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I Can't Sing

(Saturday, 09 February 2008) Written by Honeycomb

So, this is my first ever solo project and I've come to the realisation that I can't sing. It's not that I can't hold a tune, just that my voice is so weedy and lacks depth. I've done a few takes on some of the tracks that I've got ready and it just doesn't sound right.

But then, I had an idea. Maybe it's the room and the fact that my studio (bedroom) is too large. So tomorrow I'm going to try and record the vocals in the smallest room in the house, the downstairs toilet. My main recording computer is a MacBook and I can balance that on the toilet and just about get a mic stand in there. It can't sound any worse than what I've currently got and may just make the difference...

Comments (7)

1 Written by Sister Savage, on 02-09-2008 15:26
I can't play any instruments or sing - that's what makes completing the challenge so wonderful! :-)

2 Written by I Invented the Universe, on 02-09-2008 15:45
When I first started singing, I felt the same way as you did. But practice makes perfect, and you'll have to bear with it until your voice starts to develop. Don't wuss out now, because it'll just make things worse later.

3 Don't fret so much
Written by Endicott Road, on 02-09-2008 15:48
If you're anything like me, you are your own worst critic. Don't compare yourself to anything you hear on the radio, or put out on CD by the big recording companies. They have the equipment and the budget to make anyone sound good.
Do the very best you can on your vocals, and let it go at that. I've been doing that for quite some time, and I've had comments on my voice both positive and negative. I never let it stop me.
As long as you're doing your best, that's all that matters. And, I think that's the point of the challenge, if you ask me.
Keep at it!
Regards.
ER

4 Yeah, what they said ...
Written by The Checkers Speech, on 02-09-2008 15:59
Seriously, have you listened to the Jukebox at all? Some of my favorite albums from last year's challenge have some really weak vocals, but that just adds to the charm. (PM me if you want to know which ones, I'm not going to out them as bad singers here!)

This isn't the American Idol finals, this is real people, most of us not in a professional studio. Of course we're going to sound a bit rough.

If this challenge weren't about being real, it wouldn't exist.

5 Written by Helen Sventitsky, on 02-09-2008 16:24
Ditto to all of the above.

I'm a classically trained vocalist, I've done lots of choral work, and I still think I sound like crap on occasion. Don't let it get to you. You've got your voice. You just need to bring out.

6 Written by Volksmetall, on 02-09-2008 17:19
I can't sing (am credited with the worst vesion of Killer Queen ever heard at Karaoke). I loathe the bit where I have to sing but am determined to carry on trying. The best hope I can offer is to record them and then use some effects to EQ out the bits of voice that grate and some reverb to cover an warbles. That's my suggestion..

7 Written by Honeycomb, on 02-09-2008 18:17
Thanks for the encouragement. I *will* end up recording vocals, I have no choice. I just hope that they don't end up making the whole thing unlistenable. Whatever, I will do my best, and that's all I can do.

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