Dudes and Divas, I have a couple important questions for you! By Ken Tamplin!
Ken Tamplin
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Dudes and Divas, these questions are for everyone, whether you're enrolled in KTVA or not.
What motivates you to sing?
When and why did you decide to start singing?
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
What inhibits your singing?
I want to know what motivates you to sing :-)
Ken Tamplin
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- Afraid of being too loud and disturbing other people (especially at home or in public areas)
Singing energizes me and makes me feel good. It feels like the doorway to my heart comes open and helps me to express love and emotions that otherwise are hard to share with the world.
Some time ago, at about the age of 52, after being the drummer in bands all my life and being in the background physically and vocally, I decided that I wanted to be able to sing lead vocals. I started looking everywhere I could to find some sort of vocal program that would unlock the vocal power that I felt was wanting to be unleashed within me. I tried just about every vocal method under the sun, and found one after another that was big on promises and cost, yet lacking in results. After years of trying many different methods without getting the results I wanted, I started researching Open Throat singing. This search led me to Ken Tamplin's demos. I knew then that I had found what I had been looking for.
I want to be able to sing from my heart and to touch the hearts of others. I want to help them to feel emotions and feelings that they want to release into the world. I want to use my voice to strike chords that ring within us all and resonate our unity in brotherhood and sisterhood. I want to sing about love and I want to sing about God. Life is good and singing is the best way to declare that.
The trigger that makes me want to sing is the feeling that my voice is this sleeping giant that wants to wake up.
What inhibits my singing is when my voice gets in the way of my singing, when I haven't been doing my part of the work.
Singing is a universal language that crosses barriers that no other medium can cross.
Thank you, Ken for bringing this within reach for so many of us.
Bob
2. Late 70's , Early 80's - Popularity.. Singing / lip-syncing / air guitar in front of a mirror to a .45 playing as loud as it can, only brings you so much satisfaction.... So, I decided to start imitating my favorite artist and try to "find my voice"..
3. Singing was always a way to empty your head and fill your heart with pure truth.. Growing up in this world, we lose the one thing that we always strive to achieve again -- innocence.. Singing allows us to express our emotions and deepest thoughts....As long as you truly believe.... you don't sing notes, you ARE the notes..
4. Expression and story telling..
5. Number one reason is Allergies / colds.. which leads to Stage Fright, and I steer away from it then.
1. Motivation: To turn my soul inside out through the voice and let people be showered by all the love and energy that is there.
2. I started singing because someone (he said he was clairvoiant, him about that...) said I had a tremendous voice (he had only heard me speak), I thought he was crazy, because I remembered my parents told me I didn't sing very well (they say they never did, so perhaps I heard wrong), but I went to an opera teacher and she said: "what a voice!" So then I had a paradigm shift the belief about my voice. But then I got a baby, and I stopped singing. Happy with that, until recently...
3. I have nothing particular to say or shout out right now. It comes in portions when I have the divine inspiration.
4. What triggered me to sing was that I realised I could sing as well as many vocalists I knew, but I just sat there and shut up, afraid to let anybody hear my singing voice (my speaking voice is a totally different story,...loves to be on a stage and speak), and it eventually made me so pissed that I just started singing in front of others to break an irrational, old pattern of singing only in the car. And I am always triggered by showing someone I look up to that I am good, can learn, work, do progress. In this case it is Ken (and also all you other people on the forum). That is my honest answer.
5. Before asthma inhibited my singing. Now it doesn't because I worked it out by patient training and commitment to a breathing method called Buteyko (ask me if you want to know more). Right now I feel that not much is inhibiting my singing. It flows more and more. Thanks to KTVA.
Thank you for reading.
What motivates you to sing?
In one hand beauty and emotive power of singing voice that makes our hearts and souls sing. . But, to be honest, in the other hand the real strong motivation - is the music i compose. Singing for me is the way to bring my songs to the world.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I want to split answers. I don`t make a desicion to start singing. When i started playin` guitar it was natural for me - to pick the guitar and sing a song. And i do it for years. But when I started preparing to record solo album, I realized that my singing is not good enough. At this point I decided to LEARN singing properly. I was stupid - i should have started much early. But better later than never.
And may be time for singing comes - now i wanna sing. Interesting quote on this theme i posted below. I I believe, perhaps something the same happen with me.
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
I believe, my mission - is bring my own music to the world to make it a little better and lighter. And i`ll do my best for that. And i want to say -people do the same, please. Because music is magic thing. No one in the universe does not create your music for you. Physical laws is another. If Newton don`t discovered the law of gravity, it would be opened by someone else. But if Mozart didn't composed the 40th Symphony, and Paul McCartney didn't wrote "Yesterday", they simply wouldn't exist. So be creative. But be careful at the same. Because voice, even the most beautiful voice on earth is a tool. And it is very important that you bring into the world with the help of this tool. Because the more beautiful your voice, the more you are listened by the people. Let`s bring to the world love and light. Make music not war!
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
Responsibility about my songs, emotions, beauty. And jealousy (white jealousy) in good way - when your hear the great singing, you have that feeling - wow, it`s great, amazing and i wanna be able so. And girls, of course :^)
What inhibits your singing?
My singing inhibits the fact that I'm not perfect yet. But what inhibits my growth - it`s cold sometimes. And neighbors :^)))
And i want to share here very interesting thoughts on the subject of this trade - what is motivate people start singing? I read this in the book "Vocal Bible" by the russian opera singer and vocal teacher Yuri Martianov.
" I will try to outline briefly to you now the one philosophy of life that will explain your irresistible desire to sing. After all, this desire comes from the people of completely different. It does not depend on education or upbringing, from the degree of well-being or age, and other living conditions. So what makes people leave everything and denied themselves largely to strive towards some unknown goal-to learn to sing beautifully? Strange as it may seem, but the explanation can be found in the INDIAN VEDAS. If You follow this link, you can see very interesting movie about the Vedas. But the short version is that life on earth is divided into 4 age. In every age can purify the soul and can approach perfection in various ways. To our great regret, we live in an era that is called KALI Yuga. It is, as said in the Vedas, the era when come to power by THIEVES. In the age of KALI YUGA not help not a prayer, nor sacrifice. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO GOOD IN THIS ERA IS THE ISSUE OF BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS. Interesting, isn't it? Now it is clear why there are people who have earned a lot of money, but ready to give up everything just to sing. And it is clear on what basis there are fans and singing. At a certain stage of development of the souls of the people start to intuitively feel that can't sing. And this does not depend on anything but the degree of maturation of their own soul. It is my point of view - I don't impose it, but my eyes have seen amazing things. My student began to sing, lost everything he had, but became a happy person. And well-being comes again, but in another capacity. "
All the best, Michael
When and why did you decide to start singing?
