Vocal Coach Reaction - Hozier | Take Me To Church (Pop-Up Show in NYC Subway) 

Most people assume singers nowadays have no bands or choirs for them.

@@deadsoon It's Hozier and it's simply not possible without each of them knowing the song and reheared beforehand.

@@wowawewah I answered your question m8.

Its a very very simple song, good musicians would be able to play it without rehearsal or with very little

This is hilarious ! A few random passers by knew happened to know the arrangements and sing perfectly in unison- just like in the old Hollywood musicals !

@@scarletred8888 😂😂😂😂😂😂 like la la land 😂

Hahahahaha! IKR?? 🤣

I also saw Cormac and Thandii (Jessica), organ and keyboard. I can hear Kristen and Rachel in the background. Definitely most of his band is there. Edit: Suzanne is playing fiddle in another song of the same performance. Didn't see Rory, though.

@@romicor9 is thandii the original pianist/keyboard?

Hey man, there are some nasty G4’s in this chorus, and the whole song stays around a difficult region for most guys, me included. I strongly recommend playing this in Dm, a whole step down from the original, makes life significantly easier. Let me know!

I assume you're a man... Like the guy above says, don't be hard on yourself. That part of the vocal range can be tricky for a baritone or low tenor until you learn how to use part of your chest voice and part of your head voice to make an even sound. Hozier does change the key in live performances so feel free to do that if you like.

luke by the window my voice is weird because i don’t have as much of a problem hitting higher notes, it’s more of making the lower parts of the song sound more fluid and pleasant to the ear. Whenever I get into chorus it can sometimes sound bland and I always sing a couple ranges higher to make it fit my voice a bit better.

Romi C I think I’m an alto, my mom used to say I’m a soprano, (she was an Opera singer)but I think over time I just got a little deeper of a voice, so naturally I would almost always sing in my head voice and it wasn’t until I tried hitting lower notes that I realized that even if I hit them it can still sound pretty bland and not as “good” as when I use my head voice. Any suggestions for that?

Same here, my voice sounds like a high pitched 9 years old compared to his monster of a voice at the chorus.

When I do that the placement of the voice goes from the front of my mouth to a spot closer to the nose and the soft palate. It's not as loud, but it's kind of sweeter and definitely sounds different. Might be a style choice because he likes how that note sounds there.

@Darla Zhuleva Sam Johnson's reaction to this performance addressed your question. Have you seen it?

Mariella La Cunza I’m pretty sure it is a brief transition to head voice

I love the way it sounds, thanks :D

He uses his head voice/falsetto to reach that note. Therefore, it sounds lighter, brighter and airy.

@@romicor9 it adds beautiful contrast

Like singing in a big bathroom? (Cos don't we all sound better in the bathroom? 😉)

Yesssssss

wild love is quite nice! love love love that song!

YES....he is awesome!!!

Who's American? Hozier is Irish

Then watch the actual song and not an analysis of it's singer...

Boi it’s a vocal coach, he analyzes the vocals which requires stopping. Watch the original then

When it's used as a teaching tool, there's no way around it. It's either pause at relevant parts, talk over the song, or make a lot of work by chopping it up into snippets of "examples" to discuss. I prefer the pausing, as at least we can see things in context (where a song builds, where there's a chorus or verse, where specific parts fall in the totality of a song). When my son was part of a youth orchestra, they would practice only a few bars at a time, and even after that, they'd be stopped for major problems to be corrected. It takes accomplished musicians to be able to do complete run throughs right off the bat, then take accurate notes of where corrections/alterations need to be made...is it still considered disrespectful to stop mid-song in such circumstances as my son's orchestra? Where is the line drawn? People have to learn somehow, and not everyone can afford private voice lessons...especially when some of us just want to sing along to the radio without cringing at the horrible sounds that emerge from our mouths or having their kids tell them to "please don't sing"!! Even you started somewhere, and I'm sure it involved as much stopping and starting as my early music lessons did. We don't dishonour the composers or musicians by stopping and starting their music to analyse it and learn from it. We honour them by choosing them to learn from.

Another vocal coach stated on another video they have to pause every 30 seconds or so for copyright reasons

Because of the tone of his voice and musicality. Not because you belt high that you are better ... Btw hé can mix up up to C5 listen to shrike live version

Olivier Pataut His tone sounds horrible it's all muffled

@@yousaf653 I bet you prefer brighter tone and higher belter ? Is that right ? The darkened muffled tone is what I like about this voice just a matter of tarte ( hot that I dislike higher voice I'm a High tenor )

Olivier Pataut Yes I thin high tenor sounds the best. They always sound very pleasant. Like Michael jacksons voice or the weeknds

@@yousaf653 in that case lol hozier cannot be your cup of tea