JDOD
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I'm sure that most people on here struggle with their singing - when I am writing songs, I generally might only have one or two lines in mind at most. Often none at all and it's all just music with the lyrics coming later.
So, compensating for my shit singing I do the following:
a) Double track everything
b) Let it sit just a little two low in the mix
c) Manually Auto-Tune it all, just up to the point where I sound like Cher, then take it back a fraction until the Cher effect become's almost unnoticable.
I still sound a bit more like Nick Cave than Eddie Vedder, but that's alright. If I can happily get myself to confidently sing with a similar quality to Joe Strummer I'll be happy.
Anyway, I've read a few things about singing to try and help and the thing that came across most was that concentrating on your breathing technique is just as important as anything else. This helped a lot! I make sure that I never a) run out of breath on mic, or b) take a breath on mic. Any other tips.
So, compensating for my shit singing I do the following:
a) Double track everything
b) Let it sit just a little two low in the mix
c) Manually Auto-Tune it all, just up to the point where I sound like Cher, then take it back a fraction until the Cher effect become's almost unnoticable.
I still sound a bit more like Nick Cave than Eddie Vedder, but that's alright. If I can happily get myself to confidently sing with a similar quality to Joe Strummer I'll be happy.
Anyway, I've read a few things about singing to try and help and the thing that came across most was that concentrating on your breathing technique is just as important as anything else. This helped a lot! I make sure that I never a) run out of breath on mic, or b) take a breath on mic. Any other tips.