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[mallycobain]

constructive criticism/opinions?!
THANKS!!
youtube.com/watch?v=Yx3hxXlIFpc

[Exo]

READ THE RULES TO THIS FORUM.

You're not doing too well here.

EDIT: Also, you didn't give us anything to give us our opinion on.

EDIT II: Also, don't expect better responses in this thread.

EDIT III: It was average.

EDIT IV: These are the rules to this forum. Read them. In fact, get these tattooed on your arm instead.

[mallycobain]

nah, I'm good. thank you : )

[someonecompletelyrandom]

Being snidely won't win anybody any points here.

Asking for opinions on stuff like this is completely okay in the appropriate subform, so long as it isn't self promotion.

[mallycobain]

I just want to improve so I asked for some opinions!!

[someonecompletelyrandom]

Originally Posted by mallycobain

I just want to improve so I asked for some opinions!!

That's perfectly fine, post any song lyrics/singing videos/whatever in this thread for feedback.

[GuitarBizarre]

Feedback

1 - If you're going to sing, you should learn to project your voice. Singing quietly rarely happens in a stage or a performance situation. Occasionally in studios, but still, what you're doing in that video is holding your voice in. You're also singing from your head the whole time. Try to sing from your diaphragm and make use of all the air in your lungs.

You don't have to scream, but hunching over, singing in head voice, and singing quietly are all surefire ways to ensure you never really get to grips with your voice. Sometimes you WANT those things, but the majority of singing is done from the chest and with projection, trying to push your voice outwards rather than just trying to hit the right notes.


2 - Decide if you want to sing smoothly or scratchy. There are techniques to mastering both. Be careful with scratchy. You can hurt your vocal chords if you do it wrong for too long.

3 - If you make another video, try and imagine yourself singing to someone at the BACK of a crowd. Your voice needs to reach that guy just as much as it does the guy at the front. (This actually applies even if singing with a microphone, but thats more about mic control than just singing straight up)

4 - Listen to this:
Non piangere Liu - Marco Zanini - YouTube

Yes, he's a guy, and yes, its opera, not rock music, but listen to what his voice is doing. He has power behind it. He's singing as much from the rest of his body as from chest and lungs and throat. Thats the difference between projecting and not projecting. If you're imitating Kurt then none of that **** matters. But if you want to be a good singer (and Kurt was NOT), then this stuff is important.

Remember, there IS a right way to sing. Sometimes even the best performers ignore that, for the specific effect a different way might produce, but you should be able to do both.

[Dr_Rez]

The noise from my perogies cooking in vegetable oil was so loud I could not hear the video.

From what I could tell though you should smoke lots of cigs and drink liquer then try and sing it. It would have been good for anything but nirvana. Noone who can hold pitch and sing well should cover him. Leave it to hacks and ****ty singers like me. Dont take this the wrong way Im actually saying your voice is too good for this.

[mallycobain]

Thank you guitarbizare, I've been told that but I can never seem to remember it when I actually sing..I just kinda focus on what I'm saying and feeling and forget to annunciate and project my voice. And to Dr. Rez, THANKS!!!! lol It's hard to hear that, growing up with this band and absolutely idolizing them since I remember..their songs were all I've known and still love them to this day. Does smoking ciggs actually make your voice raspy? I'm sure Kurt had smoked since a pretty young age, I wonder if his voice would sound any different had he not picked up that habbit

[GuitarBizarre]

If you wanna hear what cigs and whiskey sound like, just go listen to Motorhead.

In fact, go and listen to motorhead anyway.