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I've never had much respect for people who only sing. Especially these days. Singers are a dime-a-dozen. One singer sounds like another.
And the shows now like The Voice and American Idol. I'm much less than impressed. IMO, singing takes very little in the way of talent. It might take dedication, but talent? No. Unless your definition of talent is simply "ability". I, do not have the ability. No amount of singing lessons or effort can make this voice sound appealing. My vocal range is very narrow. You are eithr born with the ability to sing, or you aren't.
Not so with musicians. No one is born knowing how to play a guitar, or a piano, or a violin. Learning to play an instrument takes almost a lifetime of dedication and sacrifice. I would watch a show like American Idol, if it featured musicians battling it out for the top prize. Singers bore me to tears.
The problem with the music today is that people are paying more attention to the singers, and not caring about the musicians. Today's music will continue to suck ass until that trend reverses itself.
Another problem today is that many musicians are not learning their craft as well.
This is true, but not in all cases. I can never ever sing as well as some of them even if I spent twice as much time practicing. No one is born with an ability to play the sax.
instrument and voice- both is making me happy and that's the main thing I guess
No, it takes work and dedication to pound on some drums or strum a guitar and actually make music come out of it. Not an even playing field at all.
Just as it takes years of hard work and dedication to play on an NFL or MLB field or to sing on a stage.
I don't believe that is true for the singer. I believe that with about 1 year of professional training, my 14 year old daughter could compete as a singer. Her voice now, without one second of training is superb naturally.
Just as it takes years of hard work and dedication to play on an NFL or MLB field or to sing on a stage.
I don't believe that is true for the singer. I believe that with about 1 year of professional training, my 14 year old daughter could compete as a singer. Her voice now, without one second of training is superb naturally.
I spent three years singing in a bar band, back in the day. You're absolutely wrong.
Suggesting that vocalists do not hone and develop their craft betrays a fundamental ignorance of what is actually involved. Sure, people aren't born knowing how to play a guitar, but there are still plenty of people who would suck at it no matter how much time they put in, just like the OP says about singing.
Suggesting that vocalists do not hone and develop their craft betrays a fundamental ignorance of what is actually involved. Sure, people aren't born knowing how to play a guitar, but there are still plenty of people who would suck at it no matter how much time they put in, just like the OP says about singing.
I NEVER suggested that vocalists do not hone or develop their craft.
I can't respect a "talent' that was given to you.
So that's why you have no regard for your intellectual superiors huh?
Really?
Turned to insults so soon?
Out of rational arguments already?
Have fun with that by yourself.
Think Freddy Mercury.
I know he was born with it. But he refined his voice through hard work.
I'm really torn on this issue. And I would kill to have a singing voice like Adele or Nancy or Grace or my favorite diva of all times Ronnie.
I have said all along that there are some who are born with a mediocre voice that through work, achieve greatness, but there are also those who are born with great voices and require only refinement.
No one is born knowing how to play the violin.
I don't believe that is true for the singer. I believe that with about 1 year of professional training, my 14 year old daughter could compete as a singer. Her voice now, without one second of training is superb naturally.
I spent three years singing in a bar band, back in the day. You're absolutely wrong.
Oh, you know my daughter? Sorry, I didn't know that.
Sorry, but having an unusual voice is not the same as being a great singer. Bob Dylan was not a great singer. Ozzy Osbourne has an unusual voice, which is a big part of why he remained popular for so long, but I wouldn't call him a great singer.
Sorry, but having an unusual voice is not the same as being a great singer. Bob Dylan was not a great singer. Ozzy Osbourne has an unusual voice, which is a big part of why he remained popular for so long, but I wouldn't call him a great singer.
He just didn't have the best singing voice.
I've never had much respect for people who only sing. Especially these days. Singers are a dime-a-dozen. One singer sounds like another.
And the shows now like The Voice and American Idol. I'm much less than impressed. IMO, singing takes very little in the way of talent. It might take dedication, but talent? No. Unless your definition of talent is simply "ability". I, do not have the ability. No amount of singing lessons or effort can make this voice sound appealing. My vocal range is very narrow. You are eithr born with the ability to sing, or you aren't.
Not so with musicians. No one is born knowing how to play a guitar, or a piano, or a violin. Learning to play an instrument takes almost a lifetime of dedication and sacrifice. I would watch a show like American Idol, if it featured musicians battling it out for the top prize. Singers bore me to tears.
The problem with the music today is that people are paying more attention to the singers, and not caring about the musicians. Today's music will continue to suck ass until that trend reverses itself.
Another problem today is that many musicians are not learning their craft as well.
Hasn't that always been the case though? I'm 57 and have known many musicians, some talented, some only adequate. My daughter is engaged to a drummer who is currently in two bands. I would rate him as somewhere in the middle of the talent pool. He works hard at it though.
Talent and skill at singing are only one part of what many great artists do. So, for someone like Dylan, it wasn't about his singing ability so much as his songwriting and lyrics IMO. Contrast that with a Whitney Houston, who I think was a great singer, but I don't know if she ever wrote any of her own music or lyrics. I'm not trying to denigrate Dylan as a performer or artist.
