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This is just a quick recording, Using what I call "Fake" voice. I am playing with a little rasp. While growing up and singing with relatives they would condemn me for NOT using "MY NATURAL" voice. So I got stuck thinking to "Fake it" was a wrong thing to do. I think that some of this is on the right path to "Singing" rather than what I was doing before and thinking that I was "Singing" using my "Natural" voice.
   So if you would .......... Point out what is "Right" rather than just saying it sucks and I need more lessons.           Thanks.
 

Great Job Bzean and Gsoul.
I was working on a Glenn Fry song and may upload it later. Too much thought going into it.
This is more the way I work. Remember a song, look up Lyrics and chords and just record it. The melody may be a little off and there is no embellishment. Just my way of interpreting the story.   Here is one for  Merle.

One or two phrases out of context will not show anything.
  A complete song does not have to be a full blown production. Not when when the goal is working on the voice.   Background guitar with basic rhythm will suffice.
  Still your tone is beyond most of those who seek "Tips or Strategies, Techniques and stuff" and the best advice I can give is to sing more "FULL" songs.  At this point what you need more is to manage how to deal with the flow of lyrics along with your tone. To deal with that, tackle songs that have already been established.

Great Job Bzean and Gsoul.
I was working on a Glenn Fry song and may upload it later. Too much thought going into it.
This is more the way I work. Remember a song, look up Lyrics and chords and just record it. The melody may be a little off and there is no embellishment. Just my way of interpreting the story.   Here is one for  Merle.

"Space Oddity" by David Bowie

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I was playing in a local band, we played at a graduation party, mostly family members of the graduates, I sang with an acoustic while the drummer was setting up and the rest of the equipment was put inplace. The audience just stared at me. I sang like 6 songs. Not a peep. When I walked off the stage many people pulled me aside and said they loved what I did. I just stared back and said "Why couldn't you show me that while I was up on stage feeling like a fool?".    Sometimes you just get a tough crowd.

Great Job Bzean and Gsoul.
I was working on a Glenn Fry song and may upload it later. Too much thought going into it.
This is more the way I work. Remember a song, look up Lyrics and chords and just record it. The melody may be a little off and there is no embellishment. Just my way of interpreting the story.   Here is one for  Merle.

Preview the contents of the program, Whatch the videos and pay attention. There are a lot of insights that will get you ready mentally when you are ready physically to stat the training.
   You may not be ready to do a full blown exercise but there are some onsets that you can work on without getting too physical with them.
    Good luck and I hope get well soon.

Great Job Bzean and Gsoul.
I was working on a Glenn Fry song and may upload it later. Too much thought going into it.
This is more the way I work. Remember a song, look up Lyrics and chords and just record it. The melody may be a little off and there is no embellishment. Just my way of interpreting the story.   Here is one for  Merle.

As we just about come up on the halfway point of 2016, we've unfortunately lost several big names in music. Prince, David Bowie, and Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire, just to name a few. This is a challenge where we will challenge ourselves by selecting a song from the catalog of one of these great artists and attempting to sing it ourselves.
The only requirement for this challenge is that the song must be by somebody who passed away in 2016.
As far as time limits for this one goes, I was thinking about 45 days but suggestions are welcome.

I enjoyed that. Thank you.

The whole problem is that even if someone where to say Jon, Drop your jaw a little more, cut back the air and sing UH instead of Oh. It still may not work because your perception of UH may be different, The jaw may still not drop enough, The throat shape may still be off and you still may not be getting enough closure or twang even though you think you are and the so called expert would still be wrong and a quack even though he gave the answer. It does not work until YOU find it through Guidance and experimentation but YOU still need to experience it before it works. So many things about singing are confusing and seem backward until you experience it and THEN you end up saying "OH, Thats what that jerk was talking about".

Good song Javastorm,  Write more songs. For a first attempt at writing you did great.
Song writers need only worry about lyrics melody and basic chord progression.
Sure if you plan on releasing this yourself and playing all instuments and such, then maybe thoughts on percussion and musical composition, points and counterpoints should be considered. BUT, most of the time drum patterns, bass lines and background embellishments are left to the studio musicians. They are given a chord sheet and a tempo. They do not get the whole composition writen for them. They use their own discretion and their sense of musicality. If things do not go as expected they are then given a basic direction.
Do not stop writing because someone thinks that it should have drums or bass lines or other embelishments. The original composition is basic. Chord pattern, tempo and melody and lyrics. Write songs, Let the arrangers worry about where to put a snare tap and a cymbol crash or maybe more cowbell.
    Let your Guitar and voice provide the tempo, intensity and mood. You did a good job.

