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stephent28
Posted 2009-01-08 12:10 AM (#434644 - in reply to #434619)
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I'm told it's an acquired taste
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ozwatto
Posted 2009-01-08 1:17 AM (#434645 - in reply to #434619)
Subject: Re: Anybody Here NOT Sing?


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Originally posted by Joe Rotax:
but really, if you play, it's kinda hard not to sing a bit here and there as well.
I agree with Joe. I sing nearly every time I play. Sometimes I think it sounds good, sometimes I think it sounds awful.
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schroeder
Posted 2009-01-08 4:53 AM (#434646 - in reply to #434619)
Subject: Re: Anybody Here NOT Sing?


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Originally posted by fillhixx:
[QB] Everyone can sing

No they can't.
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kotadawg
Posted 2009-01-08 6:39 AM (#434647 - in reply to #434619)
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I can't and don't. We have rules about that here.
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Slipkid
Posted 2009-01-08 6:53 AM (#434648 - in reply to #434619)
Subject: Re: Anybody Here NOT Sing?



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Originally posted by Beal:
Sometimes I succeed, sometimes it's almost, when it's going to be a "never get it" on a tune I know better than to try.
Realizing what songs not to sing is half the battle
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AussieJames
Posted 2009-01-08 7:09 AM (#434649 - in reply to #434619)
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Originally posted by Slipkid:
I like singin'.
I'd like to think/hope that I'm better than most and not near as good as the rest.

I was thinkin' bout this the other day.
I'd say that 40% of the Amelia gang was singers who played guitar. Another 40% were musicians who where more into running scales and the 1/4/5 thing.
The last 20% could do both.
Hell Brad I don't think I'll fit into any of those categories!! :rolleyes:

AJ
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Slipkid
Posted 2009-01-08 7:15 AM (#434650 - in reply to #434619)
Subject: Re: Anybody Here NOT Sing?



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Your right AJ!
I forgot.
There is another group.
A couple guys are assigned to tote guitars around and store cases as needed. :D

I look forward to meeting you.
Don't forget to bring your back support brace and practice lifting with your knees.
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AussieJames
Posted 2009-01-08 7:21 AM (#434651 - in reply to #434619)
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Mate I'm looking forward to it too!!

AJ :)
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BT717
Posted 2009-01-08 7:32 AM (#434652 - in reply to #434619)
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I was told most of my life "DON"T SING, YOU CAN"T!" I then joind a little "Jam" group who encouraged me to sing. They didn't seem to care how bad it was. And it was bad! I've now been singing for 3 years. I've discovered I can sing in a couple of keys and within an Octave. Im no
front person, but can hold a tune.
We ALL can sing, the question should be "can
you sing in key" I've learned with practice MOST can probable "train" yourselves to do so just by doing it and not caring what you sound like. Eventually you will "find" your key and range.
Just my .02! :)
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wilblee
Posted 2009-01-08 7:35 AM (#434653 - in reply to #434619)
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I used to sing very well a couple of thousand cigars ago, but I had a very nice low bass voice. You know how many popular songs have been written for low bass singers? Doesn't much matter now. These days about the best I achieve is rhythmic croaking, but that doesn't keep me from achieving it as often as I can.
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tholmes
Posted 2009-01-08 8:50 AM (#434654 - in reply to #434619)
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Funny you should ask....people ask me all the time "Can you NOT sing? PLEASE?"

Tom
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2ifbyC
Posted 2009-01-08 11:38 AM (#434655 - in reply to #434619)
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Originally posted by wilblee:
low bass... rhythmic croaking
BINGO! That's ME...
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fillhixx
Posted 2009-01-08 11:41 AM (#434656 - in reply to #434619)
Subject: Re: Anybody Here NOT Sing?



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Originally posted by schroeder:
No they can't.
Yes they can
Yes they can
Yes they CAAAAAAAAN!
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CrimsonLake
Posted 2009-01-08 11:45 AM (#434657 - in reply to #434619)
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Originally posted by tholmes:
Funny you should ask....people ask me all the time "Can you NOT sing? PLEASE?"

