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"Singing.."

Is it possible to learn to sing? With practice and proper teaching techniques?
If you have never been able to sing, decently, will you ever be able to?

Or is it a born ability?

That reminds me, on Friday night a group of lads burst into song, immitating the Top Gun "Loving Feeling" scene to a girl. They were crap...

Personally I prefer to act, because I'm a terrible singer, and love comedy.

You can learn to sing, but some people find it much harder than others and take a lot longer to grasp it.

Personally my family and me are hardly musical at all though which will probably explain for my singing talent.

I guess I got mine from my dad. He plays the organ too, and my sister plays the keyboard... I do neither. I could probably learn, but I'll never get around to it.

I'm probably tone deaf - I hear myself and think I sound ok, but I've never sang in front of anyone - not my thing.

I'd like to sing 'properly', but I'd much rather play an instrument than be a vocalist.

I've acted before, and I'm average at best - certainly no professional.

I believe you can be trained, just don't expect to be singing like the best of them any time soon...

Bullett wrote:
> I'm probably tone deaf - I hear myself and think I sound ok, but I've
> never sang in front of anyone - not my thing.
>
> I'd like to sing 'properly', but I'd much rather play an instrument
> than be a vocalist.
>
> I've acted before, and I'm average at best - certainly no
> professional.
>
> I believe you can be trained, just don't expect to be singing like
> the best of them any time soon...

I totally agree. A good example is Pop Idol. Contestants are no more than average singers to begin with but can be trained to sing 'better'
I think anyone can sing (and there are loads of mediocre artists out there) but only a few have the talent to sing well

Bullett wrote:
> I'd much rather play an instrument
> than be a vocalist.

Same here. I'd simply be too embarassed to sing in front of anyone, and I don't even do it alone because it makes me feel like such an idiot.

Playing my guitar is infinitely more rewarding.

Chr1s wrote:
> Bullett wrote:
> I'd much rather play an instrument
> than be a vocalist.
>
> Same here. I'd simply be too embarassed to sing in front of anyone,
> and I don't even do it alone because it makes me feel like such an
> idiot.
>
> Playing my guitar is infinitely more rewarding.

You play guitar? anygood? I started to learn but never really put the effort in

Chr1s wrote:
> Same here. I'd simply be too embarassed to sing in front of anyone,
> and I don't even do it alone because it makes me feel like such an
> idiot.
>
> Playing my guitar is infinitely more rewarding.

Mexactly. I can do more with a geetar in my hands than I ever could with my voice. Plus there's the added bonus of my actually being able to make pleasant sounds with a guitar.

guitar is way more fun if you make unpleasant sounds.

Dischordancy can work. Just not all the time. Then you just sound like a spastic.