Do I have potential?

[Josephjonathan]

I picked up singing and practiced religously, probably to a fault for about 4 months. To say the least i loved it.

So based on what you hear, do i have any potential? Also, what would you classify my voice type as?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deHmndneRfk (Has some autotune and reverb), I'm trying to upload a version with no effects)

thanks!

[srs7593]

if you can generate pitches with your voice then you have potential. i'm a firm believer in everyone being able to learn singing. i would like to hear it without effects.

[ronws]

Definitely potential.

First off, let me give some perspective. I'm not one that is all that much into hip hop / rap. I am an aging hippie (with short hair, now) who remembers when Glen Campbell came out with "Wichita Lineman" and my personal set runs from Men at Work to Led Zeppelin to AC/DC to Kansas to Styx to Ted Nugent. The closest I get to R & B is a few songs I do by the Eurythmics (ain't that odd, a scottish woman and an english man doing R & B, go figure ...)

You were great on the melodic stuff. To me, your rap at the end was a little weak because I couldn't feel it. The only rapper I cared to listen to was Tone Loc, who was not even a trained singer. He was an actual street thug who decided to make an album and turned his life around. But man, what a feel on "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina."

Get that feel.

And to clarify, no, you don't need to sound like a person of african/american descent from California with a speech pattern indicative of drug dealers at the time. What counts is the conviction in the voice. It's a feeling more than a technique.

[Josephjonathan]

if you can generate pitches with your voice then you have potential. i'm a firm believer in everyone being able to learn singing. i would like to hear it without effects.

srs, thanks for the input. I don't have that song without effects, but i do have another one. It's only a minute long sample, the singing is towards the end.

Definitely potential.

First off, let me give some perspective. I'm not one that is all that much into hip hop / rap. I am an aging hippie (with short hair, now) who remembers when Glen Campbell came out with "Wichita Lineman" and my personal set runs from Men at Work to Led Zeppelin to AC/DC to Kansas to Styx to Ted Nugent. The closest I get to R & B is a few songs I do by the Eurythmics (ain't that odd, a scottish woman and an english man doing R & B, go figure ...)

You were great on the melodic stuff. To me, your rap at the end was a little weak because I couldn't feel it. The only rapper I cared to listen to was Tone Loc, who was not even a trained singer. He was an actual street thug who decided to make an album and turned his life around. But man, what a feel on "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina."

Get that feel.

And to clarify, no, you don't need to sound like a person of african/american descent from California with a speech pattern indicative of drug dealers at the time. What counts is the conviction in the voice. It's a feeling more than a technique.

Thanks for the reply ronws. Out of your set, i've dabbled with styx, have some great songs. I know what you mean about feeling it. I've always been a fan of music, but when it comes to actually reproducing my own, and coming into "feeling" the music, it made me appreciate all my favorite artists even more. All music sounded different... i guess my ears just weren't as naturally trained as others. Getting there though.

The "funky cold medina" was a good listen too.

If you care to listen, i'd love to have your input on another rap that i wrote to one of my favorite instrumentals (very dark).

and i agree that no one has to sound like a person of african/american descent or from sound like a drug dealer, but i've always had an urban aura and i find that some music really lets me act upon a gritty side of me. an alter-ego if you will.

[ronws]

Great rhythm and good pronunciation on the accent. That would be difficult for me to do and I am an american. A very clean vocal tone, too. Almost too clean. But a good line, though I would have liked some melodic variation, which is why I might be the wrong guy to comment on the track.

I'm just a crazy fool for melody.

[Mr Bounce]

Good effort bro. You gotta lean into it though. Sing those lyrics like you mean them. Sounds like you're backing away, no girl going to go for that. "I just can't explain that shit at all" for example, that's not a line that you can half-ass. As for the rap section, that's not bad either, you actually have a nice tone to your voice. It just feels a bit like you're not into it, you're not showing that energy. For me this delivery needs a bit more intensity, even a bit of anger/frustration. Good luck :)

[ronws]

Thank, Mr. Bounce, for writing it as I wanted to. I cannot use profanity in one more instance or I will be banned. So, I will live vicariously through your posts.

[Chavie]

i started out with like an octave range

could barely hold a note for 5-10 secs lol

if i can make progress anyone can

just listen to these guys on here.....and find your self a good vocal program

[Jens]

Hey, i think youve got great potential! Man youve only sung for 4 months, whatever your training Consists of continue doing it.

[Sound26]

It's not my style of music, but I'd say you've shit loads of potential if that's only 4 months work.

[Josephjonathan]

Thanks for all the feedback!!