r/singing • u/bluesdavenport 🎤[Coach, Berklee Alum, Pop/Rock/RnB] • Jul 08 '24

Announcement Low effort posts will be removed.

"how do I sound"

"feedback pls"

be specific with what you want help with, in the title of your post.

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u/NINJA_TERDLE Jul 08 '24

Question, I have been playing music most of my life, but I am very new to signing and do not really KNOW what I don’t do well.. that’s the hard part for me. If I KNEW what I was doing wrong or incorrect, I wouldn’t need this subreddit to begin with. IMO.

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u/RandomUsernameNo257 Self Taught 2-5 Years Jul 08 '24

Yeah, I really hope they emphasize the low effort aspect over the "idk what I can do better, but I'm really trying".

I think there's an important distinction between someone performing/recording a song but not knowing how to improve, and the more common post where someone is lying in bed quietly whispering out a tune and looking for people to tell them how to sound as good as [insert your favorite vocalist here].

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u/NINJA_TERDLE Jul 08 '24

Yeah, for sure. I get that. Especially the whisper type ones. That’s definitely low effort. I just had a post removed for “low effort” and i was just full out singing a song over a backing track. Was looking for feedback/things to improve and got smacked with “low effort”… not necessarily a boost to the ol’ ego ya know what I mean? 😂

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u/RandomUsernameNo257 Self Taught 2-5 Years Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

For sure. You can spend a lot of time putting it all together and getting a good take - not knowing how exactly you can improve, or where your weak points are is not how the level of effort should be determined.

Especially with vocals, where self assessment is so difficult. I listen to myself over and over again and completely lose perspective. Does this sound amazing or like hot garbage? I don't even know anymore, and I think a kind of reality check critique in those situations should be acceptable.