[QUOTE=Andrew^gillis]i never really had the urge to sing before until i started playing guitar,now my problem is i find it hard to play and sing at the same time.When i start singing i start slowing down on the guitar and its just a big mess.Does anyone have any tips for playing guitar and singing at the same time?[/QUOTE]

Make sure you know your guitar parts extremely well so you don't have to think about it and you can focus on the vocals. The rest is all about practice. I never though I could sing Megadeth's Holy Wars while playing the guitar parts, but with a couple hours of practice I am now able to.

Hey everyone!

I've allways loved to sing, but not untill recently I've had the guts to sing, when I'm with friends, home alone or whatever, aloud. I know my singing is nothing more than average, but I really want to be a good singer and advance from where I am. Hehe, it has taken me a full evening to through this thread and now it's my turn to get a few question in.
1. Since I listen to a lot of rock(everything from Dream Theater and Symphony X to Mötley Crüe and Mr. Big) I have to bend and manipulate my voice. Is this very damaging?
2. How important is it to warm up properly?
3. What do you guys think about Russell Allen's technique(or skills, dunno what to call it)? He's got one of the most impressive vocalcords I've ever heard.
4. For some reason I seldom nail vibratos. Sometimes there right on the spot, sometimes there just ins't any vibrato at all*emarassed* and sometimes I nail it with perfection(novice-scale-perfection that is). Why is this? I'm not even sure how I'm supposed to execute a vibrato. How? HOW?

Thanks. (sorry about grammar, vocabulary or any other mistake) I'm from Norway ****it...

see...its weird. I'm in choir, and i like, barally sing at all. But when I'm at home alone, i will sing my lungs out...why is this?

Cuz you're shy...

I seriously cant sing, infact i dont think i can sing a whole octave... but can i learn?

i need to learn how to scream :)

Hmmm... I need some help with my falsetto. I have a range of about F-C with it, but I have a few problems.

1. I have to use a whole lot of breath to sing falsetto at all. I think I'm even going to have to get a windscreen to actually be able to record with it. I have support and everything, but it just takes it right out of me.

2. I find it very difficult to shape the sound of my falsetto as I can with my full voice. I can change the tone with my mouth, but not very much at all.

3. My lower falsetto is very, very weak and easily scared away. It will die if I'm the least bit nervous or dehydrated, and can get ugly even if I'm neither; I have very little power on my lower falsetto.

Help?

Alright, I know I'm not gonna be as good as Maynard right away...but I've heard him hold some really long screams ( like 20 seconds ) and I can barely muster enough breath for one of his 9 second ones. Is it that I'm not breathing properly(I've been on a swim team most of my life so I guess I've got decent lung capacity) or just not breathing deep enough or just not doing the screams right?

iv noticed that you should be able to scream for a pretty long while unless your screaming with incorrect technique by just pushing as had as you can.......ofcourse your not gonna be able to if thats how u scream.......so i suggest u lear how to do it with proper technique an then it would be easier

You know, its funny...I ask these questions and 5 minutes later I try to do what I can't do, and I can do them with no effort at all. 13 seconds took absolutely no effort at all, now I gotta try that 20 second one from Judith...

[QUOTE=KJSchultz]see...its weird. I'm in choir, and i like, barally sing at all. But when I'm at home alone, i will sing my lungs out...why is this?[/QUOTE]
emotional tension.

I cant sing in my bedroom cause i know i have upstairs and downstairs neighbors. Even if i think they are not home, the chance that they are still home makes me hold back and causes tension. cause i dont want to bother anyone with loudness.
its easier in your case because youre talking about two of the same arenas. YOure supposed to sing while in chorus and if youre at home alone then of course youre extra relaxed.

[QUOTE=italic zero]Hmmm... I need some help with my falsetto. I have a range of about F-C with it, but I have a few problems.

1. I have to use a whole lot of breath to sing falsetto at all. I think I'm even going to have to get a windscreen to actually be able to record with it. I have support and everything, but it just takes it right out of me.

