Can you sing?

[NewWaveChick1981]

I can't sing worth a shit. :yoiks: I really love music and sing when nobody else is listening, but it makes one of my dogs howl. My whole family is tone-deaf, which is why none of us are singers. :rofl: I don't have any musical ability whatsoever, but I dearly love music.

I admire anyone who can sing and make it sound good. :) Oh, and I'm not talking about American Idol bullshit---just people who can sing naturally without sounding like a Mariah Carey wannabe. :rofl:

[ZombieNixon]

1. I've been told I have a good singing voice.

I also play the guitar and the viola. :)

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. Cool!

:hi: You're lucky!

[tjwmason]

9. Viola players unite.

Together we can take over the whole world. :woohoo:

Or at least bemuse everybody else with our knowledge of arcane clefs. :bounce:

[ZombieNixon]

49. ...

:rofl:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

91. Doesn't the viola use tenor clef?

:banghead:

:D

[ZombieNixon]

95. Tenor OR Alto.

:evilgrin: :P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

98. There's a fucking ALTO clef?

:banghead:

How I love my sweet little treble and bass clefs! :D

[ZombieNixon]

102. There basically the same thing...

just centered on different lines. :D

[datasuspect]

2. i am the lord of the karaoke

i was fucked up on pills and booze one night when i hijacked a country music band and made them play "the perfect country and western song" by david allan coe while i sang.

people actually started dancing and i got some "hell yeahs" out of it

[NewWaveChick1981]

5. Well, if you can sound decent while you're fucked up, that's

saying a lot. :applause: I can't even sound decent sober. :cry:

[datasuspect]

8. that's when i lose my inhibition

and get the energy to do crazy shit like that.

[buddhamama]

4. no.

i am pretty much tone-deaf as well. i am nice person and would not inflict that kind of pain on anyone, except for my son, who doesn't care because i am his Mom.

[NewWaveChick1981]

12. Ah, so then you know just what I'm talking about...

:hug: The dog that doesn't howl just hides under the bed when I try to sing... :rofl:

[1gobluedem]

6. My brother's first sentence: "Don't sing, Mommy."

Gives you an idea of the talent level in my family....:thumbsdown:

[NewWaveChick1981]

16. LOL!

:rofl: Sounds like the same level of talent in my family.

[RedStateShame]

7. I don't know if I can, but I do. And my bandmates haven't stopped me yet.

[NewWaveChick1981]

18. Keep going, then!

:patriot:

[RedStateShame]

28. Damn straight. Somebody needs to keep the guitar solos at a limit.

[lukasahero]

10. Yup

Paid my way through college playing and singing in bands. Used to piss the lead vocalist off since he did most of the singing and I got all the accolades. :)

It's the only thing I would ever say I do well. :blush:

[NewWaveChick1981]

19. Very cool...

:hi: And I'm sure there is at least SOMETHING else you do very well!

[lukasahero]

25. Perhaps

but saying stuff like that sounds like bragging to me. It's different with singing. With singing, it's just confidence.

[terrya]

11. Noises come out of my mouth....

but in no way could it ever be construed as singing.

[NewWaveChick1981]

23. I hear ya...

:hi: Cat torture would sound better than my singing.... :yoiks: (And I am DEFINITELY not advocating cat torture....)

[AirmensMom]

13. I can carry a tune.

And read music. But I don't have a good voice ... and it's not trained. I took voice class in college one semester. After working on the same song for several weeks and not improving, the prof finally said, "Hmmm ... maybe it's the song ..." :rofl: I didn't take another semester of it.

My mom sings like a bird and was going to be an opera singer before the babies started to come. None of us got any of her talent. I play piano, though, so maybe that counts for something. :shrug:

[NewWaveChick1981]

31. Well, it's a step above where I am...

:hi: That counts for something!

[johnnie]

14. No

I fake it.

[NewWaveChick1981]

34. Are you one of those people who just lip-sync when you're in

a group of people singing? :rofl: If so, then my brother's among you!!!

