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Ask your questions here in the comments and soon I will film a video answering your questions! PS: I am now on a ship of our friends in the Caribbean.

See ya!

Thank you for your support! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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September - Earth, Wind & Fire + WAV + MP3

Now this one IS popular on YouTube! I never was too much into Disco, but I still liked some songs and this was one of them ))

I was first thinking of singing the choruses in a falcetto voice like Maurice did, but female falcetto sounds too weak and too gentle and also it's harder to push out the rhythm out of it. So I decided to sing it in my chest voice. So don't expect it to be close to the original. Just did it in my own way :))


Thank you for your support!


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The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin + WAV + MP3

1972

The Rain Song WON! Majority of my patrons voted for this one - 31 votes VS. 17 for No Quarter. 

This one is one of my favorite of Led Zeppelin - not that much vocally but instrumentally - so 70s, so hippie, so Woodstock.... But I never sang it with my tribute band in Russia - it was too low for me. And they never could play in different key. It had to be as original as possible. So I was always choosing high songs where Plant was screaming up there. Now as I download ins...

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Which one to upload this Friday?

Hey guys! Let's vote which one should go first this Friday! Whichever gets more votes I will upload this week.  Next one will be uploaded in several weeks so not to put 2 LZ songs in a row. :))))))

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Photograph - Def Leppard + WAV + MP3

A bit late sorry! 

Couldn't upload the song yesterday! Another Def Leppard song that was very much requested on my YouTube - I love singing Def Leppard so much - it's probably one of the closest to my own sound voices. This one is from 1983!

 Thank you for your support!

Glad to hear that corona is going down slightly!

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Pamela - Toto + WAV + MP3

1988 

I heard this song couple of weeks ago for the first time - loved the style of it and the melody-harmony stuff, it's very "me". I wish there wouldn't be the word Pamela to sound more "female" but anyway - decided to make it. 

Thank you so much for your support ))

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All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston + MP3 + WAV

Whitney again! This time I didn't do her album version - lately I was really into her version of Live at HBO's Welcome Home Heroes, 1991 when she was singing this song live. I was rehearsing this version for several months, from time to time. I was warming up with this song eather. I just played the piano and sang it. Whitney is my favourite female singer and will always be. And this is one of my favourite of her songs. 

Thank you for your support! 

How are you all doing...

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Who Wants To Be Lonely - Kiss + WAV + MP3

Being very glad that Bruce Kulick from KISS uploaded my video on his Facebook page of course I wanted to record something by Kiss, this song was in my mind last couple of months so I thought this one would be a great choice. It was a bit hard to find an instrumental because it's not their most popular song. So when I found the instrumental in YouTube - its was too far from the original. It was dry, not that 80s rocky huge drums with a reverb, guitars were too "squeezed", not full and not nois...

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Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry + WAV + MP3

Ok so this is the first video we filmed in Virginia house, in our black room that we specifically use for filming my music videos, it has nothing in it except for my equipment. If you are interested I will show you the room in one of my exclusives. We are still getting used to this new space but looks like it works better then every other place that I filmed in before! 

Also, this song was born in 1984, just like me, I love this song, I recently heard it was playing in Walmart and ...

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Some good news!

Hey guys, just wanted to share - KISSโ€™s guitarist Bruce Kulick heard my cover where I imitate his solo on my keyboards and gave me some exposure on his official Facebook page )) Here's the link on the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmT5lKlK0wM

Here's the link on his post: https://w...

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Love of a Lifetime - Firehouse + WAV + MP3

Hey guys! One of my fav 80s ballads. However I just found out it's 1990! As I read in wiki - this song was very popular in the USA and it was playing as a dance song for loads of weddings. I heard it about 3-4- years ago for the first time, since then it was on my player for a long time - I always thought I would not sing it because of it's range - it's too low. But my singing is changing and now I can sing more low songs due to a lot of training. However I still had to lift this one 3 steps ...

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Carrie - Europe + WAV + MP3

Another Europe song!

I was talking to a friend today and he said that Europe was an opening band in general. He was at the concert where they opened for Scorpions. This song is super popular on YouTube, I think they have 2 songs that define this band - Final Countdown and this one. 


PS: as far as Iโ€™m still in the moving process I canโ€™t get to my computer now, but I will be able very soon! Sorry if I donโ€™t reply on your comments now - I will reply all of them ...

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Open Arms - Journey + WAV + MP3

1981

I love this song and Perrie's soft tenor. I love singing this song more in Steve's manner then in Mariah Carey even though I first heard this song with her singing many years ago. She also did a cover on it.  I didn't want to add too much of those "runs" and "soul" style. I love it more the way it was written ands sang at the beginning.


We just moved to Virginia, and now restoring the place for me to record! I donโ€™t have internet all the time here now, stil...

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Rock Of Ages - Def Leppard + WAV + MP3

Hey guys! Continuing experimenting with my editing and filming, being really inspired by the 80s, I've watched several 80s MTV music videos and REALLY needed to add some smoke ahahhahaaha.... Hope professional videographers don't break their screens. Anyway - I'm enjoing the process!! :)))

How are the things going at your place? I haven't been watching the news lately! Busy with moving soon to a new place! 

Be safe!

