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I'm pretty socially awkward but even I have collaborated with guy's online and got a big buzz out of it. Never even talked to the people! Including a cool drummer from American. In the end life took over and I had to pack it in. Might try again in the future.
Point being if you want to do something enough you'll find a way.
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There are things you can do with your voice. If you're struggling to get the brash abrasive sound you want (I'm extrapolating a bit there) then you need to tweak what you're doing. Here are some ideas:
- Spread your lips a bit more. Smile.
This encourages you to change the shape of your embouchure.
- Lift the back of your tongue.
This encourages more nasal resonance, which is where the harsh and abrasive sounds come from.
- Change your vowels.
Certain vowel shapes encourage brighter sounds. Take the word "mask" - you could sing it "marrsk" or "maesk" and get completely different sounds from it.
- Learn to belt.
What you're after can be found by combining belting with some gritty distortion. This is a skill and does not come naturally. People have to learn how to do this.
Finally... get rid of the notion that "it wont sound like my voice" because what you hear on a record or in a live performance is very rarely someone's natural voice.
Different genre but take Maynard from Tool, back in the Aenima days. When he'd do those really loud belts like at the end of Eulogy ("good byyyyeeeeeeeeeeee!") - that is completely and utterly not his natural voice.
Same with Bruce Dickinson or any of those metal screamer guys.
Nature is not your friend in this situation. Don't embrace it. Fight it.
I shall write nothing more at this moment for fear of frankness looking like a personal attack.
Looks like a good offer. Be bold, TCB. Seize the opportunity.
Unfortunately my confidence is going to have to wait a bit to be peaked as a work qualification assessment (or at least the preparation for it) is taking my time and energy of late.
Thanks again though to all who commented above, cheers
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By way of update, I have actually done a public performance in the inbetween-time. Somebody I half know had a 60th birthday party and wanted a sort of Open Mic Night type theme to it. I did about 25 minutes, with acoustic guitar and my whining voice. I worked on some of the suggestions from this very thread with fairly mixed results, but nobody died and nobody complained.
Thoughts on it were as follows:
- I got my voice to go fairly high, by what felt like an unusual "breathing in and singing out" technique. I did I Shall Be Released and that version goes up to the C# the octave above Middle C and I didn't die, even considering I had tonsilitis.
- I don't like acoustic accompaniment, i'm doing electric if I do it again
- I need a monitor speaker or IEMS, I really struggle to hear without.
I've been practising a few Jeff Buckley covers to really learn how to spread the vocal sounds out, and doing exercises to get those techniques cemented in. Doing what I used to do on piano - really over exagerrated styles to learn it then reign it in until it's acceptable. Seems to be working, I've managed passable versions of Grace and Mojo Pin (either playing piano or guitar, or using a backing track) so hoping now my work assessment is out of the way I can do some open mics with the results. Even better if I can find it within myself to get somebody to accompany me with playing so I only have to sing, but I'm not holding my breath on that
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The song is in E. Buckley capos up four frets.
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Well, you could certainly learn from his example by performing with conviction. If you play live as if you don't give a flying one about the material, why should the audience give one?
Yes that's what I'm going for, as I feel there is plenty to pick up on from his efforts and I have an affinity with his style of stuff and his influences certainly so it's good learning material. The problem being, as with anything, in order to have the conviction/confidence one does need something to be confident about, so it's as important for me to improve ability-wise as it is confidence-wise.
But there's definitely more scope in his musical direction for me if I'm singing and playing, than when I'm just playing (however I'm close to a passable reworking of White Stripes' Black Math once I can source some accompanying rhythm)
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