[querelle]

15. Not To Save My Life

Which is too bad because I really love opera and would give anything to be able to sing like Ben Heppner or Jose Carreras. Just one of my many many limitations I guess.........

Q

[NewWaveChick1981]

35. It doesn't prevent you from enjoying your music, though!

I know it doesn't prevent me from enjoying mine. :) I just wish I could take it to the next level, though...

[tjwmason]

17. I can sing

and my voice doesn't sound nasty - what I can't do very well is pitch to lines other than the melody...thus I'm pretty useless in the typical 4-part choir.

[NewWaveChick1981]

37. Well, you're a lot better at it than I am...

:hi:

[jpgray]

20. Well enough for other people apparently, but not myself

[NewWaveChick1981]

38. Still better than me!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

21. Nope, but that didn't stop my friends' band from enlisting me...

To sing three songs for them tonight, haha. No good can come of this.

[NewWaveChick1981]

40. Just do your best...

Don't say you didn't warn them... :rofl: Good luck!

[ghostsofgiants]

46. Well they're a punk band, so it doesn't really matter too much, haha.

We've been jamming together all week. They apparently enjoy my vocals. Go figure.

[LeftyMom]

22. I'm not bad

Nothing to write home about, but I can carry a tune.

[NewWaveChick1981]

42. That's still good!

:hi:

[SteppingRazor]

24. Anyone can sing. The proper question is: Can you sing well?

Me, I'm not too bad. I've done vocals in a couple bands and whatnot. I've got a good voice for rock or folk, but I'm not about to bust out into an aria or nuthin'

[NewWaveChick1981]

43. True. I stand corrected.

:patriot: I don't even pretend I can sing. :P It still takes some talent to do what you do, though!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

26. Not at all.

However, that does not stop me from turning into a rock star when I'm in my Jeep. And I once won third prize in a karaoke contest. It was a work Christmas party and only two coworkers entered (usual because normally they were insane debaucherous events). So basically, I figured they had all seen me do incredibly stupid things before, so I entered and won 3rd prize by default. Hey it was worth the $50.

This guy here though, well he sounds exactly like Jim Morrison...acts like him too, in case the picture didn't give it away.

[NewWaveChick1981]

45. Very cool, haruka!

:applause: Yeah, in my car, nobody can tell me I can't sing (unless somebody else is there! :rofl:)...

And I'd probably have done something stupid at karaoke if a $50 prize was involved... :hi:

[MorningGlow]

27. Yep--I really like to sing, too

Whether my family agrees is another matter!

I was told by someone I respect highly that I could "really" sing (I think, before he heard me, he figured I could simply carry a tune). However, I have a fairly narrow range and my voice is low for a female--kind of in the Bonnie Raitt/Melissa Etheridge range, so I can't sing just anything. But what I can do, I do well (so I've been told).

I've performed onstage before--been in musicals and revues, and done some open mike nights (I also play guitar) but I don't write music.

Funny thing is, I've never done karaoke! It's a goal of mine--something to conquer before I die--win over a bar full of drunk bastards. :rofl:

[NewWaveChick1981]

48. Cool!

:hi: And you need to go for the karaoke! :applause: Those drunk bastards won't know what hit 'em....

[MorningGlow]

69. Thanks for the encouragement!

I'd love to knock 'em to the floor with a little Janis Joplin. "TAKE IT--Take another little piece of my heart now baby--BREAK IT--break another little piece of my heart..."

At least, that's what I like to plan when I'm bellowing that while I'm driving!

