Yes, all of it at the same time!
Sorry guys, I know your ears must be tired and I would love to have contributed something to anything else before writing this, but I don't feel like there is much I can bring to the table - yet.
I am a novice singer, have been taking a few lessons, working on a couple things. I am really really motivated to work hard and improve what I can. I can usually hear when I am off-pitch, rhythm varies, and obviously some stuff to work on in breathing, support and range.
Singing lessons do not come cheap so I have started recording myself at home, in order to listen back to it and see what I am doing right/wrong.
Problem: it seems to me that I sound even worse recorded than live. Obviously it's hard to judge, because I don't hear myself live, but people who hear me don't seem to cringe as much as I do when I listen back to the recordings.
Here is a recording of a song that is very difficult for me. The higher note I have hit for the first time in my life when recording the song, and I don't speak Japanese so it makes it a whole different kind of messy. This is by far the worst of all the songs I tried, so I am thinking it will be the best to showcase my flaws so that you can ruthlessly pinpoint them Aesthetes, turn back now!
The recording is essentially straight out of computer, only some compression to make it slightly less terrible.
I wondered if you'd care to give me your opinion on what is wrong with it and on which levels?
Here is what I know, all the rest I would love to learn:
Sorry guys, I know your ears must be tired and I would love to have contributed something to anything else before writing this, but I don't feel like there is much I can bring to the table - yet.
I am a novice singer, have been taking a few lessons, working on a couple things. I am really really motivated to work hard and improve what I can. I can usually hear when I am off-pitch, rhythm varies, and obviously some stuff to work on in breathing, support and range.
Singing lessons do not come cheap so I have started recording myself at home, in order to listen back to it and see what I am doing right/wrong.
Problem: it seems to me that I sound even worse recorded than live. Obviously it's hard to judge, because I don't hear myself live, but people who hear me don't seem to cringe as much as I do when I listen back to the recordings.
Here is a recording of a song that is very difficult for me. The higher note I have hit for the first time in my life when recording the song, and I don't speak Japanese so it makes it a whole different kind of messy. This is by far the worst of all the songs I tried, so I am thinking it will be the best to showcase my flaws so that you can ruthlessly pinpoint them Aesthetes, turn back now!
The recording is essentially straight out of computer, only some compression to make it slightly less terrible.
I wondered if you'd care to give me your opinion on what is wrong with it and on which levels?
- Always happy for singing technique advice
- Would love recording technique advice
- If anyone has any idea how to EQ this... thing, I would be eternally grateful. Whatever I attempted just made it worse.
Here is what I know, all the rest I would love to learn:
- Some bits are off-pitch (I don't seem to be able to hear myself properly with the headset. I don't usually have pitch problems otherwise, or at least I can hear them and correct them. Not so when recording.)
- The highest notes sound shrill. The high D# IS def. shrill, but some of them are not as shrill IRL. I think I have no clue as to how to use my mic. EDIT: It's a Rode condenser mic that I connect to a Focusrite Scarlett interface.
- And that's it! Please, help !!
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