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Wrote this the other day after a fairly unfortunate vocal gig on Saturday night.
Suddenly thought you lot might actually be interested in it.
Singing is hard, tips to make it less hard are always welcome
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Seriously hard song to do well.
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When I had lessons.. the biggest thing is confidence... singing into a mirror was advised.. you are your own worst critic...
is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?
Get the lyrics and melody into your muscle memory by practising over and over and over and over again. Being able to sing instinctively will really help if you get tired, disorientated or panic on stage.
Don't hesitate or hold back - you'll go flat. Even singing softly requires full commitment.
It's better to sing the wrong lyrics (or even a wrong note) with apparent confidence.
If all else fails pretend the mic has broken then "fix it" in time for the next (easier) song.
A couple of points that have helped me
Decent monitoring is everything ... if you can't hear yourself you will generally push too hard which will hurt your voice, if your gonna sing go IEM'ed from day 1 .... seriously they instantly piss all over wedge monitors when it comes to hearing yourself
Down tune a semitone ... 3 out of the 4 bands I'm in all downtune a semi, even Living on a Prayer is do-able in Em when your down a semitone
Try and get the rest of the band to do some decent backing vocals and the occasional lead vocal so it's not one guy carrying every song all the way through
once you overcome that, the rest is about practice and technique..
note though, that with practice, you can improve your technique, skill and intonation
but there's only so much you can do about your tone..
great tone is something people are born with..
that said... there are plenty of singers that didn't possess great tone or even great skill that were essentially 'good enough', but they made up for it through sheer showmanship and presence... and a knack for doing the right / cool thing
Jagger for example..
Well said. There is also the matter of identifying what music your natural tone/range suits. There's no point in trying to be the next Axl Rose if you're Johnny Cash.
In a covers band sometimes you just have to accept that you shouldn't sing the song you'd like to and not take it personally.
Are you trying to do a tribute style authentic recreation?
or just playing the song your own way?
personally I prefer the later... be creative...
in the DC Band we play a few King Crimson songs
ok so in our case they're not exactly covers cos DC is a former member of Crimson
we don't try to recreate them.. we put our own spin on them..
this included rewriting big parts of them too..
so... make the song your own... bend it to your voice and the tone of the band..
playing other people's songs don't mean you have to be a slave to the original..
this includes changing the key if it's possible so that it sits in the vocalist's sweet spot..