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Haven't sung much since the pandemic started, although I've been doing a few folk club zoom sessions since the start of 2021. My voice was never brilliant, but it has definitely deteriorated. I really got into running in this last year and I don't think that has helped my voice, but doing the zoom sessions is really getting me back into singing, which is great.
Only recently started singing again for recording / writing and my voice has changed massively.
When the lockdowns end I think I'll get a couple of lessons. I've never had a lesson - I only started when the singer quit so I sang at rehearsals. I had written the lyrics so it was easiest for me to do.
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I'm clearly not tone deaf, but I was well into my thirties before I felt confident enough to give it another go, and ended up handling the singing duties in one band - cos no-one else would do it of course.
Like most folk I don't have much of a voice, but I can hold a tune and I find it doesn't matter all that much if you occasionally go off key or time (Sinatra got away with it constantly). The main thing is practice, I find this much more so than playing guitar. If I practice singing regularly it makes a huge difference, confidence wise as well.
I deeply envy those who have a natural singing voice, I remember Robin Trower saying if he could sing he would never have taken up the guitar, I feel the same whenever I hear a really good singer.
I am now reconsidering if it is that good.
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Just don't listen to any of his original material
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I'll look into lessons and see if I can muster up the confidence to do it.
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I don't get nervous singing like I do playing guitar in front of people but I've no idea why. I'm quite at ease standing out in front belting it out.
I came into it pretty late in the game in my late 50's but my voice has got stronger the more I sing. It's not exactly cultured but it's mainly in tune and I've got a decent range for the rock stuff.
I'm comfortable singing any AC/DC/ Zep/ Faces/ Nazareth rough arse type vocals but I'm happy with the Whitesnake/Foreigner/ Free classic rock stuff as well. We're even doing a Myles Kennedy/ Slash one called "Not for me" and I can hit every note which was a bloody surprise.
For the stuff I sing I don't really feel I need lessons (you can't polish a turd apparently) but I do know someone who had them and he was greatly improved by them. Not so much the general character of his voice as it is what it is I suppose but the range and the projection and strength of his vocals were like night and day