Random Thoughts Thread

[BoneSnapDeez]

He should just form a metal band. No "singing" required.

[AppleQueso]

He should just form a metal band. No "singing" required.

Hey man (good) harsh vocals take some time and effort to do well too!

[Erik_Twice]

If you want to use like a robot, just use Autotune.

[dsheinem]

I kinda want to make an album that is country...I can't sing...I can't play anything.

In my experience that's pretty much the formula for success in country music for the past decade or two, so you should be all set.

[Forlorn Drifter]

... simply because I can't sing.

You realize it's possible to learn how to sing, right?

I guess its possible, but I have so little natural talent I wouldn't ever be good enough to get a band up behind me.

I kinda want to make an album that is country...I can't sing...I can't play anything.

In my experience that's pretty much the formula for success in country music for the past decade or two, so you should be all set.

I don't want to succeed, I want to be good. If anything, I'd end up like any of the hundreds of artists around here and Oklahoma who get popular around the area, but nowhere else.

[AppleQueso]

... simply because I can't sing.

You realize it's possible to learn how to sing, right?

I guess its possible, but I have so little natural talent I wouldn't ever be good enough to get a band up behind me.

"Natural Talent" is a loaded and frankly overrated phenomenon. All it really means is that someone was able to fairly quickly grasp the fundamentals of their craft when they started out and has a passion for it that pushes them to work on said craft.

Everybody starts out as an amateur. Passion and dedication are what makes you into a master, not "natural ability."

Seriously, call up a vocal coach or music teacher or something, ask them how many students they've had that claimed they had "no talent" that they were able to help guide into being a good singer. I bet you'd be surprised.

[Forlorn Drifter]

I dunno, probably just not worth the effort. What are the chances of me actually making doing good enough to support myself? Slim to none, at absolute best.

Anyways, nobody wants to hear what I have to say.

[AppleQueso]

I dunno, probably just not worth the effort. What are the chances of me actually making doing good enough to support myself? Slim to none, at absolute best.

It's art. If you're hoping to do it as a sustainable career you're doing it for the wrong reasons anyway.

Anyways, nobody wants to hear what I have to say.

Because everything you have to say is generally defeatist nonsense. Honestly I kinda think you enjoy all the self-loathing you do.

[Forlorn Drifter]

I dunno, probably just not worth the effort. What are the chances of me actually making doing good enough to support myself? Slim to none, at absolute best.

It's art. If you're hoping to do it as a sustainable career you're doing it for the wrong reasons anyway.

Well, with music, in my opinion, with the amount of time and effort that goes in to try and do something original and not have the same tune/beat/melody/rhythm/riff as someone else, I'd need to be making enough money that I could passively support myself. Writing songs from or about experiences is really what I do best, and writing songs about a shitty job and how you write songs on the side isn't going to grab attention.

Plus, a country artist who doesn't do live shows? I don't think I've ever heard of such a thing.

[AppleQueso]

I dunno, probably just not worth the effort. What are the chances of me actually making doing good enough to support myself? Slim to none, at absolute best.

It's art. If you're hoping to do it as a sustainable career you're doing it for the wrong reasons anyway.

Well, with music, in my opinion, with the amount of time and effort that goes in to try and do something original and not have the same tune/beat/melody/rhythm/riff as someone else, I'd need to be making enough money that I could passively support myself. Writing songs from or about experiences is really what I do best, and writing songs about a shitty job and how you write songs on the side isn't going to grab attention.

Plus, a country artist who doesn't do live shows? I don't think I've ever heard of such a thing.

You really have no clue how many musicians actually do have a day job do you? That includes plenty of musicians who play live.

You actually have to be pretty popular and tour nonstop to make enough money to not need one.

And who says that having a day job would limit you ONLY writing about the experiences you had on that job? That's absurd.