Rufus Rufus

I don't think you need any training.  You sound very professional and natural.  Great sound.  I love it!  Post more songs.  Very beautiful voice. 

To clarify, my post is not about telling anyone to give stuff away for free.

It is about how society is changing. And how people that buy things realize there are other options.

Nor is it about me, or about Robert's course. 
 

It all depends on frame of reference. 
Some people can pay a monthly fee for martial arts and go as much as they want in the week for it.
Singing lessons are typically charged by the half hour. 
I, for example, must work one hour to pay for one half hour of singing lessons. 

Singing lessons are very different from other forms of lessons. There is also no grade system, other than maybe royal conservatory.

If I were to take swimming lessons there is a set out flow that I need to be able to do before progressing to the next level. There is a direct connection between what is being taught and what a person is achieving. 

You need to be able to swim x amount of lengths, tread water for x amount of time, et cetera. 

From Sept to december I can pay 70$ to put my child in for 30 min swimming lessons.  for 10 lessons. So, that's 7$ per lesson.

That lay out is set to have my child learn a set skill. I know that the teacher will aim to teach them that skill and they can come out with a badge or paper, or something similar to say that they have now achieved this. 

I haven't been to a lot of singing lessons, but I find most of them are "not a school" and "student directed". Which basically means the student chooses where to go and the teacher has no promised direction. Not saying all are like this, only the ones I have experienced.

26$ to pay someone that day one tells me they have no plan, tells me I need to tell them what to teach me, and plays audio clips from their computer or simpler warmups than I use, you can see how I would think it was a waste of money. This is largely because I don't know what to expect, and the teacher never told me that he has lots of awesome information to provide me if I would just visit him for 52 weeks and pay them $1,352 a year for what he has to offer me with his years of expertise. 

The hidden thing is that the teacher may well be able to make someone the next big hit. Odds of them actually becoming a next big hit are next to none. But they might be able to sing good. Just like I might be able to swim good, but it being my dream, it will not make me into an olympic swimmer. How many Olympians get chosen every four years? 

The cool thing with the internet is that stuff becomes free. And software is available. Which means people value teacher assisted lessons even less. Why pay more when you can get it for free.

It only takes one kind heart to upload everything they have learnt about singing for free to make it available to the world for free.
It only takes one not for profit organization to make music software that can analyse the voice and detect notes, harmonies, etc. I am sure that it could even be programed to determine if a person is using their voices correctly because software can already pick up all the colours and the harmonies. 
Some simple programming, and then releasing it to the public.
Then have crowd sourced programming for player data saving analysing. This would allow for lessons to be geared towards a student. A computer never forgets. Never sleeps. Never gets tired. Never gets angry. A computer can create a lesson that adapts and changes to how a person is doing with difficulty and attention. Meaning it could be set to reward the student and have them ready willing and able to learn how to sing for 4 hours a day.

Four hours at 365 days a year = 1460 hours.
or, 2920 half hour lessons. 
Or, @ $26 per half hour lesson.  $75,920 per year.

Meaning. Realistically a person could learn more than the basics of singing online for free, but would get the value of $75,920 out of it.

But, that only takes one person, or group of people, to do it once, simply because they are nice. 

Other people might sell books or lessons based on total value earned. Meaning, it gets cheaper the more that are sold. Meaning, if 10,000 copies are sold then the rest of the world gets it for free. 

There are several reasons to see why people have a hard time grasping paying that much money to a music teacher. I do it because I want to learn. It is my "dream". But the reality is I will never be paid to sing. I will never be an Olympian. Because that's what famous singers are. Olympians.

In  reality, I am learning to swim. But paying more money. And not having any set plan. The good thing about singing though; I can't drown singing. 

There are many reasons people may not have taken you up on your $4.99 offer, Robert.  Sounds like a good deal but maybe they are looking for a different singing style, classical, jazz, pop, etc) and they look for that on YouTube. And of course, they may find what they want on YouTube for free   Example: I play guitar.  I find free tutorials for almost any song I want to learn to play!  When I was younger I spent many hours transcribing solos.  The tutorials are quick and free.  There are many things good and bad about the digital computer age.  I think you know what I mean.  Things change and we have to figure out how to evolve to stay relevant, if that is even possible.  

There are many reasons people may not have taken you up on your $4.99 offer, Robert.  Sounds like a good deal but maybe they are looking for a different singing style, classical, jazz, pop, etc) and they look for that on YouTube. And of course, they may find what they want on YouTube for free   Example: I play guitar.  I find free tutorials for almost any song I want to learn to play!  When I was younger I spent many hours transcribing solos.  The tutorials are quick and free.  There are many things good and bad about the digital computer age.  I think you know what I mean.  Things change and we have to figure out how to evolve to stay relevant, if that is even possible.  

Hi all
Not been on here for a good couple of years but decided to bite the bullet again with singing and learning how to home record using Logic Pro X following training for several months and finding my own voice and not trying to copy others. My artist name is Phoenix Ren and she's only just come out to play this last summer!
I'm pleased so far and know I have to more to give in terms of the voice. I also need some lessons to learn with editing the vocal to avoid 'essing' and 'popping' still being too close to the mic, but I'm keen for feedback on the overall track, balancing etc. I used 2 mixes together for the vocal -  one wet  with some reverb, and one dry with only compression.
I use an SE220a mic and  Focusrite Solo preamp/interface...and a load of mattresses!
 

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