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dintymoore
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There's some videos on YouTube too, I have yet to find a great one there, but some stuff to look at. If you do a Google search a lot of stuff comes up.
rob7music
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im totally self taught, mainly learned by singing along to different songs till i found my range.
i have found that if im not practicing regurlarly i cant sing for shit lol
i have found that if im not practicing regurlarly i cant sing for shit lol
RetroMan
King Of The 80s
A true story - one night in the early 90's at my parents beach house, I was drinking with my school buddies, I started singing some raspy, bluesy incoherent vocals as another friend of mine was playing an acoustic guitar.
My undiscovered talent was unleashed and I've been singing lead vocals in bands ever since. Over the years I have learned to ease back on the 'Springsteen' gravelness and go for more tone.
My undiscovered talent was unleashed and I've been singing lead vocals in bands ever since. Over the years I have learned to ease back on the 'Springsteen' gravelness and go for more tone.
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Absolutepower
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The journey of a musician no matter what instrument they play is way more complex than attributing it to one element like "lessons" or "played in a band". Every detail and action of someone's life is all connected and many countless things can have great influence on someone on their development of musicianship, sometimes not even consciously.
joeym
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I just started singing, that is all......
IndustrialOkie
Esoteric Order of R'lyeh
I think it's a natural talent you either have or don't. If you have it, you emulate your fav's then eventually develop your own style..
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Matti Frost
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I learned how to sing the same way I learned to play drums, guitar, and bass- I just started doing it. I have to credit my family, though, with being my initial inspiration and my gateway into music. My father, several uncles, my step-father, were all musicians, all in bands at one point or another in my early childhood. I had a mother who would sing to me all the time, and a grandmother who loved to play the piano. I can remember melody affecting me at a very young age. Certain songs would bring me into a state of uncontrollable joy, where others would move me to tears. The 70's was a great time to be new to the world and to really hear the rich textures coming from all different kinds of music.
I never thought I'd end up doing lead vocals, but as with so many others, it was born out of necessity. A band I was in had a singer who flaked out 3 weeks before a studio date, so I said, I'll do it, and if it stinks we can just erase the vocal tracks and use the instrumental recording to try and get a good singer. It came out way better than we expected, so I moved from drums to the front.
I use a hybrid style of vocals, a mix of various types of singing and screaming/growling. You can hear some samples here. The first song is an audition demo I did for a band called Make Way For Man, though they are located too far away for me to commit full time to. This has mostly clean vocals. Frost Giant is my current project, and Machina Infernus was the band I moved from drums to vocals on (the vocals on these, as well as the drums and bass on Write Your Name in Blood and All Hail the End, are me).
Though I primarily write and record metal, I love all kinds of music. In fact, there isn't a lot of metal I really listen to that's modern, maybe a few European bands. I tend to stay away from anything that's too commercial or too trendy. And that's about it.
I never thought I'd end up doing lead vocals, but as with so many others, it was born out of necessity. A band I was in had a singer who flaked out 3 weeks before a studio date, so I said, I'll do it, and if it stinks we can just erase the vocal tracks and use the instrumental recording to try and get a good singer. It came out way better than we expected, so I moved from drums to the front.
I use a hybrid style of vocals, a mix of various types of singing and screaming/growling. You can hear some samples here. The first song is an audition demo I did for a band called Make Way For Man, though they are located too far away for me to commit full time to. This has mostly clean vocals. Frost Giant is my current project, and Machina Infernus was the band I moved from drums to vocals on (the vocals on these, as well as the drums and bass on Write Your Name in Blood and All Hail the End, are me).
Though I primarily write and record metal, I love all kinds of music. In fact, there isn't a lot of metal I really listen to that's modern, maybe a few European bands. I tend to stay away from anything that's too commercial or too trendy. And that's about it.
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jetglo
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I got lessons from the start. I played guitar but was a little curious about singing. My girlfriend wanted to get some lessons and needed me for support, so very reluctantly I tagged along. I can't imagine there was a more nervous beginner than me. I'd never sung, was pretty convinced I couldn't based on my pathetic efforts in the past, and very nearly quit every week for the first month or so.
