

Hinder’s “Lips of an Angel” is the sound of earnest yearning, the lament of a man whose current bliss is threatened by the vague notion that things might be better if his life were different. But the things to mock about “Lips of an Angel” - that it’s overwrought, that it’s melodramatic, that it has a key change with a Slash-lite guitar solo - are no different than the things that can be mocked in any other area of human expression.

Yes, there’s something funny about Hinder’s “Lips of an Angel,” the slow-dance from your sweaty palmed prom that has since been relegated to a karaoke deep cut or an emotive power ballad that cuts through the sound of creaky shopping carts on the tinny speakers of your local Shoppers Drug Mart. Are we making fun? Or is this 267-minute, 65-track compilation of “Lips of an Angel” covers a monument to something larger than any of us could ever comprehend?

Hear that? This is what others hear when you talk or sing-and after you get over the initial embarrassment, you might even start liking it."Whether people are making fun of it or not, I think it's awesome either way." That’s what Hinder drummer Cody Hansen said about this project when he appeared on the Blink-155 podcast. This makes the sound of your voice go out in front of you, instead of to the side, so it's affected by variables like temperature, humidity, the thickness of the carpet, and the number of people in the room.Ĭount from one to five. "In addition to that, we get some inner vibration in the ear and the head, and we judge that as being our sound, but it really isn't."Ĭurious to know what your own voice sounds like? If you don't own a vocal recorder, Barber recommends taking file folders (a couple of magazines or pieces of paper will do in a pinch) and placing them in front of your ears so they're sticking out from the sides of your head. Vocal coach Chris Beatty-a singer/songwriter who’s also the nephew of famed classical composer Samuel Barber-provides an answer in the video below: "We get a preview of sound that comes up the side of the face, right into the ears," Beatty explains. This raises the question: Why do we hear one thing while the rest of the world hears another? Even the most confident of crooners may cringe upon hearing a recording of their own voice: "Is that what I actually sound like?" Unfortunately, the answer is yes, according to Lifehacker.
