Just pick songs that everyone knows the lyrics to and you can drunkenly bawl them out.
Edit:
I will add that karaoke is something you either need 1) to be a good singer 2) to be self confident as opposed to insecure or 3) to be drunk to do though.
Also I just discovered that I can't read sheet music any more.
There's a song with 5 flats and I was trying to figure out what key its in and the way i eventually did it was imagining keys in front of me going through the muscle memory.
On November 02 2013 02:53 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: studies have suggested that there are definitely aspects of singing that are simply innate and can't be trained...
(im completely tone deaf and cant hold a pitch to save my life, despite my best efforts + years of instruments)
I'm like this guy. I also can't be fucked to practice instruments despite "playing" saxophone "well" for eight years or so.
On November 02 2013 02:42 jcarlsoniv wrote:
On November 02 2013 01:12 HazMat wrote: Anyone here a good singer? Are you self taught? I can play the guitar pretty well by now but my singing is mediocre and there's like no point in knowing how to play the guitar without knowing how to sing. Very few chances to impress by rocking out to a buckethead solo.
I grew up completely surrounded by music (my parents met in high school choir, and every one of my siblings and I play instruments), so I've been singing literally my whole life. I consider myself a decent singer, but am very self conscious about it, partly because my 2 older sisters are very good singers and my brother is the singer for his band.
There are definitely a few tips I can give:
-Sing constantly. I am singing all the time, almost any time I'm listening to music. A lot of the songs I choose to listen to are songs I am physically capable of singing along with. Sometimes I challenge myself with these songs (Sleeping with Sirens singer sings pretty high, I have worked to be able to hit these notes).
-Recognize your range. Know your highest and lowest points. The more you push your range, the broader it can get (usually slowly).
-Pay attention to your pitch. This is a big one and the reason a lot of people aren't that good at singing. Again, just singing to yourself and adjusting yourself so you hit the notes right one. Accuracy is really important - hitting a B flat every time you want to hit a B, and then adjusting doesn't sound good. You want to be able to hit the note you were shooting for perfectly every time.
Honestly, it's just practice. If you have someone who can critique you from an unbiased perspective, that helps. Lessons really wouldn't necessarily be a waste of time if you can get value out of it.
What CAN'T dis kid do?
Pick correctly into Kat
Carry xes and aura
Train a cat not to jump on the table
Draft Hearthstone
<3
In fairness, no one can train a cat not to jump on a table.
Half of our duo time is:
"Cat get down from there!" "I hate this stupid fucking cat." "Cat stop eating the microphone wtf."
He knows he's not supposed to be up there. Every time I stand up he bolts off the table. He just does it to piss me off - same with tipping over the garbage. I have never come home to him having the garbage spilled over, he just does it when I'm home.
On November 02 2013 03:11 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
On November 02 2013 02:53 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: studies have suggested that there are definitely aspects of singing that are simply innate and can't be trained...
(im completely tone deaf and cant hold a pitch to save my life, despite my best efforts + years of instruments)
Aspects for sure, I'd say Pitch is one of those things. Many people can't tell when they are sharp or flat, but the basic things like reading sheet music, counting, time, ect are pretty basic needs for understanding music.
pitch is, for most music, the most important aspect, so gg
i cant tell when im sharp or flat for example so im basically completely screwed. i had to rely on a tuner to tune my violin, to the mockery of my peers D: ~_~
My brother and mom both have near perfect pitch. Mine is decent, I have the ear for it, but I can't always hit a note I want without hearing it first.
On November 02 2013 02:53 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: studies have suggested that there are definitely aspects of singing that are simply innate and can't be trained...
(im completely tone deaf and cant hold a pitch to save my life, despite my best efforts + years of instruments)
I'm like this guy. I also can't be fucked to practice instruments despite "playing" saxophone "well" for eight years or so.
On November 02 2013 02:42 jcarlsoniv wrote:
On November 02 2013 01:12 HazMat wrote: Anyone here a good singer? Are you self taught? I can play the guitar pretty well by now but my singing is mediocre and there's like no point in knowing how to play the guitar without knowing how to sing. Very few chances to impress by rocking out to a buckethead solo.
I grew up completely surrounded by music (my parents met in high school choir, and every one of my siblings and I play instruments), so I've been singing literally my whole life. I consider myself a decent singer, but am very self conscious about it, partly because my 2 older sisters are very good singers and my brother is the singer for his band.
