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bartyclue wrote:I was once told about my singing skills, that I sound like pigs fornicating

Well, you've got me beat!

bartyclue wrote:I have nothing useful to add. I really wish I could sing but I cannot. I was once told about my singing skills, that I sound like pigs fornicating

All amateur comedians are advised to place their 'porking' jokes here.

The forests would be a very quite place if inhabited only by those birds who sang best. I love the Rolling Stones' sentiment it's the Singer not the Song.

Hotzenplotz wrote:I tried while driving my car alone outside residential districts ...
Not bad! It is working so far and interesting.

I'm not really trained to sing well. I'm sort of like Tom Petty or Bob Dylan, I just hop up to the microphone and help drive the song along with my voice. I've been noted on my "studio" recordings as being and I quote, "Afraid of the microphone". Of course, there are some the people who've been the SCARF meetings who can differ.

I only sing solo.....so low I can't be heard.

Pa dum pum!

I sing backup in a band as well. I know if I'm nervous I can't sing as well. If I were to sing lead in front of people I don't think I could because of nerves. One thing I notice when I sing alone with my acoustic is that my voice cracks and I cough. Do you think this is because I'm not singing from the diaphram, or maybe my voice is weak. I speak quietly too and always thought I might need to exercise my voice to avoid that scratchy feeling in my throat that causes me to cough when I sing.

Yeah, you're straining. And you've diagnosed your situation pretty well. Singing well is really pretty athletic. You wouldn't run the Boston marathon having only jogged around the block once the day before the race.
JimK

I'll have to do some of those exercises when I'm driving alone or something.

Reminds me of a police car:

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Hotzenplotz wrote:Reminds me of a police car:

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Yeah, I suppose if I practiced while I was driving the city might be deafened by howling dogs.

pocaloc wrote:

Hotzenplotz wrote:Reminds me of a police car:

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Yeah, I suppose if I practiced while I was driving the city might be deafened by howling dogs.

Or you'd be arrested for impersonating a police officer...

pocaloc wrote:

Hotzenplotz wrote:Reminds me of a police car:

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Yeah, I suppose if I practiced while I was driving the city might be deafened by howling dogs.

Nah, you could write your own ticket!!!

So does the singer make the song or the song make the singer?

admin wrote:So does the singer make the song or the song make the singer?

I know I always admire great songwriters more than great singers. I love guys that write great songs but technically don't sing well, like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, etc., etc. I almost always prefer their versions over any more slick cover versions. The Byrds do Bob Dylan in there own way, and I love there versions almost as equal to the originals though.