Worth the Wait/Background vs Lead Vocals Lost & Found Jam Sessions

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# Whoa-oh. #

Well, hey, guys. Today we're going to be doing a cover

of Worth The Wait.

This version is a jazzy one, we slowed it down a bit

and it has a groove and it has soul.

We hope you like it.

# We've been wandering forth and back

# And still we wonder where we're going

# Will we find a will to find a way to keep this feeling growing?

# Is it worth the wait?

# Is it worth the wait?

# Is it worth the wait?

# Is it worth the wait?

# All this time it's on my mind

# The more we live the less we know

# Hey

# Oh

# Hey

# Oh

# Even if you're sleeping, even if you never know it

# The key to what you're giving is to see that you can never hold it

# Is it worth the wait?

# Is it worth the wait?

# Is it worth the wait?

# Is it worth the wait?

# To be the one that understands the more we live the less we know

# Hey

# Oh

# Hey

# Oh

# Sometimes it's all right to follow the sunlight

# I'm going west, going west for the weekend

# Going west, going west for the weekend

# And sometimes the sunset is

# Better when you know that

# You're going west, going west for the weekend

# Going west, going west for the weekend

# Oh

# Hey

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# Hey

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# Hey

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-Thanks for watching.

-Thanks, you guys.

Hey, guys. So I really hope you enjoyed our version of

Worth The Wait.

So right now we're just going to talk a bit about the difference

between singing background vocal and singing lead vocal.

We're going to give you a bit of a demonstration with the song.

Jenny and I sing together on the bridge.

So here it goes.

# Sometimes it's all right to

# Follow the sunlight

# I'm going west, going west for the weekend

# Going west, going west for the weekend

# And sometimes the sunset is

# Better when you know that

# You're going west, going west for the weekend

# Going west, going west for the weekend. #

OK, so one of the things that I like to do when

I'm singing background vocal is I like to make the sound

sort of more in my head voice and breathy,

cos I think that that makes it blend really well.

-For sure.

-It just sits really nicely on top.

Yeah, and when singing lead, you have to be strong,

but you also have to listen to the person singing backup

because you want to blend, and the point of singing lead

isn't to sing necessarily stronger than the person singing harmony,

but it's to emphasise the melody with conviction.

Yeah, and one of the things that really helps me to blend is,

sort of, making sure that we're matching vowel shapes.

-Yeah, that's important.

-So that we're saying the words the same way

and then that makes the voices blend really well,

-and then it sounds kind of like one voice...

-Yeah.

..on two different parts.

-Sounds really nice.

-It sounds harmonic.