Good song Javastorm,  Write more songs. For a first attempt at writing you did great.
Song writers need only worry about lyrics melody and basic chord progression.
Sure if you plan on releasing this yourself and playing all instuments and such, then maybe thoughts on percussion and musical composition, points and counterpoints should be considered. BUT, most of the time drum patterns, bass lines and background embellishments are left to the studio musicians. They are given a chord sheet and a tempo. They do not get the whole composition writen for them. They use their own discretion and their sense of musicality. If things do not go as expected they are then given a basic direction.
Do not stop writing because someone thinks that it should have drums or bass lines or other embelishments. The original composition is basic. Chord pattern, tempo and melody and lyrics. Write songs, Let the arrangers worry about where to put a snare tap and a cymbol crash or maybe more cowbell.
    Let your Guitar and voice provide the tempo, intensity and mood. You did a good job.

A town/city/country based song sounds pretty cool. Ex. Philidelphia Freedom, Sweet Home Alabama, New York New York, Kansas City Here I come...............................Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack (closest big city to me)............

Preview the contents of the program, Whatch the videos and pay attention. There are a lot of insights that will get you ready mentally when you are ready physically to stat the training.
   You may not be ready to do a full blown exercise but there are some onsets that you can work on without getting too physical with them.
    Good luck and I hope get well soon.

Preview the contents of the program, Whatch the videos and pay attention. There are a lot of insights that will get you ready mentally when you are ready physically to stat the training.
   You may not be ready to do a full blown exercise but there are some onsets that you can work on without getting too physical with them.
    Good luck and I hope get well soon.

Hey Champ,
 
Ya, ok... but this presents another issue. How long have you had 4Pillars?
Look, I often hear this, ... "I want to wait a while until I get this done or that module finished or the book read... ", etc.. 
Don't get trapped into a procrastination cycle!!!
 
You do two things... you study the course work while at the same time, you train the workouts; onsets, ITRs, etc... 
Not one after the other, its both at the same time... Your in the gym now, get going, start working out.

This is just a draft. It is late I am tired and it is what it is. I just wanted to give proof that I am working on something.
 Be kind give tips................ Thanks.
 

Thanks for listening Collin, I kind of like Randy Newman. It could be worse and I could sound like Tom Petty.
Part of my issue is tone, The funny thing about tone issues is that you have to sound like someone and sometimes it is what it is, a matter of physical make up or it is about coordinations and resonance. What if I find out that i have everything balanced and I still sound like Randy? Or are just meaning the style of singing? A talky singy thing? This was first draft just getting an idea of how to approach the song and to have something to contribute to the BeeGees Challenge.

I submitted this in the Challenge for BeeGees. It is late. I am tired, but wanted to post something.
Be kind, this is a work in progress and a little to laid back to be effective
 

This is just a draft. It is late I am tired and it is what it is. I just wanted to give proof that I am working on something.
 Be kind give tips................ Thanks.
 

This is just a draft. It is late I am tired and it is what it is. I just wanted to give proof that I am working on something.
 Be kind give tips................ Thanks.
 

This is just a draft. It is late I am tired and it is what it is. I just wanted to give proof that I am working on something.
 Be kind give tips................ Thanks.
 

Jeremy, Souded pretty good man. I would keep this in a list of songs to play out for a one man show. If you haven't already, MAKE that list and practice the songs often so you can just grab a guitar, keyboard or whatever and sing when the opportunity strikes.
      Killer, Good to see you back. I have been wondering about you. You should also keep that in a list. It is one of the songs I was going to record for this Challenge.
       I have sat down at the recorder several times over the past few months to record for this challenge and each time was struck by either Red Light syndrome or interuptions. I still plan for a recording but do not know when I will be able to. Until then I hope others will continue to post songs here. Looking forward to hearing more.
      G,  You still out there? I have not seen a post from you for awhile. Do not give up on us. These challenges are still a good idea. It is getting the time that is a problem.