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Can you?

Lets just say puberty is a harsh mistress.

Karaoke bars and absinthe make me sing perfectly

Can I sing? Yes.

Can I sing anything in tune....NO!:p

Tone deaf FTW!

Badly.
Virtually all of the songs I sing are from The Phantom of the Opera, anyway, so I have very little chance of recreating them well. They're not really opera pieces but still have a very good range and level of complexity within them.
I do a passable Bat Out of Hell, though.

i can sing well enough for people to recognize the song i am singing. sometimes they even sing along.

i can whistle in tune too.

Should I sing people will not run away - but I doubt they'd be willing to pay money, either.

And I'm not so bad that they would pay money to shut me up. ;)

Oh yes, I can sing.

But I can also expect a rain of rotten tomatoes.

People would pay me money to stop.

ahahahahahahaha! no.


my gf says i could be a decent metal singer... got the growl for it ;)

Well, it's my job, so I should hope so. :)

No, but I can whistle..

Yes, I can sing pretty damn good. Was in my High School Chorus, earned a lead part in a musical for my voice, and I once sang male back-up in ska band but was replaced by the singers boyfreind (who consequently brought the whole thing crashing down on them)

And I lied in the poll.

Well, it's my job, so I should hope so. :)

Britney? Is that you?!

Yes, I think so.
Unfortunately, nobody else does.

I can sing fairly well. I have sung in public, and nobody complained.

Badly.
Virtually all of the songs I sing are from The Phantom of the Opera, anyway, so I have very little chance of recreating them well. They're not really opera pieces but still have a very good range and level of complexity within them.
I do a passable Bat Out of Hell, though.
I love those songs.:rolleyes:

I love those songs.:rolleyes:

reformed calvinists? that must be one HELL of a reform...

I took Music Theory in high school and singing was part of the test. My teacher said I could sing on key and I should try to join aristocracy. My voice doesn't sound so good though.

Kind of. I don't make people cringe, and I've even gotten complimented a few times.

This thread fails without audioclips from people who claim they can sing :)

On second thoughts.....clips of people who are amazingly awful might be more interesting!

I can only sing if most of my audience is drunk. Karaoke was an icebreaker when I did Model UN in college...let's just say I sounded positively awful, but at least I had the cojones to get up and sing.

I can't even sing badly. I'm that damn mediocre.

This thread fails without audioclips from people who can claim to sing :)Indeed :p

Can you?
http://acewhoa.ytmnd.com/

Incidentally, yes. I'm a bass-baritone (E2-F4 comfort range, can push down to a D and up to an A with preparation). I'm not very good at maintaining falsetto though, which means if I try to stretch for that A (or up to a C on a really good day) my F#s are really going to suffer badly. :(

I am uncertain as to whether I could be said to sing or not, and am unwilling to torture others if the answer is infact "No". If only my karaoke bar star coworker would do the same. Fuzzy little bugger couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.

I would gladly provide a voice clip if I had a microphone and a recording program on my computer.

I can sing Barritone and Tenor ranges, in hgi school I was moved around for different songs...

I would gladly provide a voice clip if I had a microphone and a recording program on my computer.

I can sing Barritone and Tenor ranges, in hgi school I was moved around for different songs...

Headphones plugged into the microphone socket on a computer work as a microphone ;)

Also download Audacity for the recording program (it's free):cool:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

At home I am sans net, and sans headphones; someone took them off my MP3 player and I aint seen them since.

I was in chorus in the last two years of middle school and the first two years of high school, and I had some solos in middle school chorus. I guess I'm okay at singing, but I started hating my voice for some reason. Though all of my teachers and my father (a former music teacher) have said that I have a good voice, and I qualified for the All State Chorus (although my school only had two tickets to distribute, and there were some people with higher scores than me, so I didn't go.)

I can sing in key.

Unfortunately it's the key of "off". :rolleyes:

Britney? Is that you?!

Obviously not. I just said that I can sing.

At home I am sans net, and sans headphones; someone took them off my MP3 player and I aint seen them since.

sans net? how are you posting?

excuses, excuses :)

I don't blame you though as I can't be bothered too! :p

Well, it's my job, so I should hope so. :)

Obviously not. I just said that I can sing.

Nope....you said it was your JOB!

What is your job?

Nope....you said it was your JOB!

What is your job?

Touché. I guess I should reread my own posts before replying. :p

And I do professional choral work. It doesn't make me a lot of money at present, but I'm hoping to shift it towards "primary career" status over the next couple of years.

Touché. I guess I should reread my own posts before replying. :p

And I do professional choral work. It doesn't make me a lot of money at present, but I'm hoping to shift it towards "primary career" status over the next couple of years.

