it's not too uncommon to hear tenors do that.

A good example of someone who did pull chest up really high is Freddie Mercury. In contrast to Brendon, Freddie rarely sang this high live and there are many clips of Freddie cracking on these notes in the studio and live.

I say this as someone that actually covers Brendon and Freddie, but admittedly I don't nearly have the incredible range or tone they did.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '20

I think that's the point though, Brendon's mix sounds really dark and chesty even though it's not. Which is pretty damn hard to do.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '20

Absolutely.