Keith

I think you captured the essence of this song perfectly . Thanks for sharing!

I disagree. If he is going to learn to sing, he needs to sing without the burden of playing another instrument at the same time. In the video, he is sitting, with bad posture. It's great that he can play the guitar, but at the same time, singing along with a cd would be more beneficial since all of his concentration will be on singing, instead of splitting between guitar and singing. Standing up straight with good posture, learning breathing and support, and concentrating on what he is doing 100% is going to get him to where he wants to be faster. IMO. Of course, he could use the guitar for a pitch reference, but that would be my only suggestion that involves a guitar - at least until he learns the basics.

To answer your YouTube question - anyone can sing. You need to start out with the basics, like anyone else would at the beginning stages of learning. Get a teacher or a coach if you can afford it. If not, then start with finding little singing tips and lessons on youTube - and Here on this forum. The first thing you need to do IMO is put the guitar down and concentrate on just the singing part. Playing an instrument at this stage of your learning will just distract you. There are a ton of warm ups listed on this forum, as well as general exercises.

As far as warm ups, start with this one.

It is easier if you just copy and paste the link here.

Glad ya liked it Ron. The hardest part was the "can't you hear your baby crying noooooooooooooooow" part - it took me most of a day to be able to get it as close as I did lol.

Keith Unforgiven would be neat to give a shot. Could you send it?

Send me an email at keith_goehner@yahoo.com and I'll send it over to ya.

Thanks for listening T

I have Fade to Black, Disappear, unforgiven, enter sandman, Hero of the Day, nothing else matters, and sad but true - in my "easy to find" karaoke file folder. I know I have others, would need some time to find them.

Here we have me throwing a Metallica cover. Hope ya like it.

http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11773226&q=hi&newref=1

Great cover man. I have about 30 Metallica karaoke files, but never tried to mess with them.. You may have inspired me Like the mostly clean approach to James Hetfield style singing.

I have no idea why I enounciated like that lol.

So, I have worked for a very long time just to be able to access my head voice. Adding chest musculature to it is the next step. I have no idea how to do it. Once I can get a Skype in with Rob maybe he can clear it up a bit for me.

Thanks for listening :)

I can't get it to work :/

Here is my horrific rendition of "Still Loving You" by Scorpains.

Clearly , I should have not tried this song lol.

http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11762999&q=hi&newref=1

If you are going to do the "do re mi fa" thing, us "si" in place of "ti" - the ti "word" cuts of your air momentarily , and it's best to not work out or warm up with excersizes that halt your air movement .

Wow. That was wonderful. Gave me goose bumps. Thanks for sharing!

Btw, I'm not interested in virtuosity and incredible control of my voice. I'd just like to sing in a way that's pleasant and non-offensive, which I don't feel is how i sing now.

You really can't have one without the other.

It's asking me to log in to listen to it

Thanks for listening! I'll give that a shot :)

Aside from what everyone else said, work on your enunciation, sometimes it's hard to understand what you are singing. The second clip you posted was awesome by the way.

When you open up on the high notes, it sounds great. Modifying vowels is a necessity when you sing high notes. And the one falsetto note "carry on" was brilliantly placed.

I think I just pooped myself. That my friend was sooooo much better than the first one. A few tiny off key parts, but overall friggin impressive!

That is outstanding!

Nice job man. You got that laid back easy sounding (yet hard as hell) tone down pretty good!

Holy Crap...

Keith, I've listened to your singing many times now, and you're a great all-round singer! Must be very fun to have you in a band when you're that versatile.

If I'm going to give you some critique, it's this: it sounds to me like you're playing it safe all the time. If I'm wrong, disregard this paragraph, and I apologise for my misinterpretation!

Anyway, being sturdy and reliable is of course great (especially in a band environment), but sometimes metal urges... no, commands you to release the inner beast and manifest itself within your voice!

It might be hard to let go of one's inhibitions and hit the correct notes at first, but once you're past the threshold you're home.

I might be biased, seeing as I'm nothing but power... but I hope you understand what I'm getting at!

Thanks for listening ! I started singing about 2.5 years ago-with no direction. I built an array of bad habbits. Since February, when I picked up pillars, I've been practicing the workouts for 1-2 hours a day (as time permits). I really am trying to get better every day! As far as power, I'm working on it. My bands first cd , written in drop d flat, was sung between Db4 and Db5 . I wanted to try something a little different with the new one.