Thinking about creating a new music cover youtube account. (Please Critique)

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Hello guys,

Work has been slow lately, so in order to pass the time, I decided to start making videos on youtube again. I did a little in the past, but got bored and had no time.

I know i'm not the best singer... I would like to know if this sounds alright, so far. I am using Audacity for the audio recording, and the mic is an Audio Technica AT2020. It's a crappy mic, but it has served me well for nearly 4 years.

I added a little reverb, and turned down the gain on two small spots to not blow out people speakers. And I also removed background noise. Are there other techniques, on Audacity, that I can take advantage of?

You can also critique my singing voice. I've never had any training or anything, so it'd be nice to hear feedback.

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Like most male singers, your higher notes tend to fall flat, and lower notes sharp. Tempo seems to be a bit of an issue here and there. I'm not sure if it's your voice, the mic, or the effects you used (the removed hissing/whatever you mentioned out did to it) but it sounds a little "nasal-y" to me, if it's just your voice, then all you need to do is use more air (this should also help with your pitches, the first thing I mentioned) just be sure to back the mic up a bit or turn down the gain of the input because you'll more than likely end up being overall louder.

Hope this helped at least a little, good luck.