What is the best simple tip anyone ever gave you about singing?

cheesenightmare · 4 days

Sorry you were in the spam filter, it's out now :).

I'd say: practicing in front of a mirror. It's insane to realize that all this time you were moving about a lot, or had bad posture, or were breathing too high up (pulling up your shoulders) or tilting your head upwards reaching for high notes etc. , something you might not notice just standing normally looking about the room. Better posture can have such a big effect on your singing too :).

Imnotyetconvinced · 4 days

Sorry, you were in the spam filter. It's out now, good luck!

VERYstuck · 6 days

They set this up in Eindhoven for GLOW 2010 too, it's a light art festival as well. It's crazy to see that the 'cathedral effect' sort of stays even in daylight (when all the lights etc look white). At one point the weekly market set up a lot of stalls beneath it, it was a really amazing atmosphere.

Even though it's sort of kitch on first impression, the way it changes the space is amazing.

SolarBears · 6 days

My mom's toller just likes shredding the mail... This looks like a much better solution, awesome job (and gorgeous dog!).

n3wc · 7 days

9 = "You did absolutly amazing but we're not giving perfect marks on principle"

CANAD14N · 7 days

AFAIK it's just something they like to do because it feels secure and nice. If you go look at some pictures of how puppies sleep when they're younger, they basically sleep in one big ball all on top of each other. I think that some puppies will grow out of it naturally, and some will still sit on your lap even if they grow super large (some st Bernards do for instance). Chances are he'll always wants to be around someone when he sleeps (or basically, when he does anything at all), the question is: how much of a problem is this to you guys in the long run? Some people don't care and let the dogs sleep in or next to their bed, other people don't let their dog upstairs, let alone in the bedroom.

If you decide you don't want it, make sure his sleeping place is really super comfortable, and try to distract him to get him to walk that way and sleep there. You could also research crate training to see if that might work for you.

afrael · 7 days

I gave gavin19 mod access to a copy of the css I was working on in a private subreddit, he wrote a whole bunch of stuff to fix the issue. I have no idea HOW he fixed it, but it seems to work :P.

You can check the css by going to http://www.reddit.com/r/singing/stylesheet.css

priscillahernandez · 10 days

The post is removed as it is, if you just submit again everything's taken care of :). Have a good weekend!

priscillahernandez · 11 days

It's ok, you were about half way there :). What you do is, when you're on the submit page, there's a line up top with 2 tabs, 'link' is automatically selected but you want to choose 'text' right next to it. There you can write the title just like you did for this post, but instead of an url field, there's a big text box where you put BOTH the link and any extra information you want to give (your age, experience level, any specific questions etc). I hope this helps! :D.

afrael · 11 days

Yay :D

squidgirl · 12 days

Ah, it'll probably be better to wait then. Thanks for the info! :D

priscillahernandez · 12 days

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MooCao · 12 days

I just meant getting an instrumental of the track, no need for a "karaoke machine" as such. You could try youtube, but there's also websites that sell instrumentals where you can actually move things up/down a note if you need to.

Either way, I'd say try to practice as much as you can the way you're going to perform, whether with a tape or with an instrument.

Awesome that you're willing to post a critique! Please take into account the posting rules (look them up in the sidebar). Thank you! :)

Naughty-Penguin · 12 days

Last week I came back from a short trip and found one of my locks completely bent out of place, while the other lock was fine. BIKE THIEVES, WTF? Can you not check if there are 2 locks before you break one??

MooCao · 12 days

Buy or find a karaoke version, singing along with the voice will sound strange and having the voice there helps you stay on track too much for you to be able to switch to singing on your own. Record yourself often and be critical about it, your voice sounds very different to you than to others. If you want you can submit a critique post here and get focused feedback.

