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by jseymour_va » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:11 pm
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I learned by belting songs out to the radio when I drive my car.

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Same here!
I sucked really bad at singing. I've posted a couple songs and one guy on here pointed out what was wrong, I was singing out of key. I took a couple lessons and she showed me how to fix them, when I'm off, exercises and key things to work on. I'm still not all that great, but getting better everyday. I drive a lot and singing in the car has help me out a lot. I can sing from the top of my lungs and not bother anybody. Just make sure you have the windows up at a red light, I've made the mistake a couple times,

but got one girls number

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by Ranting Thespian » Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:45 pm
just to keep sinigng, and gradualy work my way up, to harder and harder things as long as I feel comfortable doing them, and not stressing.
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by DMBFreak84 » Sat Oct 04, 2003 7:11 am
ive was in choir from 4th-12th grade, Select Choir 8th-12th, did NYSSMA twice, All-County Choir every year, All-State Choir senior year, drama club from 8th-12th grade....so yeah, i learned to sing early and kept it goin

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by Trippin Hillbilly » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:18 am
DMBFreak84 wrote:ive been was in choir from 4th-12th grade, Select Choir 8th-12th, did NYSSMA twice, All-County Choir every year, All-State Choir senior year, drama club from 8th-12th grade....so yeah, i learned to sing early and kept it goin

blah blah blah..is that english?
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by DMBFreak84 » Sun Oct 05, 2003 9:20 pm
Trippin Hillbilly wrote:DMBFreak84 wrote:ive been was in choir from 4th-12th grade, Select Choir 8th-12th, did NYSSMA twice, All-County Choir every year, All-State Choir senior year, drama club from 8th-12th grade....so yeah, i learned to sing early and kept it goin

blah blah blah..is that english?
yeah, thats english

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by Granny33 » Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:00 am
i'm still not sure i'm doing this whole breathing thing right. like when you sing is your stomach supposed to be pushing and visibly moving on every note or do you sing as you inhale, hold, and exhale? (sorry if THAT'S not english)
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by mbgreen » Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:07 pm
Tune down. I know its cheating, but man, the difference a half step makes. Whoa. Sooooo much easier.
Now Ben Harper tuned down a FULL step for the longest time. Thats almost overkill for me, but hey, I'd say it worked out pretty good for him.
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by grock » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:23 am
Appsoldier wrote:its like getting your haircut by someone that has crappy hair, don't do it.
not really. this is a bad anology. no offense but i mean a hair cutter probably didn't cut his own hair. that just don't make sense. and if he did then you should expect it to look a little f'ed up. a better anology would be "you wouldn't take karate lessons from a boxer" find someone in your "fighting style".
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by grock » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:44 am
mbgreen wrote:Tune down. I know its cheating, but man, the difference a half step makes. Whoa. Sooooo much easier.
Now Ben Harper tuned down a FULL step for the longest time. Thats almost overkill for me, but hey, I'd say it worked out pretty good for him.
really this only saves you from having to sing a half step. changing the key is a bigger difference. i know that just capo'ing up at five can make a song easier cuz then you can sing in the lower key and play in the higher. i really don't think a half step is making as big a diference in your singing as you would imagine. it can add a lot of depth and low end to a song but i can;t see how a half step is enough to make is so much easier. then again, paul simon tunes a quarter step flat on all of his albums and concerts for some good reason...
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by mbgreen » Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:16 pm
grock wrote:mbgreen wrote:Tune down. I know its cheating, but man, the difference a half step makes. Whoa. Sooooo much easier.
Now Ben Harper tuned down a FULL step for the longest time. Thats almost overkill for me, but hey, I'd say it worked out pretty good for him.
really this only saves you from having to sing a half step. changing the key is a bigger difference. i know that just capo'ing up at five can make a song easier cuz then you can sing in the lower key and play in the higher. i really don't think a half step is making as big a diference in your singing as you would imagine. it can add a lot of depth and low end to a song but i can;t see how a half step is enough to make is so much easier. then again, paul simon tunes a quarter step flat on all of his albums and concerts for some good reason...
For me, the half step makes a big difference, especially on open chords. Now, I dont know if its just mental (and it very well may be) but I prefer it to standard for singing purposes.
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by Appfro » Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:19 pm
grock wrote:Appsoldier wrote:its like getting your haircut by someone that has crappy hair, don't do it.
not really. this is a bad anology. no offense but i mean a hair cutter probably didn't cut his own hair. that just don't make sense. and if he did then you should expect it to look a little f'ed up. a better anology would be "you wouldn't take karate lessons from a boxer" find someone in your "fighting style".

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i didn't mean one that had a crappy hair cut. would you get your hair cut by carrot top??? he has crappy hair, he obviously doesn't care..the point is that you want someone that's good at what they do to teach....oh nevermind.
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by Granny33 » Sat Oct 11, 2003 8:07 pm
a little help anyone?
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