Album Rating: 4.0

"Pretty easy to preserve your voice when you're a car salesman who only sings in choir and on karaoke thursday."



I mean, that's less embarrassing than being a vocalist for as long as LaBrie has and still managing to fuck it up.

Album Rating: 2.0

What's the difference between Labrie and Dominici?

Labrie sings like shit on stage. Dominici sings like shit all the time.

Album Rating: 4.0

Except he doesn't.

Album Rating: 2.0

You're probably right. I'll bet Dominici is the best karaoke singer at his local pub.

Album Rating: 2.0

But only when he's doing Rush and everyone else is 3 beers down.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Labrie is the most popular guy at his local gay bar.

Yea just gonna have to say I don’t agree with you in the slightest on Dominici. I mean I can understand not preferring his singing style since he’s more operatic but to say his technique is bad just seems pretty ignorant to me

Album Rating: 2.0

Lol. Everybody is an armchair vocal coach these days.

Yea and you’re a computer chair music reviewer. Not sure what you’re getting at

Album Rating: 2.0

https://youtu.be/6l326glc1XQ - Listen to the bit at 2:20 where Dominici sings, "Maybe your life can explain". He's CLEARLY off-key when he sings "life"

Compare with Labrie singing the same line at 2:24 here: https://youtu.be/6l326glc1XQ



That's not even the only instance of Dominici's struggles with pitch. It's just the first song on the album and shit like that happens on every song. I might just be an armchair music reviewer, but I can still tell a fucking bum note from an on key one.

Album Rating: 2.0

now what did you say about being an armchair vocal coach?

Album Rating: 2.0

I was saying that Dominici needs one. Badly.

Album Rating: 4.0

The LaBrie version overall sounds shittier though on When Dream and Day Reunite, that part included.

Well you posted the same video twice so I can’t compare them but I can say that any problems with pitch he might have a incredibly minor in the grand scheme of the album. It’s def not enough to label him as shitty especially if you’re not going to give shit to LaBrie for being even worse in that regard, or if you’re going to praise something like Geddy’s vocals in early Rush. Just seeing a lack of consistency

Album Rating: 2.0

My bad, here's the Labrie version: https://youtu.be/dbp89LsD2CA



And fucking lol. I admitted that Labrie is shitty live, but at least he doesn't constantly fuck up like that on record. Justifying a singer's problems with pitch is like justifying a fucking guitarist forgetting to tune his guitar. Sure, it happens live and you live with it. But there's literally no excuse for that happening in the studio. Please give me an example of Labrie singing off key on the studio version of a song.

Album Rating: 4.0

Dominci doesn't even sing off-key and LaBrie in THAT performance doesn't even try to maintain the buoyancy of the verse in the first place. He just growls through it. It's lifeless and stale.

Album Rating: 2.0

"Dominci doesn't even sing off-key"

LMFAO! I have no words left for you, Cas. At this point they're falling on very literally deaf ears.

Album Rating: 4.0

You're just salty that the best argument you could muster was bringing up a verse where Dominici actually sings it and LaBrie just growls through it. They're both good studio vocalists but with different voices with most likely different influences.

Album Rating: 2.0

I'd joke about about how you've got your fingers in your ears while yelling "lalalala I can't hear you anymore" but the sad fact is you don't even need the fingers in your ears.

Album Rating: 4.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzMxYCxk5r4



This entirely demonstrates my problem with not only calling Dominici a bad vocalist, but also when the supposed "evidence" is LaBrie allegedly singing the WDADU material more proficiently. The former doesn't detract from the mood of the song and actually contours his approach to the composition while the latter simply doesn't. The entire reason Dominici goes for the last note that way in the first place is due to The Killing Hand having a more pensive climax.