Originally Posted by Trollheart

I think what you're missing here is that yes, you can train to SING, but not necessarily to become a GOOD singer, much less one that can do so professionally and make a career out of it. Like I said, you need some talent there in the first place. If that isn't there, no amount of training, learning, spending time at it is going to make you good enough to be successful.

If it was that simple, everyone would be running to their local voice coach to spend months/years training and would be then able to have a career in music. Not everyone is musical, just as not everyone can play an instrument: the initial talent has to be there first, and if it isn't, at least as far as singing goes, then you're just wasting your time.

You could I suppose divide the world into four sections: those who can sing, those who can't, those who think they can and those who really don't know or care. But if you were to make a pie chart (mmmm... pie!) you would probably find that the first section would be a lot smaller than the rest. That's just how the world is: if everyone could sing, probably everyone would, but not everyone can. Not that that stops people making a fool of themselves on Karaoke night!

Look at it this way, much as I hate him, if you were to send your tape to Cowell what do you think he'd say? You think you'd get past the audition? And when people got that response from him, did he say go and train with a vocal coach? No, he said you'll never be a singer, give it up.

Harsh words? Perhaps, but the truth can be hard to hear. And sorry, I have now listened to your sample, and to be frank it's awful: even I could sing better than that, and I KNOW I can't sing. There's no melody or phrasing in your voice, no warmth, nothing to interest a listener: you just sound lost, like you're really trying hard but have no clue how to sing.

Sorry: you asked for honest opinions, and there's mine.