Originally posted by Lucky2Bhere:
Hellboy,
You certainly had me fooled. I thought you played that keyboard well particularly on the Jerry Lee Lewis licks.
I’m downloading the Buble version of Sway right now to listen to. I didn’t know there was one. I like the Dino version but also the Pussycat Dolls one.
If you feel you’re not at Rose’s level of singing yet, let me pass on the two statements (from singing teachers) that helped me the most.
a) singing is only speaking in pitch and with breath control
b) LISTEN to yourself sing
Though I’m a natural musician myself, it took me 15 years of lessons and hard work to learn to sing including practicing every day sitting alone in my car, but one day the penny dropped and I’m glad it’s all behind me now.
I could almost guess you are coming from the direction of being a percussionist. I noticed that in you as I was watching you play the keyboard…you definitely have rhythm in your licks.
Finally…..I always said a man is nothing without a woman in his life in some way, shape or form. They really bring us to life, don’t they?
Lucky
Yep they sure do Lucky!
Ahhhh women.....
Thanks for your positive, constructive comments. Singing wise I'm currently working with that "Deva Method" (from Jeannie Deva) where she really works out your "singing muscles" in her warm ups. We warm up on the way to a gig, and just as importantly, Warm down AFTER the gig.
Gee you're spot on with the rhythmic licks talk - I really do approach the keyboard from a Drummers perspective, rightly or wrongly. I used to shy away from that approach, (I didn't want to be seen as the "dumb drummer" who bashes the keyboard) but I realized recently it's a pretty distinctive style, people enjoy it (and have told me so many many times at gigs) and it's a flashy, interesting "showbiz" approach to playing the board. What I'm careful to do though is practice my Hanon, Scales, and listen to what I'm playing musically and tonally. I have fun and do the simple, visually satisfying (to the audience) "drumming style" of keyboarding, but I'm careful now to work towards using pitch, variation, and being musical in a song - the best of both worlds I hope - I'm not there yet by a LONG shot, but everyday I get a little more like a "real" musician if you know what I mean....
(One good thing about being a former drummer: my timing is actually VERY good - I really DO know where "1" is, and so what I lack in musicality at the moment, I try to make up for with some "cool timings" - things like Syncopation, Polyrhythmic playing, and putting real feel in to a part to compensate for the more "robotic" feel you get playing over even good Midi backings)
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