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
What inhibits your singing?
What motivates you to sing? Im a karaoke addict. i think i need to go to a K.A. meeting... Also while singing Karaoke it would be really cool if someone came up and ask if i'd sing for them in a band or some party their throwing.
When and why did you decide to start singing? I think it started when i fell in love with the very girl i married. I'd constantly sing "hello" by lionel richie. im a 70's -80's-90's love song nut. i love the rock but that will come in time
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?" I want to be able to sing the COOL ROCK songs old and new. my unicorn song right now is Journey's faithfully.. it will be awesome to reach this goal.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing? sitting at the table and someone goes up to sing and that voice just makes everyone stop what there doing and listen. I want to be that guy.
What inhibits your singing? Lack of proper training basically self taught but i believe i've come to the right place
2. When and why did you decide to start singing? About 6 months ago seriously. The singer in my band has a very low range, and rather than trying to find a new singer, (in a band with guys I get along with really well) just to get a singer with more range seemed silly. So I'm taking it on myself to fill in the gaps and sing those harmonies/high parts myself.
3. Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?" I'll be thrilled to get to a level of just understanding how to sing all night properly, good melody, and learn vibrato,etc....but I may later push myself to get to a Brent Smith or Bruce Dickenson as an ultimate "sing better than you ever dreamed" kinda goal!
4. What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing? Gigging with my band I have opportunities all the time, I sing a tiny bit, and I still worry about every note. I want to be able to relax that worry the same way I feel when I pick up my bass. The crowds on, take a deep breath, and let auto-pilot (from months of practice) take over and have fun while still doing real well. I want to add interesting melodies/harmonies to add cool tone with the band. (Alice in Chains, etc).
5. What inhibits your singing? I've had NO training at all, outside of a couple of pointers....which (since Ken's lessons) I've found out several were wrong!
Thanks.
Frank
When and why did you decide to start singing?
A totally failed attempt at drunken karaoke, resulting in public humiliation.
@shminker,
You've come to the right place to learn to redeem yourself and come back to wow them all.
Isn't that right, @bigbrother?
Bob
I live in an apartment with no silencing walls what so ever, and quite easily offended neighbors (I can't shower or play my unplugged electric guitar without getting complaints).
What motivates me to sing?
It affords me the freedom to connect, emotionally, through music that otherwise, in normal life, I cannot. (If that makes sense)
When and why did I start singing?
It started in High school where I did a couple of high school plays. The one in particular was “Annie” where I played Rooster and found I thoroughly enjoyed singing and being on stage.
I am 44 now, spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy, retired in 2007. Until about a year ago, I sang pretty much in the car and into the occasional karaoke mic. About a year ago, I took a chance at the aforementioned Theater and auditioned for a play (The Sound of Music) and was cast in a small part. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed being on stage and wanted more. I then was cast in an original play called "Chase Down the Sun" (written and directed by Peter Thompson) which was a musical review of the music of Hoyt Axton. As of right now I have been cast as the Tenor in the play "8-Track. The Sounds of the 70's" which will open in late April. It is now, and will be a BIG challenge vocally.
A shout out.......
Sure. How about a shout out to everyone involved with the Encore Theater in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Great people, fun shows, and atmosphere in a community theater.
What was/is the trigger to make me want to sing?
A trigger? I guess if you combine the answers from the first and second question, that would sufficiently answer that.
What inhibits my singing?
I feel I sing fairly well for a novice so the thing inhibiting me from reaching my potential would be technique which I hope to gain through the program which I recently purchased and am waiting to receive.
What motivates you to sing?
Singing is my catharsis. My catharsis can also connect with someone else's heart/mind/soul; that's a powerful privilege.
Peace,
Johan
It was in 2011 at the age of 14, i would sing some songs and record with my voice with the computer microphone, but i was not confident to sing yet, i was just whispering ..
Yes, everything that i learned with music so far was not only because i was exploring new things (not only with my voice but with my guitar also), it was because i had the time to dedicate to it. I have a band since 2012, we are getting serious on writting songs, doing rehearsals, learning new songs, developing ourselves as better musicians, marketing, making investments on equipment,etc.. and i remember that the majority of the time when we were spending time doing such things, it was when my friends were drinking or "relaxing" watching TV. Of course we don't like to spend our free times like this, but if we didn't, we wouldn't be where we are today.
So that's it, if you want to get good at something, take the time to practice it.
Watching Axl Rose singing.. Yes i moved on..
With a KTVA I opened brand new notion of singing. I'm feeling like I'm on a right track for right now.
It always been a lack of time. First was college, then my regular job.
And maybe money a little bit.
I didn't really decide to it just happened. I just love it.
I think I do. A lot of the music I write tends to be about rising above the obstacles life puts in front of you and believing in whatever it is you are doing. What better way to deliver the message than with a powerful fist clenching gritty belt.
Great Vocalists in my favorite bands like Faith No More, Pantera, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Danzig, Stone Temple Pilots, Incubus, the list can go on forever.
My lack of memory engrams of correct technique. I think I have some serious hidden potential to unlock, we'll see when I can afford lessons.
A long time ago, but i could get my hands on KTVA ony 4 months ago. There has been some progress. I hope to move on to Vol.2 within the next month.
Oh yes, i do. I might not be the world's best lyricist, but i wanna be able to sing out anything i want in a heavy rock'n'roll way.
All the hard rock and heavy metal that i listen to. I've wanted to be a rockstar since i was a kid.
Well, right now it's the lack of skill. I can carry a tune, without sounding like a parody on a howling dog, but that's not enough. I want to be able to sing like Rob Halford, Sebastian Bach, Don Dokken, Dio, Dan McCufferty, Klaus Meine and Robert Plant to name a few. My current level of singing skill and power does not allow that.
But i hope, that i will be able to move on through the Volumes soon. For me(and the rest of us), moving up a Volume is a sign of getting closer to where i want to be vocally.
