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I can't sing
Posted by LolitaV • 11/04/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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even to save my life. I sound like a kid when I try (HARD) to sing. but I wanna record a song I wrote for someone. And since I will not be singing or shall i say lip syncing (lol!) this song live ever, how can I go about having a great recording you know a la Ashlee Simpson, Lindsay Lohan and all the can't really sing but have CDs out.
Help me I need this by the end of the month so it's urgent and very important.
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Auto-tune. It's all the rage.-
what is it and how does it work? I don't want the T-pain voice. it's annoying as fvck, lol!
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thanks so MUCH!!! I am gonna keep writting the song and work on it some more. How do I know if the studio can really deliver?
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I bet you sound better than these chicks:
www.soompi.com/content/64413-
i don't get it?
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You can learn to be a better singer in a couple of days.
Stretch your voice and do splutters...
Spluttering is like making boat sounds with your lips...
Learning to maintain the pressure through your lips and making your lips continue to splutter as you run out of air and forcing air through your lips by pushing harder (using your diaphragm) teaches you how to control your air as you sing.
Get a piano or keyboard and record yourself singing the notes one by one - and then adjust yourself to hear yourself better.
Feel the vibrations in your nose by putting your finger tip on your bridge - and learn to feel the differences of your sounds vibrating by judging it against your feel of your finger tip.
Those techniques used daily - will help you stretch your vocal cords and will teach you how to breathe properly - which will give you a MUCH greater advantage to singing.-
would you please make a youtube vid showing me how? please, please, please?
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wagerwitch has a point - which is not to say that this would be anything other than a long, hard task with iffy results.
For what it's worth, I can't tap-dance: and have wanted to, since I first saw it done. In my case, it's not going to happen. I didn't have the equipment needed, and now that I've gotten my hips fixed, I'm concentrating on non-dance aspects of life.
The point is: You have a worthy ambition, but you might want to consider alternatives. More about that, below. -
lol, i am not gonna be a singer, i wrote a song for someone that i want to record. my voice sucks and i want a way around that
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hey if they keep letting britney spears into the recording studio...u should be ok! her voice is sounding more robot like with every new single -
DONT autotune your voice.... PLEASE.
First of all learn the basics of singing...breathing techniques, posture...all that.
Then... find a producer who will record your song and strain and filter it for you.
Then...make sure you write a song in a key you can tolorate...if you can't sing good..probably not a good idea to write a song in a high key.
Good luck!
And remember DO NOT AUTOTUNE your voice...that sht sucks.-
no not autotune a la T-pain, more like what Reba does you know, where you can't tell that they used auto tune
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Thats not auto tune, thats filtering.
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this is what i mean: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6bCdZmSE7M
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Is this due to some "roadhead" injury?-
no, just i can't sing
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At least you KNOW that you can't sing, unlike those poor saps on American Idol
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LOL....good point.
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i recorded myself and analyzed it like i was listening to a stranger. and yes, i cannot sing good. but i want to record one great song for sm1
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you probably can sing, you just need to work out your range - the highest and lowest notes that you can comfortably reach and look for songs that don't venture too high or low for you.
Also, everyone's voice has a 'sweet spot', an area / note where it resonates really nicely; once you find that you'll be able to feel good about the sound you are making.
The most important thing is to relax and find a song or so which is not too complex, slow songs are good to work with and learning to breathe is important.
The difference between the great singers and everyone else is the way that they 'phrase' a melody, the way that they shorten or extend notes and how it sits against the main rhythm, you can't buy that or train it, it's a bit like your fingerprint-
so how do i work out my voice?
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Don't do this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=95dJonNLu6U
Find one or two notes that sound comfortable and just sing vowel sounds, mAKE SURE THE NEIGHBORS CAN HEAR YOU -
you'll be able to tell if something is too low, it will just sound weird and you'd need an operation to be able reach the low notes, as for the highs, the cat will stick its paws in its ears and run out of the room if it's too high
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i can have surgery to sing good, lol!
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no the surgery is to drop your voice an octave, they'll be adding a set of testicles
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I'll request a penis to go with the testees. I'd like to try it on sm1 in this thread...
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hilarious, so long as you can hit the low notes
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I don't know your circumstances, but you might be better off, asking acquaintances if they'd help you lip-sync. The logistics of getting video of you and audio of someone else on the same recording should be easier if you're in the same room.
Just a thought.-
no, i want to be the one singing. i cannot deceive them that much, lol!
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Well, it's amazing, what a person can learn to do. Although it does happen - very few people are really tone deaf, or physically unable to sing.
Knowing almost nothing about you, my guess is that you have working vocal cords, and can hear differences between different musical notes, or pitches. Given that start, I'd say you have a shot at being at the very least someone who can speak a song - with enough inflection and rhythm to make it a presentable performance.
Best wishes.
A suggestion: get a decent sound recorder, listen to your singing - and be very patient with yourself.
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