singing through the nose

lol Cowboy!
some folks do sing through their nose i can't really explain how.lol but they do.i'll take another listen as i never really noticed before.its like someone who's got a cold and they sound nasally...

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i think its your broad accent that makes folks say you sing through your nose...i couldn't really tell on that song..ya kinda talk sung it in parts..i wouldn't worry if you enjoy yourself.....maybe its the beer! lol..

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dont worry lorne..most people tell me i sing through my arse.........lol........i watched a film last night buddy...no country for old men.......and i only just learned there is actually a place called templetexas.......lol

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lorne...open up the back of your throat when you sing...that helps stop the nasal sound....good posture helps too.

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Singing through your nose is just a term. It just means you sound like you're pinching it a bit...or have a cold. (Listen to Bob Dylan to get the gist).

I've listened to you and I think you sound fine...really! Don't pay attention to jerks who put down how you sound. Just be yourself..that's what I do. Doesn't sound great in my situation but I don't care.

'Many who don't like me'??? LOL!!

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Just revisited your recordings. Nope...not too nasally...don't think you sound like anything other than a cowboy having a good time singing. :o)

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Being told that you sound nasal is not THAT bad...i've heard jerks saying worse stuff about other's singing :)

If you have doubts about whether you sound nasal or not...watch this short clip...it's very good, it explains how nasal singing sounds, and how to reduce it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Z7Nyx7G0E

cheers!

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Randy Travis sings through his nose.

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lol! i edited the link....found one funnier :)..yet with some great tips.

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templetexascowboy wrote:

donnyxxx wrote:dont worry lorne..most people tell me i sing through my arse.........lol........i watched a film last night buddy...no country for old men.......and i only just learned there is actually a place called templetexas.......lol

wow, I watched that movie but never heard the mention of temple. THat was a damn good movie.

replay it dude..where the baddie with the airtank gun is talking to the old guy at the garage......the old guy says he use to live in templetexas...........i thought wow.......wonder if he knows lorne...lol

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I sound like I'm singing through my @$$ but hell, who cares lol.........

But I know what you mean. It's like having a cold. Don't get many of those now thank goodness.

I'm peeded off cos I got my navel bar caught and ripped it out ouch!!!! had to slice the skin off to make it neat again. Gonna cost me to have it done again grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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templetexascowboy wrote:I get told by many who dont like me that I sing through my nose. Someone tell me how is that possible? lmao? I had scarlet fever as a child and suffered severe scar tissue damage to my vocal cords. Still how do you sing through your damn nose? It could have something to do with compensating for vocal cord damage but still I dont get it? I must be a magic man if I can sing thru my nose.

LOL..... some people, when they sing, get a little "nasally". This usually occurs with women singers. Some think it enhances their voice, and it is usually done with country music. I have found myself doing it too, and have worked very hard not to as I tend to like my voice better when it is nice and clear. So, don't take it personally, if you have scar tissue and is something you can't help, don't let others bully you about it. I am going now to listen to some of your songs, and I am sure I will fully enjoy my listens!

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im a nasal singer,but since i cant sing it dont much matter,i sound good to me,im a rockstar! lol

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I try to sing. I'm no singer. I've got that damn awful congested sinus stuff going on. There's a difference I suppose between "singer", and somebody that likes to "sing". Sort've like playing ball in the front yard vs Semi-pro and pro level ability. To excel takes work, instruction in most cases, and the level of skill required is the exception for most participating in the craft, it's certainly not the norm. Difference is, in sports certain rules stay the same. What the industry calls "singer" today, won't be the same vocal quality some big-wig in the industry opts to sell and acknowledges in 5 years (because styles/ preferences/trends change) and we get used to what the business aspect of music pushes onto us thru commercial radio, sometimes popular TV programming, top selling movie, etc.

Few liked most of todays popular singer/frontmen when they came out with what was considered an innovative style years back, because it was different, and people seldom take immediately to what is different. The heavy vocal gravel of Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, or many with the rasp and strong edge (the old Delta Bluesman had) in the mid-60s debuting on the Pop-40 radio realm for the first time or two wasn't aesthetically tasteful to most accustomed to Beatles and Dave Clark Five type clean ballad singing; It became an aquired taste over time and was fed to us, so eventually many digested it. It's amazing what we can get used to.. What was "cool" in the 60's, is passe and often laughed at today, or considered rigid and boring. This applies to most areas of aesthetics

I think preference in singing style is all conditioned over time in the listener. It also evolves and depends on culture, location, many many things.

JMO
One never knows what's ahead, most acknowledge Andy Williams as a singer, yet in 10 years who knows, Patrick or any one of us might have something that the industry considers a trait that makes an individual the "conventional" rock star :) Point being, areas of aesthetic always evolve into different things in time.

There've been MANY well known singers that had a sound some considered nasally, or that some even called "raunch" style... Billie Holiday, Macy Grey, Tom Petty, Dylan (as mentioned), Elvis Costello.. etc. Some dislike it, others favor it..

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I just wanted to add that the nasal sound can also be helped if you're not opening your mouth big enough to make the vowel sounds.

Breathing has a ton to do with it, if you're taking breaths into your chest cavity you're not going to produce any power and you will exhaust yourself quickly.

You need to breathe from your diaphragm and that will help to take the pitchiness out of your vocal.

feel free to PM me if you like, I am not a professional but I have come a very long way.

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Lmao i do the same thing don't worry about it,next people will be saying U sneeze through ur mouth lol

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Hey Bodacioushahas I always hear breathe from ur diaphragm lol how do u exactly do that?

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Sit up straight and force the air from the bottom of your stomach.

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funny topic lol.No one sings thru the nose sometimes it just sounds like that esp if the pitch goes higher :p

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Hey there my fellow Texan! So what if someone has a nasal tone to their singing? We're all here to sing and have fun. I was a professional musician for 15 years in Houston and it got to the point that it was not fun anymore, so I got a REAL job. My wife introduced me to SS and I discovered, after 30 years of being out of music, that singing could be fun again. Now I'm hooked big time. Noone is here hoping to be "discovered" and make it to fame and fortune as a singer/musician. We're here because we enjoy singing, good or bad as it might be. My theory is this: If you don't like the way I sing, then don't listen! Just sing and have fun!

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