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Title: Do you sing?
Post by: Enigmatic Entity on October 15, 2010, 08:38:50 am
Well, there you go. Feel free to add/suggest options. I'd say I used to/still do a lot of humming; I've always been into audio/music/speakers, etc. I used to hum in a high pitched, *slightly* annoying tone, now down low. Sometimes try alone, sounds OK by ear, crap when recorded... :ick: :P
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Post by: General Battuta on October 15, 2010, 08:45:05 am
what about le horrible whistling
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Post by: Dilmah G on October 15, 2010, 09:10:45 am
Does hip hop at the local Mcdonalds count?  :D

No seriously, we used to drop some decent **** sometimes. But I guess singing =/= rapping.
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Post by: spyderrock48 on October 15, 2010, 09:19:24 am
haha i scream xD
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Post by: StarSlayer on October 15, 2010, 09:54:22 am
No option for sing-a-long while driving?
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Post by: swashmebuckle on October 15, 2010, 10:20:41 am
Music is the best and I am pretty good at it.
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Post by: perihelion on October 15, 2010, 10:53:23 am
Many many moons ago, a group of friends and I would perform at local coffee shops.  I have a very good ear for music, but I'm a perfectionist with lousy hand-eye coordination.  Which means every time I tried to learn to play an instrument, I'd immediately hear what it was supposed to sound like versus the sound I was actually making and come to a screeching halt.  I was told over and over again that you have to just keep on playing after you make a mistake, but I couldn't make myself do it.  It sounded "wrong" and needed to be "fixed."  Probably need to be on pills for that, but oh well.

But I could / can sing.  That was fun.  Nerve-wracking, but fun.  I was in the school choir for two years before I couldn't stand it anymore.  Too much ego, too little real talent, and too many god awful songs for my taste.  The guys were all poster-children for the dangers of testosterone poisoning, and the girls were all wannabe divas without an ounce of humility in the whole lot.  A liked the group I hung out with after leaving.  We were just doing it for fun, and occasionally for teh lulz.  (i.e., once I improvised percussion using a couple sauce pans.)

I don't sing around other people anymore; except at church, which doesn't really count.  Wife occasionally asks me to sing to her, but she hasn't in a long time.  We're older.  We have jobs and kids.  Daughter asks me to sing to her lullabies, but it just isn't the same as belting out Radiohead songs at the top of my lungs.

 :sigh: Now I'm depressed.

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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 15, 2010, 11:23:58 am
i sing along quite well at the computer/in the car.  but i HAVE to have the music playing.  i sound like **** without it.  i've always had a good musical ear and very strong ability to match pitch.  when i played sax in high school, i never needed tuning because i would automatically do it on my own while playing.

i've been wanting to take up bass for a while now.  just need the money to buy one and the time/patience to learn it.
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Post by: Flipside on October 15, 2010, 11:34:46 am
I can, sort of, sing, but I tend to stick to instrumental stuff. I, personally, don't like my singing voice, but other people tell me I'm ok...
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Post by: headdie on October 15, 2010, 11:35:32 am
no karaoke/singstar option?

only time i sing is when drunk at a mate's house who has singstar and then only to the likes of Eye of the tiger, Show must go on and poison and i struggle to keep inside the little coloured marks on the screen
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Post by: watsisname on October 15, 2010, 03:00:56 pm
I make a horrible, unbearable noise.
Whistling, good
EE Added too many options ;-)

I can almost manage to karaoke decently when I have the right amount of booze in me, but I still think my singing voice is awful. :(

Edit:  When I do karaoke, Bam. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MC0HNPiy18)  This is my soong~!
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Post by: NGTM-1R on October 15, 2010, 03:15:12 pm
I personally think I'm crap, but I've been told by a number of people that I'm actually fairly good. When asked why, they universally respond that I sound like I mean it.

This probably has to do with the fact the number of songs I'd actually sing requires slightly less than two complete hands to count.
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Post by: Snail on October 15, 2010, 04:27:40 pm
CHOCOLATE RAIN
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Post by: General Battuta on October 15, 2010, 04:57:34 pm
SOME STAY DRY AND OTHERS FEEL THE PAIN
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Post by: Nuke on October 15, 2010, 05:02:58 pm
i only sing death/black metal
i also play guitar, horribly
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Post by: CommanderDJ on October 15, 2010, 11:44:00 pm
haha i scream xD

YES. Ditto.
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Post by: karajorma on October 15, 2010, 11:58:21 pm
Spent last night getting nicely drunk at a KTV with friends and I didn't get complained at too much (even when singing in Chinese!) so I guess I'm OK at singing. :D
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 16, 2010, 12:00:05 am
i just played Shinedown's Live from the Inside DVD and sang pretty much the whole way through.  I do a very nice Simple Man if I do say so  ;7
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Post by: spyderrock48 on October 16, 2010, 01:05:08 am
haha commanderDJ :)
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Post by: ReeNoiP on October 16, 2010, 05:23:54 am
I have been told that I am tonedeaf  :nervous:
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Post by: watsisname on October 16, 2010, 12:55:52 pm
Is it tonedeaf?  Or tonedumb?  :P
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Post by: headdie on October 16, 2010, 04:15:15 pm
Is it tonedeaf?  Or tonedumb?  :P

both in my case
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Post by: ethaninja on October 17, 2010, 12:44:57 am
I come from a musical family so I'm not that bad but I'm no Myles Kennady ;)
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Post by: Enigmatic Entity on October 17, 2010, 10:57:57 pm
No option for sing-a-long while driving?

"I'm a drive-by showcase?"
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 18, 2010, 02:36:19 am
that was added later
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Post by: Enigmatic Entity on October 20, 2010, 12:49:29 am
Some can sing, others can make noise, and quite a few can whistle - I don't hear many people whistling where I live, maybe they don't do it in public... ;) And next time I should not have so many useless options... :)
Title: Re: Do you sing?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 20, 2010, 01:54:41 am
yeah, this might have worked better as "yes", "no", "kinda" :P
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Post by: S-99 on October 20, 2010, 03:23:08 am
Many many moons ago, a group of friends and I would perform at local coffee shops.  I have a very good ear for music, but I'm a perfectionist with lousy hand-eye coordination.  Which means every time I tried to learn to play an instrument, I'd immediately hear what it was supposed to sound like versus the sound I was actually making and come to a screeching halt.  I was told over and over again that you have to just keep on playing after you make a mistake, but I couldn't make myself do it.  It sounded "wrong" and needed to be "fixed."  Probably need to be on pills for that, but oh well.
Something that fixed that for me was dance dance revolution. I make a mistake, i keep dancing, and i finished the song with still a good score. Most people watching me never know i made a mistake too.