2. I find it very difficult to shape the sound of my falsetto as I can with my full voice. I can change the tone with my mouth, but not very much at all.

3. My lower falsetto is very, very weak and easily scared away. It will die if I'm the least bit nervous or dehydrated, and can get ugly even if I'm neither; I have very little power on my lower falsetto.

Help?[/QUOTE]
got a sample?

Falsetto should be easier to shape and move.
I'm willing to bet youre not pressurized the cords first with the diaphgragm and youre just shooting air right out. Try to feel like youre about to sing it in head, just let the cords open up. THey will unless you strain to try to hit a high head that you cant, this is a bad practice anyways.

[QUOTE=Burningwater]Alright, I know I'm not gonna be as good as Maynard right away...but I've heard him hold some really long screams ( like 20 seconds ) and I can barely muster enough breath for one of his 9 second ones. Is it that I'm not breathing properly(I've been on a swim team most of my life so I guess I've got decent lung capacity) or just not breathing deep enough or just not doing the screams right?[/QUOTE]

Its your technique more than likely. Not your lung capacity. Im sure youre breathing deep enough. YOu just have to stop up the pressure behind the cords BEFORE you make the sound. If you havent, visit the voicehelp hotline.
Its Hard to describe. It just takes practice learning your self and how much pressure youre capable of using behind a note. The thing is that its not much of a scream, per say. Its just a high note with rasp. But when it comes out it sounds worse than it is due to all the distortions. Once you get it down it just feel like youre kinda gargling the note. If do a light gargle sound you can get a general feel as to where you should feel the rasp. Like i always say. back off first. See if you can get the same sound. Then add more pressure later.
The tank is the diaphragm area, the valve is the cords . dont constrict or tens anything. This puts an imbalanced kink in your air hose, resulting in faulty pressure and possibly blowouts.

[QUOTE=Merkaba-1]got a sample?

Falsetto should be easier to shape and move.
I'm willing to bet youre not pressurized the cords first with the diaphgragm and youre just shooting air right out. Try to feel like youre about to sing it in head, just let the cords open up. THey will unless you strain to try to hit a high head that you cant, this is a bad practice anyways.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, sure. [url]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/2/standsformusic.htm[/url]

I think I am just shooting the air straight out, I can't really seem to do anything else even with a ton of concious support from my diaphram... :confused:

thanks merk

Burning..you might should practice taking a good breath and making an sss sound. you should be able to hold a slow one for at least thirty seconds. then turn it into a zzz sound.. work around with that pressure and feel til you can make a regular note...then a hard note...then a scream. it might not be instant but i think it will help with the feel.

I heard somewhere that practicing singing in your head voice for a while makes your voice better...is that true?

[QUOTE=The Spliggity Splot]I heard somewhere that practicing singing in your head voice for a while makes your voice better...is that true?[/QUOTE]
i would say so if you do it with good technique. anything that practices holding the cords together under pressure results in more strength and stamina.

[QUOTE=italic zero]Hmmm... I need some help with my falsetto. I have a range of about F-C with it, but I have a few problems.

1. I have to use a whole lot of breath to sing falsetto at all. I think I'm even going to have to get a windscreen to actually be able to record with it. I have support and everything, but it just takes it right out of me.

2. I find it very difficult to shape the sound of my falsetto as I can with my full voice. I can change the tone with my mouth, but not very much at all.

3. My lower falsetto is very, very weak and easily scared away. It will die if I'm the least bit nervous or dehydrated, and can get ugly even if I'm neither; I have very little power on my lower falsetto.

Help?[/QUOTE]

??
I dont think this was much in your falsetto range. You can do this stuff with a mid head....you hit a few notes in head it sounded like. I think youre overthinking or is this the wrong link? Now if youre just going for an airy sound, then youre just gonna not have alot pressure or whatnot because thats what gives you the airy sound. You cant really hold an airy note for a long time, ...well...cause its airy. But in this range, i can tell by your voice you can do this is an easy head voice.
?? Im kinda confused here now.

