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Poll: Are you a singer?
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Yes, I have a really great voice
5.88%
1 5.88%
Yes, I have a terrible voice
47.06%
8 47.06%
No, I'm too embarrassed to sing
17.65%
3 17.65%
No, there are legal documents stopping me
11.76%
2 11.76%
I'm not fucking telling you, nosy bitch!
5.88%
1 5.88%
Fuck all polls/singers
11.76%
2 11.76%
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Admitting you're a singer
#31
RE: Admitting you're a singer
(January 10, 2018 at 5:33 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Inspired by Vulcanlogician's thread.

We all do it, even if not all of us will admit it.

We know we're all singers, religious folk and atheists alike.

So, where do you do it?  How well do you do it?  How loudly do you do it?

Do you sing to delight or annoy people around you?

I sing around the house, both playing my guitar and a capella if I've got something moving in my head. I'll sing onstage, too. I'm not very good. I have a limited range and with unfamiliar material my pitch can get wobbly. (Of course, singing onstage, I've got the material wired, or else I won't perform it.) I've got a tenor ranging into baritone voice, but can occasionally grab higher notes in the right key.

If I'm singing while puttering around the house, it's soft. If I'm singing while practicing guitar, it's loud enough to work with my guitar's volume (unless I'm playing along with a cranked CD, at which point -- without a PA -- I'm singing my ass off). Onstage, again it's measured against the band's volume and our PA setup, but at that point I'm gut-singing and can push out some decibels on my own anyway.

Seems like mostly it annoys people, unless I'm onstage -- again, being utterly familiar with all the nuances helps, and also, in bars, most listeners are lubed-up enough that they aren't going Simon Cowell on me. There have been moments where I could tell my singing has really gripped an audience, but those moments are few and far-between ... they're memorable for a reason.

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#32
RE: Admitting you're a singer
Does black metal screeching count
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#33
RE: Admitting you're a singer
(January 11, 2018 at 1:12 am)Kernel Sohcahtoa Wrote: I'll admit that I've sung folk songs and country/western songs in private; however, I would never dare inflict my singing on anyone, as it is quite horrendous.

Haha, yeah. "I heard a voice then, like a thousand needles in my old heart"

- My wife after playing too much diablo 2 while I was taking a shower.
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#34
RE: Admitting you're a singer
Okay well upon recording my singing recently I think it's more mediocre than terrible.(for an average person)

https://soundcloud.com/user-111919020/me...he-silence

It's mediocretastic. 

I won't be winning any singing competitions.
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