RyanEmerson
New member
Learning how to sing
Hey, I'm an 18-year-old rocker in a garage band, and I'm lookin' into tips of how to sing. I used to sing very well, and was top of the list in the school chorus back in middle-school, but then in high school I stopped altogether. A few years ago, my father (a great guitarist and god vocalist) gave me a Fender Start for my birthday, and I've come along way.I can't read music, but I play by ear very well, and can pick a tune or two.
But vocally, I need wok.
I've gotten good at imitating a lot of good singers, to verying degrees of success, but when I'm not singing along with a
CD, such as playing live, I tend to slightly go off key, and even if I stay in tune, the melody seems to get altered a bit. Now I realize a lot of it's practice, but are the nany suggestions about how I can improve, and fast?
What are some of the basics I may be overlooking?
Also, do people really have natural "ranges," or is it just how hard you work on it? You see, I can sing tenor fairly well, but I want to be able to do more of the high-pitched stuff as well. New Found Glory is the perfect example. Is that stuff simply not "in my range" or doesa it require more practice. When singing along to this stuff, I can reach 9 out of every 10 notes, but on that one note, I will crack. But even the ones I can reach don't seem to work, even of the pitch is perfect! It's like I'm trying to hard to reach the note, that I lose the emotion of the notes, which is, in my opinion, the most important.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Hey, I'm an 18-year-old rocker in a garage band, and I'm lookin' into tips of how to sing. I used to sing very well, and was top of the list in the school chorus back in middle-school, but then in high school I stopped altogether. A few years ago, my father (a great guitarist and god vocalist) gave me a Fender Start for my birthday, and I've come along way.I can't read music, but I play by ear very well, and can pick a tune or two.
But vocally, I need wok.
I've gotten good at imitating a lot of good singers, to verying degrees of success, but when I'm not singing along with a
CD, such as playing live, I tend to slightly go off key, and even if I stay in tune, the melody seems to get altered a bit. Now I realize a lot of it's practice, but are the nany suggestions about how I can improve, and fast?
What are some of the basics I may be overlooking?
Also, do people really have natural "ranges," or is it just how hard you work on it? You see, I can sing tenor fairly well, but I want to be able to do more of the high-pitched stuff as well. New Found Glory is the perfect example. Is that stuff simply not "in my range" or doesa it require more practice. When singing along to this stuff, I can reach 9 out of every 10 notes, but on that one note, I will crack. But even the ones I can reach don't seem to work, even of the pitch is perfect! It's like I'm trying to hard to reach the note, that I lose the emotion of the notes, which is, in my opinion, the most important.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.