Do you have a good singing voice?

[Comrade Ceasefire]

No. Someday when I have money I'd like to get voice lessons/training.

(Legal) drugs will get you through times of no money, better than money will get you through times of no (legal) drugs.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

If you want someone to shout Iron Maiden or Machinehead lyrics, I'm your man.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

There was a girl I knew had the most musical voice I'd ever heard.

She was a terrible singer.

 

[Gori the Grey]

The woman that I know with the most beautiful singing voice, I've also heard reaming someone out and holy s*** does she have different voice she can draw on for the latter.

 

[Farm Boy]

There was a girl I knew had the most musical voice I'd ever heard.

She was a terrible singer.

There are songs and then there's music.

 

[Angst]

my voice is... ok. most days, it's quite rough. some days, it's insane what i can do with it. listened to some recordings of myself from some years ago and was like "huh, i used to be really good actually".

these days, my voice is mostly damaged, but that's ok for an "authentically vulnerable" mood that does well in some indie-esque productions

 

[Smellincoffee]

I'm told that I have a very pleasant tenor voice, though I consider myself more of a baritone. I grew up singing, sing in a church choir now, and sing at home, in the car, and at work. I work in a library (local historian / tech dude) so I'm frequently shushed.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

The woman that I know with the most beautiful singing voice, I've also heard reaming someone out and holy s*** does she have different voice she can draw on for the latter.

People usually speak in their 'normal'/'real' voice when they're angry.

Someone's singing voice is not always the same as their speaking voice. Another girl I know she speaks rather roughly and loudly. But she sings very well, and very softly and sweetly.

So your formal voice is also not always the same as your informal voice either (your informal voice being your 'actual'/'real' voice). The girl I spoke of now is usually very informal in her interactions, so she always sounds boisterous, but on the rare occasion when she speaks formally, her voice is closer to her singing voice, lower and softer. Myself, my actual voice is low-pitched and gruff, so much so that when I was younger my mother would chastise me for speaking roughly, but since I now speak formally with everyone – even my friends and family, with the exceptions of my siblings whom I do not meet for long stretches – most people only hear me in my soft-spoken high-pitched mode.

In a way it's a bit like acting; you exaggerate your voice for certain roles.

Now Michael Jackson's speaking voice was much like his off-stage persona: shy, retiring and absolutely zero personality. But once he was on the stage and/or started singing – oh, boy! he was an absolute ball of fire.

Which brings me to another point in my musings. Is your singing mode more representative of who you are than your speaking voice? For most people singing is their way of venting or expressing themselves, so one would assume they would do so in their 'real'/'authentic' voice, but doesn't the process of self-expression itself add a layer of artificiality to the expression? Whether there is any 'authenticity' to speak of when you consciously change your voice to express yourself?

Do you have a single voice you can point to and say 'This is me'? Or is a man no more or less than the sum of the masks he wears?

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Sadly I don't. Which is a shame since I play a mean guitar and would really like to be able to sing along with it.

 

[Comrade Ceasefire]

If you want someone to shout Iron Maiden or Machinehead lyrics, I'm your man.

We just need an edgy name now. Someone younger should try, because my two suggestions aren't going to cut it.
Return of Boomer Anger
Nap against the Machine

 

[Comrade Ceasefire]

Who needs good singers anyway. Just rev up the audience and they'll entertain themselves.

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour faithfully recreated by Filipina viral sensation Taylor Sheesh

While she is not singing ("I'm a terrible singer," Sheesh confessed) the crowd is more than happy to pitch in, with a chorus of joyful screams often louder than the music.

When Taylor Swift gave the Philippines a miss, Taylor Sheesh stepped up

As seemingly half of Melbourne packed into the MCG on Friday for the first night of Taylor Swift's blockbuster Eras Tour, thousands of devoted fans crowded Federation Square to watch a different queen take to the stage, one who had her origins in malls in the Philippines.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Kaitzilla]

Billy Joel sang all the parts in this.

Huh, 40 years ago he looks like Mark Ruffalo.