I was lucky I had a good teacher and I had a good ear, so pitch wasn't a problem. It took plenty of reassurance to keep me going, my range was narrow, tone was weak, I couldn't understand the teachers terminology frequently, but I persevered almost against my better judgment. The main thing that kept me going was that I'd started to feel a connection with singing, even though it wasn't obvious from how I sounded.
It took much practice and perseverance but things fell into place. The diaphragm was discovered after 6 months, range and tone improved, sometimes all of a sudden after many months of plateauing. I taught myself how to add grit to my voice, as my opera singing teachers were no help there. Now I'm almost unrecognisable compared to when I started. It was a hell of a lot of work over about 4 years, and I spent at least as much time practicing voice as I did guitar, which required strong commitment, but it was worth it.
So as far as lessons go, it really helped me, another pair of ears is definitely helpful as was the reassurance. For me, it would never have happened otherwise. I'd consider myself a reasonably good singer, voice wise, there's always something to work on still and practice to keep up with, but the emotive delivery and song interpretation, and eventually writing came fairly naturally. I've got a good gut feel for that, and don't assume all singers are alike in that regard, some just don't get it at all!
My advice to any beginner is to persevere. For some people it comes more naturally, others have to work much harder. I don't believe it's a case of you either can or can't. Everything takes work, even with aptitude.
I was lucky I had a good teacher and I had a good ear, so pitch wasn't a problem. It took plenty of reassurance to keep me going, my range was narrow, tone was weak, I couldn't understand the teachers terminology frequently, but I persevered almost against my better judgment. The main thing that kept me going was that I'd started to feel a connection with singing, even though it wasn't obvious from how I sounded.
It took much practice and perseverance but things fell into place. The diaphragm was discovered after 6 months, range and tone improved, sometimes all of a sudden after many months of plateauing. I taught myself how to add grit to my voice, as my opera singing teachers were no help there. Now I'm almost unrecognisable compared to when I started. It was a hell of a lot of work over about 4 years, and I spent at least as much time practicing voice as I did guitar, which required strong commitment, but it was worth it.
So as far as lessons go, it really helped me, another pair of ears is definitely helpful as was the reassurance. For me, it would never have happened otherwise. I'd consider myself a reasonably good singer, voice wise, there's always something to work on still and practice to keep up with, but the emotive delivery and song interpretation, and eventually writing came fairly naturally. I've got a good gut feel for that, and don't assume all singers are alike in that regard, some just don't get it at all!
My advice to any beginner is to persevere. For some people it comes more naturally, others have to work much harder. I don't believe it's a case of you either can or can't. Everything takes work, even with aptitude.
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lmf
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I sang in church as a teenager and would mimic other teens and adults who knew how to sing? My Parents must have thought I might do better with some guidance, so they paid for six months of vocal lessons with a teacher. Eventually, I received my first guitar as a birthday gift at age 16, taught myself some guitar chords and increased my singing. I'm more self-taught than anything. I can sing by note, but I also sing by rote. I sang in a Barbershop Chorus for three years which was very helpful. I sing lead and harmonies on the Praise Team at church. I've read some vocal instruction books and sang through the exercises via the tape/cd resources provided. As I'm nearly 63 years of age, I doubt if I will be taking formal vocal lessons with a teacher at this point. I'd probably spend six years (not six months) "unlearning" bad habits. LOL
Best wishes,
Lloyd
Best wishes,
Lloyd
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kcearl
I see deaf people
i watched a lot of silent films when i was a kid....so i do instrumentals 
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kool98769
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singing has always kinda been natural for me. Growing up, i went to a christian day school where we sang every morning, so I had always been singing...Of course, i had no freakin clue what i was doing. I had always been called out for having a "beautiful" voice by the teaches as a young kid. I got shit from the other kids, so after that i tended to just hang back and not really sing out. Once puberty came, my voice dropped real crazy, and my voice sounds a LOT different now.
I was in choir at highschool in 9th grade, and was still a tenor, but i didn't really like it at all, so i quit. Still not knowing anything at all about singing, my voice dropped, i ended up being able to sing johnny cash tunes and such. Between freshman and senior year in highschool i started singing along to songs a lot because it was fun. Of course, i didn't know it then, but between singing improperly and yelling at sports games, I must have really damaged my voice. It makes me sad now, but I can't really do anything about it now. But, anyway, I joined choir again in senior year because i needed another credit, and actually ended up liking it a LOT.