I think the thing that kinda motivates me the most is, that singing is a beatifull way to express yourself. I don´t mean only singing, also music itself, as it flows through you and even when you are depressed like hell it can motivate you to go on, or when you are just bursting of joy and happines, music and singing is a great way to share those feelings with other people.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I never started singing seriously untill now, cause I thought I´d never be able to do it and was kinda frightend that I might fail, but goddamn I might fail beeing a great singer, but at least I tried and at least I´ll have fun. There are many reasons why I started, but the two most significant points are: First: My love to music (I think nearly all of you can relate with that) and the second one: It may sound childish, but since I am 12, I write my own texts (poems, songtexts, spoken word...all kind of stuff you know) and my greatest dream is it to be able to perform and express my own lyrics.
Do you have sth, to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Allright, times up, let´s do this !!!
What inhibits your singing?
The lack of experiance and the non existent training of my voice (my range right now is hell ^^ )
So I just want to get better and better !
I hope when I really continue the training, I finally can someday perform my own lyrics !
Greetings
Joh Leeroy
- Passion for Rock n roll. Guitar, Feels good, friends and family, My different tone. and believing in my capability of singing better, different and powerful than anybody else.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
-At the age of fourteen when one of uncle heard me screaming in the bathroom and asked me learn guitar. since then i started learning guitar.
at the age of 19 we formed a band and decided to sing.Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson was my key influence.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
@strike77,
Put a link to your track in the demos section of the forums and let us hear it. We'll give you feedback.
In your posting, let us know what you like about it or don't like so much, so we can have that in mind as we listen.
How long have you been doing Ken's program?
Thanks.
Bob
-It's fun. And if I'm going to do it why not learn to do it so it sounds good.
I started DJing in High School as a way to pay for my college (started saving then) and I found karaoke was big market. I started doing a few karaoke gigs and went to a lot of them to see how other DJs in the area were doing them and I've always went up and sang songs. That is how I started.
-I've recently pressed record and just sang what came to mind. I have friends who right and play music and ill jam with them.
-Someone is going to do it so why not me?
The love of it. Just the thought of getting up on stage and singing makes me feel motivated!
When I was 14 I started working at my local music shop.. I recorded a song for one of my colleagues for a bit of fun and she loved my voice. Not long after I was singing occasionally on stage locally and now in a duo singing around Victoria, Australia.
Hearing my favourite vocalists singing, makes me want to sing.
Excited to get started! Really keen to see how I make process.
Freedom. It makes me feel various emotions.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I started as a child I guess but I always loved doing it I needed too.
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
On times.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
Freedom and connecting with people bringing them back to a strong emotional attachment to a memory.
What inhibits your singing?
Confidence & lack of tools but now it's going to be corrected so nothing lol.
I want to know what motivates you to sing :-)
True sense of expression and being able to connect everyone through expression of music.
I'm not entirely sure. I guess right now the main thing is fulfilling the hope and trust that my bandmates have put in to me. Around 4 months ago I passed the audition for an Iron Maiden tribute band frontman role. It was a far-from-perfect audition! I could not hit many of Bruce's notes, could not make it all the way through the set and it left my voice damaged for a few days. I was surprised to get the call-back, but was also thrilled and immediately took on the challenge to learn to sing better. Since then, I have achieved much progress and that is exhilarating. I can now hit Bruce's notes most of the time and can last all set - even double set length on rehearsal nights when the band wants to do songs over and over. Once I feel comfortable with this band's material I want to return to writing my own stuff, tapping in to my new abilities.
I started singing around 20 years ago. I picked up a 4-track tape recorder and would compose weird "songs" with my guitar, a drum machine, anything lying around that could make noise - and my voice. I was untrained, but also wasn't trying to sing anything challenging and didn't care if it was perfect. It was just to amuse myself and the occasional friend I'd give a tape copy. I sang on that stuff I guess because I thought a lyric would help people connect with the sound recording and I discovered I like writing lyrics and melodies.
I do. I don't think I have an agenda or anything like that, but many of my songs revolve around certain themes, like how we live in a beautiful world, but we tend to make it ugly with our hate, violence, selfishness and all that. I also like writing adventure-type stuff or just whatever lyrically sounds good sometimes.
Now that I've put out a few albums and have gigged a bit with the Maiden tribute group, my motivation is that feeling that you're doing something that not everyone can do. I feel so divinely blessed when I've crafted a lyric and vocal I'm proud of and am able to sing it sufficiently to transmit it to a listener. Getting compliments like "nice voice" "great job tonight" "holy crap you've improved a ton in like a month" is addictive. I want to keep progressing and impressing others. So, admiration is a big part of it. I also just love being in a band, supplying a need the other guys couldn't and they're grateful because of all the work they've put in, but couldn't do the singing and now they get to take their music to the world. That feels hella awesome. So, that is a little selfless. But it's also the glory. And proving those wrong who have ever said stuff like "you don't have a metal voice" and also just impressing myself someday. I'm my own worst critic, but can admit to myself when I'm pleased with progress and take a certain delight in being able to do this month what I couldn't do last month.
It is sometimes hard to find time, with work, family and all that. But I do have support at home, so 1-2 hours daily hasn't been a big deal. Occasionally I am not motivated, but I think this course will be enough of a challenge and deliver results such that I'll get obsessed and motivation won't be a factor for a long time to come.
Oh, I don't think anybody has said phlegm inhibits their singing yet. That is one of my biggest problems. How much is the right amount and how do you know? Do I gargle salt, alcolol, drink stuff with citric acid, etc. Some of these things can lead to acid-reflux, which is it's own hell. I think it's possible to strip too much phlegm away too, leaving your vocal cords "unlubed." But when you can feel a glob on your cords and you can't sing stuff you normally can, it's frustrating until it clears up. So, learning to master phlegm-mitigation is also high on my list of skills to acquire.
I started singing around this time last year when I moved back to Massachusetts from Los Angeles. I knew about KTVA back then, but I didn't realize I was so close to Ken's studio otherwise I would've taken advantage of the opportunity.
Yes! I've noticed that my stage voice has improved immensely since I started vocal exercises a year ago and I've only had KTVA for about a week and so far I seen an improvement with this as well.
Originally it was just something to do and keep my mind off of acting
and my failed attempt in the LA market, but as I got better (still have a
long way to go, my passaggio and head voice specifically) it became
another form of expression and it's fun. Although acting is still at the
heart of all this, I would like to be able to sing at a professional
level if not for anything but for myself.
