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Ave just found a way of improving the vocals when am playing, no real magic about it!! just get somebody else to sing!! 
Seriously...what ideas do you fellow chordians have? i dont have a good voice at all but enjoy "trying" to sing along while playing
ave no fancy gadgets though am goning to buy a mic, to record my voice and guitar, is it possible to use my pc to record and maybe ad echo or something to improve the sound?
I am not looking for a professional job just a improvement (so it wont take much)
Cheers Micky 
Ps: ave got Audacity software
Last edited by micky the mooch (2009-11-04 07:00:08)
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Cheers, Micky,
You don't have to be a virtuoso to sing a decent song. There are many tunes out that are not so rangy and technical that most folks can sing and sound really nice.
Pick a simple tune and take the time to memorize the lyrics and people will be surprised and pleased
when they hear you do a nice job on a sweet song.
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" by Willie Nelson comes to mind.
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After I find a song I would like to sing I have to get it in a key that suits my range.
My capo is my friend!
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Thanks Micky
I to have a "not quite so good voice" and I will keep looking here, in case someone has a good idea, I don't understand the enginering side with Gain Pan ect.
Good luck to you Micky, and if you are enjoying it. DON'T STOP, until they tell you to.
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Hello,
I think the first thing is get a good mic, I wanted a good mic and asked questions here on chordie and a couple folks including Southpaw recommended Sennheiser Mikes. He makes his living with one I believe a 835 I purchased a 845 and really like it.
You will need to record yourself and learn to work your mike. By this I mean when to be right in the mic and when to back out of it a little. Another thing is a good amp can make an average singer sound very good. I have a Fender Ultralight Acoustasonic that has very good effects. A little reverb can really help and chorus and echo can be used very nicely also. Also I and several others here on chordie have digitech vocal 4 harmonizers that have very nice effects besides having 4 part harmonies.
The problem with everything I have mentioned they are kinda pricey.
The general consensus for a good acoustic amp is Marshall's AS-50R under $ 400 new and it has good effects and with a good mic and fair guitar you can sound great.
OOps the biggest thing and cheapest like Deadstring advised is use a capo and find your sweet spot. If you have to transpose the song to a different key and use your capo to find the spot you can sing with the least effort. To me it's easy to know the high notes that you can't reach and sometimes if you get to low you run out of air. Try to find a happy medium and record yourself and work on the places you don't like or pick a different song that will work.
If it was easy everybody would doin it
Last edited by wlbaye (2009-11-11 23:56:30)
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look at Bob dylan. he did pretty well for himself with that scratchy voice.
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thanks lads will keep all advice in mind "Divine intervention"would have been easier and cheaper lol but he never listens to me
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