All of the things our choir teacher taught us never really sank in until about a year after. This summer I had a few revelations about singing technique, such as breathing from the stomach, and trying to keep your adams apple from rising. Suddenly all the things my choir teacher had said earlier made sense. I've always been able to hit pitches fine and stuff, but since realizing some things about my voice i've been able to expand my range, which is nice. I can now sing up to a G in my chest voice, and about an A-B after i'm warmed up with my head voice.
All I really do now is sing harmonies and backup in my band, and sometimes play some acoustic stuff for friends. Maybe someday i'll start something as a leadman, but I don't really like the thought of my voice being lead, because i don't really like the sound of it.
I was in choir at highschool in 9th grade, and was still a tenor, but i didn't really like it at all, so i quit. Still not knowing anything at all about singing, my voice dropped, i ended up being able to sing johnny cash tunes and such. Between freshman and senior year in highschool i started singing along to songs a lot because it was fun. Of course, i didn't know it then, but between singing improperly and yelling at sports games, I must have really damaged my voice. It makes me sad now, but I can't really do anything about it now. But, anyway, I joined choir again in senior year because i needed another credit, and actually ended up liking it a LOT.
All of the things our choir teacher taught us never really sank in until about a year after. This summer I had a few revelations about singing technique, such as breathing from the stomach, and trying to keep your adams apple from rising. Suddenly all the things my choir teacher had said earlier made sense. I've always been able to hit pitches fine and stuff, but since realizing some things about my voice i've been able to expand my range, which is nice. I can now sing up to a G in my chest voice, and about an A-B after i'm warmed up with my head voice.
All I really do now is sing harmonies and backup in my band, and sometimes play some acoustic stuff for friends. Maybe someday i'll start something as a leadman, but I don't really like the thought of my voice being lead, because i don't really like the sound of it.
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Lance Lawson
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I'm self taught but I didn't really realize the art of singing until I first went into the recording studio. Up until then I was considered a good singer and I'd been performing for a while before I went to the studio. However during my first session my engineer told me I was singing sharp. This was the first time anyone had ever said I was off key. At first I couldn't hear what he meant and it took a great deal of effort to actually hear myself as others heard me. Fast forward a couple of decades and I find that the better your equipment gets the better you sound but also the the flaws are laid just a bare as the good elements. Seems every new and better mic demands a new set of skills to get the best out of it.
legionserial
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I don't think I learned to sing. I'm pretty sure I always could. Spent many years practicing thorugh my late teens while playing guitar when I discovered it could be put to some use. In the last 10 years though, I've somehow developed a real confidence issue which prevents me from belting it out like I used to to, so everything sounds weak and sucky these days. Used to be that a couple beers would help. These days I'd have to drink so much that all I'd have is the confidence and nothing else. So I don't sing anymore.
Thanks for listening.
Thanks for listening.
Atom Bomb
Wtf is a PRS
I didn't learn. It just grew.
I am an introvert. I hate people looking at me. So punk came naturally and i did the whole yelling thing back in the day. It was cool casue if there was arseholes in the pits id just yell even louder at them. It was great.
Then i started getting turbo bad bouts of acid reflux and had to change my technique a bit and it's been blossoming ever since.
I still hate my voice, i still don't care much for using my voice in front of others but this project i am working on will mark a 10 year dry spell lyrically and vocally for me.
But if you wanna improve sometimes getting a big bottle of water of and going for a long drive and singing along with your tracks mixed with some songs on the car stereo and just belting it out can help if your in a situation where shared accomodations can dampen the experience.
If not, just belt it out in your studio and keep practicing.
I am an introvert. I hate people looking at me. So punk came naturally and i did the whole yelling thing back in the day. It was cool casue if there was arseholes in the pits id just yell even louder at them. It was great.
Then i started getting turbo bad bouts of acid reflux and had to change my technique a bit and it's been blossoming ever since.
I still hate my voice, i still don't care much for using my voice in front of others but this project i am working on will mark a 10 year dry spell lyrically and vocally for me.
