Greetings from South Africa
bindog
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Hey all
I recently became a paid member of KTVA, and thought I'd drop a line in here...
Im 32, born and bred Saffer, and I live in Johannesburg, SA.
I've always wanted to sing and perform, I taught myself some piano when I was in school, and taught myself guitar over the past 2/3 years...
I started singing at about the same time as the guitar bug bit, karaoke, nothing special, but I always got good responses from the crowd, which was cool.
More recently, I started attending Jam Night evenings at a local pub, where you get to perform with the house band... Things were going really well, but I started suffering vocally as I performed and practiced more, hoarse and sore the days after the event.
About a month ago, my voice was already strained, and I got the flu. I then proceeded to attend OppiKoppi (google it, its amazing, and i go every year), which is dusty and shouty and smoky as you can imagine... I smoke as well, and generally you smoke a LOT when there...
Anyways I came back totally voiceless, couldn't speak at all. I rested my voice for about a week but things really haven't come right again. Even without singing i feel swollen when I swallow , its not lekker at all (lekker=nice)...
I had stared down KTVA previously, and decided that I had already been singing incorrectly before the festival, so as part of my rehabilitation, I would join the club here, and sing in a healthy manner going forward...
I will be starting formally with Volume 1 as soon as possible, and will post vids for feedback as I make progress...
And thats all... nice to be here, I'm excited to learn properly, and I appreciate the product and the forum being available to the singers out there
Thankyou
I recently became a paid member of KTVA, and thought I'd drop a line in here...
Im 32, born and bred Saffer, and I live in Johannesburg, SA.
I've always wanted to sing and perform, I taught myself some piano when I was in school, and taught myself guitar over the past 2/3 years...
I started singing at about the same time as the guitar bug bit, karaoke, nothing special, but I always got good responses from the crowd, which was cool.
More recently, I started attending Jam Night evenings at a local pub, where you get to perform with the house band... Things were going really well, but I started suffering vocally as I performed and practiced more, hoarse and sore the days after the event.
About a month ago, my voice was already strained, and I got the flu. I then proceeded to attend OppiKoppi (google it, its amazing, and i go every year), which is dusty and shouty and smoky as you can imagine... I smoke as well, and generally you smoke a LOT when there...
Anyways I came back totally voiceless, couldn't speak at all. I rested my voice for about a week but things really haven't come right again. Even without singing i feel swollen when I swallow , its not lekker at all (lekker=nice)...
I had stared down KTVA previously, and decided that I had already been singing incorrectly before the festival, so as part of my rehabilitation, I would join the club here, and sing in a healthy manner going forward...
I will be starting formally with Volume 1 as soon as possible, and will post vids for feedback as I make progress...
And thats all... nice to be here, I'm excited to learn properly, and I appreciate the product and the forum being available to the singers out there
Thankyou
Comments
Time to get that singing voice working correctly, so you will have it to use for the rest of your life!
Glad to meet you.
Welcome.
Bob