Sounds great buddy! It will probably take me about another six months to a year before I can sing like that!

A couple comments on production:

-I am aware there is an instrumental version of this song available that is actually just the original without vocals, rather than a karaoke track. Just letting you know it exists in case you're interested in a better quality track.
-On the choruses I would recommend doubling all of it, not just the high parts - to keep the volume and power more consistent. OR, and I think this is actually what they did in the original, just throw on a chorus effect that sounds like a doubler. It has a slightly different sound that is quite signature to this song.
-As for setting gain, what Phil said is one approach but personally I would just set the level so the high parts don't peak, and then raise the volume of the verses in the software afterwards. The advantage of that is when I record I can just set one gain level for everything, forget it, and focus on the singing!!! As long as you record 24 bit and don't record too hot, making volume adjustments in the mix afterwards aren't going to be a problem and I'm sure any recording software will allow a way you can raise volume only on the verses, even if it may require a roundabout approach (the better the software the easier it will be usually)

Also if you encounter an issue with not being able to raise the volume enough, there's this awesome sonalksis freeG free plugin you can download where you can put it at the beginning of your chain and just raise the fader, boom there you go more volume.

Lastly if and when you do adjust volumes in the verse vs. the chorus and you use a compressor, make sure the volume change is done BEFORE the compressor in the chain, not after (such as with volume automation etc). That way the compressor will level the volume out from verse to chorus correctly.

Hope that's helpful and not confusing, cheers.

-my first post here! -

man your singing was so good that i started listening to it and then i kept doing what i was doing in my notebook (facebook, work etc) and i forgot i wasnt listening the original song! xD really excellent!!

hahah yeah im geran, but not anymore from the MV forum, as the gentle administrator banned me from saying he has a flageolet split of the voice problem above F4 :p

gerardo said

hahah yeah im geran, but not anymore from the MV forum, as the gentle administrator banned me from saying he has a flageolet split of the voice problem above F4 :p

Good I'm glad people aren't just kissing his ass anymore. I heard the same issue in his voice with his Lights by Journey competition. I thought I was dreaming when people said he was singing it better than Perry.