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Phaedo · Post by **Phaedo** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:45 pm

I'm singing out of tune. I'm sick of it. Any suggestions on how to stop?

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:47 pm

Phaedo wrote:I'm singing out of tune. I'm sick of it. Any suggestions on how to stop?

Melodyne.

Devon

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:48 pm

tape your mouth shut

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:52 pm

vurt wrote:tape your mouth shut

What brand of tape is better? I hear Access brand tape makes your vocals richer, warmer, and deeper without that ugly aliasing....

Devon

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:53 pm

Tell people that the Stone Roses are getting back together and you're practising to audition for the part of Ian Brown.

Hmm, monitoring problems? Some people like to monitor with effects on, but for some people it sends them way out. I like to monitor with one side of the headphones on and one off..makes em look like a c**t

but it seems to work for me.

Also, playing the backing too loud in the headphones if your're going for a big performance sometimes backfires, might be better to monitor more quietly.

Apart from that you could try the old practising...

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:54 pm

DevonB wrote:
vurt wrote:tape your mouth shut
What brand of tape is better? I hear Access brand tape makes your vocals richer, warmer, and deeper without that ugly aliasing....

Devon

stops it completely not just out of tune

i suggest gaffer tape
its good for games with the ladies too

Dan Island · Post by **Dan Island** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:56 pm

Let us hear a clip of it..won't allow us to help you any better but it should give us a laugh.

Patrick9 · Post by **Patrick9** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:57 pm

vurt wrote: i suggest gaffer tape

I never perform without a roll of gaffer tape handy

Wopelka · Post by **Wopelka** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:58 pm

you could take some lessons.

otherwise, you could adapt your style to your kind of singing and voice.

do you know serge gainsbourg? he made beautiful songs despite his awful (in a way) singing.

that's how i try to stand my own voice, anyway.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:58 pm

you want a clip of me singing with tape over my mouth?
ok im on it just gimme time to get to hardware shopme n the missus used the last of ours earlier

michu · Post by **michu** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:15 pm

vurt wrote:you want a clip of me singing with tape over my mouth?

i think i'd pass this one
but if you'd happen to record yourself while tearing off tape from your mouth afterwards,
i am well interested

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:10 pm

Wopelka wrote:do you know serge gainsbourg? he made beautiful songs despite his awful (in a way) singing.

That bastard had a hit with a song that was basically him banging Jane Birkin. Why didn't I think of that?!

Funkybot · Post by **Funkybot** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:59 pm

Another suggestion is to have the vocal melody playing on an instrument like a piano, guitar, or synth and sing along to that. This way all you have to do is sing the same notes you're hearing. Aside from that you may just be writing in keys unfriendly to your voice. If there's one particular note you can't for example it may help to just transpose the song down a step or two.

Mr Lizard · Post by **Mr Lizard** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:05 pm

The best way is just to get comfortable with your own voice.
For ages I was frustrated with my lack of vocal ability but then I kind of realized that I don't have to try and be Jeff f**king Buckley and can try and carve my own path.
I eventually got to a low droney talky kind of thing ala Lou Reed.
Still get annoyed at times but as a whole am a lot happier with the results.

crazed one · Post by **crazed one** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:16 pm

Wopelka wrote:you could take some lessons.

otherwise, you could adapt your style to your kind of singing and voice.

do you know serge gainsbourg? he made beautiful songs despite his awful (in a way) singing.

that's how i try to stand my own voice, anyway.

And what about Tom Waits?! Sometimes a little bit off tune or gruff can off set the song nicely. Shit, look at Mick Jagger, decades and many albums later the old f**k still can't keep a tune!

Singing out of tune