Singers/Songwriters/Acoustic guitar players Thread

[CrazyDiamond725]

Hey I'm seventeen and a senior at a high school of a suburb of Chicago. Goin on to college next year at Belmont in Nashville, Tennessee. I don't see many people playing similar to me, so I was just wondering if there was anybody out there who was. I've written a few songs, more than enough for an EP. I like to play songs ranging from The Beatles and Bob Dylan to Donovan and Johnny Cash. I play cross harp and usually add it into any song I'm doing. I have a very low baritone voice, so I am very limited in what ranges I can sing. E I think is what I can hit without cracking (at times, though I swear I once hit a G while singing House of the Rising Sun one time.) Johnny Cash is pretty much the only person I've listened to where I can hit all the notes he can hit, (even the low low ones.) Just wondering if there's anybody doing the same thing out there, and if so where cause I'd like to know that I'm not alone here. So I'm inviting all acoustic players/singers/songwriters to chat with me about there music maybe even post if you're in the same vain of music as me?

[Aklerc]

Hey I'm an acoustic singer/songwriter :) Despite being female, I have a pretty low voice which is a bit of a pain sometimes. Ever tried tuning down and transposing songs so it's easier to sing? A couple of nice lower tuning for acoustic are DADGAD and CFCGFC.

[Blakfeld]

Hiya.

Im more of a prog rocker at heart, but Im pursueing a solo career since that way I dont have to depend on undependable people. So Ive been pushed towards acoustic and IVe been writing a lot of songs here lately,s o I suppose this thread includes me :). Im seventeen as well but Im from a suburb of Dallas Texas. Altho, differnt from both of yall, Im a tenor, and for a male have a very high voice (surprised my voice teacher when I had lessons, especially since im 6'8) Um... I suppose thats all I have to say. I was going to record a demo, and then my computer fried, and my new cheap box wont take the drivers for my current recording setup, so Im having to wait until I can afford a firepod.

[Joe]

You're going to Belmont? Awesome. I want to go there.

I'm not much of a singer, but I love writing stuff for acoustic and writing songs. I'm a huge Johnny Rzeznik fan. He uses a ton of crazy low tunings that sound amazing. For example, Iris is in BDDDDD. Name is something like DADAEE or something

[CrazyDiamond725]

Hey I'm an acoustic singer/songwriter :) Despite being female, I have a pretty low voice which is a bit of a pain sometimes. Ever tried tuning down and transposing songs so it's easier to sing? A couple of nice lower tuning for acoustic are DADGAD and CFCGFC.

Well since I did just get a really nice Shubb Capo (keeps guitar in tune so much better than kyser, Dunlop, etc., though it is not as quick to adjust) i might be able to tune down a few songs, but then again I do play a lot of songs in regular tuning and a few even with a capo on the fourth and fifth frets, so that might be a bit of a pain to reach those tinier <(is this even a word) frets up the neck during a set. A female with a low voice? Hmnnn...Just out of curiosity, what are the lowest and highest notes you can hit?

[Aklerc]

Well since I did just get a really nice Shubb Capo (keeps guitar in tune so much better than kyser, Dunlop, etc., though it is not as quick to adjust) i might be able to tune down a few songs, but then again I do play a lot of songs in regular tuning and a few even with a capo on the fourth and fifth frets, so that might be a bit of a pain to reach those tinier <(is this even a word) frets up the neck during a set. A female with a low voice? Hmnnn...Just out of curiosity, what are the lowest and highest notes you can hit?
Bleurgh I've never really tried out. I'll try in a bit and edit in.

And even if you play songs in standard tuning, it's not against the law to play same thing with a capo so it makes it easier to sing. Like I struggle to sing songs in G in standard tuning, so I wang the capo on the 4th fret most of the time.

[healthylw]

I agree with "Blakfeld", as I sometimes get too frustrated to deal with band members, ect., making me a part time "acoustic singer/songwriter". I play both electric and acoustic, but songwriting feels more organic and real on the acoustic. I am sixteen and live in Canada, and have a range of G# (low end) to about a D or so. Then of course there is falsetto and I haven't really bothered measuring that yet.

[Blakfeld]

I agree with "Blakfeld", as I sometimes get too frustrated to deal with band members, ect., making me a part time "acoustic singer/songwriter". I play both electric and acoustic, but songwriting feels more organic and real on the acoustic. I am sixteen and live in Canada, and have a range of G# (low end) to about a D or so. Then of course there is falsetto and I haven't really bothered measuring that yet.

Yeah, bands can be more trouble then theyre worth. I was in a cool one, a two part piano and guitar combination, but he left to go play blink 182 covers and such as he said "we werent doign anything" over a span of time where I wrote like 4 or 5 songs for us to play, but he wouldnt come to the damn practice. But its okay, solo artists are coming into vouge it seems anyway.

[CrazyDiamond725]

Bleurgh I've never really tried out. I'll try in a bit and edit in.

And even if you play songs in standard tuning, it's not against the law to play same thing with a capo so it makes it easier to sing. Like I struggle to sing songs in G in standard tuning, so I wang the capo on the 4th fret most of the time.

I dk...I like to stay faithful to the songs original key. But anyways with about thirty songs under my belt, plus two of my own, and plenty more covers on the way, I'm probably gonna start soon enough only writing my own songs, that way I don't have to worry about stayin faithful to the song...that'll show em'

[CrazyDiamond725]

I agree with "Blakfeld", as I sometimes get too frustrated to deal with band members, ect., making me a part time "acoustic singer/songwriter". I play both electric and acoustic, but songwriting feels more organic and real on the acoustic. I am sixteen and live in Canada, and have a range of G# (low end) to about a D or so. Then of course there is falsetto and I haven't really bothered measuring that yet.

Hey man thats just about my range except I have nearly an octave on you on the low end. I haven't really experimented with falsetto that much because I don't feel that its loud enough, I was just wondering if you've had any luck?

Yeah, bands can be more trouble then theyre worth. I was in a cool one, a two part piano and guitar combination, but he left to go play blink 182 covers and such as he said "we werent doign anything" over a span of time where I wrote like 4 or 5 songs for us to play, but he wouldnt come to the damn practice. But its okay, solo artists are coming into vouge it seems anyway.

You just gotta find some good, dedicated people to start a band with. I guess I'm lucky where as all three of my band members plus me are very dedicated. We've been together since November and we've got to know eachothers musical styles pretty well and play very well together. We've put out only a limited amount of music (four original songs on an EP, and 4 more songs we're in the process of completing since then), and only played four shows, but I feel very much that it will end up being a very good thing in the end.