[Messiahtosh]

I tried.

Off He Goes, Pearl Jam.

http://homepage.mac.com/chrisd7/FileSharing44.html

Eh.

[Stone Of Love]

Originally Posted by DMBand0026 She's a no talent bum who was picked to become the next teen pop star because she was moderately physically attractive.

I'll give you the "was" attractive. But moderately??? That first video was HOT!

She's a fucking train wreck now, but Oh My once upon a time....

[thegeriatric]

Originally Posted by Wrao Hey I tried to sing! Without Her Recorded live in one take, last night at around 2 AM with no shirt on.

I listened to the end. It was ok, I,ve heard a lot worse. Very brave to post it here. Nice one.

[Messiahtosh]

Originally Posted by thegeriatric I listened to the end. It was ok, I,ve heard a lot worse. Very brave to post it here. Nice one.

I just posted one too, and its a cappella Pearl Jam.

[PKIDelirium]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db6O6ctsFlw

It's pathetic. All lipsyncing, and BAD lipsyncing.

However, I really don't mind lipsyncing. If you get better sound quality from it, so be it.

[thegeriatric]

Originally Posted by Messiahtosh I just posted one too, and its a cappella Pearl Jam.

Ok not bad, a tad long, not my kind of thing. But Cool.

[Messiahtosh]

Originally Posted by thegeriatric Ok not bad, a tad long, not my kind of thing. But Cool.

Hey, thanks man.

[Moogs]

Originally Posted by ast3r3x Just because it's not a standard voice doesn't mean it's not singing. He has an awesome voice that apparently millions of people like. If you want to give an example of a bad voice being popular, stick with Dylan. Still the man though. …although his views on life are depressing.

I've been meaning to post this since last week, but I saw James Blunt do his 1973 song (which is hilarious because I'm pretty sure he was either a)not born yet in 1973 or b) was a toddler at best..) and I have to say, this guy is a weepy hack IMO. All of his songs have that same "listen to me ladies, I'm so sensitive and worn out... won't you please comfort me?" sound to them, that I immediately wanted to slap him upside the head. I'm not saying his music is terrible, but it's just so milk toast that I want to slit my wrists when listening to it. It's like Morrissey's long-haired hippy cousin woke up and started singing one day or something, but without all the identity crises and bipolar disorders.

Seriously, and getting up on his piano after a GMA performance?? There was no one cheering him and he was dancing around on the piano like he thought he was Mick Jagger or something. One of his bandmates was totally embarrassed. You could just see this look on his face like "uh yah, you represent us too dickhead, not just yourself. Please don't walk on the piano during GMA productions anymore. Thanks."

[Wrao]

Hm... old thread. I stand by everything I said in this thread. But I would add that I sing a lot better today then I did a year ago. I still do not consider myself a singer, but whatever.

[Satchmo]

Originally Posted by DMBand0026 She's a no talent bum who was picked to become the next teen pop star because she was moderately physically attractive.

She had that Lolita fantasy shared by record execs and dirty old men.
It won't be long before she'll sell her body to Playboy.

[NosferaDrew]

Originally Posted by DMBand0026 That is one of the industries' worst kept secrets. Her voice is doctored and enhanced endlessly for her albums and than is just regurgitated at the audience when she "performs" live on stage.

Almost everyone gets a little enhancement - I've been doing this for years as part of my job.

As an example, if you've ever seen the Chili Peppers live, you've probably noticed that Anthony can't "sing" in tune very well.
A co-worker of mine once was tasked to tweak each slightly off-pitch syllable for an entire album.
And I once worked on a TV special for Brittany a few years ago and we took her actual live track, enhanced it and mixed it in with previously tracked vocals.

Most artists do it nowadays.
Hell, most film and TV and DVD audio is substantially "enhanced" also. And I'm one of many who do it day in and day out.

[FFL]

Originally Posted by NosferaDrew Most artists do it nowadays.

Pop or rap "artists" (aka pap artists) - maybe.
"Superstar performers" - maybe.

But no one worthy of being called either a musician or a singer.

[Xaqtly]

K.D. Lang is one of my favorite singers. She can really sing, and there's something about the tone of her voice that I just love. I think part of being able to sing well is practice, but part of it is just natural ability or just how your voice sounds. I think there's a lot of factors involved, not all of which can be overcome with practice.

[Wrao]

Originally Posted by FFL Pop or rap "artists" (aka pap artists) - maybe. "Superstar performers" - maybe. But no one worthy of being called either a musician or a singer.

You would be surprised. Basically, as long as their is a lot of money passing through a project, you can bet your ass that there are multiple levels of processing to 'perfect' the final product. In most cases it is simply effects and vocal processing, but ghostwriting and ghost-performing isn't out of the question either.

[Freewell]

Great thread. Great question. Some great input already... I'm glad Moogs resurrected it. I'll consolidate my own $.02 after I actually go to bed, get some sleep, and can organize my thoughts!

[Wrao]

Originally Posted by Wrao Hey I tried to sing! Without Her Recorded live in one take, last night at around 2 AM with no shirt on.

For the sake of reference, I recorded a song last night with more singing on it, I think that in the (nearly) 2 years since this thread I have started to become a decent singer, although it is still not something I focus too much time or practice into. This one was done at 1 AM, I was wearing a shirt, but I was sitting on the floor. Also, I did a guitar solo for this one at the end, if you listen to it at all, listen to the guitar solo at the end, I think it's a good one.

Lost Without U - By Robin Thicke

[murbot]

Originally Posted by Xaqtly K.D. Lang is one of my favorite singers. She can really sing, and there's something about the tone of her voice that I just love. I think part of being able to sing well is practice, but part of it is just natural ability or just how your voice sounds. I think there's a lot of factors involved, not all of which can be overcome with practice.

She has a naturally strongly muscled tongue, and expert control of her lips. I heard she can lick a dent into a chrome bumper.