[RevolutionaryActs]

29. Same here.

I have a great passion for music, but I can't sing. I only sing in the car, or when no one is home. MAYBE, if I know someone really well, I'll sing Happy Birthday, but only if it's like family. ;)

[NewWaveChick1981]

30. LOL! The Happy Birthday singing at my house

growing up was something to behold....or not. Four tone-deaf people singing to the fifth was not pretty.... :yoiks:

[RevolutionaryActs]

41. LOL!

:rofl:





I laugh only because I understand. :D

[CottonBear]

84. Me too. I wish I could but I can't.

I have no musical talent whatsoever. :( I can only play the radio. ;)

[RevolutionaryActs]

85. Yup. I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.

I can play 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star', 'Heart and Soul', and 'Beautiful Dreamer' on the piano though. :7

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. Yup

[Mutley]

47. And quite well, I might add.

:thumbsup:

[Oeditpus Rex]

52. Oh, blush

:blush:

[Mutley]

62. Teehee

I made ya blush. :evilgrin:

[NewWaveChick1981]

51. Yay, Rex!

:hi: :applause: That's great!

[Ramsey]

33. In fact, I've recorded an album

I've also sung at weddings, sung for various choral groups, theater, light opera and in a few rock bands.

I like to think I can sing :-).

[NewWaveChick1981]

53. Well, it's still better than what I can do.

My musical ability is limited to turning on the stereo. :rofl:

[Joe Fields]

36. I sound like a bullfrog in heat, but I still sing like hell.

[NewWaveChick1981]

55. Wow....

...:rofl:

[Taverner]

39. Didn't Pete Seeger say something like

"If you have a voice then you can sing"?

[NewWaveChick1981]

57. I believe he did...

...However, he didn't say sing WELL.... :rofl:

[Tracer]

44. Sure can!

I've sung with groups and choirs for years.

My latest group has even cut two CDs.

Going to the studio to record the CDs was great fun! I learned quite a bit about how songs are "manufactured". For instance, on our CD, each part (SATB) was recorded separately. I'm an alto, and on that day there were only 4 altos present. So we sang our parts twice and they combined the two recordings to make it sound like there were 8 of us!

By the time they got through mixing, we sounded like we were dozens -- and accompanied by a full orchestra.

[NewWaveChick1981]

58. I applaud you...

:applause: Very nice!

[Benfea]

50. Everyone can sing.

I think you meant to ask "can you sing well?"

;)

[NewWaveChick1981]

59. Exactly. I stand corrected.

:hi:

[Benfea]

63. I can sing!

But I sing very poorly. Shoot pepper spray into a cage full of angry weasels, and you can recreate the sound of me singing!

[Guava Jelly]

54. In the shower I sound like Sinatra

Anyone wanna go to a Sinatra concert :evilgrin:
:rofl:

[NewWaveChick1981]

60. Only if I get to hold the microphone...

:rofl: :evilgrin:

[Guava Jelly]

64. Wait a minute I am reading a double meaning in that response

:rofl:

[NewWaveChick1981]

67. Now why in the world would you get a double meaning in that

phrase??? ;) :evilgrin:

:*

[Guava Jelly]

71. You know me

I have a filthy mind! :)
:hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

73. I wouldn't have it any other way.

:* :loveya:

[Mutley]

56. Not at all

but that doesn't stop me from singing when I think no one is listening.

[NewWaveChick1981]

61. A girl after my own heart!

:hi: That's the best way to do it!

[Burma Jones]

65. Yes, I can

Tenor I

[NewWaveChick1981]

68. Excellent!

:applause: I salute you! :patriot:

[Divameow77]

66. Yup

and I love it too. Have never tried to do it professionally (I'm not THAT good) but I will sing the hell of out some karaoke.
My boyfriend likes it when I sing in the car, he says I have a pretty voice. :-)

[NewWaveChick1981]

72. That's really good!

:hi: :applause:

[_testify_]

70. My woman has an incredible, amazing voice.

Everyone who hears her singing is spellbound.

:)

[NewWaveChick1981]

74. She's a lucky woman!

:hi:

[_testify_]

75. We are working on recording some songs.

So far, she has recorded 'Fields of Gold' (Eva Cassidy's version) and 'Mining for Gold' (cowboy junkies - a capella).

I will see about posting them.

