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07-19-2008, 02:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | Now I have a problem- slurred speech and singing.
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I decided last night to do a recording of my singing to use as a practice for a song I was playing and then I did a reading of some Greek for a friend.
When I played them back I noticed that my speech was terrible and my singing was so bad that I could barely understand what I was singing, which was Heaven In My Hands by Level 42.
This is beginning to really affect me. I don't want to find summer jobs because I know for a fact noone understands a word I will say and I also find it hard to do Latin and Greek recitals.
I also can't do any backing vocals as I know I will ruin the song.
I've been 'cleared' unoficially by a doctor and so I'm unlikely to get any medical answers.
Any ideas TB?
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07-19-2008, 02:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: South Side Chicago | | | stop drinking so much, or drink more. |
07-19-2008, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by fenderhutz Go see a doctor for your combined ailments.  |
I've been and they can't find a thing wrong with me! Apart from the RSI of course.
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07-19-2008, 02:38 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | | Get some elocution lessons.
Or just concentrate on pronunciation. How now, brown cow and all that. Record yourself doing it and try and improve.
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07-19-2008, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht I've been 'cleared' unoficially by a doctor and so I'm unlikely to get any medical answers. |
Actually, This is your answer and all you need and advice you should really take to heart.
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07-19-2008, 04:46 PM
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07-19-2008, 05:01 PM
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07-19-2008, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by peterbright Can you post a sample? | Actually that wouldn't be a bad idea. What you here maybe different to what others hear due to paranoia and what not. |
07-19-2008, 05:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kent Island, Md. | | | I had the exact problem when I quite drinking. Took me about 3 or 4 months to get the mouth moving correctly. I actually sounded drunk even after being sober for 2 months.
Have you made any drastic changes to your life style?
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07-19-2008, 06:12 PM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | | Listen to the band "Lifehouse" some time. That darn singer I can't understand a word he says. And "Dave Matthews Band" for that matter. Sorry I have no advice other than to ask a professional singing coach/teacher. |
07-19-2008, 07:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: South Side Chicago | | | now that i'm out of work I've been drinking for two hours, so my words are starting to slur. This beer isnt going to drink its self! |
07-19-2008, 07:14 PM
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07-19-2008, 07:50 PM
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That man slurs worse than a drunkard on their worst night.
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07-19-2008, 08:33 PM
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07-19-2008, 11:44 PM
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07-20-2008, 06:03 AM
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07-20-2008, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht I decided last night to do a recording of my singing to use as a practice for a song I was playing and then I did a reading of some Greek for a friend.
When I played them back I noticed that my speech was terrible and my singing was so bad that I could barely understand what I was singing, which was Heaven In My Hands by Level 42.
This is beginning to really affect me. I don't want to find summer jobs because I know for a fact noone understands a word I will say and I also find it hard to do Latin and Greek recitals.
I also can't do any backing vocals as I know I will ruin the song.
I've been 'cleared' unoficially by a doctor and so I'm unlikely to get any medical answers.
Any ideas TB? | Are you on any anti-psychotic medications? Or lithium? They can cause slurred speech as a side effect. |
07-20-2008, 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by peterbright Can you post a sample? | Bet you wouldn't ask that if she was complaining about diabetes.
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07-20-2008, 06:56 AM
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