Tom
Ditto!
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stephent28
Posted 2009-01-08 11:55 AM (#434658 - in reply to #434619)
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Originally posted by wilblee:
I used to sing very well a couple of thousand cigars ago, but I had a very nice low bass voice. You know how many popular songs have been written for low bass singers? Doesn't much matter now. These days about the best I achieve is rhythmic croaking, but that doesn't keep me from achieving it as often as I can.
Get an all hog guitar and sit on the street corner with a can and sing all the old great blues songs from the 30's - 40s! Sounds to me like you got the PERFECT voice for it! Screaming Jay Hawkins, Gatemouth Brown, Hooker, Johnson, etc, etc...and my FAVORITE BARITONE/BASS singer LEON REDBONE!
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Gallerinski
Posted 2009-01-08 11:58 AM (#434659 - in reply to #434619)
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For the record, I've never heard or seen Paul Templeman sing. Nor witnessed any of the other things he claims to do frequently.
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dweezil
Posted 2009-01-08 12:04 PM (#434660 - in reply to #434619)
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Me. I'm a solo fingerstyle player. When Legg starts singing I will.
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2ifbyC
Posted 2009-01-08 12:26 PM (#434661 - in reply to #434619)
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Originally posted by stephent28:
my FAVORITE BARITONE/BASS singer LEON REDBONE!
Mine also! Thanx. Now off to YT...
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CrimsonLake
Posted 2009-01-08 12:30 PM (#434662 - in reply to #434619)
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Originally posted by Gallerinski:
For the record, I've never heard or seen Paul Templeman sing. Nor witnessed any of the other things he claims to do frequently.
What he was doing in the hotel lobby at the last factory tour at 4 in the morning MIGHT be considered singing in some sort of warped Ozzy Osbourne kind of way.
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Joe Rotax
Posted 2009-01-08 12:59 PM (#434663 - in reply to #434619)
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Originally posted by BT717:
I've discovered I can sing in a couple of keys and within an Octave. Im no front person, but can hold a tune.
We ALL can sing, the question should be "can
you sing in key" I've learned with practice MOST can probable "train" yourselves to do so just by doing it and not caring what you sound like. Eventually you will "find" your key and range.
Just my .02! :)
That's pretty much how I started. I just got sick of not singing because, for me, lyrics/vocals are a big part of the enjoyment of playing music. So I began with not caring what it sounded like and eventually found areas and that I can work with. Once I started tuning to E flat things came together better.
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Waskel
Posted 2009-01-08 2:02 PM (#434664 - in reply to #434619)
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Originally posted by CrimsonLake:
Originally posted by Gallerinski:
For the record, I've never heard or seen Paul Templeman sing. Nor witnessed any of the other things he claims to do frequently.
What he was doing in the hotel lobby at the last factory tour at 4 in the morning MIGHT be considered singing in some sort of warped Ozzy Osbourne kind of way.
Or it MIGHT be considered a felony offense in several states...
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guitarwannabee
Posted 2009-01-08 6:34 PM (#434665 - in reply to #434619)
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A bunch of us who have been friends since
( hi skoll ) still get together and party like its 1995 and after 20 or so drinks or whatever someone will go put an old Beatles record on and EVERYONE becomes a lead singer. When youve been partying to long everybody actually thinks that we all sound good but im sure if it were recorded there might be some other thoughts after the playback but we have a ball doing it.
Its something about those old Beatles songs that you have to sing along to no matter how bad your singing is. :eek: :rolleyes: :p GWB
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BT717
Posted 2009-01-08 6:56 PM (#434666 - in reply to #434619)
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Originally posted by guitarwannabee:
A bunch of us who have been friends since
( hi skoll ) still get together and party like its 1995 and after 20 or so drinks or whatever someone will go put an old Beatles record on and EVERYONE becomes a lead singer. When youve been partying to long everybody actually thinks that we all sound good but im sure if it were recorded there might be some other thoughts after the playback but we have a ball doing it.
Its something about those old Beatles songs that you have to sing along to no matter how bad your singing is. :eek: :rolleyes: :p GWB
KIDS! :rolleyes:
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ProfessorBB
Posted 2009-01-08 6:56 PM (#434667 - in reply to #434619)
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Learning how to enunciate and breathe correctly contributes immensely to the performance as well. Some do marvelous on raw talent. Most don't. Those with both talent and knowledge of how to sing are the best.
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2009-01-08 7:12 PM (#434668 - in reply to #434619)
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In 1995 I was years past the get drunk and sing at the party stage.
Brad is right. A good coach or teacher can really help. Some people just don't have a voice that can be helped, but I'm not sure that anyone is really tone deaf. I've watched one American Idol show and that was one of the tryouts. It is amazing how many people think they can sing that aren't even close.
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