Learn to sing
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- codfather
is it posssible to learn how to be a good singer or am I eternally sentenced to a shite voice? I made a bet with someone that I could win a local Karaoke night when I was drunk on the weekend and i really don't want to lose £20...someone help me...
- ********0
in my opinion, not really.
you either have it or you don't. I think you can improve, but you have to have something from the start.
start smoking.
- codfather0
hmmm....i'm scared. either way i'm going to have to be very very drunk. maybe i should rap? wear a bandana and bleech my hair?
- ********0
Worked for Vanilla Ice
- _salisae_0
try holding a note without a shaking voice .. do that for awhile
then try a range of notes
then stand in a frozen pool of water and do these exercises without a shaking voice and you got it!
- ********0
sing something in 'G', sounds most like the human voice. do Bob Dillan, he couldn't and can't sing worth a sh*t
- eu770
drink copious amounts of really rough whisky and chain smoke cheap fags - then whatever you sing sounds cool.
- _salisae_0
another way to prepare is to do breathing exercises
- codfather0
ok i'm off to buy some cigars...
- Nairn0
if you can't sing loud, swallow a mic and warble quietly.
- harlequino0
As a card carrying former classical music major, I can tell you that it is possible to have good INTONATION-which has more to do with having a good singing voice than actually gaving a good voice. Most people with good voices can't sing in tune. I have fired many of them.
Try to find someone in your area who can help you with sight singing and solfege, and try to find some stuff by the Hungarian composer/teacher Zoltan Kodaly.-Tom Waits has a hard voice, but the man sings in tune every time.
- _salisae_0
I have fired many of them.
lol
- Jaline0
It's possible to improve your singing 'abilities', but, generally, you have to be gifted in some way.
I used to take singing lessons for years (classical stuff) and I have a decent voice. I think it really did improve me, but overall my voice isn't superly amazing or anything. I'm great for some ranges, horrible in others.
In conclusion, warm up a bit and figure out what range is good for you.
- codfather0
Most people with good voices can't sing in tune.
harlequino
(Feb 27 06, 08:06)I always seem to sing flat, I have a very deep voice...maybe I need to stand on some hot coals while singing...
- jox0
I made a similar bet with a friend, except mine was stand-up comedy. Best of luck my friend. Even though you might actually learn to sing well, it's a whole different story doing on stage infront of people.
*400 people looking-flashback
*hides under bed
- _salisae_0
i always wondered how that went jox. did anyone jeer? or were you funny or what?
- Jaline0
what harlequino said is pretty much right.
- harlequino0
Most people with good voices can't sing in tune.
harlequino
(Feb 27 06, 08:06)I always seem to sing flat, I have a very deep voice...maybe I need to stand on some hot coals while singing...
codfather
(Feb 27 06, 08:11)The biggest mistake people make in singing is LISTENING TO THEMSELVES. You should be listening to the accompaniment. As soon as you start to listen to yourself, you go flat. I promise you.
Try to sing along to records, but listen to the record, not yourself. You will improve.
It's nice to put my normally moot music degree to use! :)
- _salisae_0
YOU'RE FIRED!
- Jaline0
Haha, my best friend is doing that degree as well and people ALWAYS assume it's her 'backup' degree, not her actual one.
- bulletfactory0
I always seem to sing flat, I have a very deep voice...maybe I need to stand on some hot coals while singing...
codfather
(Feb 27 06, 08:11)
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try raising your eyebrows - that can help lift the note slightly.