SOUND OFF
Welcome to The Voice Connection Sound Off; a forum for users of books like Raise Your Voice, Melody to Madness, The Ultimate Breathing Workout, and Unleash Your Creative Mindset, as well as a place for Vendera Vocal Academy members to interact.
This message board was created so that singers could come together and "sound off" to help support each other during vocal development and the creative process of unleashing the creative spark that occurs when writing and producing music. Currently, myself and vocal coaches Ben Valen, Ray West, and Ryan Wall are here to respond periodicially to your questions, with new vocal coaches coming soon. But, feel free to help each other too:)
This board is here for you to ask questions about my and my fellow coach's books, videos, and MP3 programs, as well as offer others help with our vocal techniques. You may also post videos of yourself and your band to share your music and ask for critiques.
Please refrain from negative comments, profanities, spamming, and inappropriate criticisms of vocal methodologies, vocal coaches, and singers. All negative posts will be deleted and subject to banning without question. I will not respond to negative posts, because, as Mark Twain once said, “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” With that said, positive criticism is welcome because that is how you'll grow as a singer during the training process.
I see people mentioning the songs with high notes in it, song with high notes in it are not necessarily hard. TJ my advice to you would be to pick a song that is challenging for your voice type or in a dynamics way. For instance I found Innocence Faded too be easier than Under a Glass because the former has (more or less) levels it sticks to throughout the song. Innocence Faded starts low for a while, goes to mid range, climbs up to a high F and then climbs back down. Not saying it is an easy song at all I just found it played more to my strengths.
Under a Glass Moon on the other hand, has a rapid up-down-up in the chorus that is over my passaggio and I found it very difficult to sound good on it. Than there is the high E multiple times in a short burst.
Another song I've had trouble with (there have been many!) is Losing Time, again because of the that blasted passiggio. It also has levels but where it differed from Innocence Faded, it is right where it was hard for me to sing and sound as full and chesty as James does.
Just my thoughts; I would agree with all above posts. In The Name of God would be another kicker. 