There are definitely a few tips I can give:
-Sing constantly. I am singing all the time, almost any time I'm listening to music. A lot of the songs I choose to listen to are songs I am physically capable of singing along with. Sometimes I challenge myself with these songs (Sleeping with Sirens singer sings pretty high, I have worked to be able to hit these notes).
-Recognize your range. Know your highest and lowest points. The more you push your range, the broader it can get (usually slowly).
-Pay attention to your pitch. This is a big one and the reason a lot of people aren't that good at singing. Again, just singing to yourself and adjusting yourself so you hit the notes right one. Accuracy is really important - hitting a B flat every time you want to hit a B, and then adjusting doesn't sound good. You want to be able to hit the note you were shooting for perfectly every time.
Honestly, it's just practice. If you have someone who can critique you from an unbiased perspective, that helps. Lessons really wouldn't necessarily be a waste of time if you can get value out of it.
What CAN'T dis kid do?
Pick correctly into Kat
Carry xes and aura
Train a cat not to jump on the table
Draft Hearthstone
<3
Aura did fine, xes was a lot more questionable. All the 1 man shockwave fights Soniv hit were wins and all the 3+ shockwaves were losses.
That's cuz I kept trying to wait and get really good, lined up ults. Our team fights were hectic as hell and we were never in control, so it didn't really go in our favor. The 1-2 man ults were me shooting for priority targets (Liss/Ez), and it proved more effective. But we were just so far behind, and I had so much pressure applied on me mid.
I know there were things mechanically I could have done better. I'm also sure there were some obvious strategic decisions I could have made differently (other than the blatantly obvious ones), but I'm not so sure about what they would be. I tried *shrug*
On November 02 2013 02:53 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: studies have suggested that there are definitely aspects of singing that are simply innate and can't be trained...
(im completely tone deaf and cant hold a pitch to save my life, despite my best efforts + years of instruments)
I'm like this guy. I also can't be fucked to practice instruments despite "playing" saxophone "well" for eight years or so.
On November 02 2013 02:42 jcarlsoniv wrote:
On November 02 2013 01:12 HazMat wrote: Anyone here a good singer? Are you self taught? I can play the guitar pretty well by now but my singing is mediocre and there's like no point in knowing how to play the guitar without knowing how to sing. Very few chances to impress by rocking out to a buckethead solo.
I grew up completely surrounded by music (my parents met in high school choir, and every one of my siblings and I play instruments), so I've been singing literally my whole life. I consider myself a decent singer, but am very self conscious about it, partly because my 2 older sisters are very good singers and my brother is the singer for his band.
There are definitely a few tips I can give:
-Sing constantly. I am singing all the time, almost any time I'm listening to music. A lot of the songs I choose to listen to are songs I am physically capable of singing along with. Sometimes I challenge myself with these songs (Sleeping with Sirens singer sings pretty high, I have worked to be able to hit these notes).
-Recognize your range. Know your highest and lowest points. The more you push your range, the broader it can get (usually slowly).
-Pay attention to your pitch. This is a big one and the reason a lot of people aren't that good at singing. Again, just singing to yourself and adjusting yourself so you hit the notes right one. Accuracy is really important - hitting a B flat every time you want to hit a B, and then adjusting doesn't sound good. You want to be able to hit the note you were shooting for perfectly every time.
Honestly, it's just practice. If you have someone who can critique you from an unbiased perspective, that helps. Lessons really wouldn't necessarily be a waste of time if you can get value out of it.
What CAN'T dis kid do?
Pick correctly into Kat
Carry xes and aura
Train a cat not to jump on the table
Draft Hearthstone
<3
Aura did fine, xes was a lot more questionable. All the 1 man shockwave fights Soniv hit were wins and all the 3+ shockwaves were losses.
That's cuz I kept trying to wait and get really good, lined up ults. Our team fights were hectic as hell and we were never in control, so it didn't really go in our favor. The 1-2 man ults were me shooting for priority targets (Liss/Ez), and it proved more effective. But we were just so far behind, and I had so much pressure applied on me mid.
I know there were things mechanically I could have done better. I'm also sure there were some obvious strategic decisions I could have made differently (other than the blatantly obvious ones), but I'm not so sure about what they would be. I tried *shrug*
We just didn't have a plan at all. Oh well past is past there'll be another one of these after AHGL ends
I was just thinking about it, and honestly, if I had Annie, we probably would have torched (heh) them early. That lvl 1 team fight? 4-5 man stun. Plus I would have had a DRing instead of flask. And I'm so much more comfortable on her.
I was just really worried about them counter picking Ori, cuz that matchup is just miserable. Stupid, really. Annie woulda been so much better.
EPT
