A friend of mine from work I think wants me to join a band he's thinking about making, but I haven't really any talent in any section of a band. My screaming/growl and vocals aren't bad, but I haven't really had proper training. Or heard myself. haha.
Vocal training helps but its not essential in my opinion just as long as you sound good,stay in tune and keep in time with the music your fine.
Well the lead vocalist from Avenged Sevenfold didn't have any training, and he smurfed his throat right up, and can't scream/growl anymore.
I play guitar and am forced to sing in a punk/jazz band called Pisslicker, not gigging yet as we need someone who can at least sing a bit first. Also i play bouzouki and mandolin in a folk band called Rough and ready. Bit odd really as i am primarily a bass player and i dont play that in either band.
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Screaming/Growling isn't actual singing. Its just screaming or growling. The guy from Avenged Sevenfold wrecked his voice from not doing voice warm up's. You dont need training to learn to warm up your voice. One piece of advice I would give anyone who wants to "learn" to sing. Join a choir. I did when I was in high school. I'm in an alternative rock band trust me no same in trying to become a better singer.
Jesse Leach from Killswitch Engage did the same thing too.Originally Posted by Shattered Dreamer
He was such a good screamer/singer. (He did actually sing aswell as scream lol) Maybe that is what happened to Matt Heafy from Trivium aswell since he doesnt scream anymore.
my band keeps telling me to screem the chorus for smells like teen spirit but i cant do screaming
Lol, I smoke so all I have to do to scream is smoke a pack of B&H in like 2 mins and im sorted! xD
Screaming as fun and all as it is, isnt worth the long term damage it causes to your vocals. Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters almost lost his voice & Chester Bennington of Linkin Park had a growth removed from his vocal chords caused by strain on his vocals caused by screaming which explains Linkin Park's recent change in musical style (even though that wasn't the only reason Nu-Metal did die.)
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i was in a crappy pop-punk band 4 years ago. i played lead guitar and sang. cause i'm cool like that. now i'm way too uncreative to write my own music.
Ha. So thats why Bert from The Used smokes. He does the screaming...Well, did the screaming.
Well in high school I was in a band called The Precinct. That was alright, until the drummer organized a bunch of gigs at a youth group, and stopped turning up to practice. Not to mention he was an ass hole..
I made one in university, but we only ever got together a few times and I moved up to Brisbane. We didn't have a name, but we had guitar, violin/keyboard, drums, bass, guitar/singer. Seriously fun, I wish we were still together.
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