Open Arms (Journey vocal cover)

Well.... I guess I did okay but I wanted it to be better but I guess I didn't spend enough time listening and figuring out how to emulate Steve Perry better. Ah well. See below for my secret weapon: my friend, P.S. hehehhe

FYI, I sang this 7 semitones LOWER than the tune then pitched me up 7 so that I could sing it in MY range. That process causes some audio degradation but I make up for it with some multiband eq and stuff.

[TruthSurge]

Geez, these views blew up suddenly and so I have so many comments, I can't reply to even 10% of them. So, a pinned THANK YOU to all my subs and viewers. Thanks for the nice comments and I hope to get to where I can make some more tunes. Just busy with some life things right now.

[dianewillson]

Nicely done
It's the song that made me marry my husband
His cancer 40 years ago, given 3 days to live, 23 surgeries, still going

[wps]

So this is what Santa does during the off-season!! Incredible voice!!

[veedubs]

This song was so popular when my Dad passed away. I was only 5 when it happened. My mom was left to raise 4 kids on her own. She would bring us to a lake that had a playground and we’d go play while she’d set on the dock and reflect about how she was dealt a crappy card in life a the time. She’d have this song on her boombox and she’d listen to this song and would have tears streaming down. I don’t think she ever knew that I saw her cry. She had every right to. Fast forward almost 40 years now and she successfully raised 4 kids- who in turn have successful careers and made her a grandma of 5 kids. My mom never remarried but she had so much strength to raise us kids with a happy childhood even if our Dad was gone. Thank you for your beautiful rendition of this awesome ballad- you are so talented!

[jimyaekel]

Don't worry about emulating Steve Perry. You have a wonderful voice, we're happy to hear your version.

[shakeyhead]

You don’t need to sound like Steve Perry. You just sound simply GREAT!

[diggingyorkcounty]

He may not be Steve Perry, but he was was worth listening to twice. Love this song!

[vh]

My wife and I married at 16 and 17. Now 54 and 55 that is still our song. Wonderful rendition!

[jerrydiller]

Couldn't you just see the faces of the judges on America's Got Talent. Excellent 👏👏👏👏👏🤟

[Elmyda-vcew]

Its nice to see someone on youtube with actual talent for singing!

[vickie]

My favorite band of all time!... I literally named my daughter Journey when she was born..

[jdlizard]

Who can give this a thumbs down? This guy rocks at everything he does! Absolutely great job here TruthSurge !!!

[adamwithana]

Wouldnt wanna go up after this guy on karaoke night! Holy $&@!

[shaneraine]

This is absolutely astounding. You're great.

[wandaowenssampson]

My husband favorite song to me ... Love an miss u ...

Rest In Peace Baby .... 7/28/67 -7/20/19

[hectorvido]

This is a example for us all. Your setup is simple, or modest, even so the final quality and your voice is amazing!

[juliedelpozo]

I heard your voice and it touched my heart!!! And now I wanna go back to those glorious days!!!

[kevinpowell]

Excellent! God has blessed you with an amazing voice!

[usha]

I have been a Perry fan for 40 yrs. I think you did a great job. Would lover to hear more Perry from you.

[jacklynmoody]

Randomly, YouTube recommendations, didn’t let me down again.