Fear. Plain and simple. I also think sometimes that my failed attempts at acting discourage me from practicing sometimes, but I still push through. Now I'm in an acting conservatory program and singing with KTVA!
One of the biggest frustrations as a songwriter has been finding people to sing the songs I have written. For years, I used the excuse that I couldn't find consistent vocalists to work with. Almost every time I sing, somebody goes out of their way to pay me a compliment. In the past few months, I finally decided to get serious and start developing my voice.
If God has given you a singing voice, then sing! Don't let fear hold you back. Sing with all your heart.
My wife is an amazing singer. Way better than average. She could have been a professional pop, country, or even classical singer. It took me years before I would finally open up, cut loose, and really sing in front of her. I just felt very self conscious with her being so good. This probably stems back to a comment my brother made when I was in 8th grade. One day when I was singing along with one of my favorite songs, he said something like "you should stop singing...you sound terrible". Even though he was only in 6th grade and doesn't even remember saying that, it shut me down for years. So I would say fear, although I'm doing much better now and am able to sing in front of others without being terrified.
@alancr,
Those words your brother said to you are similar to what shuts down a lot of people when someone makes a comment like that. The comments aren't necessarily meant to have the kind of impact that they do when the speaker says that kind of thing, but it can cut right down to the heart, to the core of our being, and stop us dead in our tracks of ever hoping to be able to sing, especially in front of others.
Singing can be such a personal thing. We are revealing our inner selves, sometimes publicly, when we sing. That self is very fragile and vulnerable at times...
Ken has a saying about "The only thing that separates a singer" from everybody else "is that a singer has the GUTS to sing." Comments, even early in life, that make us feel like we don't have "the right to sing" or "any business singing in public" can cause us to shut down that part of us, that part of our soul, that wants to SING OUT from our heart.
That's one of the great things about helping so many new singers... hearing their voices bloom and blossom and hearing the voice from within take root and grow.
You've given some good advice:
If God has given you a singing voice, then sing! Don't let fear hold you back. Sing with all your heart.
Some may think that God may not have given them a singing voice. He may have, but they just don't realize it yet. It's in there, inside of you, waiting to be released.
If someone has ever told you that you don't deserve to try to sing, please think again. You DO have the right to try. You DO have a better voice than you've been told. You just haven't learned how to make it better. You CAN make it better. You just MIGHT be able to make it GREAT!
Nice post, Alan.
Bob
I sing in front of people and wonderful compliments, but internally I feel that my voice is crap. Like somehow it can't ever be legit because that comment was probably the first opinion that I ever heard out loud about my voice. It stuck and it's hard as hell to shake.
That's my underlying motivation. Overcoming the "fact" that I'm a poor singer!
I have to also report that the same buddy I mentioned above paid me quite the compliment last week. We go together to practice for the same annual party, at my Dad's, after not getting together for a long time. He told me "I don't know what you're doing, but when we first started playing together you were singing "alright" at best. Now, I'd pay to see you in a club."
That is the best testimony I have for my results of 2 years with KTVA. Thanks, Ken!
I honestly don't know if motivation really applies to me. I can't remember ever not singing, and it's just something I absolutely love to do, and I consider it part of my identity as a person. Everyone has their thing that they love and couldn't be without-singing is that for me.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I've always loved to-I couldn't imagine NOT doing it. I started out when I was young practicing to Mariah Carey (this was when she first came out, lol). Music is just a huge part of my life. My parents were always going to shows when I was younger, and while I am not a performer, myself, I AM a merch designer for a local metal band, and go to shows as I am able to support the scene
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
I don't know. I grew up surrounded by music-it was always present in my house. 5am on a Saturday? Music blaring while my mom cleaned, lol. It also became an escape for me-my safe place when things were not well. I'd just throw some music on, sing to it, and everything else would just disappear for awhile. So, I can't really identify a trigger, or a moment where it all just clicked for me. My love for music was just always a part of me, and lyrics have always been very important to me for the emotion that they can convey (I've also written prose and poetry, and was even published in the town gazette when I was like 9, lol). I assume this has something to do with my passion for singing vs. picking up an instrument, and I don't get easily discouraged with singing-I can (and do) practice the same song over and over and over again to get it just right. I've tried picking up a guitar (the only instrument I've ever been interested in learning), and get very frustrated trying to make notes come clean. Singing just comes naturally to me.
What inhibits your singing?
Honestly, fear of failure. I have horrid stage fright, which is a shame because I typically practice singing for at least 3 hours a day-this isn't just singing to the radio-it's doing sections of a song repeatedly until I get it right. I enjoy doing it, and love the challenge of harder songs, but there are so many songs that I adore and think about how much I'd like to perform them, but can't bring myself to sing in front of anyone. It's pretty terrible...
I think I always loved singing since my young age but I was very shy and never did in front of anybody. One day someone asked me to come to see her choir and I thought that that would be good, I could sing and nobody will really hear me or comment, I was in a group. But I always sung in my bath and shower and for my try out they told me my voice was very clear and I could join in.
Today I do karaoke, whenever I can. I would love to find a group that I could perform with. I'm over 60 years and the groups don't seem to be interested in my age group.
I feel great when I sing, I try to express every word of the songs that I choose and sing. To me You have to be a happy person to sing and singing make the listener happy. There is always someone you touched with every song and that is super important.
I want people to be as happy as I am.
Eva
You may be able to find a group that plays for people around retirement age. Those folks won't have any problems with your age. They may even look at you as a youngster. A friend of mine makes good money singing and playing piano at retirement homes. If you don't play piano, you could find someone who does and give that a try or find someone who plays acoustic guitar. One thing can lead to another, and you may find more places that would want to hear you sing. The folks my friend plays for really look forward to musicians and singers coming to entertain them.
The nicer places can pay more money for the performances. If the money isn't important, any retirement community would like to have entertainers come by and do some songs. They are a very appreciative audience and would love to hear you sing.
Bob
I have struggled with melancholy on and off through my life and music has been my solace and therapy to the point that it has become a spiritual connection for me. (I have no religious or supernatural beliefs.) I want to be able to pay forward that connection to others searching for empathy, understanding, solace and hope. A bit later in my life now I have come to the realisation that one day, when someone comes to me and says, "your song helped me through a hard time" I will feel that my life has been well lived, and if I don't make a serious attempt at achieving that goal then it will be the thing I regret on my death bed.