Does that mean you sing in a choir? :confused:

Good luck in shifting it and making it earn for you! :)

Does that mean you sing in a choir? :confused:

Good luck in shifting it and making it earn for you! :)

It means I sing in several choirs. (I also conduct occasionally, as well as arranging some pieces.) Sadly, illness forced me to quit the only choir I was in that paid more than a pittance, but as my health gets better I should be able to get back into such groups and hopefully go for my MFA, which will make choral work a much more profitable career (especially since that will start opening up professorships, should I choose to go that route). Thanks for the good wishes! :)

It means I sing in several choirs. (I also conduct occasionally, as well as arranging some pieces.) Sadly, illness forced me to quit the only choir I was in that paid more than a pittance, but as my health gets better I should be able to get back into such groups and hopefully go for my MFA, which will make choral work a much more profitable career (especially since that will start opening up professorships, should I choose to go that route). Thanks for the good wishes! :)

Sounds cool, but if you wanna earn some serious money then you should turn your image slutty, change your name to Britney and mime! :p

Hope your illness wasn't/isn't too bad. Keep at it, persistance is key to attaining your goal (and a good singing voice of course! :P)

Sounds cool, but if you wanna earn some serious money then you should turn your image slutty, change your name to Britney and mime! :p


Heh. I actually do a fabulous Britney Spears impersonation. One chamber group I sang with in college actually did a hysterical arrangement of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" with me as lead vocalist - 'twas very amusing. :D

Heh. I actually do a fabulous Britney Spears impersonation. One chamber group I sang with in college actually did a hysterical arrangement of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" with me as lead vocalist - 'twas very amusing. :D

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/matthewthirlwell/lolclown.jpg

Sounds like something that'd go well on YouTube!

Yup, I can sing...just wish I had more time (and money) to be able to do it full time. I've posted linkies a couple of times here, no point in doing it again.

sans net? how are you posting?

excuses, excuses :)

I don't blame you though as I can't be bothered too! :p

I have net at WORK

I have net at WORK

Ah ok, that explains it :)

Still you singing at work and acting like a loon might make the day go quicker and entertain your collegues........or get you the sack!:p

I'm a DJ, I've been known to get requests where peope ask me to call a freind/family member and sing them happy birthday on air...

Can you?

Can I sing? Well, I suppose winning several awards in high school for my singing in choir should tell you. (And for those wondering, I'm male.)

I'm not the only one in the family with a great voice...my younger sisters(I'd say little but one is eighteen and the other almost sixteen) are both winning similiar awards...hell, my sister Rachael won the one award I never did: best voice in the whole school.

Okay, who else thinks death grunting (Death metal vocal style) is harder then actual singing?

Okay, who else thinks death grunting (Death metal vocal style) is harder then actual singing?

I can't do either! It's probably harder on straining the voice but you don't have to be exactly in tune for it.

I've been told I'm a good singer but I think I'm just average.

Can you?

Sure ... i think there's a word for it ... referenced in a few mythos and bog-like environments ... not sirens ... erm, what's the name ... there's a motorcycle named after 'em in the GTA series.

Sure ... i think there's a word for it ... referenced in a few mythos and bog-like environments ... not sirens ... erm, what's the name ... there's a motorcycle named after 'em in the GTA series.

Banshee

Banshee

Dundee-Fienn FTW!! :D

I don't know actually. I don't really sing often. I suppose just kind of... average... not really bad, but not really good either... :/

yes I can.

I even once made money doing it too.

I used to take singing lessons, for about a year and a half before I went off to college.

Even performed at a few concerts, though generally along with a few others.

Indian classical music.


I can sing, and can carry a tune, of course, but I'm under the extreme suspicion I don't have a good singing voice.

I voted Concert Proof, as I have a lot of vocal range (I can sing as low as a death grunter and higher than Geddy Lee), I can sing in tune and on key, and my voice is pretty robust (not overly deep, not too high).

However, I have a bit of trouble, as I'm still growing. Yeah, I kind of lose control of my voice sometimes. Think of the sound a cat makes when you pop a fire cracker an inch away from its face while it's sleeping, and there you go. I can keep it under control if I rehearse a song before I sing it, but if I just go at it without doing so, watch out...

I voted Concert Proof, as I have a lot of vocal range (I can sing as low as a death grunter and higher than Geddy Lee), I can sing in tune and on key, and my voice is pretty robust (not overly deep, not too high).

