Graham
Venerated Member
For you guys that play out and sing how did you find your singing voice?
I've been messing around with this Zoom H4 that I got recently and man my voice is hideous. It's a cross between Neil Young and Buckwheat. :shock: Seriously.
I've sang along to music all my life, even sang bass in the choir in school, but take away anything to "follow" and this is a real different animal. I can find the opening note if I hum it, but into the song I'm all over the place. I tried recording myself using headphones while I listened to a song, man that was off key by a country mile. Funny as hell though. I saved it for future pleasure.
I know there is the whole inner ear outer ear thing in listening to yourself recorded, and I guess many folks just aren't meant to sing. At the same time though, is there a method or is it entirely trial and error?
On a different note, what do in ear monitors, or speaker monitors for that matter do for the gigging musician? And what about in the recording studio, where there are headphones used?
This is how I feel.
I've been messing around with this Zoom H4 that I got recently and man my voice is hideous. It's a cross between Neil Young and Buckwheat. :shock: Seriously.
I've sang along to music all my life, even sang bass in the choir in school, but take away anything to "follow" and this is a real different animal. I can find the opening note if I hum it, but into the song I'm all over the place. I tried recording myself using headphones while I listened to a song, man that was off key by a country mile. Funny as hell though. I saved it for future pleasure.
I know there is the whole inner ear outer ear thing in listening to yourself recorded, and I guess many folks just aren't meant to sing. At the same time though, is there a method or is it entirely trial and error?
On a different note, what do in ear monitors, or speaker monitors for that matter do for the gigging musician? And what about in the recording studio, where there are headphones used?
This is how I feel.