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Re: Hello from the Netherlands!
Welcome to the group! A few reminders I like to tell beginners or new members:
In your singing journey, be kind to yourself. Understand that each day you will fail, but you will get back up and try again. You will continue to make small improvements as you practice daily. Use the community to post SPECIFIC questions with brief VIDEOS so we can provide ACTIONABLE comments.
Tag active members such as myself @Wigs and @Klaus_T. Learning to sing is like learning any other skill. It takes a concentrated effort of applying the right skills consistently. Goodluck on your journey!
In your singing journey, be kind to yourself. Understand that each day you will fail, but you will get back up and try again. You will continue to make small improvements as you practice daily. Use the community to post SPECIFIC questions with brief VIDEOS so we can provide ACTIONABLE comments.
Tag active members such as myself @Wigs and @Klaus_T. Learning to sing is like learning any other skill. It takes a concentrated effort of applying the right skills consistently. Goodluck on your journey!
michaelmusic
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Re: Hello from the Netherlands!
Hi wouter, I,m Michel oude Avenhuis, I live in Enschede and started the course about 2 months ago. Maybe If you are in Enschede sometime, then maybe you can come and visit saloon the wigwam, we can sing some songs in the karaoke bar.
moudeavenhuis
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Re: Hello from the Netherlands!
hi Wouter, welcome, great choice. any questions, let us know!
Klaus_T
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Hello from the Netherlands!
Hi,
My name is Wouter. I finally pulled the trigger on joining KTVA after watching A LOT of Ken's video's on YouTube. I started singing about 1,5 years ago and have been singing in a rock/metal cover band for little more than a year now. I'm looking to learn how to further develop my voice, especially the higher range, and learning to sing in a healthy manner. I'm excited to see what KTVA and the community can do to help me achieve this goal!
Cheers,
Wouter
My name is Wouter. I finally pulled the trigger on joining KTVA after watching A LOT of Ken's video's on YouTube. I started singing about 1,5 years ago and have been singing in a rock/metal cover band for little more than a year now. I'm looking to learn how to further develop my voice, especially the higher range, and learning to sing in a healthy manner. I'm excited to see what KTVA and the community can do to help me achieve this goal!
Cheers,
Wouter
wouterroos
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It has been a while, but here's a cover I did recently, what ya think? Post Malone rock cover.
A cover of Post Malone's new song Chemical as a rock song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Zz1nm8bN4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Zz1nm8bN4
RLV
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Re: What SHOULD Distortion feel like?
There are 3 main things you need before attempting the safe type of distortion that Ken teaches. You need to have very strong support, good open throat and the ability to really cut back your air through compression.
If you cannot yet sing a strong resonant sound holding it steady for a length of time or if you are constantly feeling hoarse after you sing, you don't have the proper technique yet and aren't ready.
When you "lean" into the sound, you are engaging even more of your support while also relaxing more. It's can seem to be a bit of an oxymoron. There is a tiny bit of vocal fry element to it but it's more to do with how the sensation feels and a way to describe it rather than pure fry. You'll be surprised to know that a distorted tone is actually quieter than a pure whole tone of the same note value. Meaning of you sing a clean note, leading into a distorted note, it won't be as loud. Ive seen this my self on the wave lengths during my recordings. There is also a concept of harmonic resonance, the distorted tone is actually a combination of 2, the whole tone and the slight stressing of the cords are 2 sounds being combined.
The reason you especially need to cut back your air and compress is so that you don't mindlessly blow a bunch of air over your cords to achieve the sound. This will make you hoarse! Distortion is also different from growl, which is again a much more advanced, and not covered in KTVA.
If you cannot yet sing a strong resonant sound holding it steady for a length of time or if you are constantly feeling hoarse after you sing, you don't have the proper technique yet and aren't ready.
When you "lean" into the sound, you are engaging even more of your support while also relaxing more. It's can seem to be a bit of an oxymoron. There is a tiny bit of vocal fry element to it but it's more to do with how the sensation feels and a way to describe it rather than pure fry. You'll be surprised to know that a distorted tone is actually quieter than a pure whole tone of the same note value. Meaning of you sing a clean note, leading into a distorted note, it won't be as loud. Ive seen this my self on the wave lengths during my recordings. There is also a concept of harmonic resonance, the distorted tone is actually a combination of 2, the whole tone and the slight stressing of the cords are 2 sounds being combined.
The reason you especially need to cut back your air and compress is so that you don't mindlessly blow a bunch of air over your cords to achieve the sound. This will make you hoarse! Distortion is also different from growl, which is again a much more advanced, and not covered in KTVA.
Wigs
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