I finally took a singing lesson. <\/p>\n

One of my New Years resolutions was to play guitar and sing more, and I actually have. I consider myself pretty decent now after a little over a year. Oh man when I finally started memorizing chords I realized how much easier it was to play songs on guitar rather than blindly following tabs.<\/p>\n

I like watching shows like Glee and Sing-off and X-Factor and I watch people cover songs on YouTube all the time, but I’ve never been a singer. Over the past year of just playing guitar and singing to myself, I’ve noticed that I’ve gotten a lot better and I’ve wanted to record myself, but I keep getting better so I want to get to a point where I consider myself good enough to record. I believe I’m either at or close to that point.<\/p>\n

I recently watched Pitch Perfect. Such a great movie. Super funny and Anna Kendrick is just… dreamy. It made me want to finally take singing lessons even though I’ve been thinking about it for a while. Most people will give you a weird look when you tell them you’re taking singing lessons just for fun. Well I give a damn what the hell most people think.<\/p>\n

So I went to my first singing lesson, and first thing I noticed was that singing lessons are frickin expensive. Second thing I noticed was that singing\/guitar sounds a lot different in a treated studio room. It’s only a 30 minute lesson each week so I come in and we get right down to business. My teacher told me to play\/sing her something so she could see where I’m at.<\/p>\n

I have ADD when it comes to playing guitar so I jump between songs a lot and it’s easy for me to forget the chords to them. There is a song that I’ve been playing a lot recently, so I sang Macy Gray – I Try. Afterwards she asked me what I sing when I go karaoke so I sang Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour.<\/p>\n

She told me that I my pitch is right on key which is good because that’s the hardest thing to fix. Thank god I’m not tone deaf. She also told me that I have a really good singing voice so she would just work on making my range change seamless and teach me how to sing louder\/more powerfully. <\/p>\n

That was like a major ego boost. If you have someone who teaches something and you come in as a newbie and they tell you that you have good natural skill, it feels pretty good.<\/p>\n

So we did some exercises that are supposed to allow me to increase control of my vocal cords. My main problem right now is I practice at home by myself and I sing quietly to myself. I have a good voice when I’m singing quietly but when I try to amp it up, I can’t control my voice that well. My teacher said that with more exercises and training, going louder will result in more power with less effort. Which is definitely what I want.<\/p>\n

I also luckily have a really wide vocal range, which is good. I can sing with my natural deep voice but I have a pretty full higher range too.<\/p>\n

So… I’m gonna start recording some songs soon. Hopefully they turn out well.<\/p>\n

She told me I have a great voice and asked me if I ever considered doing voice-over work. That’s the second time someone’s recommended that to me. I don’t know who to trust, those people, or the ones who tell me I sound like a monotone frog robot. <\/p>\n

I also have 16 bars I’ve written to Fuckin Problem that I’m excited about. <\/p>\n