Ed K. did 'gorgeous' vocals for Miracle? Options

[SecretInsomnia]

I came across Stuar Davis' website, and he wrote at the start of this new year (2008) what 2007 has brought for him. One of the highlights was for him the following:

Eddie Kowalczyk came in and spent the day recording gorgeous vocals for Miracle. A highlight of my life to working with that Bodhisattva. He's an exemplar for musical agents in the Mystery if there ever was one.

gorgeous vocals? I like to hear new Eddie vocals, the last new (studio) vocals that were recorded were the one from the Mystery duet with Chris. So I would be interested in hearing this. Anyone knows when Stuart is releasing his new music?

This post has been edited by SecretInsomnia: Jan 19 2008, 4:26 pm

[Pokey]

eh yeah for the most part it did change, the content changed too. Listen to a song like Operation Spirit, TBD, Insomia and the... to songs like Mystery and Out to dry ... yes the content is different (but then again its different from Operation Spirit to TBD) .. but they still have that roughness and deeper sounding voice. Even heavier rockers from the later years like Lighthouse have that clean higher sound that he's talking about. Hell even when they perform in concert now, songs like Selling The Drama when done back in the day is radically different now where Ed trys to add way too much falsetto shit to it ... the change certainly happened sometime between SS and TDTH but it seems that the pre TDTH vocals would still come out to play at certain times at gigs after TDTH was released.

[digthetones24]

Actually, a change in voice like this is very common. My wife has a masters in vocal ped., which involves a lot of vocal anatomy. I also do some professional singing. The average age for full voice maturity is about 30. It is not uncommon for a man's tessitura to become higher at an older age. I believe Ed has experienced a similar change. The time period would be about right, as well (post-Secret Samadhi).
I also believe that Ed sings more correctly now than on some of those older recordings. I know alot of people prefer the "old" sound to the "new," but that is a matter of subjective opinion. I actually prefer Ed's singing on the newer albums/concerts. However, that may be because of the music training I have. I also think people need to be careful not to confuse techinque with raw emotion.
Finally, I wonder how much a younger Ed tried to change his voice to reflect what he was listening to, and what was big at the time. When you look at how young the band was when they started, and what was going on on the music scene, I think that is a real possibility. Perhaps as he grew more confident and more skilled, his voice changed as well.