We always had a piano and guitar in the house and I sang in choir at school from a young age. In high school I took music as an elective mainly because I was a music lover (rather than a serious performer). Near the end of High School I had major roles in school musicals and sung on stage in front of hundreds of people, it was then that I decided that I really wanted to do this to a professional level.
For a long time I struggled with feeling that I had "nothing to say" as an artist, or rather that I didn't fully understand or know how to articulate or tell stories about the feelings I wanted to express. This is becoming a lot clearer to me now, but I am still working on it.
The "trigger" to make me really want to passionately pursue singing and identify as a singer came in my late teens and would have to be some combination of the feeling of personal achievement of performing in high school musicals (honestly, the only thing I did well at in school), and my passion for 90s metal, grunge and alt-rock.
There are two main things that have inhibited my singing. The first one is criticism from others. I've had a lot of people tell me over the years that my voice didn't sound good. They were right, and I knew it but for a few years in my late teens I believed that if I worked at it hard enough it would come good eventually. I endured a lot of pained looks, diplomatic suggestions that maybe it wasn't for me, and personal disappointment but I still struggled on with blind faith until I was about 22. But it was all in vain because in my early years I was also struggling with...
The second thing that has inhibited my singing is access to good teaching and information. This problem has finally been solved for me now that I have found KTVA (see my recent 1st anniversary demo for proof). Now that I have experienced KTVA I can honestly say I have never had a vocal coach before who could actually help me in any meaningful way (I'm tempted to say they were clueless or rubbish, but I think it's kinder to say they were not the right teacher for me).
A: The possibility of singing the songs that I write/will write and the physical feeling too.
2-When and why did you decide to start singing?
A: Six years ago, when I was 19. I started singing in a choral and got motivated by my friends. Then, I started to appreciate it.
3-Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?
A: I hope I can do it through my music!
4-What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
A: When studied bel canto and was heading towards an operatic career, my main influence was the american bass Samuel Ramey. It was like "damn, I gotta have this 'lion roar like' voice too!"
But when it comes to rock singing, I think Chris Cornell was always a favorite. Always loved the whiskey tone that he got when he sang in Audioslave.
5-What inhibits your singing?
A: When I feel my voice is out of track or not really good that day. This really ruins my mood. When it´s ok, I feel like I could do, vocally, pretty much anything.
I sing for myself since i was young and recently, i wanted to be better and be myself with my voice!
I wanted to shout that music is life, we are Immortals!
I d really want to sing a bit like Steve Perry or Steve Lee, or some others great singers!
I think i m afraid o do something wrong when notes are high cause i don t want to destroy some beautiful songs! Anyway i do my best and try everyday!
I'm very shy and introverted so singing is a way to release my emotions.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
Probably when I was 4, in the early nineties, because my parents and I remember me singing Crazy by Aerosmith when I was very little, then I was obsessed with Mariah Carey and Garbage
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
There are several beautiful answers here to this question!
"Of course. Freedom.
Each screams,each song,each scale means to me howling for freedom."
That's exactly how I feel.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
It came naturally, I guess seeing these singers on TV looking really passionate, happy and doing amazing things was the best motivation!
Currently, I feel really motivated by Ken's videos, by the great advice you provide in this forum, your encouraging words, your impressive student reports. I also feel inspired by the music I'm listening to, at the moment Kimbra, Melanie Martinez, Tegan and Sara, Liz Phair, Joanna Newsom, and several J-Rock acts (Fujifabric, Flip, LiSA). I started learning to play the ukulele, and it's a lot less scary to sing loud with an instrument rather than acapella.
What inhibits your singing?
My range is very limited, especially with the higher notes (E5 is the current limit), also my voice doesn't project very well, which is quite funny because another fear I have is to disturb the neighbours!
Shyness, lack of confidence as well.
The things that motivate me to sing are the ideas and emotions that float around my head, the people I see or feel around me (those I love, those in need around the world), and the musicians and singers that I look up to.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I decided that I wanted to sing long ago when I was three years old, but I never really started self-teaching myself how to until I was about fourteen years old. I decided to start singing then because I needed to get my thoughts out somehow, whether they were personal poems turned songs of my own or songs by bands or solo artists that I admired.
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
If anything, I want to say that anything is possible if you continually try with a goal in mind. My voice, my flute playing (I was a flutist before I started singing. I still am) - neither of these things are perfect or amazing. I still feel like an underdog sometimes, but I know now that as I keep trying with a purpose, I'll gradually get there. Don't let anyone tell you that you won't get better at something or become something great, basically. I know firsthand that if I had listened to any of that for my entire, though short, 18 years of life instead of breaking through the negativity when I was 14, I never would've tried.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
Songs that I love, music in general, and emotions that I feel trigger me, make me want to sing.
What inhibits your singing?
Besides what little time I've been a part of this vocal academy, I'm self-taught. Even as a person who performs music on an instrument, I don't know much about scales or pitch or moving from chest to head voice vocally. After four going on to five years of self-teaching, I've progressed but there are still so many essential qualities that my voice doesn't have compared to the voices I listen to in music everyday.
Being able to express myself and say sod whatever anyone else says
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I signed up to a course for people looking to learn to sing. I wanted to do something for me which was not related to my work.
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Yes but too many times people have blocked me.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
It was just a burning desire to express myself.
What inhibits your singing?
Although I have found that there are a lot of people who do not want you to do well. I am probably the biggest barrier.
What motivates you to sing?
If I think about it it's probably the same as my motivation for playing guitar for almost 30 years now, I want to be able to emulate the music that I love listening to and that excites me. For example, I started playing guitar after hearing Van Halen, so always loved it when I could pull off an EVH guitar part reasonably well. I have always tried to sing and the motivation is the same, I want to sing and I get excited about singing the songs I love to listen to.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I have always tried to sing, but never had the confidence as I always thought that singing was a natural talent, and if you weren't good then you were just not good naturally. I kept singing backing vocals in bands over the past 25 years or so, then about 3 years ago started singing some lead parts in a 4 piece acoustic band, all four guys doing lead on certain songs. This helped with my confidence a lot. The why is the same as my motivation above, it feels great to sing the songs I love to listen to, especially if I can do them reasonably well (although I want to get so much better)!
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Not sure about this, my motivation is simply I love music and love singing and playing guitar, it makes me happy!