So am I...

I only did falsetto for a short time at the beginning of the song, it was the only clip I had on hand. Perhaps we have different definitions of falsetto and head voice? I didn't really do any singing in head voice on that recording; it was falsetto at the beginning and chest and middle voice after. Falsetto is, by definition, airy, I believe, though that's not a trait I particularly want to cultivate. I want to be able to produce a strong falsetto with less air, which I think is possible.

By the way, that would be the F above middle C to the C above (first post). There seems to be some lower falsetto marvel, as I'm looking, although a lot of it is countertenor technique. Gah, terminology is so loose between styles.

question about stomache breathing...

alot of people say "breathe with your stomache and not your chest"

wouldnt it be logical to use both to get max capacity?

i think when you use your stomach you are using both

here's a confidance booster for all you singers, me trying to sing "house of the rising sun"

I know the vox are too quiet, didn't realise till after it was uploaded

[url]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/6/moanermusic.htm[/url]

[QUOTE=moaner]here's a confidance booster for all you singers, me trying to sing "house of the rising sun"

I know the vox are too quiet, didn't realise till after it was uploaded

[url]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/6/moanermusic.htm[/url][/QUOTE]


you have balls
that blows
rep++

[QUOTE=Rats!]you have balls
that blows
rep++[/QUOTE]

thanks

I only recorded it to learn how to use audacity.

hey yeah, im new to singing, and and i was wondering if anyone can tell me what i can do to get better. If theres anything specific i should do, or w/e
[url]http://www.purevolume.com/ivebecome[/url]
its not very good haha, and i was a little bit sick when i was recording it but yeah, i just wanna get better
thanks

good with mic
 

[QUOTE=King_Karl]i have the general problem of being unable to sing. I am ok with a mic but without it i suck. Is that normal? The style i (am trying to) sing is a rock/grunge thing. No need to worry about screaming tho cos i've got that nailed
:smoke:[/QUOTE]

It sounds like you just need to HEAR yourself. It's why musicians and singers have monitors. We always sound different in our head than "out there"

It also may be that you're trying to get the volume without a mic that you get with one.

Just my humble opinions!!

Teri Jo

Stomach singing
 

[QUOTE=poormorris]question about stomache breathing...

alot of people say "breathe with your stomache and not your chest"

wouldnt it be logical to use both to get max capacity?[/QUOTE]


The trick is to push the sound out. That's why they tell you to use your "stomach" although what they mean is your diaphram.

Using your chest might get the sound out but you are also stressing your throat more. It also depends what you are singing. Some soft sweet song shouldn't be "power" sung. I'm pretty sure when I sing I'm using my chest too, after all, that's where the air has to get into. But to push the sound OUT I'm using my stomach.

As with anything, the way to get better is to do it over and over and over and over and... you get the idea. I sing all the time, because I love music. But somehow, singing with the radio in the car isn't the same as practicing. I haven't figured out why except, I'm sitting, but I'm sure there are other reasons!

Teri Jo

Hey Merkaba, don't know if you remember me. I'm the one dude with all the flem problems while singing emo lol...welp i think ive solved it...I do my warm ups all the time and I wrote my own song not trying to copy someone's vocals...kinda gave me a control of the music...like usually in other songs i try to hard to copy the guy, but when i write my own i can handle my own vocals (duh) so it sounds better, lol...and i just wanted you to hear one of my songs. and if you could please tell me if it sounds ok lol..welp thanks for all the help!

[URL=http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/startingoverusmusic.htm]The Sound Click website[/URL]

Choose "She's a whore" for my original. And "Last Train Home" to hear me sing some other dude's song lol. Thanks much.

- Cody :D

Dude your voice isn't bad! You're better than 90% of the people on here because you can actually sing notes and hold them. Try to sing less nasally tho!