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TrueNeutral:
We've had a lot of 'I'm a beginning guitar player!' threads, but the search function didn't find anything about singing.

So here's the deal - my friends are starting a band and they're lookin' for a singer. One of them overhears me singing along with Eddie Vedder on Pearl Jam's Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town. Enter the glowing light bulb, and apparently I'm now a singer.

Except, what the hell am I supposed to do as a singer? Are there any do's and don'ts? I haven't taken any classes (and I really can't afford them) so I don't really know how to sing. I also know that my breathing isn't right, although I haven't a clue what proper breathing is.

Do I need to practice or what?

Rubby:
All I know is mic control, as in go closer when singing quiet and step back when belting it out. This is probably not very helpful but that’s all I know cause I’m not a singer, I produce.

TrueNeutral:
I didn't know that, so that's pretty helpful. I figured I'd just close my eyes, bite the mic and act like I have demons torturing me on the inside.

So, thanks.

Kai:
Something I've always wondered; Say you're guitarist decides to go on a cheesy bitchin 80's hair metal solo for like, a minute or two, what the hell are you, as the singer, supposed to do for that two minutes? Like, go over to the guitarist and be all like, "FUCK YEAH YOU'RE ROCKIN' OUT DEWD"? Could you just be like Lemmy and go out and have a cigar or something? I don't know.

TrueNeutral:
Haha, well, I was looking more for technique than ettiquete, but I think the best way of saying 'man, stop hijacking the band' would be to just 'whoahoa' right over him.

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