Singing

Yesterday I was at the studio - decided to do some backing vocals for two songs I'm working on. Yeah, me...singing right...It's something I decided to take on recently. I still don't fancy my voice much, actually listening to the demos I did yesterday brought me back to when I was a teenager and had a band with my bro and some friends. We did some recordings and we all sang. My voice hasn't changed much since. The one thing is that I now have better knowledge about certain techniques and my hearing is better so at least I can try or do things with a better understanding of how it will turn out.

So yeah, eventually theses songs will be on an album. I've got the title already too. I'm just taking it one song at a time though...gonna get out two singles between Spring and Summer 2011.

Singing I believe is a total surrender, you have to let go of all inhibitions, everything and let the song flow through you. I've always had a problem expressing myself and showing emotion.  I can do it on the guitar, but maybe now it's time for a new form of expression. A new me in a sense....for all the things I've never expressed verbally, I will express through song...weather or not my voice is the greatest.

I must say, I do admire singers, especially the great ones. But I've learned that although vocal ability is a great plus, that's not what makes a great song. It's the connection, the emotion and the message which the singer conveys that people can relate to.  There are many great singers, many great songwriters, many great artist and I tip my hat to them all.

Will I be among the greats some day? Only time will tell. But I won't ever have the chance unless I try, starting now.

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