[TommyO]

76. Can I sing, YES!

Can I sing and not offend everybody in the immediate area, and send dogs scurrying off? Absolutely not!

[Z_I_Peevey]

77. Once I made a recording engineer cry.

In a good way, I swear.

[NMDemDist2]

78. yes

I have a lovely whiskey contralto

[billyskank]

79. No.

I mean, I can more or less hit a note, I'm not tone deaf or anything. But that isn't what I would call being able to sing.

:hi:

[sir_captain]

80. I was a chorister, way back when

At the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC. We recorded a bunch of CDs and performed all over the place. That was a long, long time ago, though. I miss it a bit, actually. I'm probably the only Jewish chorister in history.

[cobalt1999]

81. Not a note.

But I can dance! :)

[bikebloke]

82. Sure, on my bike.

It keeps away stray dogs who might otherwise be inclined to chase me.

[martymar64]

83. Sometimes, usually if I'm f$#%@d up.

Kind of Jello Biafra meets the boss.

[trof]

86. I can do Sinatra and Louie Armstrong.

Honest.
I'm working on my Hank Williams.
:-)

[lizziegrace]

87. Of course!

My voice is good, but Lelapin has the voice I *wish* I had. In Jr. High, she imitated Charlotte Church for fun. :eyes:

[ForrestGump]

88. Yep

But I didn't really know it 'til last year.

Well, okay, I sorta figured it before, but I didn't do anything about it. I recorded myself singing and playing guitars 22 years ago, during A Year Of My Discontent, and when I played it for my brother and his best friend (who were and are musicians) they got all excited. But they were the only ones I ever let hear me and from then on I just sang most often when I was out walking the streets, the coast, or the bush by myself. Even my wife, through all the years of our marriage, never once heard me sing in earnest.

I wish I'd done something about it during those two decades. I did sing a Beatles song when I was dragged, kicking and screaming on to the stage -- by a group of surprisingly strong women -- on one of the tropical islands where I was doing research work, but that was the extent of my public performance until last year. Still, I'm having fun now and I think I'm already noticing an increase in my vocal range and ability to do kinds of voices that eluded me before.

I was always a good mimic. Not like some professional impressionist -- more hit and miss than that -- but I could at least suggest the singing or talking voices of quite a few people and cartoon characters.

[Katina]

89. yes

I'm ok and I've sung in local shows...but it all depends on the song. Of course, in the shower, I'm brilliant! :silly:

[Broken_Hero]

90. Nope I sound

like a retarded Axl Rose hybrid....:crazy:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

92. I can play, I can hear things pitch-by-pitch in my head...

I can't translate those sounds into reasonable vocalizations. :D Doesn't stop me from screaming along whenever I'm alone, though. :)

[reyd reid reed]

93. I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket with a lid

Doesn't mean I don't love it, though. When there's no one else at home and I hear a song that I like or that touches me in some way, I'll turn up the radio sometimes and sing like there's no tomorrow.


Poor kitties.

:rofl:

[WCGreen]

94. In my younger days I was the male lead singer in a band....

[LadyoftheRabbits]

96. Supposedly, yes

I love to, at any rate. :hi: It's about all I can do seeing as I can't read music :P

[sakabatou]

97. Fuck no.

[bertha katzenengel]

99. Yes. Yes I can.

Thank you.

[bertha katzenengel]

100. and . . . Paging Misunderestimator . . . your reply to this thread is

requested

:hi:

[pagerbear]

101. I have most of a master's in voice

Wanted to be an opera singer. It didn't happen.

[Shine]

103. Yes, I can sing. I sing and perform in a choir. I sing first alto.

:thumbsup:

[leftofthedial]

104. it's (part of) what I do for a living

I don't sound anything like Mariah Carey.

[progmom]

105. Meh...not really, but I enjoy doing it anyway. However...

I am listening to Misunderestimator singing downstairs at the piano, and it's breathtakingly gorgeous.