singing

[brutus1]

Hey, Im in a band (the drummer is also on this forum..pearl smx). We have gone through 3 singers in our band life span so far (around 5 months). We are 13 and 14 years old...and we belive it is extremly hard to find a good singer at our age..so we are instrumental right now. Although we are doing fine..we would like to have a singer or some other unique instrument to replace singing...have any ideas. We have been thinking about a saxaphone or a trumpet or a keyboard. And what are your guys stragies for writing lyrics that arent emo. It seems impossible. Thanks!!!

matt

 

[Grey Angel]

Hit me up, I sing!

 

[lotuscent]

what is your instrumentation?

singers are a pain... unless they are actually musicians

learn to groove hard and deep, keep playing
singers will come to you

 

[Grey Angel]

I can play guitar as well as bass while singing. But, I might be too old for you guys (jk)

er, I mean, guitar OR bass, while singing...not both.

 

[Hugo H]

And what are your guys stragies for writing lyrics that arent emo. It seems impossible.

Writing lyrics, like anything else, takes some skills and some practice. It's not something that you just sit down and do. Imagine handing someone a guitar for the first time. What are the odds he'd be able to play a chord sequence right off? If you're not a gifted literary genius-type, before you can write meaningful lyrics, you have to learn to write meaningful prose (that's non-poetic text). The best way to do that is to see how other people have done it. That's read. You might even want to read lyrics; that could be useful, you know. Sort of like listening to a riff and learning it and modifying it. Lyrics too can be observed and the structure copied, words changed. Learn the structure, try doing it. Once you know how to build a verse, then you can get creative. But there's no shortcuts.

Except for getting someone else to do the lyrics.

 

[up-fiddler]

At first, write about something that you know. Write and rewrite the same song every day for a week or two until every word in the song actually says what you need it to say. Then try it out on other people who will be honest in their opinion. Listen to them without getting hurt or taking it personal. Then rewrite. My guess is that you have a great song in there. I think that's true of most of us though. Hope this helps, Dave.

 

[Monkey Allen]

Instead of singing you could do some nice harmony ooohs or ahhhs, they always sound pretty good. Or, do what I do when I don't know the words...whistle

 

[Nalencer]

Where are you located? It's times like these that putting your location down as "guitar" is a rather bad idea. I'd be willing to join, providing your music isn't shit , and I'm not too bad at writing either. PM me if you don't wanan post your location publicly.