How to sing with feelings?
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music_is_life
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my opinion is- fall in love, and get your heart broken, then you'll be able to portray sad emotions 
i dont think it requires alot of thinking about sad things, but fEEl the sadness of the song.
good luck ~~
i dont think it requires alot of thinking about sad things, but fEEl the sadness of the song.
good luck ~~
hmm someone told me this before about singing with feelings(I have problems with it also) is to sing what you mean, mean what you sing... from what i understand is that you have to understand what the lyrics is trying to portray and what the lyricist wanna express through these lyrics, after that you have that intention of singing it in this certain way which will make it sound meaningful which= singing with feelings
I try doing a song with feelings.It was my best attempt among all my songs although there is pitchy,tuning and going flat problems. I don't think i have a "born" nice voice.
http://www.imeem.com/people/UL8wrb/music/tlJsCW0q/xin-dongdemomp3/
http://www.imeem.com/people/UL8wrb/music/tlJsCW0q/xin-dongdemomp3/
From my experience, understanding the lyrics and knowing the flow of the music are important keys.
Some parts may not contain sad lyrics, and the music will not be sad too, so you shouldn't sing the whole song with one sad emotion. It can be normal (verse)-going to be sad (pre chorus) - sad (chorus) - very sad (bridge).
Some parts may not contain sad lyrics, and the music will not be sad too, so you shouldn't sing the whole song with one sad emotion. It can be normal (verse)-going to be sad (pre chorus) - sad (chorus) - very sad (bridge).
rockassmonster
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listen to robert plant..thats how u sing with feelings..
it is hard to explain how to sing with the feel, but i personally think that u shld let ur emotions abt that song come into play when u sing..
its hard for many people to copy robert plant cuz he put his honest feeling into a song..
listen to robert plant..thats how u sing with feelings..
it is hard to explain how to sing with the feel, but i personally think that u shld let ur emotions abt that song come into play when u sing..
its hard for many people to copy robert plant cuz he put his honest feeling into a song..
It is important to sing in front of the mirror. Got a friend who spend on a year to learn to hold mic, standing posture, body movement... from one of the sought after decent vocal instructor. No vocal technique was taught. Now she is very convincing on stage. Do you think you sing very emo standing straight all time.
DanAwestrike
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I agree with pretty much everything said here... Obviously it's going to be easier for the person who wrote the sad song, to sing it like that, because it was their original emotions that went into it.
Going off of your question on whether or not you should think about a lot of depressing events, or things (i.e. aw man, my kitten was mauled by a cougar.. that sucks...) That's not necessary, and could end up distracting you from what the song is actually saying...
The great thing about sad songs, is that everyone and their mother can relate to it in some way... Maybe it's not the specific instance that the song is talking about, but rather it triggers a certain feeling that you've experienced before in your life.
So, how do you feel when you hear the original, vice when you're actually singing it? Does your mindset change? Are you actually worried that you're not doing it enough 'sad justice'?... Let it come from instinct, if you get into that same mood while you're singing it, and you lose yourself into the music, than everything else will just happen.... well... should just happen.
Just my 2 cents.
Going off of your question on whether or not you should think about a lot of depressing events, or things (i.e. aw man, my kitten was mauled by a cougar.. that sucks...) That's not necessary, and could end up distracting you from what the song is actually saying...
The great thing about sad songs, is that everyone and their mother can relate to it in some way... Maybe it's not the specific instance that the song is talking about, but rather it triggers a certain feeling that you've experienced before in your life.
So, how do you feel when you hear the original, vice when you're actually singing it? Does your mindset change? Are you actually worried that you're not doing it enough 'sad justice'?... Let it come from instinct, if you get into that same mood while you're singing it, and you lose yourself into the music, than everything else will just happen.... well... should just happen.
Just my 2 cents.
blueprintstudios
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king of pop is a good example. at least I've always referred to him.
man in the mirror , leave me alone , smooth criminal , in the closet , remember the time , dirty diana.
read the lyrics, watch the music video (for better reference, and music videos usually has a "visual interpretation" of the music) , watch how he sings. he literally means what he sings (a.k.a sing it like you mean it). I always tell bands when I record, for each of the lyrics of your song, try to visualize a "music video" scene or something dramatic and sing as if you're the "actor/actress" of the song. sometimes the "happy/sad thoughts" will work , but random thoughts may only distract. gotta feeeeel it.
pitch are basics, but the other aspect to watch out for is "tone" , e.g. again. the MJ songs I mentioned, MJ plays alot with the dynamics of his vocal tone into the "feel" . e.g.
Remember The Time , somewhere near the end he goes like "remember, mah Babayyyyyyyyy whoo" , he goes some sort of husky. like literally drilling into your head to "remember"
or in Dirty Diana you can literally visualize him in tears in the recording studio.
smooth criminal , even if you haven't watched his ever famous white suit dance, he sings the song (and the melody is great anyway) as if he really is literally the smooth criminal, but to pull this kinda thing off, I think it touches another aspect of vocals that has nothing to do with singing itself, called Charisma.
I always tell bands, Songs are musical stories of your experiences. if you didn't, i'm very sure the reason why you're performing this song (or that cover) is because you can relate very much to it.
80¢ worth , whether i make sense or not, this works for myself personally (as a non musician) and all my recording bands.
man in the mirror , leave me alone , smooth criminal , in the closet , remember the time , dirty diana.
read the lyrics, watch the music video (for better reference, and music videos usually has a "visual interpretation" of the music) , watch how he sings. he literally means what he sings (a.k.a sing it like you mean it). I always tell bands when I record, for each of the lyrics of your song, try to visualize a "music video" scene or something dramatic and sing as if you're the "actor/actress" of the song. sometimes the "happy/sad thoughts" will work , but random thoughts may only distract. gotta feeeeel it.
pitch are basics, but the other aspect to watch out for is "tone" , e.g. again. the MJ songs I mentioned, MJ plays alot with the dynamics of his vocal tone into the "feel" . e.g.
Remember The Time , somewhere near the end he goes like "remember, mah Babayyyyyyyyy whoo" , he goes some sort of husky. like literally drilling into your head to "remember"
or in Dirty Diana you can literally visualize him in tears in the recording studio.
smooth criminal , even if you haven't watched his ever famous white suit dance, he sings the song (and the melody is great anyway) as if he really is literally the smooth criminal, but to pull this kinda thing off, I think it touches another aspect of vocals that has nothing to do with singing itself, called Charisma.
I always tell bands, Songs are musical stories of your experiences. if you didn't, i'm very sure the reason why you're performing this song (or that cover) is because you can relate very much to it.
80¢ worth , whether i make sense or not, this works for myself personally (as a non musician) and all my recording bands.
CrazyCactusJack
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Yea bro! Listen to Robert Plant, he's definitely singing with his heart and soul. Try have a listen to Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zep), that roughly gives you an example of singing with feelings.