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
I think the trigger that made me go from thinking I couldn't sing (again the natural talent thing), to be willing to try harder to get better and then end up singing lead in my acoustic band was having support from my beautiful wife, who is always honest with me and will say it like it is, giving me compliments on my singing when it sounded good, and was supportive (and not negative) when it didn't sound so good, with saying things like; I just needed to work on it a bit more. Also more support from my band mates who are really good singers helped a lot.
What inhibits your singing?
Confidence. It won't always sound good, which in the past has put me off even practising for fear of what other people may think. I am getting over this! Funny, I never had this lack of confidence for playing guitar.
Welcome to KTVA Dude, if you stick with it your singing life is going to change forever. I was exactly the same, for the first six months of doing KTVA I would even get mild anxiety attacks if my practice session wasn't going well. I had to develop a bit of mindfulness meditation practice to help me calm down so I could let go of the vocal tension caused by that anxiety. In the end it was a bit like desensitization therapy, every day you just have to be a little bit braver, a little bit kinder to yourself, sing a little bit louder, care a little bit less about others who might be hearing. When you have a worse day, don't beat yourself up, just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Then one day (and it may take many months) you'll suddenly realize you haven't thought about anyone else while doing your practice in quite a while, you'll catch yourself just being totally immersed in working on improving your voice. At that point you might also notice that your vocal progress is rapidly accelerating. All that anxiety really holds you back, or at least, it did for me.
Good luck.. Dude.
Thank you! this kind of feedback really helps. I really looking forward to seeing the benefits of this. Funny thing, I was playing a gig last night, I sing backing vocals mostly in this band, but I had only started the basic lessons in volume 1 for breathing and posture the day before and even at the gig I was mindful of that and I really noticed the difference. I have total confidence in the KTVA program, can't wait until I'm a few months in.
Thanks again!
I started as a guitar player and wanted to be more then just that. I knew I wanted to be great. I knew I wanted to write music. I knew I wanted to perform. The only thing I had to do was sing. Ever since then Iv loved doing it and the amount of enjoyment it added to my playing.
When and why did you decide to start singing?:
Why ties in to what motivates but when I was about 12-13. I am currently 16 and started vocal training last year around this time. I started KTVA last month sometime and it is seriously improving my voice.
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?":
I am a proud Ken Tamplin fan! I love his music! hahaha This course rocks!
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?:
My inspirations, dedication, and love for it.
What inhibits your singing?:
TMD. Its a jaw problem. Google it hahaha its to much information to explain here.
- another expresstion not to convert my language, thought etc.
- when I'm all alone, nobody undertand me, I can't find answer and confused, exhausted
- symmetry between this society and me........find being me (as representing new world, ideal society)
broke up with my girl friend, hoping to her or someone
ah..unexplainable feeling, but very eager to express it (feels like, really gloomy, oh , delight, happy)
I really want to sing a song.
The reason why I training vocal program, I want to express that kind of feelings, thoughts, what ever
more reality, and pretty, correctly
What motivates me to sing?
Well, as a traumatic brain injury survivor of (going on) 46 years I found a long time ago that one of the tools at my disposal for combating the low-grade chronic depression that came along for the ride (with the brain injury) is singing. Over the years I have worked on developing my voice (by singing in school choirs and singing along with old cassette recordings of Elvis Presley (hey, I like his voice)). Apparently I have been somewhat successful in creating the tonal qualities I want because every time I sing one of my short little "songs" I get compliments about my voice so I guess you could say that my second motivation for singing is to help people forget all of the garbage that is thrown their way (on a daily basis) for a little while so that they can actually feel good about themselves and life in general.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I started singing in grade school, probably about fifth grade, and sang in choirs all the way up through high school and two years of college. After that I sand along with those tapes I mentioned for about a year. Since then I have sung sporadically over the years. Currently I mainly sing at work - the graveyard shift at an assisted living home.
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Not really. I will, however, say that the entertainment industries are notoriously prejudiced against people with disabilities. I do not want to make any kind of "statement" or anything like that but once I get my voice in shape, to my satisfaction, I would like the opportunity to show soneone what I've ot to offer. I don't want to be a rock star or anything like that but I would like to be able to make enough money (with my voice) to pay a few bills.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
It helps me feel better about myself and apparently helps others feel at least a little bit better about themselves as well.
What inhibits your singing?
Hmm. Now, here's the strange part, Ken. The thing that motivates me to sing - the low-grade chronic depression that came along for the ride - is the one thing that makes it hard for me to sing to my potential. I used to have most of the lower four octaves at my disposal (low D to middle E) but I've probably lost about half of it over the years. My goal is to get as much of that back as possible (as well as an octave or two higher) and combine it all with the tonal quality I have developed and then to just let the chips fall where they may.
Two things:
- Listening to world class, great singers perform highly challenging songs.
- Knowing that no matter how strong my voice feels today, I know my best singing voice is still to come (Translation: The vocal journey never ends and the rewards are lifelong.)
When and why did you decide to start singing?I discovered my musical abilities at an early age primarily as an instrumentalist (guitar, keys, low brass) and went on to perform in all kinds of bands and musical ensembles through high school. Singing, however, was something I did informally and just for fun. In college, while studying music, some other musician friends pointed out that I had a good voice and natural singing ability. I got recruited into Men's Glee Club and then eventually found "fame" in the college acappella community singing pop and rock songs to thousands of adoring fans. At that point, I just fell in love with singing and developing my vocal abilities. It was like having a brand new instrument that was a complete mystery waiting to be unlocked and mastered. I was hooked!
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Improving the voice is NOT a fast process and should never be rushed. It requires focus, discipline, healthy choices and countless hours of repetitive, mundane vocalizing. Think of it as body building for the larynx — you have to be careful, slow, strategic and deliberate with vocal workouts. Can't emphasize this enough. So many singers have such unrealistic expectations about improving their voices. Mastery (of anything) takes time, a plan, and perseverance.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
The sheer joy of discovering that I can do something better with my voice today that I couldn't do yesterday. Doesn't matter how small the improvement is. Cumulative, slow but steady growth is a huge motivator for me. This is as true today as it was 25 years ago when I started singing.
What inhibits your singing?
Second guessing if I'm doing something right, or if I'm reinforcing a bad habit. Lack of vocal control and predictability. Feeling some days like my voice is an unruly beast with a mind of its own that is slowly and reluctantly being tamed.
When and why did you decide to start singing? Church
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?" Slow is fast and fast is slow.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing? I want to be able to sing before I preach.
