Where I Was & What Brought Me Here
Johan_Kalevi
Pro Posts: 172
Hi ALL,
Back in November 2013, I was surfing through YouTube (which can be tricky in China
) and I came upon, for the first time, some of Ken's videos. I thought "Yeah, that guy can sing!" As I scrolled through the comments, I read a few from him which mentioned he did free 'Vocal Evaluations' by simply sending him an MP3 file.
I've attached a Soundcloud link of the song I'd sent. It's an original of mine. I've been writing music since I was about 18 years old and started singing 'seriously' at about 16 in some varied high school bands.
I love music and love making it. I pretty much record demos from my home here in Xi'an. A simple Behringer USB microphone recorded through Adobe Audition for Windows and an acoustic. In this track, I used a drum loop from drumbot.com -
Ken's breakdown of the song was, I felt, terribly accurate, and really got me thinking about why I 'don't mind' my voice after recording it, but I'm never satisfied. SUPPORT.
I decided to sign up for the KTVA course because I wanna once and for all kick the support monkey's behind and actually try to make some headway with my solo career. I've got lots of original songs, which I believe have potential, but the symptom is always the same. Support, support, support. It haunts me lol Literally HAUNTS me!
In the end, I'm gonna win this FIGHT with my diaphragm and all the other interdependent facets that go along with it - and I'm really gonna ROCK this thing. I'm gonna take my time, and I'm gonna have to work hard, too. It's nice to be on this journey with all the others here at the KTVA forums. I'm really enjoying my time here.
Anyway, to make a short story long, I invite you all to have a listen and welcome any of your feedback. You can also click to see the lyrics at the soundcloud link.
Enjoy!
Peace,
Johan
Back in November 2013, I was surfing through YouTube (which can be tricky in China
) and I came upon, for the first time, some of Ken's videos. I thought "Yeah, that guy can sing!" As I scrolled through the comments, I read a few from him which mentioned he did free 'Vocal Evaluations' by simply sending him an MP3 file.I've attached a Soundcloud link of the song I'd sent. It's an original of mine. I've been writing music since I was about 18 years old and started singing 'seriously' at about 16 in some varied high school bands.
I love music and love making it. I pretty much record demos from my home here in Xi'an. A simple Behringer USB microphone recorded through Adobe Audition for Windows and an acoustic. In this track, I used a drum loop from drumbot.com -
Ken's breakdown of the song was, I felt, terribly accurate, and really got me thinking about why I 'don't mind' my voice after recording it, but I'm never satisfied. SUPPORT.
I decided to sign up for the KTVA course because I wanna once and for all kick the support monkey's behind and actually try to make some headway with my solo career. I've got lots of original songs, which I believe have potential, but the symptom is always the same. Support, support, support. It haunts me lol Literally HAUNTS me!
In the end, I'm gonna win this FIGHT with my diaphragm and all the other interdependent facets that go along with it - and I'm really gonna ROCK this thing. I'm gonna take my time, and I'm gonna have to work hard, too. It's nice to be on this journey with all the others here at the KTVA forums. I'm really enjoying my time here.
Anyway, to make a short story long, I invite you all to have a listen and welcome any of your feedback. You can also click to see the lyrics at the soundcloud link.
Enjoy!
Peace,
Johan
Comments
You are close to achieving reasonable support. You may be your own worst enemy when it comes to keeping that consistently happening. Study up with the search engine and watch all of the related Webinars and video topics.
You are on your way to massive support. Kick that monkey's behind!
Bob
Thank-you, Bob!
Yup! I've made myself a sizable homework list and I'm focused on working on many things 6x/week..
The monkey's gotta go! It's driving me bananas!
Peace,
Johan
Sometimes he's your best friend!
; ^)
When the student is ready, the teacher appears...
:-)