| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Singing & Playing | |
| SolArt -- 12/20/2006, 08:12:29 -- #31809 | |
| 'Just curious, which ones of you routinely include a few numbers that you personally sing yourself? Count me in, I've really been concentrating on my voice since last spring, & it's paying off. The improvement is just remarkable. It's such a blast to sing, it's like having a second instrument at your command (and it's FREE), plus I can control the piano player! I mean it's just such a TRIP having two instruments going. I HIGHLY recommend it. | |
| Whacky -- 12/20/2006, 13:28:56 -- #31809 | |
| Yeah - I did it for a while. I even sang on a solo CD - but I can't stand to listen to it so I quit - heh heh I still love to sing and sometimes do it in the privacy of my home, but not in public :) I will say, that my crappiest singing got more attention and appreciation from the average audience, than my best piano playing ever did..(and I play a lot better than I sing) | |
| SolArt -- 12/20/2006, 13:53:22 -- #31809 | |
| I sing at home just about every day, it's the main thing I focus on these days. Your second paragraph is remarkable, why is the general public this way I wonder. Anyway, all the more reason to croon... | |
| jaledin -- 12/20/2006, 15:14:37 -- #31809 | |
| If you guys can do this and enjoy it -- kudos! Personally, I'll sometimes sing some rock n' roll tune, but it sounds like Barf (John Candy from "Spaceballs") singing. I can't stand the emphasis some low-level rock groups place on "backup vocals a plus" -- is that really needed for some bar band? Not to mention more shit for me to carry around. It is pretty fun, though. How many of you do the whole George Benson/Major Holley/... sing as you solo thing? Most good musicians I've met are actually pretty good at doing that, although it can be hard to get a demonstration. | |
| Whacky -- 12/20/2006, 16:54:00 -- #31809 | |
| Yeah, I never fooled a a real musician...but the average Joe? I remember singing Benny And The Jets (forced by request) one night in a slimy sports bar, while I had a cold, clogged up ears and a dry throat. I couldn't sing the same pitch twice - and some dude came up to me afterward and said, "Man! That Elton John was awesome" - heh heh - kinda takes the fire out of compliments :) | |
| wdennissorrell -- 12/20/2006, 17:16:04 -- #31809 | |
| I am a capable singer but I have only sung in public a very few times. I have a very deep voice and basso profondo does not have a lot of value. But I still sing a lot when I am alone. To quote Harry Chapin, "it just makes me whole." Peace out. | |
| jazzvirtuoso -- 12/20/2006, 17:54:06 -- #31809 | |
| All the time, i'm probably as good a singer as a player, I've been singing most of my life. I studied the speech level technique for a little while. I can sing all kinds of stuff, the style really doesn't matter. I like George Benson voice. I sing George's masquerade quite ofen, I have a tenor/baritonish type voice, but also I can sing falsseto pretty good too. All the muscians that I play with except one have pretty good voices too. Women love it... JV' | |
| 7 -- 12/21/2006, 08:44:30 -- #31809 | |
| How many of you do the whole George Benson/Major Holley/... sing as you solo thing? Most good musicians I've met are actually pretty good at doing that, although it can be hard to get a demonstration. Scat singing while soloing is a trick that I'll generally do once (and only once) a night, but always while playing guitar (never while playing keys). The voice blends better with the timbre of guitar, I find. Since my pre-hearing is almost perfect, I have never sat down and worked out a "set solo" to scat while soloing on guitar. I am able to truly improvise a scat/finger solo spontaneously. Sometimes I surprise myself. The only time I get into trouble is when I pre-hear/play notes that are above my range (I can only get up to high A). | |
| SolArt -- 12/21/2006, 10:00:38 -- #31809 | |
| I haven't really tried scatting that much myself. wdennissorrell---you can change the pieces into your range. They say women like men with deep voices. Pretty cool, 7, kudos! And about your top end, the "A" above middle C, right? How low can you get? jazzvirtuoso---Singing sure is GREAT man, ain't it? Dr. Whack--- You sure are entertaining to read! jaledin---It makes the band sound that much the fuller, plus the main singers are grateful to get a break if the "back-up" guys sing a # or two. | |
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