What inhibits your singing? Good Setup.
Geddy Lee's old voice,which is one of my favourite things in life (not only in music)
When and why did you decide to start singing?
About a month ago (July 2016),in order to sound as close as possible to the 70s Geddy.
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
I really wanted to sing since I was 12. Still,I was too shy at the time to be a vocalist.
Plus,I always fancied to sing high all the time like Lee used to.
Therefore,I though that I wont be able to sing in bands due to how shrill people could think my voice would be and blah blah blah.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
Listening to Geddy's old voice.
Some other high tenors (like Deyama Toshimitsu at his debult with X Japan and
Chang Yu Sheng) also influences me,although not as much as Lee does..
What inhibits your singing?
My lack of spare time plus my voice sound,that doesnt match Geddy's old tone...
Its a bit akin,but not similar enough.
It makes me feel good, even more than playing the guitar does.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I've always wanted to do it, but I only decided to start taking it seriously in February of 2016. I decided to become a singer because I believe that developing my voice would enable me to express myself a lot better. I feel like a great singer with an underdeveloped voice, if that makes any sense.
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Not really
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
Listening to Rock n' Roll. Also, seeing and listening to other people singing great. For instance, Ken's videos can be a trigger. In fact, I was just watching Ken sing Somebody to Love and now I want to sing.
What inhibits your singing?
A lack of range in chest voice.
The world just seems a better place to me when i sing it touches me deeply inside.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I started when i was about 8-9 when in Wales staying with my Grandmother during the school holidays and she took me to church every Sunday and i sang with the congregation and it moved me inside, my most favourite hymn was "Abide with me"
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Apologies for being an idiot and mixing with the wrong people as i grew up ..... but seriously sing with controlled Passion and extend my knowledge for writing songs and deliver them with belief.Finish the few songs that i have started. Also be proficient on my D.A.W
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
There is nothing else really ... always leads back to it
What inhibits your singing?
ease in front of an audience in the Hiatus :-)
Belief that i am good enough when i hear what is possible with the greats.
Knowing i don't know as much as i would like to.
Singing the wrong songs.
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Listening to Geddys early voice touchs my heart with so much ease,soon or later I'd become a singer out of that inspiration.
I wanted to mimic Lee since I was 14.
Yet I thought there was no way I could sound like him at the time.
I thought he was BORN with that high range,thus I couldn't mimic him.
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A month ago because I was weary of thinking "people won't like my high voice so I won't get a career" and "Lees voice ranges too high for me,F#4 is NY highest chest note and his used to be G5".
Now I sing for my own pleasure.
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Sing as YOU want instead of how people wish you to.
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Being tone deaf.
I'm working on it
Intimacy, I have always had a hard time connecting with people. (got two divorces to prove it) When I sing, I'm not me. I'm someone who I've always wanted to be. To heal, I've got a lot of pain and anger inside. Contrary to what be say, there's no way of "letting it go.". But there is relief in music. Playing guitar is awesome, but when you sing there is no instrument, there's no vehicle. It's just you, nothing to hide behind.
I, ve sang for years but never had balls to perform in front of anyone. Until there was no music, it's a very long story, but I suffer from bi-polar disorder. Despite the fact that all odds were aginst me. I was able to get a job with the city, promotions after promotion a real rising star. I can't say I found my profession full filling, but the pay was well into six figures. Then one day it all came to a stop, my world fell apart by false accusations. Accusations that didn't even hold enough water to get past a grand jury. The NY Post (one of the largest newspapers in NYC) wrote an article about me. I just lost my mind; literally, I was institutionalized. When I say institutionalized, I don't mean an overnight stay in some psycho ward. Three months, locked down and locked up. It was nothing short of surreal, fogged by overmedication. I had a bunk mate, Matthew. He said he was veteran, served in Iraq. I had to admit I thought he was full of shit. I had severed in the Marine Corps, and he knew things only a legit veteran would know. In his late 30's like myself, he looked 20 years senior to that. Matthew had become homeless living in between Thomason Square Park (NYC)and any squat he could find to shoot up. It was impossible to sleep at night, during the day you were so doped up you slept all day. All you heard were the squeaks, of the orderly's shoes on the worn laminated floor. Oh and the occasional screams from a resident (patients were referred to as residents) on the way to a padded cell. Matthew and I started talking about music one night and how it sucked not being able to hear any. It turned out we had the same taste in music; there was no music, so I sang.
What inhibits your singing?
Confidence, despite being told by the hand full of people I have sung for that I am pretty good.
What motivates me to sing?
I realized that when you have nothing. All you have is music, and sometimes the only way to hear that music is to sing.
Life can serve up some unexpected twists and turns. I hope you're finding a foothold with your voice, so you can start enjoying it more and feeling better about it.
Bob
Classic rock and metal. Nearly all of the music I love features singers who sing high. Traditional metal singers have outstanding voices which have a melodic power to them not found in other forms of music. I am highly motivated to sing metal because I just love the sound of their voices.
2. When and why did you decide to start singing?
When I was 18 I discovered Manowar, a classic metal band with a lead singer who absolutely blew me away with his voice, lyrics, and method of delivery. Every note and every word he sang felt like it was directly resonating with me on every musical level. He has a masculinity and a badassery that no other singer in the world has, AND, he has the best high pitched metal scream. I naturally started singing along with every song, and in the process developed a tremendous metal voice of my own. Singing Manowar's songs is the greatest fun and pleasure for me!
3. Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Yes. Everything that Manowar says and the way they say it is the message I want to bring to the world. I wholeheartedly support and am 100% behind the band's message. That band is like the theme music to my entire worldview, and Eric Adams is the mouthpiece for everything I think and feel.
4. What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
This question is redundant and has already been fully answered through the 3 prior questions : )
5. What inhibits your singing?
The need earn a living inhibits my singing. I can't get paid to sing (yet), so I have to spend a ton of time making money in a completely unrelated field (I'm a tax professional). Secondly, the inability to find a good band is a big inhibitor for me. Without a good band to sing with, I feel held back.
