Raul's voice is very interesting. He can go from traditionally trained Broadway voice to an almost squeeky (I just can't explain it) quality that adds humor, and then there is the growling, and also just natural singing. He's so complex.
He also sounds totally different when he sings showtunes than when he sings his own stuff. I don't know how to explain it, but he says it, and you can hear it.
I agree with sweetestsiren - it is quite impressive how he can sound great with both the more growly stuff and the clear, pure high notes.
"There was this one time an alarm went off - it was in the middle of '24.' That's just wrong. Everyone knows everyone was watching '24' at that time."
--NYU student quoted in the Washington Square News about students ignoring the frequent fire alarms in dorms
On a different bur related note to SG's post: Adam just SOUNDS like a good actor on the Aida CR. After seeing the OBC video, I think his acting left a lot to be desired, but he has so much emotion just in his voice.
*pouts* It figures - we're actually talking about Adam for once, and I have to go to bed Moral of the story: Never, ever, ever sign up for an 8 AM class.
"There was this one time an alarm went off - it was in the middle of '24.' That's just wrong. Everyone knows everyone was watching '24' at that time."
--NYU student quoted in the Washington Square News about students ignoring the frequent fire alarms in dorms
On a different bur related note to SG's post: Adam just SOUNDS like a good actor on the Aida CR. After seeing the OBC video, I think his acting left a lot to be desired, but he has so much emotion just in his voice.
He acts best through music. That's why he was so good in Rent -- because so much of it is sung. He barely had to do any acting WITHOUT singing. Yes, he had to learn to act *while* he sang, but that looks like it comes much easier to him.
"There was this one time an alarm went off - it was in the middle of '24.' That's just wrong. Everyone knows everyone was watching '24' at that time."
--NYU student quoted in the Washington Square News about students ignoring the frequent fire alarms in dorms
I'm up, too. I woke up because I heard these really bizarre rumbling noise. I got up to make sure everything was okay, but I only hear it right in the corner of my room where my bed is. Not on the other side of the bedroom, not in the kitchen, or anything. I think I'm going to go back to sleep, though, for an hour or two.
Weird, I woke up randomly at 6:30 too, and had the hardest time going back to sleep. I just tossed and turned for about an hour, and by that time my roommate was up. And she does the turning-off-alarm-ten times thing.
I don't have class until 1:30, but I have physics homework to turn in before then.
Now she's up! She was going to get up and do work. They made my class 20 minutes later rather than giving us a break halfway through, so at least I have a few more minutes to be slow.