“If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal. The drama around even sitting in the car and singing into a tape recorder that's as big as your hand - waiting until it's very quiet, doing your thing, and then playing it back and hoping you like it - is the same basic anatomy as when you're in the recording studio, really. Sometimes it's better that way because some of the pressure is off and you can pretend it's throwaway.” IfsWayBelieveSometimesHandsBigsWaitingCarDramaQuietSingingSittingPressureDon't BelieveStudiosTemporaryTapeVocalYou Like ItAnatomyRecordersDemosRecording Studio Author:Tom Waits
“'In My Hands,' the title track, is my very first vocal attempt, and I'm not a singer as such. But I've always wanted to express myself vocally on my albums, and I don't really have much of a capability for singing. The strength is in, I think, the lyrics and just speaking. It just comes from inside.” ThinkingFirstsHandsWantedSingingTrackAlbumsSingersTitlesCapabilityVocal Author:Natalie MacMaster
“You don't have to be doing vocal acrobatics or singing all over the scale to have soul.” SoulSingingScalesVocalAcrobatics Author:Mariah Carey
“I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as you're singing them, so that the sentiment is always appropriate and heartfelt.” ThinkingHeardSingingAppropriateSentimentsVocalHeartfeltInterpreterMost Inspiring Author:Brandi Carlile
“When you're singing we all phrase each other in the most remarkable ways. I might hit some sort of thing I've never done before - some vocal pattern. Bonzo will pick it up - he'll phrase with me instantly and then Pagey may join in or start some other phrase - it's like a quadrant.” WayMayDoneMightSingingPicksPatternsPhrasesRemarkableVocal Author:Robert Plant
“The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but with rock, I worry about the riff and music, vocals last.” FirstsCountryLastsWorryRocksSingingOppositesGuitarVocal Author:Hank Williams III
“I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from behind the drums in different bands that I'd been in, and I'd gotten great responses for the songs I would sing. I really started pursuing the possibility of being a lead singer based on the fact that I was working a full-time restaurant job and then playing gigs at night, hauling drums around. One day, it just dawned on me that, 'Hey, I could be in a band and be the singer, and it would be a lot easier!'” DifferentFactsWould BeJobsNightSongBehindsPossibilityDutyEasierOne DayBandSingingResponseSingersBackgroundsHeyRestaurantsVocalGigsDrummerDefault Author:Chris Cornell
“It's one thing having a great song, but I think for me if you take it to the next level... say you had a guitar and a vocal, and the song was amazing but the vocalist wasn't that great and it just was a guitar and vocal acoustic track, switching that to something like an amazing voice singing the exact same song with the instrumentation being really nice and lush or unique in some way and interesting and diverse... I think it's all about the instrumentation and textures in the sound.” IfsThinkingWaySongNextSoundVoiceInterestingLevelsNiceOne ThingUniqueSingingGuitarTrackBeing RealDiverseVocalTextureReally NiceAcousticsNext LevelSwitchingLushVocalistInstrumentationVoice Singing Author:Flume
“I did not want vocal groups. I was not interested in singing with a group because there's too much problem with groups in the first place.” WantFirstsProblemToo MuchGroupsSingingNot InterestedVocal Author:Carl Gardner
“I thought about what I wanted to do besides playing violin and singing backup in a band. Don't get me wrong, playing and singing in That Dog was really fun, but I wanted to work on other musical projects and sing more. So I started a vocal project, i.e. Imaginaryland.” WantedFunDogBandProjectsSingingMusicalVocalViolinBackup Author:Petra Haden
“I had a little bit of a vocal strain at a certain period of time that made me lay off the singing, and while I was lying off the singing, I was pursuing the acting.” LittlesMadeLyingCertainBitsActingPeriodsLittle BitSingingLaysStrainVocal Author:Robert Davi
“I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn't taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place.” PeopleYearsThreeHouseLessonsSingingYears AgoCompetitionCoachesLocalsThree YearsIdolsVocalSecond Place Author:Justin Bieber
“Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it.” NeedsLongStillsDifferentProblemTodayVoiceIssuesLuckySingingBoxesMusclesRenewalVocalCordsVocal Cords Author:Shania Twain
“It's fun singing with other people who are really good singers. There's something kind of poignant about braiding a couple vocals.” PeopleKindFunCoupleSingingSingersVocalPoignant Author:Eddie Vedder
“Even if I don't have the money to take vocal lessons, I'll practice in the house by myself singing out loud.” IfsHousePracticeLessonsSingingSightLoudVocal Author:Christina Milian