Am I the only one who sees it? I'm extremely critical of the music I listen to and I can comfortably say she's always been the female equivalent to Chino for me. I've been listening to the deftones since 2001 and denali since 2007 and I've always wondered why Chino never did anything with her especially since he liked her and denali's music and even did a show with them.
My guess is logistics and agendas never permitted it.
Elaborate bitches......
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6683/denali.jpg)
Can you give any song suggestions?
Holy shit. I am so glad you made this thread. I had totally forgotten all about Denali. I haven't listened to them since like 2003. Thank you so much for reminding me.
<3 Maura. Not sure I see the comparison you're trying to make, although I am obviously a fan of both.
Denali - Surface (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iNh6ToneMQ#)
Her voice is like heaven. I agree, she's sort of the Chino of female vocals. Would love to hear her do anything new.
oh holy shit.
this will be incredible. O_O
EDIT:
wait, you're just saying it would be incredible if they actually did collaborate.
thanks for nothing.
Yeah she's a pretty decent vocalist and she would go will with Chino but as far as being the female version of Chino I would say no, Chino's special because of his almost sweet feminine vocals that pretty much no other male singer can match and all his little squeals and screams that are pretty much not copyable. Maura is good but I'm not seeing a point of uniqueness she sounds just like a typical female vocalist she's good but she hasn't got that point of difference I like in vocalists.
It would be interesting at the very least.
@DeftonesNZ: Nobody can sound exactly like someone else, even the best impersonators have their very little, almost unnoticeable flaws, but I'd like to point out that his squeals are copyable. Inhale screams are very, very easy to use and modulate once you know how to do them.
I'm sure it's possible to do the screams and stuff but I haven't heard anyone pull off Chino's vocals to the same effect it's the combination of all those elements that makes him special . It reminds me of something Stephen said in an interview about liking the mistakes because they just happened in the moment and you couldn't redo if you tried I think Chino vocals are alot like that he is by no means the perfect vocalist technically but it's the smalls imperfections like the cracks and breaks in his voice that make him my favourite he manages to conjure so much emotion with his voice and I don't think anyone can duplicate that no matter how technically trained they are.
I'm really digging Denali, didn't even know they existed til this thread lol.
I can hear the similarities, those little nuances (ha!) in their voices.
Quote from: Velvet Tongue on Jan 04, 2013, 07:43 PM
oh holy shit.
this will be incredible. O_O
EDIT:
wait, you're just saying it would be incredible if they actually did collaborate.
thanks for nothing.
Ya. Was just trying to imply that the 2 of them together would have made some epic music. It never happened, not sure why. I know Chino liked Denali's music though.
Quote from: DeftonesNZ on Jan 05, 2013, 12:21 AM
Yeah she's a pretty decent vocalist and she would go will with Chino but as far as being the female version of Chino I would say no, Chino's special because of his almost sweet feminine vocals that pretty much no other male singer can match and all his little squeals and screams that are pretty much not copyable. Maura is good but I'm not seeing a point of uniqueness she sounds just like a typical female vocalist she's good but she hasn't got that point of difference I like in vocalists.
You're entitled to your opinion but I disagree. I rarely come across bands with female lead vocalists that captivate me the way Denali does. Something about her dark, mysterious persona stimulates my synapses in only a way that Chino and his music does. She can go from an extremely low note to some fucking pavarotti type shit in the blink of an eye just like Chino without breaking your trance. She's anything but a typical female vocalist in my opinion.
Quote from: deftoner664 on Dec 28, 2012, 11:31 PM
Can you give any song suggestions?
My favorite Denali songs are: Lose me, Relief, Do Something, Everybody knows, Surface, and Normal Days. My favorite out of those has to be Relief, that song is fucking amazing.
Gunner.
her voice is my new favourite female voice, thank you very much for sharing this
Quote from: Deftones-argentina on Jan 20, 2013, 02:29 PM
her voice is my new favourite female voice, thank you very much for sharing this
;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
I still think Bjork is the vocal female equivalent of Chino. At least tonally, it sounds like they have similar vocal qualities. The styles are mostly completely different though.
But this is a pretty good alternative.
does anyone know how to get in touch with her and see what she's up to? she may not even realize how strong of a fan-base she has from afar.
Quote from: skinnypuppy on Feb 21, 2013, 11:11 PM
does anyone know how to get in touch with her and see what she's up to? she may not even realize how strong of a fan-base she has from afar.
No clue. She was my friend on Myspace back in like 2007+2008. I looked for her on facebook awhile ago but don't think I found her. I'm sure she has twitter or some shit but I don't fuck with any of that social networking nonsense except G+.
She's definitely aware of her fanbase. She probably just has her own priorities and decided to take an indefinite hiatus. She was in 2 other bands; Ambulette and glos. But those bands didn't produce anything near as epic as Denali.
Yea, I didn't care for those bands very much. I still have a "Bella Lea" shirt before they changed the name to Ambulette (or was it vice versa?) - Denali ruled. You're probably right, especially since her brother is still a musician I think (ex-Engine Down) - I just wish she'd come back! As a solo artist even - I don't care. I'd pay anything to hear new songs from her.
Quote from: skinnypuppy on Mar 01, 2013, 10:08 PM
Yea, I didn't care for those bands very much. I still have a "Bella Lea" shirt before they changed the name to Ambulette (or was it vice versa?) - Denali ruled. You're probably right, especially since her brother is still a musician I think (ex-Engine Down) - I just wish she'd come back! As a solo artist even - I don't care. I'd pay anything to hear new songs from her.
