VEGANGELICA

Hi Riazy,

You asked two questions:

(1) What would be a good way for you to learn some music theory to help you mesh voice and instrumentals?
(2) How do you know when is the "best" time to sing in a song when you are creating music that includes instruments and your voice?

I have an answer for the first question, but I think I might need to know more specifics about your second question to figure out exactly what knowledge you seek.

(1) Music Theory

I think I know the perfect person for you to contact to have all your questions about music theory answered...Steven Jacks...and it just so happens that he is part of our forum!

Steven's username is venjacques ( Music Banter - View Profile: venjacques ). You can ask him questions in his thread or contact him by private message. He has also written an introduction to music theory book (Music Theory Level 1) that might suit your needs. He could probably tell you if his book would be helpful for you if you contact him and explain what you want.

Steven is an expert in music theory, very friendly, and very patient. I can tell he loves music and sharing his knowledge about it. So, I highly recommend that you contact him for advice on the sort of music theory that would be useful for you.

Here is the MusicBanter thread where you can ask music theory questions of venjacques:

http://www.musicbanter.com/talk-inst...ml#post1166473

He also has an online music theory school where you can ask anything about music theory and he will try to help:

StevenJacks.com | Artist, Dreamer, Adventurer

(2) Learning to mesh vocals and instrumentals

Riazy, do you know how to read music?

If not, then I feel learning to read music should be your first goal at this stage in your singing, because reading music will allow you more readily to sing with other people in a group. If a person always sings with the same band members and always practices in person together with them, then she might never need to know how to read music, but it really comes in handy when you can't be with other people but want to practice singing a song.

As you know, when you read music you don't have to remember the pattern of notes to sing, because they will be on the sheets of paper. Just by looking at the paper you can use your mind's "ear" to hear the music and visually know when to start singing and what notes to sing.

You wrote that you play the drums (which I love). I also recommend that in addition to your drums you get an acoustic guitar and begin learning chords to help you experience the meshing of your singing with an instrument that makes distinct notes. Since you are envisioning creating music with your drums and voice, I think you would *really* enjoy creating music with a guitar and your voice.

I read recently on Wikipedia about the singer Lana Del Rey: "After her uncle taught her how to play guitar, she 'realized [she] could probably write a million songs with those six chords,' and began performing in clubs around the city under various names such as Sparkle Jump Rope Queen and Lizzy Grant and the Phenomena." I feel she is right: guitar is a great and simple instrument to learn to accompany yourself and broaden your musical horizons.

I hope this helps!

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