Hey guys, I have attached a music assignment for anyone interested in helping me out. Once you have selected a song (from a list of 7), you listen to it, take some notes, and then evaluate it. That's

Assignment 2: Analysis of Vocal Performance

To properly produce a vocal, you must combine your knowledge and perception with your opinion. Indeed, you are often hired for you "skill' which is guided by your opinion. So let's find what your interpretive musical ear is hearing.

Choose ONE and tell us what you feel is that vocal's overall emotional journey: the story they are telling and how they tell it. This can be a short, general description, as this type of overview of that journey is often the basis for how a vocal producer approaches their work with an artist.

1. Tiger Rag 

2. Here, There, and Everywhere 

3. More Than A Feeling 

4. Billie Jean 

5. You Oughta Know 

6. This Love 

7. Just Give Me a Reason

Also find three key phrases in the song that you feel really highlight an important moment in the story/song and tell us just what it is about that phrasing that makes it work so well—or not.

Now let's look at the specific areas of vocal genre, timbre, register, and range. Tell us how those elements affected your perception and influenced your opinion of these vocal performances. Did they affect how you decided on those key phrases? If so in what ways?