But if you wanna improve sometimes getting a big bottle of water of and going for a long drive and singing along with your tracks mixed with some songs on the car stereo and just belting it out can help if your in a situation where shared accomodations can dampen the experience.
If not, just belt it out in your studio and keep practicing.
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Torea
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I kinda taught myself and learned a bit from Aural Skills classes in college.
I grew up singing along to the radio, my dad played piano, my mom sang and played flute, so musical background. So I was always singing as a kid.
My first year in college, I was required to take ear training classes. During those classes I started to actually be able to hit notes and sing more than a 5 note range
Although my normal voice isn't great, my falsetto is pretty good (or good enough for me) so I can at least feel good about singing backup
I grew up singing along to the radio, my dad played piano, my mom sang and played flute, so musical background. So I was always singing as a kid.
My first year in college, I was required to take ear training classes. During those classes I started to actually be able to hit notes and sing more than a 5 note range
Although my normal voice isn't great, my falsetto is pretty good (or good enough for me) so I can at least feel good about singing backup
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shoggoth80
Member
More or less taught myself. I just jammed out to whatever I happened to like. Didn't think much of myself until about 17 or 18. Took a bit of work before I realized that I could hit a decent range with a lot of volume. It actually took a friend at the time to say that they could have used me in choir. I was all "really?" So I just kept keeping on. Eventually I did do some time in a couple choirs while at community college. It was a lot of fun. By that time, I had most of the important things down to at least a passable level (I had to audition for one of the choral groups).
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
While working on a chain .... ♫gang♪ ....
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AbuseTheMuses
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I could always sing in tune but I used to hate my voice, I thought it was too thin, clear, and not assertive enough. Then I started smoking. Then I developed a healthy taste for beer to loosen up when I play. Suddenly I had a bit of gravel, and a bit of confidence, and found out that I could belt out loudly, and in tune, AND with a distinct tone of my own voice instead of trying to sound like someone else. After realizing that its mostly about feeling confident with my own voice, it just became mic technique, which comes from practicing live along with my guitar amp. Even 'soft' vocal parts still have to have some assertiveness to them, and without assertivenes a singer doesn't sound convincing and the tone becomes mumbley.
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detroitiron
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40th B-day
For my 40th birthday (47 now) present to myself I signed up for lessons at the local community college. It was much less expensive than private lessons when figured by the hour and it forced me to do my homework because I'd be tested every class. It was awesome and fun.
Then I moved on to a local woman who gave piano and voice lessons. Her cost was close to the community college and the hours were more flexible.
For my 40th birthday (47 now) present to myself I signed up for lessons at the local community college. It was much less expensive than private lessons when figured by the hour and it forced me to do my homework because I'd be tested every class. It was awesome and fun.
Then I moved on to a local woman who gave piano and voice lessons. Her cost was close to the community college and the hours were more flexible.
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musicdeva
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ha!! Still learning
U never stop learning
phrase one can be off from phrase two, its all about the ear for me at this point...the ear is what controls the voice, period...and the ear is directly controlled by how alert our attention is to it..
..now that will be drowned out with, age, toxins, time (i.e. too much singing at once....GUILTY) emotion,,,etc.,
just listen to the live performances vs. the recorded ones..its all there folks
(BTW--I have to admit in the beginning after years of choirs as a kid--I took up music school and the classical teachers...i continued on with the schooling for 2-3 years--but couldn't really hang on to the vox teachers...each vox is a law unto itself, imho....its all about how you use your ear, not about how you learn to physicalize your "apparatus")
U never stop learning
phrase one can be off from phrase two, its all about the ear for me at this point...the ear is what controls the voice, period...and the ear is directly controlled by how alert our attention is to it..
..now that will be drowned out with, age, toxins, time (i.e. too much singing at once....GUILTY) emotion,,,etc.,
just listen to the live performances vs. the recorded ones..its all there folks
(BTW--I have to admit in the beginning after years of choirs as a kid--I took up music school and the classical teachers...i continued on with the schooling for 2-3 years--but couldn't really hang on to the vox teachers...each vox is a law unto itself, imho....its all about how you use your ear, not about how you learn to physicalize your "apparatus")