Why is it that when someone asks "can I sing"...?!


Question: They either aren't any good a singing or are only trying to imitate other singers? Does anybody have any originality? I mean, is it hard to put your own spin on someone else's lyrics? I don't claim to be a singer, but I do check out a lot of these "can I sing" questions, and they all sound the same to me: generic carbon copy attempts to copy the original version that lack all resemblence of originality.


Answers: They either aren't any good a singing or are only trying to imitate other singers? Does anybody have any originality? I mean, is it hard to put your own spin on someone else's lyrics? I don't claim to be a singer, but I do check out a lot of these "can I sing" questions, and they all sound the same to me: generic carbon copy attempts to copy the original version that lack all resemblence of originality.

obviously the media plays an important part in most everyone's everyday life. Most young people are accustomed to hearing other people sing. what they are missing, thanks to most school systems's lack of budget, is the chance to sing for themselves, and that, from an early age. Can you name me anyone in your circle of friends that had music lessons in grade school? I don't mean private lessons, but a structured classroom situation where kids were taught some of the rudiments of music ( notation, rhythm, pitch) and were encouraged to sing? Frankly, I can't name any either.
so for most young people, singing is not an activity that one could ascribe to oneself. It makes it that much more difficult for someone to make the connection- but, hey i can do that too- without having had the chance to do so. The opportunity arises by singing along with ( for us old fahioned folks) the radio. that's whats available as a role model, and that's what gets copied.
Breaking away from that mold takes a while. It takes courage to step outside the bounds and discover for yourself what more you can do. that's what being a teenager is about anyways, so I 'm not too surprised that this one question comes up here over and over again.
( the one that bugs me is the one that runs- how do I get famous without ever having had lessons- because I don't think my answer is printable is polite society. The easiest answer to that is, you can't.)
As long as people keep on singing at all, there's hope that a couple of them will find the way to unlock their real singing voice, no matter what type of music they care to sing. the world may have a couple more spins to her in that case.

People often imitate at first, which eventually helps them to find their own sound and style. It isn't easy starting out, and it takes a lot of experimenting.

I see what you mean. People try to make their voice sound exactly like the original artist. I'm no singer either, but it's better just to sing the correct lyrics and the correct melody, and put your own emotion into it, instead of imitating the artist's emotion.

For example, I saw a cover of Evanescence's song "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You", and there is a part where Ev's singer Amy Lee sounds like she is almost crying (it's somewhat emotional song, about a past abusive relationship). The girl covering it (on YouTube) also had the exact same tone at the exact same point! It was ridiculous. If you aren't about to cry, why would you sing it like you are.

Bottom line, I agree with you!

just like nyone, you need to look at the proffesionals for help and then when your good enough, try something yourself

Many people have incredible talent for singing, but couldn't write or alter a song to save their life. so they have to imitate. Besides, most people don't have any desire to write songs - they just want to sing.



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