Bruce Dickinson research notes

BRUCE DICKINSON

Although Dickinson never received formal training, he still possessed a wide vocal range which was trademarked by his quasi-operatic tenor.
is one of the pioneers of the operatic vocal style later to be adopted by power metal vocalists and regularly appears near the top in lists of the greatest rock vocalists/front-men of all time
Dickinson says that his style was influenced primarily by Arthur Brown, Peter Hammill (Van der Graaf Generator), Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) and Ian Gillan (Deep Purple).

WASTED YEARS

Belting into twang

Scooping into notes possible swelling

Uses head voice a lot to reach high with backing off not fully belting.

Lighter on some notes and heavy on the other using a blending technique.

Exercise blinding – BLENDING 5 tone scale saying (yeah) low bottom then lighter but not twangy on the higher note (head resonace but light)

WASTED YEARS

From the coast of gold, across the seven seas,

I'm travelling on, far and wide,

But now it seems, I'm just a stranger to myself,

And all the things I sometimes do, it isn't me but someone else.

I close my eyes, and think of home,

Another city goes by, in the night,

Ain't it funny how it is, you never miss it til it's gone away,

And my heart is lying there and will be til my dying day.

Chorus:

So understand

Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years,

Face up... make your stand,

And realise you're living in the golden years.

Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind,

Can't ease this pain, so easily,

When you can't find the words to say, it's hard to make it through another day,

And it makes me wanna cry, and throw my hands up to the sky.

Chorus:

So understand

Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years,

Face up... make your stand,

And realise you're living in the golden years

Work in a classical way and overwork and emphasis the points with less efefort.

More operatic.

EXERCISE up a 5th then hold the fifth note. Dobt change the to the ohh until 5th note.

Big space…

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