However, I have a bit of trouble, as I'm still growing. Yeah, I kind of lose control of my voice sometimes. Think of the sound a cat makes when you pop a fire cracker an inch away from its face while it's sleeping, and there you go. I can keep it under control if I rehearse a song before I sing it, but if I just go at it without doing so, watch out...

I sympathize.

Edit: that was me about three years ago. It gets better.

My Grandpa sounds like Frank Sinatra (No joke) and my mother can sing pretty well, seeing as how she's his offspring.

I'm ok, I inherited my dad's deep voice so I can't hit anything remotely high.

I sympathize.

Edit: that was me about three years ago. It gets better.

Yeah, I figure that by the time I'm 22, I should be able to scream like a banshee. :p

I don't sing very well, especially higher things (It's pretty bad when I try to sing Journey or The Mars Volta (I almost never even try that)). There are a few things I believe I can pull off not too terribly. Although I don't enjoy singing in front of a lot of people, I will sing in front of friends when we are singing along to something. My friend told me to stop singing just last friday when I was singing Journey :( haha

I don't sing very well, especially higher things (It's pretty bad when I try to sing Journey or The Mars Volta (I almost never even try that)). There are a few things I believe I can pull off not too terribly. Although I don't enjoy singing in front of a lot of people, I will sing in front of friends when we are singing along to something. My friend told me to stop singing just last friday when I was singing Journey :( haha

Heh, Journey is a cakewalk for me. Any Way You Want It is easy for me to breeze through without any practice.

Rush is another story. That's where the screeching comes into play if I don't practice beforehand... Hemispheres is a pain.

no.

no.

Not surprisingly, I'm not surprised.

Heh, Journey is a cakewalk for me. Any Way You Want It is easy for me to breeze through without any practice.

Rush is another story. That's where the screeching comes into play if I don't practice beforehand... Hemispheres is a pain.

I suppose my problem is my voice, not so much the notes. I can hit notes alright and keep in tune (mostly anyway). I just know my voice isn't the most pleasant thing to hear (I guess when even I know it, it must be kinda bad)

yes I can.

I even once made money doing it too.

Even the dirtiest hooker gets money sometimes... ZOMG PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!

Even the dirtiest hooker gets money sometimes... ZOMG PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!

I didn't :(

After some 25 years as an ensemble singer for choral groups and soloist only with jazz ensembles (I one of a dying breed of vocal improvisers), I sang the bass solos in a huge local Lutheran church's yearly presentation of Messiah. As I said, I've never sung that much solo material in front of a full orchestra before, let alone an audience.

I've never had a bel canto solo voice. I've tried, much to the chagrin of the classical voice instructors at two levels of collegiate instruction. Needless to say, when I was asked, I accepted the challenge, and to get my name and face out to the public at large in Bismarck (just finishing my second year as university faculty here means I'm still very new). I was scared shitless, especially given that one of the solos was "The People That Walked in Darkness", which, if you don't know Handel, has this snake-like chromatic line that weaves all over the damn place.

Well, when I was done, people were saying that, for the first time in years, they actually heard the words of the arias I sang (diction is paramount for an ensemble singer), and I was the most solidly in tune bass soloist in recent memory. Nobody was impressed by my voice's tone or resonance, but I took those two superlatives as two things I know I'm good at (intonation and diction) and called it a victory.

Scratch off one more thing on my list of things to try before death.

I sing in several choirs at uni and was part of a close harmony group at my old school. I'm a bass (C2-E4) and generally is the one at the bottom of the texture rumbling away or mimicing a double bass :p It's perhaps my favourite instrument (voice) and I write choral music as well.

Even the dirtiest hooker gets money sometimes... ZOMG PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!

*boot to the head*

. Think of the sound a cat makes when you pop a fire cracker an inch away from its face while it's sleeping, and there you go.

That brings a whole set of questions in itself. As for the thread itself, I can't sing, or if I can then extremely badly.

I can sin somewhat good, but nothing to brag about

Badly, and loving it

I found a clip I posted before. Still probably not very good, but I'll post it anyway. I can't really remember...and there seems to be a lot of static in that...plus it's been a whole year since I've been in any sort of chorus. The song in the clip is one of the songs that we sang when I was in swing choir. I probably recorded it because it was easiest to remember off the top of my head.

http://media.putfile.com/Me-Singing-a-Song-probably-not-good-at-all

My singing voice is quite captivating... when no one else is around to cringe in fear.

Hell yeah, I can.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/matthewthirlwell/lolclown.jpg

Sounds like something that'd go well on YouTube!

WATCH OUT! Britney's record company will sue you.

Even the dirtiest hooker gets money sometimes... ZOMG PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!

