A Pinch of Salt

[Necrome]

To my fellow vocalists posting in the forums. Do keep in mind that a lot of people 'advising' you on how to sound and how to sing do not even know music or worse still, don't even sing well themselves.

Do take things with a pinch of salt.

 

[Chenglehung]

Yeap it is very right, get a teacher and help you, thats the best way

 

[sage]

Or try out everyone's opinion and see what works best for you and discard the rest

 

[btherl]

What worries me most is not whether the people who give advice can or can't sing, but whether they can teach singing. Most good and even great singers don't know anything about how to teach someone else to sing.

That's why my advice here is always "Find a good teacher". Listening to little snippets of advice on a forum is not an effective way of learning. But people still ask, so I give the best advice I can, based on where that person's voice is at now.

And for when you choose your teacher, make sure you hear the teacher's students, not just your teacher. It's how those students sound that tells you how effectively he teaches.

100% of great singing teachers can sing. But only 1% of great singer are great singing teachers. Maybe 5% are decent singing teachers.

 

[Necrome]

What btherl says exactly. But I've actually met good vocal coaches that don't sing well themselves but have good students O_O

 

[btherl]

Really?? I guess it is possible. Just like a sports coach can coach players who play better than the coach himself.