When and why did you decide to start singing?: For the joy of yelling and belting? my first song at 7 years old was girls girls girls by motley crue (Tsk bet that was hilarious watching a little kid sing) solely because motley crue just had such a vibrance and energy to their music-- if there's a way to not sing along to that shit I still haven't found it, kickstarts my heart every time y'know ;P (Puns Puns) Now around age 17? I started taking it a little more seriously. one day I was in music class belting (not anywhere near as good as with the help of yourself and your program ken, you fkn metal god you ;P) some black album metallica material and my teacher told me it was actually really good. that day really changed the game for me, I started thinking about running toward the dream and grabbing it by the horns, and good lord am I ever glad I did with the feeling performing gives you
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Many things, Stories I want to tell, Anger against the troubles of our world, The sensation of passion, But mostly i'd have to say a message- I want the whole world to hear "YEEEAAAH WE'RE MADE OF THE STUFF OF STARS AND BURN WITH THE FIRES OF HELL SO GIVE LIFE A VICIOUS ASSAAAAAAULT!!" yknow. shit like that. Positivity. Motivation. Feeling like you can take on anything as a force of nature. Metaaaaal!! ><
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
Growing up (Like every other kid) Hearing songs on the radio all the time, Really getting into them and feeling the grooves and energy behind them and well it just kinda happens, man! first moment is silence then "WOOOOAAAAAAHHH!!! YEAHHHH!!!" and that evolved into being triggered also by the thought of creating music (What a fkn rush)
What inhibits your singing?
In many ways myself. I Haven't put enough effort into finding a group of people to create the band I dream of and envision in my head, Also money of course-- without said band and having a decent flow of gigs I still gotta work 40 hour weeks to pay the bills and shit so... Yeah! that's about all i'd say.
What motivates you to sing?
Freedom of expression maybe? Also from an internal need to reveal my vulnerabilities, share stories and connect with people on a more intimate level.
I am now in a power trio and am not only doing some heavy guitar work, but I am the lead singer as well! People like Ritchie Kotzen, Paul Gilbert and Phil-X do this effortlessly, and I believe are heavily under-rated, as they can do stellar work at both facets simultaneously! I ascribe to emulate what they can do... Shoot for the stars, hit the moon, as they say
When and why did you decide to start singing?
I don't think it was ever a conscious decision... I grew up in a very musical household, so it was what we did from a very early age. Everything was performed from Ernest Tubb to Bruce Cockburn to Peter Frampton (Later came the heavier stuff of course)
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Yes! Its never too late to start something new! The first best time was from the cradle, the next best time is right NOW!
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
My first band maybe (I was about 14??) The bassist/singer asked me to do the last half of the set as he had a cold and his throat was too sore. Turns out I did ok, and really loved it, and how I was seriously connected to the audience... I was hooked.
Now its all about trying to emulate the nuances of the singers I love, and the journey of learning how to pull all of the things I've learned into a cohesive skills library that I can access and develop my own voice and style with.
What inhibits your singing?
Currently? Well I am just starting into phase 3, so I can't quite get the rubber to the road yet. I have to continually focus on maintaining diaphragmatic support, Hyper-glottal compression, vowel modifications on the fly... its coming, but not quite instinctive yet... so in a word: "Consistency"
It seems that singing is such a spiritual experience for so many,whatever the style- and a fundamentally human response to..LIFE
Motivation: I've always been a creative person, I love all the arts.. Self Expression is key to being Healthy, Happy and Whole, imho.
When/where: As long as I can remember. As a child I knew all the words to all the songs on the radio and was deeply affected by them.
Something to say? : Yes and No. I'm a bit of a Zen monk (can I say that???lol) so in one sense everything is perfect just as it is... but if I had to commit it would be yeah, "Get your Freak on- Love Forever is all there is"
Inhibits: Not being very good. I'm shy about people hearing my efforts. Slightly less so now I've been doing Ken's exercises and improved a little, also having a sense of purpose to my singing..
Very excited to be on the Upward Spiral, and happy to read these posts- kind of confirm that I'm in the right place.
Peace out. D.x
I love the feeling when i connect with the lyrics of the song... my heart rate jumps when i really feel what the writer of the song have ment. Also i have a dream to be a famous singer, beatboxer, guitar player, songwriter... I want to inspire people. And mastering the art of music is what inspires me.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
Im a musician since 2th grade... That was 9 or 10 years ago. I started with beatbox, later i started playing guitar. In 5th grade my dad signed me up in a singing chorus. I didn't like it so much then... But later when i was getting better on the guitar i found some songs that i really liked... and i said to myself:
I should learn to sing better. Its cool... also i will get girlfriends easier. Later i found Ed Sheeran... and he just fired me up. I started writing my own songs, singing his songs and i really felt the emotions, feelings... thats when i realised that i have a passion for music.
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
Yes... IM A REAL ARTIST. AND DONT YOU DARE JUDGE ME.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
Ed Sheeran
What inhibits your singing?
Belting... connecting the lower voice with the higher one. Switching from chest to head while sounding natural and good.
The challenge of it, and the joy of it.
When and why did you decide to start singing?
When I was younger I didn't think I'd be able to sing because I has Asthma, I figured my lungs were too weak. Around my early twenties I developed the mentality that nothing was impossible, and that with great focus, and determination I could do anything I willed myself to do. I started singing to prove to myself that I could do it, and do it well.
Do you have something to say and you want to "shout it out?"
YES!!! That nothing's impossible, that words and dreams have the power to change the world, that we are stronger than our weaknesses, that we are better unified than opposed and that there's still hope for the miraculous to happen in this world.
What was/is the trigger to make you want to sing?
Sometimes it's joy, sometimes it's anger, sometimes it's the junkie in me wanting that natural high.
What inhibits your singing?
fatigue. self doubt. not having time. being shy. insecurities
> Dudes and Divas, these questions are for everyone, whether you're enrolled in KTVA or not.
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> What motivates you to sing?
The river of my emotions... and awesome songs.
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> When and why did you decide to start singing?
I firstly sang with my friends when i was a kid we did it for our own fun and I was also a part of the primary school's choir and we had our performances. Later I jumped into intensive sports life and I sang under my shower only after the trainings, and visited rock and metal concerts of the famous bands around Europe, and now I've also had a friend who plays guitar and we just sing together when we spend time together, we don't decide to do that, we just do it to enjoy life... And I have this urge now to improve my voice to the best i can and sing all those wonderful songs correctly and sing on the beach at least once again in front of other unknown people to get the applause. :-D
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> KEN, YOU'RE THE BEST!!!
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> I want to know what motivates you to sing :-)
> The awesome songs... And my inner feeling... that voice deep down... and the flow of my emotions when I hear a certain song that make me wanna express myself the same way or a bit differently.
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