Singing Battle

I can hardly believe I’m doing this, but my computer needs WiFi to sync my writing before I work on that, and nothing else on my phone is holding my interest...

So giving Lunatic a slight lead.

Firstly, two songs in a row by the same band, is probably not the best showcase of your range.

Playing Beat Saber was a fun move by con, which he probably should have continued; this was kinda matched by pro making a video of his singing... The problem here is of course microphone quality, which I wondered about already when that scratchy noise sometimes entered things.

Of course I genuinely think Lunatic was the better performer in this contest.

Either is of course a better singer than I could hope to be.

R1
Pro: Sounded a little nasal, but it was a good song choice and an effective way to use your voice.
Con: I thought the timing seemed rushed on the verse, but the chorus was amazing.
Round 1 goes to...Con!

R2
Pro: Again, great song choice. Excellent use of emotion. Very captivating rendition.
Con: My first instinct was to try to push the fader on the soundboard to turn up your vocals. The volume of your vocals was too low. My second instinct was to pull the fader back in an attempt to combat the distortion. All mixing aside, you again had a good performance.
Round 2 goes to...Pro!

R3
Pro: Your turn to have mixing issues. The verse was much too quiet compared to the chorus. Again putting my inner nerd aside, the chorus was great and emotional, but I think I may have heard a few notes gone awry in the last verse. I'm not certain of it, though.
Con: I didn't care for the song, but it did fit your voice and you had a pretty good performance.
Round 3 goes to...Con!

R4
Pro: Once again, the verse was too quiet. Even so, I'm not judging based on mixing. It was a good song choice, and you used it well.
Con: Depressing lyrics, but a great song for your voice, and you killed it. Also, you finally hit something more my style with the rock, although I'm trying not to vote based on my preferred style of music.
Round 4 goes to...Con!

R5
Pro: Great song choice and good emotion. An excellent performance. Also, the mixing problems seemed to be resolved.
Con: Ditto. Knocked it out of the park.
Round 5 goes to...Con!

Con wins 4-1.

Good job, both of you. You've got good voices and you know how to use them.

I am going to vote as Patmos did, the winner takes all. The criteria I will be using to judge will be song choice, voice quality, and performance (not necessarily in order of weight). Since there were five rounds of five songs, I will pick a winner for each round and the one who has the most round wins will win the debate.

I humbly submit my vote...

Round 1
-Pro: This was probably my favorite of your performances in the debate. You have a special gift most singers don't have and that is your voice has a distinctive and emotional quality to it. I felt "Knocking on Heaven’s Door" was a perfect choice for your voice. I'm giving you the edge on song choice and vocal quality.
-Con: I liked the song rendition of "High Hopes", very cool! I'm giving you the edge on performance.
- Vote: Very close call, but I feel Pro edged it out based on Song Choice and vocals. R1 winner is Pro.

Round 2
-Pro: Another great song choice that plays to your distinctive voice. "Fix You" is one of my all time favorite songs. I've actually done a cover of this song on my youtube channel. Let me know if you want a link to it. Again I have to give you the edge on song choice and vocal quality.
-Con: I didn't feel this was your best vocals of the debate. I did enjoy the performance of "Feeling Good!" I love Michael Buble! I again gave you the edge on performance.
-Vote: Pro won this round based mainly on better vocal quality.

Round 3
-Pro: Again I thought you did a good job with song choice for your voice. I did not think your vocals on "Hallelujah" were as good as the first 2 rounds.
-Con: Your song choice was excellent in this round. Played well to your voice. I feel like you nailed it on this performance.
-Vote: Con was clearly the winner in this round. Con won on Song Choice, Vocals, and Performance.

Round 4
-Pro: Another spot on song choice. You really know how to play to your voice. Loved your vocals also. Well done rendition of "My immortal!"
-Con: This type of song, "I'm Not A Vampire" is clearly your wheelhouse! Great job!
-Vote: Man this is so close, but I'm giving the edge to Con on an excellent song choice for his style of vocals. Con wins R4.

Round 5
-Pro: Great song choice as usual. "Hello" is the type of song that leaves no wiggle room on pitch and I felt that you started strong and ended strong, but in the middle you went off a few times. Overall, though, it was a great job.
-Con: "This is Home" was by far your best vocal performance of the debate! You nailed the vocals on this song! Well done!
-Vote: The winner of this round is Con.

Final Vote
-Con won 3 out of 5 battle rounds, so Con is the overall winner of the debate.

Final comments
-Pro started out strong, but Con ended on the high note. If this were an up or down vote on who has the better voice and which songs I liked more based on my own subjective opinion, I would have given Pro the win. Smooth jazz and pop ballads are more my "cup of tea." However, this was a round by round battle based on very different songs and singing styles and looking at the debate objectively I felt Con edged out the wins on some very close battles. Well done to both of you!

In my subjective opinion, Lunatic provided a better performance. particularly with his cover of "High Hopes."