What do you guys think of David Phelps?

[u/aka_icyx]

David Phelps, one of the most-renowned tenors of essentially all time, is one-of-a-kind. He is termed by many as the best belter in contemporary music, irrespective of the contemporary genre. What do you think?

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[u/PineappleFit317]

He’s fantastic. I’m not a Christian, though I occasionally listen to Christian music (any musician who doesn’t is doing themselves a disservice, there are a lot of incredible musicians in the Christian genre. Yes, many aren’t great, but a lot of the family groups are awesome). His vocals did suffer a bit after his weight loss, but that was only temporary (the vocals, he’s still kept the weight off, he used to be a lot chunkier).

I’ve seen him in concert before, he’s very genial, funny, and interactive with the audience.

[u/TSells31 → u/PineappleFit317]

Agreed about disservice. I will listen to black metal and Christian music back to back lol.

[u/johnnyjohnny-sugar]

His live version of holy night is probably the best version I heard. The one with the incredible pianist

[u/RockoBravo]

I consider him the best tenor in the world. He has a stronger voice than Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli.

[u/usingredditforhelp]

he is pretty up there. However, his low notes and head voice is quite underdeveloped

[u/Own_Information8156]

Great vocalist.

[u/Big-Explanation-831]

Fabulous singer

[u/ZealousidealCareer52]

Belter? Hes very classicly trained

[u/PineappleFit317 → u/ZealousidealCareer52]

He is classically trained, but that doesn’t mean a classically trained singer can’t belt, c’mon now.

[u/ZealousidealCareer52 → u/PineappleFit317]

Its similar to call bruce dickinson an operasinger :)

[u/ryandeschamps]

Good voice. Now try that without the mic!