First of all, well done to all the contestants! Please don't get disheartened if you do not get votes/ good comments. You should be very proud of yourself for having participated, which, I think, is very, very courageous! Even though I have received training, I just can't imagine recording myself and putting it out there on a public forum for everyone to comment on (and I'm sure I'm not the only one). So for that alone, you're all superstars! ⭐️ Sing on, people!
My comments on the different entries:
#1: You have a very sweet voice, but I think what you lack is confidence. If you listen to your recording, you will notice that your voice trails off, especially where the pitch is high. You also lose your breath at times but I'm sure with more practice you will improve! Good luck!
#2: Very courageous choice of songs, esp given that you had to sing without music! That is a feat in itself, and also you pulled off the songs really well, esp Maiyya Maiyya. Your voice is very expressive, and the modulations you make are just astounding! This was one of my favourite entries :D Very well done!
#3: I can imagine you as one of the younger contestants, and I found your entry very cute because you clearly enjoy singing and go off into your own world when you sing! That being said, there is room for improvement, esp with regard to pitching. The singing is a bit flat. Keep practising, you will get there!
#4: Your voice has quite some range and a good understanding of sur-taal. I thought this was a good effort! I think you can improve by singing more openly. I feel that your voice is a bit suppressed (dabbi hui) as of now, which is why the voice becomes nasal at times. But that's nothing that practice can't fix!
#5: Wow! You have a very good mastery of notes and handle both low and high notes equally well, which is brilliant! I absolutely loved your entry. It was flawless, I thought. I could listen to it on repeat, because your singing is just so soothing! Also one of my favourites!
#6: Good effort! You have a very soft voice which is lovely to hear! I sensed however that you are perhaps not comfortable with high notes, and you don't allow your voice to enter that range. I'm sure that with more practice, your range will improve, you will gain more confidence and your voice will open up further. Good luck!
#7: Firstly, nice merging of the songs - almost seamless! I liked that about your entry. But I felt that there were places in the Sun raha hai portion where you went off-tune. But good effort!
#8: You have a very expressive voice! I feel like you sing dil se and put your own personality in the song. I think that makes your singing very beautiful. I sensed that the notes got shaky in places - eg in the alaap of the Galliyan - but other than that, good job!
#10: Everything about your entry was just so beautiful! You have a great control of the notes and a beautiful, melodious voice. Banarasiya was just magical, although I picked some tiny tiny mistakes! This was definitely one of my favourites! Brilliant!
#11: Good effort! You have a good understanding of music and chose beautiful songs. However I feel that you need to work on your pronunciation which is also an important part of singing. I think some of the faster bits of Mast magan were slightly off-beat too. But no worries, just keep practising, you will improve!
#13: You have a very sweet voice, which is just lovely to listen to. Good job on the fast bit of the Thoda sa pagla song, which is quite difficult to sing! I really liked your entry. Only thing, I feel that your voice gets a bit shrill where the pitch goes high. I think it happened more for the first song than the other two. But with some more practice, your voice will open up more, and that won't be an issue.
#14: You have a very expressive voice, and sing with a lot of feeling. I loved that about your entry! I think it's a great quality because it makes listeners connect with your singing. Your speed was slower than that of the original songs, but that's okay. Only little glitch, I felt, was in the Let it go portion, where I feel that you lowered the pitch. It's a difficult song to sing at its original pitch, so kudos for even trying! That being said, I would have preferred if you had attempted to sing at the original pitch. But very good job nevertheless!
#15: You chose very difficult songs, that are almost classical in nature, with lots of alaap, etc, which was very courageous of you indeed! I feel however, that with less difficult songs, your singing would have shone brighter. With these songs, your singing paled off slightly, because you were not able to pull off all the modulations that the songs needed, esp for Phir le aya dil. However, the effort you made was definitely commendable! And you did sing very beautifully! I think if you practise, you will be able to perfect these songs, because I can sense that you have a lot of potential!
#16: I hope you are seriously considering a career in playback singing! I'm not even joking, you really should!! Or at the very least you should have a youtube channel or something. You have such a melodious voice and sing so effortlessly, you are my absolute favourite! Thank you for participating!
#17: I smiled throughout your entry, because you sing with so much happiness! At least that's what I felt. There was just so much masti in your voice, it was really enjoyable! Only thing, I think you went out of breath at times, which is understandable, given the choice of songs. But keep practising!
#20: Also one of my favourite entries! You have a very rich and textured voice, that just feels intoxicating to listen to. And you chose songs that complemented the nature of your voice really well. The songs all had a classical base, and are not easy, but you did complete justice to them! Really, very beautiful singing!
It is really, really difficult to vote, because there are several entries that I like equally! :(
If I could, I would've voted for #2, #5, #10, #16 and #20.
But given that we have to choose 2, I vote for #16 and #20.
Edited by _.serendipity._ - 10 years ago
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