Try to practice in similar circumstances as your performance if you can, it'll help your confidence b/c it'll feel more familiar when you finally perfom: Try to practice with an instrument or tape (does one of your wedding guests play guitar?), exactly like you are going to perform. Try to arrange to practice on your wedding location shortly beforehand if you're really really nervous. Also, practice singing on some trusted family members or friends for confidence :). If you'll be singing with a microphone, practice singing while holding something mic-like, and get as much practice with microphones as you can because the sound will surprise you if you're not used to it.

When the day comes you'll know you'll not look like an idiot in front of your guest, and the acoustics of a large room and/or microphone won't spook you. And also, you're going to sing to your wife, and not to your guests, so it really doesn't matter what they think (spoiler: they'll think it's terribly sweet, because they love you guys, the audience will be totally on your hand). Really though, especially if no-one has heard you sing before, enthusiasm is going to be much more important than technique, because everyone will forgive you if you miss a note here or there :P. Don't forget to have fun!

You can definitely change some notes if you're not comfortable singing them. The trick for high notes is to relax and not 'reach'. If you're straining or moving your chin up a lot, you're doing it wrong. Try practicing in front of a mirror. It helps if you have someone on the guitar or another portable instrument with you, then you can change whatever you like and you can figure out what sounds good together.

Check the FAQ (see the side bar) for technical tips. Good luck!

afrael · 12 days

Awesome :D. I'm in talks with a publisher about possibly making a more polished (and much bigger) version of the cookbook, I'll update to the f7u12d subreddit when I get the chance :D. Also, there's now a facebook page and a twitter @hungryasfuck. They're kind of bare, but those will be updated as soon as there's something to update about :). It's awesome you and the printing guy liked it though :D. Also, Shepard's pie is fucking delicious, good choice!!! :D. Thanks for your message :).

koskaone · 12 days

Tone deafness?

For the record, I know someone who is tone deaf but learned to sing anyway. It definitely wasn't easy but he did get good enough to perform at pretty high level (not professional though).

afrael · 12 days

Sounds awesome. You can make your own flair: Look at the sidebar, under the (un)subscribe button it has a checkmark 'show my flair on this reddit, it looks like:' and then your username. After your username it has a link '(edit)', if you click that a menu folds out. Write your voice type and genre separated by a comma in the input box at the bottom. Hit 'save', and you now have a lovely tag :D.

moonlitmist · 13 days

There are some resources (books/dvds) linked in the FAQ (no guarantees on the quality), but it can be really hard to learn without a vocal coach, and you could be teaching yourself bad habits or in extreme cases even hurt your voice. So yeah, it really isn't so great trying to learn on your own. A good rule of thumb is: if you're tense, straining, or singing hurts, you're doing it wrong.

I'd recommend trying to sing with karaoke tracks at first, to learn good posture (standing up), and only later on bring in other instruments if you know how it feels to do it right. If you don't have a vocal coach per se, you can try to give yourself feedback by recording very very often and listening it back critically. Try to connect the way things feel to the way things sound, and experiment with that.

Apart from posture, breathing is very important, breathing/posture will help you find a sense of how it feels to sing the wrong or right way. You can try to find breathing exercises, and I've personally found some meditation techniques helpful with bringing my whole body into singing and not just the upper torso. Check out the FAQ for some more information on this.

EVOL-ution · 13 days

I'm not sure what this post is about. I'm going to leave it in the spam filter, please check the posting rules before submitting, thank you :).

tronrocks · 14 days

Victor was amazing, especially as Kiki :P.

squidgirl · 14 days

What's the recommended time to spend? I'm not sure how much time I'll have so if it's a lot then maybe I'd be better off not signing up :P.

colejames · 16 days

This submission has been removed for being in violation to the posting rules. It would be great if you could resubmit as a selfpost. Please message the mods if you run into any kind of trouble posting :).

JessicaGottlieb · 18 days

Well, checking to see how much is in the cup is pretty handy for getting the hang of how often to change it. My preferred method of taking it out is in the shower, but just watch out you drop it near the drain, it splashes surprisingly far otherwise :P. Good luck :D.

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