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Originally Posted by dagnammit
I need some help....BAD. Well, actually our singer does. We have a performance coming up and we're all not too pleased and confident with the quality of our singer's voice. We're going to sit down soon and critique his voice and give him pointers on how to improve. Problem is...we don't sing so we wouldn't know how to properly explain it to him. Well....here's his problem:
He tends to oversing...big time. He used to sing R&B all the time and I think that's where his problem lies (not sure if that is the case.) He tries to do the whole vibrato thing all the time and tries to do all this crazy stuff with his voice. When he starts learning a new song and he's not too focused on his voice but more the lyrics, his voice actually sounds good...BUT...the more and more he sings, the worse and worse it gets. Is that even possible? When he gets into it...that's when he starts to oversing, and then his voice goes into a higher pitch than his natural speaking voice and he starts to sing off-key. ALSO, he's so focused on trying to sound good that his timing starts to go off.
Sorry if this is long but it's been frustrating. What advice should I give him? He thinks its boring to sing songs where the singer doesn't go all out (like Brandon from Incubus). Maybe that's his R&B mentality? He also refuses to listen to recordings because he hates the sound of his own voice. What should I do?? We don't have much time left to perfect our playing.
Also, kicking him out is not an option. haha.
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He's obviously pinching his throat off and straining and blocking the airflow with a high tense larynx which is trade mark. If he doesnt like to listen to his own voice, then he's not a singer. If kicking him out is not an option, then sounds like youre screwed. Tell him to come read through this thread. And tell him the most important thing to remember is that singing harder doesnt mean singing Higher, and singing higher doesnt mean singing harder. Very common habit.