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Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago + WAV + MP3

Hey guys! Chicago again. One of my very favourite bands. As you can see I was filming this one in my temporary Florida studio. 1982 

I love singing Chicago - because it's very 80s straight singing, I love double voices too as you know - I love the effect it creates, however not for every song. In some songs that is not suitable. In some songs you need to hear the clear voice and timbre itself, which gives the song a certain vibe and atmosphere. 

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Who Wants To Live Forever - Queen + WAV + MP3

One of my favourite songs. 1986

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Against All Odds - Phil Collins + WAV + MP3

Ok, back to my Florida studio. This was actually that first song that I filmed here as an experiment. After this one I did Feels Like Heaven that you already seen several weeks ago. Don't have any more Moscow videos left. So since now on I'm filming in a slightly new style. 

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Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston + WAV + MP3

Hey guys! Whitney again! ahahah I guess I will record all of her songs.. It's just my childhood dream to sing her songs at least the way I can do it now. 

This is the last one I filmed in Moscow. New stuff is coming soon!!!

How are you all doing? How is quarantine? 

We are good, I work on my new videos all the time, I still haven't been at the beach because I don't have any time off of my YouTube, but I really want to go ))

Thank you so much for your support!...

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Bday

Hey guys! On my Birthday I wanted to thank you all for your support and your encouraging comments. You mean a lot to me, and Iโ€™m very happy to have you here! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰โค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

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I Remember You - Skid Row + WAV + MP3

Hey guys! So this one I recorded before. I decided to also make it for my own channel with the video, many people were requesting this one. 

1989

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Crazy - Aerosmith + WAV + MP3

Finally! I don't know how long it will keep that way. What I did - I cut off the guitar solo. Anyway full version is available wav and mp3 here in this post. Sorry for the distractions!

So as you can see we are back to my Moscow space because I still have 3 videos left from my Moscow filming, and I thought the more new videos I upload the more contrast it will be for the audience if I go back to my old ones in some time. 

My previous cover "Feels like heaven" I already filmed...

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EXCLUSIVE - My new temporary studio

Hey guys! Just showing you around, some behind the scenes :)))

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Feels Like Heaven - Peter Cetera & Chaka Khan + WAV + MP3

Hey guys! We are still here in Florida, one great guy Steve Cherubino let us use one of the rooms in his house so I could record and film in there while we are still here! If you are interested check him out here: stevecherubino.com

 Soon I'm gonna show you the room itself in one of my exclusive videos that is in editing process!

I love this song very much, many of you probably haven't ever heard it! This is a duet of Chaka Khan and Peter Cetera of 1992. I love 80s vibe of th...

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Green Cards!

Hey guys, we got our Green cards! this type of immigration visa allows us to get Green cards right away after we physically come to the USA, so we are very happy it's done! We didn't expect it would be so fast, they said it will be sent within first 2 or 3 months, but we got it in about 3 weeks after arrival. Hope you are doing fine!

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When You Believe - Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston + WAV + MP3

Hello everyone!

Continuing Alyona Duos! 

This time I got this song, It is very popular in internet - over 200 million views, so I decided to try it. It is not complicated in terms of vocals and high notes and stuff. It just has a lot of vocal runs so it requires some vocal flexibility. I don't like runs too much, that's why I'm mostly singing in pretty straight manner - more like 80s manner. But this is a good exercise for me, I like re-creating things like this and making th...

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All For Love - Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting + WAV + MP3

Another Bryan Adams song that I always wanted to do. I'm especially excited that I make a duo and trio in this one. This one was written by Brian for the soundtrack The Three Musketeers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and the title was inspired by The Three Musketeers' motto: "All for one, and one for all".


In school it was one of those ballads that they played on discos, it was a slow dance ahahah. 90s. 

Well, today there were much more people in Walmart and h...

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18 And Life - Skid Row + WAV + MP3

Hey guys! How are you doing now? What's happening at your place?

So what's next? Would economy change after that completely or do you think once it's finished - everything is going to get back to where it used to be?

This place in Florida is still closed, we still haven't been at the beach unfortunately, I really want to go but the police would not even let us go to the territory. Good I can use our friend's pool! I will record an exclusive video soon. 

Here's the song ...

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I Can't Help It - Michael Jackson + WAV + MP3

Hey guys! Very unpopular Michael's song here. As far as I sing what I like - I decided to record this one too. This is more in that funk style. I loved the double voices that Michael had on this one - they resonate with me a lot. Also I love complicated harmonies and melodies. The original is from the 1979.

Thank you for your support!

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Don't Stop Believin' - Journey + WAV + MP3

 Sorry guys, I made a mistake on the original post.  My previous post only contained the image for the video and I can't that without deleting the comments already there, so hereโ€™s the correct link! 

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Don't Stop Believin' - Journey + WAV + MP3

This cover was requested by my patron Greg M, so as Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - which I forgot to mention (edited now)!

I was singing this song live a couple of times some years ago. Love this one and I love Steve's voice a lot. That day I recorded this cover my voice felt similar to Steve's because of it's softness. His voice color is very soft. Foggy. Not bright or clear. So that day I felt like I have to record some Journey!! Many of my covers are very spontaneous. I wake up and th...

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