How many members sing?

PeteM · 2011-06-01T20:23:07+00:00

This is a follow-up to D-man's thread who recently asked about the need for a singing coach. What I would like to know is how many of you guys sing and pla...

How many members sing?

Squonk

excellent stuff Pete. The open Mic at TJ's is just 3 weeks away ?

Jack-Flash-Jr

Thanks Pete... bated breath... unless bating is the wrong way of doing it ?

Keira-WitherKay

well singing is not for me............ but i think the idea of a vocal thread is fabulous for this forum ....... and just knowing that singers want to work on their vocals is a very re assuring thought... i hire in lots of vocalists when ever i need em for pro gigs and the amount of chancers that "think they can sing" that audition is beyond scary , ? just as we see in "idols" type competitions

so i'm excited to see singers sharing tips and techniques........

+1 to the creation of a vocal thread / section on this forum

strataxe

Arjun Menon wrote: +1. Would be great to learn stuff.
I only do backing vocals in our worship band

I didn't even go there...

singemonkey

PeteM wrote: No study ever goes to waste hey? ?

Never.

Looking forward to this Pete.

Jack-Flash-Jr

singemonkey wrote:
PeteM wrote: No study ever goes to waste hey? ?
Never.

Looking forward to this Pete.

Some have quite a high opportunity cost though ?

This, however, is not one of those!

Seventhson

Chad Adam Browne wrote:
Seventhson wrote: When I sing I sound like dave mustiane ?
That's not singing ?

Lol it works for thrash metal?

SeanC

Warren wrote:
Squonk wrote: I try ?
Ditto ?

Well, I've built up a bit of a reputation around the clubs as a Folk singer.... cos every time I sing people go "Oh Foooooooocccckkkk" ☹

In other words... Ditto!

blues_addict

Paul E wrote:
Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
PeteM wrote: So, if we have a vocal board here, I would be keen to share the knowledge I have gleened more recently.
OK. Good enough for me...
+1, would love to glean that knowledge of Pete. I'm a worship leaders, so I sing every week, often multiple times a week too. So, I would love some tips to improve ?

+ another one, I am also a worship leader so that's a regular one for me. Would love some useful tips!

PeteM

blues_addict wrote:
Paul E wrote:
Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
PeteM wrote: So, if we have a vocal board here, I would be keen to share the knowledge I have gleened more recently.
OK. Good enough for me...
+1, would love to glean that knowledge of Pete. I'm a worship leaders, so I sing every week, often multiple times a week too. So, I would love some tips to improve ?
+ another one, I am also a worship leader so that's a regular one for me. Would love some useful tips!

:-[ Was my face red.
I created interest in the vocal thing and haven't followed through.

What I've realised is that I can only help aspirant singers 'live' or via video/audio tutorials and I haven't got the time to explore that route. I follow Brett Manning's Singing Success programme (I bought his DVD/CD programme) and regularly follow the tips on his website.
However, I do think that one-on-one lessons is the way to go, but I could not find anyone here in Durbs who offered 'speech-level' coaching, that's why I'm offering it. BTW this not a punt for myself but I urge you, no matter where you are in SA, to find a singing coach that offers the speech-level singing approach. With one-on-one lessons your coach can show you where you are going wrong and stop you from developing bad habits, which I have learned is critical in singing development.

I've also learned that singing coaches are somewhat critical of one another and Brett Manning gets a lot of flack, but I kinda liked his approach albeit with his controversial "increase you range by one octave in six months or get your money back guarantee". Well, I never got anywhere near one octave but i did raise it up by half an octave. But what I have gleaned from the programme is invaluable in creating a natural tone and to remove all tension... I can now do a full 4 hour gig with no strain on the voice.

Here's Brett's site http://www.singingsuccess.com/

I tried to participate in the forum but it's difficult to navigate so I gave that up... maybe you will have more luck.

domhatch

well, i can sing a bit - hold a tune as long as its within my limited range. so i'll give it a bit of a bash as it were.

thanks Pete!
dh

singemonkey

I think you're spot on, Pete, regarding it not being very useful describing this stuff in text. One heads up is that on a little trawl of Youtube today, I learned a few things - including from Singing Success and others - that I wish I'd known all my life, and seemed to immediately enable me to do things I couldn't before. Whether this stuff has really stuck or not remains to be seen.

Search for singing lessons on youtube and you'll find a lot of materiel.

domhatch

well, i've had a long, hard look at singingsuccess.com, and it looks legit. tried to find holes, find out whether it was a scam, etc, and while i know you can never be certain of things on the 'net (i believe it was abe lincoln who said you can never trust what you read on the web), but it does look like this guy's programme has given folks some serious results. i might be tempted to have a look at it. once i have my new amp, that it. priorities and all that...

tra la la la lalala la!
dh

singemonkey

One on one sounds great. But the thing that bothers me is that most teachers are classical - or is that just my impression? While the idols style singing of Singing Success is not my cup of meat, the techniques are all the ones used in American music from gospel, through blues, soul, R&B, rock, etc.. I want to sound like Nina Simone, not like Luciano Pavarotti.

So if I get a teacher, I want someone who understands that style at an intuitive level - rather than someone who's just picked it up because their students demand it.

eyesuc

singemonkey wrote: One on one sounds great. But the thing that bothers me is that most teachers are classical - or is that just my impression? While the idols style singing of Singing Success is not my cup of meat, the techniques are all the ones used in American music from gospel, through blues, soul, R&B, rock, etc.. I want to sound like Nina Simone, not like Luciano Pavarotti.

So if I get a teacher, I want someone who understands that style at an intuitive level - rather than someone who's just picked it up because their students demand it.

Exactly what I am looking for as well! I need somebody with expertise in heavier music vocals but who can also give me the basics I need for singing.

Willing to pay of course, but I would prefer somebody close to me (Stellenbosch, Northern Suburbs, etc). Anybody you guys can recommend?