For real. Her voice is one of a kind, hate to see her not make anymore music. She did a song with some band named KI Theory last year I think, but I don't like it. She needs to get a solo deal and make her own record.
peep abe's shirt
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/21e2f677e64afc219b4b5456ae8b2d1e/tumblr_mit9wuhQdZ1qb8okyo1_500.jpg)
niiice
from the song that was posted, she just sounds like Emily Haines from Metric..
Quote from: godin on Mar 16, 2013, 06:58 PM
from the song that was posted, she just sounds like Emily Haines from Metric..
Kind of, but really she's something on her own kind, which I like about her work in Denali, even though this thread introduced me to them lol.
She's been off the face of the net since 2009 it seems. She got married. She also did Voice over/singing for a Cotton Commercial. She used to have a blog which is where I found that info.
A freind and I met her in 2008 (i think?) when she played the denali reunion at Public Assembly in brooklyn. I had no idea who she was and my friend was freaking out. I thought she was beautiful and became properly obsessed for about a year after that.
Here's her youtube (with two awesome acoustic songs): https://www.youtube.com/user/mauradavis (https://www.youtube.com/user/mauradavis)
EDIT: Here's the cotton commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG45aevJW0w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG45aevJW0w)
Quote from: godin on Mar 16, 2013, 06:58 PM
from the song that was posted, she just sounds like Emily Haines from Metric..
I just checked out some of that chick's songs and while she sings with a real mellow tone like Maura she doesn't have the same kind of raw emotion in her voice Maura does/did. And from what I listened to it's not impressive.
Also, that song on the last page was one of their more mainstream songs. Listen to the these:
Denali - Lose Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YD45hsxmO0#)
Denali - Function (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfkNgmO-XWo#)
Denali - Do Something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKJ_9vtRFxc#)
Quote from: SIGH on Mar 19, 2013, 08:15 PM
She's been off the face of the net since 2009 it seems. She got married. She also did Voice over/singing for a Cotton Commercial. She used to have a blog which is where I found that info.
A freind and I met her in 2008 (i think?) when she played the denali reunion at Public Assembly in brooklyn. I had no idea who she was and my friend was freaking out. I thought she was beautiful and became properly obsessed for about a year after that.
Here's her youtube (with two awesome acoustic songs): https://www.youtube.com/user/mauradavis (https://www.youtube.com/user/mauradavis)
EDIT: Here's the cotton commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG45aevJW0w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG45aevJW0w)
she hasn't done shit on her youtube in years
Quote from: SIGH on Mar 19, 2013, 08:15 PM
She's been off the face of the net since 2009 it seems. She got married. She also did Voice over/singing for a Cotton Commercial. She used to have a blog which is where I found that info.
A freind and I met her in 2008 (i think?) when she played the denali reunion at Public Assembly in brooklyn. I had no idea who she was and my friend was freaking out. I thought she was beautiful and became properly obsessed for about a year after that.
Here's her youtube (with two awesome acoustic songs): https://www.youtube.com/user/mauradavis (https://www.youtube.com/user/mauradavis)
EDIT: Here's the cotton commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG45aevJW0w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG45aevJW0w)
Nice, thanks for the info. Yea, for a good while in 2009, Denali kept hinting at new music and more tours. I went to the reunion show in LA and I think they even played a 'new' (or unreleased) song.
Anyway, comparing her to Emily Haines I don't think is fair. Two very different styles of music. Both are great bands/artists, but Emily/Metric is more pop than Denali/Maura, I think.
This is the most recent thing I can find (2011):
A song with Ki:Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDCsB0s07oI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDCsB0s07oI)
I also just remembered that she was on Driven by Boredom.com (in a non nude capacity) when Igor visited the party of a friend in Richmond VA and she just happened to be there. he took a lot of pics of her. maybe early 2010? (I have the photos saved on an HD somewhere ::blush::)
Quote from: SIGH on Mar 20, 2013, 07:32 PM
This is the most recent thing I can find (2011):
A song with Ki:Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDCsB0s07oI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDCsB0s07oI)
I also just remembered that she was on Driven by Boredom.com (in a non nude capacity) when Igor visited the party of a friend in Richmond VA and she just happened to be there. he took a lot of pics of her. maybe early 2010? (I have the photos saved on an HD somewhere ::blush::)
lol wut? which page? sounds fun
Quote from: skinnypuppy on Mar 21, 2013, 07:00 PM
Quote from: SIGH on Mar 20, 2013, 07:32 PM
This is the most recent thing I can find (2011):
A song with Ki:Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDCsB0s07oI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDCsB0s07oI)
I also just remembered that she was on Driven by Boredom.com (in a non nude capacity) when Igor visited the party of a friend in Richmond VA and she just happened to be there. he took a lot of pics of her. maybe early 2010? (I have the photos saved on an HD somewhere ::blush::)
lol wut? which page? sounds fun
Found it. Nevermind, It was 2007:
http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2007/12/27/weird-house-gathering-122607/ (http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2007/12/27/weird-house-gathering-122607/)
lol she drinks pabst; definitely a keeper. And she's a nurse now? Who would of thought. Bet she looks hot in scrubs.
I don't know if I would call her the female chino but I can see the similarities. Her voice is very captivating and beautiful. Thanks for the introduction, I'll definitely be checking out the Denali albums.