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What do you think about my band's singer?
- Thread starter altarsofmadness
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The singer's pitch can be corrected. I've seen a few bad singers correct themselves and they sounded great. But it will involve the singer recording and listening to himself as well as some additional work. It might even involve taking some singing lessons. It sounds like this singer has a lot of enthusiasm which can be hard to come by. I hope he finds a way to make himself sound great!.
Weak vocals kill bands. Period. Full stop. An average listener at a club will be able to enjoy instrumental music with quite a few warts, but if the singer is out of tune, they will notice and turn off. He doesn't need to be Freddy Mercury, but he needs to pull of what he's trying to do cleanly or the bands ceiling is pretty low. The lessons may help; some peoples pitch will improve with work, while I know some people who have not improved enough even after years of struggling with it and doing everything "right." If you have time give it to him, but if it doesn't get better in a reasonable time frame I wouldn't be optimistic.
Also, there is a lot of Internet tough guy going on in this tread. People should consider being helpful and humble, and not take too much pleasure in a young artist trying to figure it out. OP, you are doing ok and it's all a learning process!
Also, there is a lot of Internet tough guy going on in this tread. People should consider being helpful and humble, and not take too much pleasure in a young artist trying to figure it out. OP, you are doing ok and it's all a learning process!
Ian McKay (minor threat, fugazi, owns a record company) is another example of someone who purposely sang off key. I would focus on the song structure, dynamics, and tone. You might be on to the next big thing. I don't think the OP'S band is going for "me too" pop vocals.
I dunno man, but I think you're taking this way too seriously. Smile
It takes guts to do what you have done OP. Taking criticism isn't very easy and down right impossible for some. So for that, I commend you. My opinion, I think your singer could improve. The screams, to me, are a way to cover for his seemingly tone deafness. If you guys like it though, tell everyone else to take a long walk off of a short pier. If you don't like your singer's voice, recommend voice lessons. I'm no singer personally and wouldn't ever attempt singing with a couple of lessons myself. Also, in the band performance aspect, I liked when you locked in with the drummer around the 3:00-3:15 marks. Your bass line sounded much tighter than it did at the top.
Honestly, if it was my release, it would not be released. The songwriting needs to improve. (Write something I can't get out of my head!) The vocals have already been discussed to death. Take the band back to the shed and return when you have something much better. This effort will do your band more harm than good. Good luck.
the whole sound could use some tightening up, but to be honest, if I showed you my first recording ever, you'd realize precisely that my first recording needed more than SOME, so at least you're there. Yes, the singer could use improvement - he sounds off-key, and the timbre that he's going for is either not suited for him, or he's just not doing it properly.
I think that sometimes we're so obsessed with creating perfect things, maybe just out of self-consciousness, that we would sometimes rather not create at all than create something imperfect. I think that it's not the creation of something perfect that matters, so much as it is creating to begin with - Beethoven, Dragonnetti, and maybe Jamerson aside, I'm sure everybody would have done some things differently.
edit: went through the thread, and found this:
this song is better, it's more dynamic, still goth-y, which I think is what you were going for, vocals could still do some work, but he could go for a more black metal style of vocal, but then I guess you'd risk sounding possibly too much like Cradle of Filth. Either way, keep it up and keep improving.
I think that sometimes we're so obsessed with creating perfect things, maybe just out of self-consciousness, that we would sometimes rather not create at all than create something imperfect. I think that it's not the creation of something perfect that matters, so much as it is creating to begin with - Beethoven, Dragonnetti, and maybe Jamerson aside, I'm sure everybody would have done some things differently.
edit: went through the thread, and found this:
this song is better, it's more dynamic, still goth-y, which I think is what you were going for, vocals could still do some work, but he could go for a more black metal style of vocal, but then I guess you'd risk sounding possibly too much like Cradle of Filth. Either way, keep it up and keep improving.
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I was just about to post the same thing. Also, I agree with the South Park reference. The song sounds like a parody.
Sorry if this comes across as harsh, but it's my honest feedback. But you're a young guy and a lot of the feedback you're getting on here is from middle aged guys in cover bands playing classic rock, so take it all with a grain of salt.
Edit: I think the second song works better. With that kind of voice, up-tempo heavy songs will help mask the singer's weaknesses. Slow, soft songs will expose them.
If you like the singer, stick with him and continue to improve.
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Well,
Well, the first one must sound kind if ironic, specially the beginning. It is hard to explain without the whole album
Well, the first one must sound kind if ironic, specially the beginning. It is hard to explain without the whole album