You dont know how true that is....wait im not confessing to anything....dont judge me!!!!!!!!!!!!!:upyours:

I can sing kinda nicely, but mostly I just scream my guts out.

I sing fairly well. I'm no master by any means, but I can do back up vocals when I have to. I also scream well, but that doesn't always go over well. :p

Edit: If I remember my note placement correctly, My range is from an F2 - F/G4, which makes me a Baritone-ish.

Britney? Is that you?!

yes its me taqueesha...

Yeah, I figure that by the time I'm 22, I should be able to scream like a banshee. :p
Hey!
*waves hands around head frantically*


BTW - the trick isn't range, it's tone.
Listen to the band "Nitro" :gundge: for a specific example.

*boot to the head* Smunkeeville is the wine of purity, not the vinegar of
hostility.

...it is wrong to tip the vessel of knowledge, Ill Rufferto.

Yes. Six years of choral training.

Of course I more effectively use the PROJECTION part of that training these days -- I refuse to sing to my students. However, I have been known to stop them dead in their tracks out of shock simply by belting out "STOP IT."

I too lied in the poll...try to get an accurate statistic now suckers!!!:mp5:

Hey!
*waves hands around head frantically*


BTW - the trick isn't range, it's tone.
Listen to the band "Nitro" :gundge: for a specific example.

Oh, I have very good tone. I just have a bit of trouble with it from time to time... Thus the thing about the cat and the fire cracker.

I can sing well, but it's been a while since I was in a chorus or needed to sing in front of others so I haven't had any training since high school. That probably means my range has decreased and I might be off-key more often.

Yes. Six years of choral training.

Of course I more effectively use the PROJECTION part of that training these days -- I refuse to sing to my students. However, I have been known to stop them dead in their tracks out of shock simply by belting out "STOP IT."

I wish I had projection. I have good range and tone, but I can't for the life of me project.

Yes, I can sing. And, judging from the comments and feedback I've gotten, it appears I do it fairly well, although I personally can't stand to hear a recording of my own voice, at least nottalking.

I can tolerate my own voice live, but a recording? If terrorists wanted to torture me, forcing me to listen to a recording of myself talking would be the most effective method.

But apparently people like to hear me sing. I consider myself a 'baritone', although I can do a little bit (I SAID A LITTLE BIT) of bass and tenor, as long as it isn't very high, say, more than 1/2 an octave above 'middle C' (without going into falsetto), or much more than an octave and a quarter below 'middle C'. I can go further down, but not audibly except to myself.

I can sin somewhat good, but nothing to brag about

Nice font, baby. :cool:

Yes, I can sing. And, judging from the comments and feedback I've gotten, it appears I do it fairly well, although I personally can't stand to hear a recording of my own voice, at least nottalking.

I can tolerate my own voice live, but a recording? If terrorists wanted to torture me, forcing me to listen to a recording of myself talking would be the most effective method.Ditto.
*bows*

I did All-Borough, All-State and All-Northwest (State and NW on same demo, of two entirely)
Self-taught, from low bass (bass 3) to high soprano, using four different registers with varying success. The consequence of forcing a high range and high operatic treatment (another thing i was working on) ended up forcing my bass lower and lower, to the extent that any wood or likewise resonant materials near me when i spoke would vibrate so strong that it would sound like i was throwing my voice.
I don't do that as often now, because i've found that's a largely useless range in common conversation.

I can sing.

I sang in a local boychoir from 4th through 7th grade. I was also in choir through school from 7th grade through college. I sang Bass after 8th grade...and I must say it's fun dipping for those low notes. :cool:

Karaoke is fun...but I need a few drinks in me before I try to sing pop/rock hits. :p

Can you?

define "sing."

WATCH OUT! Britney's record company will sue you.

For using a clown smilie? :p

Yeah, I've recently gone bankrupt, threats of being sued are nothing to be worried about ;)

pitch perfect

hmmm, well kinda like how Poliwanacraca has been going on, I can "kind of" sing, in that I haven't properly sung in about two or three years now; since I've been taking about more on my studies of Drama in University.

and yes :headbang: I AM THAT STUPID

I should have kept on learning to sing (I'm not that perfect) besides just studying and drinking.

Although, on another note, I do know an actual Opera singer, and quite a lot of people that play in bands in and out of London... **brags on and on** :p

I've been told I can, but frankly I don't believe it.

I've been told I can, but frankly I don't believe it.Send me an mp3 ... :p

For using a clown smilie? :p

Yeah, I've recently gone bankrupt, threats of being sued are nothing to be worried about ;)

Nah, I meant for posting something on YouTube that could be considered "copyright infringement", but they might get you on that, too.