I haven’t had a lot of community time recently, so replying to some of the comments left in the meantime…
Thanks Silvia, I’ve still got a long way to go with my vocals but am feeling that the low range is coming along nicely, still so much more work to do! But very glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
Ah yeah, I had mentioned that, and it’s totally opinion not some kind of fact. I do think there’s nothing wrong with people just playing guitar, or playing with a backing track - after all I’ve done that plenty of times… but when I’m performing it feels different when you’re the whole act, rather than playing just guitar with a backing track that covers bass, vocals and drums. For some reason playing in a band seems different, you’re all humans working together. I don’t know why I feel this way.
Backing tracks are also cruel bandmates… they don’t adjust tempo to each other, or try to help you get back on the beat, they just all keep playing. You can’t even look at them so they know when to start or stop!
You’re so kind Andrea, thank you. Still a long way to go. And yes, when I started recording and singing I was not confident of it at all. In fact I hadn’t really sung solo in front of anyone in my life. Now at least I try to fake it if I can’t do it, and am slowly getting parts. I will say it again though. Singing is SOO much harder than guitar. On guitar I can tell when I hit a dud note, move the fingers… singing, er, sometimes I just can’t fix it. Takes a lot more work. I’d like to get to the point where I would feel confident at an IRL open mic. Not there yet.
Thanks Mal, I’ll check it out.