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| Author: | karyoker [ Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Mimic vs Singing |
Years ago when I started doing karaoke I could mimic Hank Snow or all the old country singers.. As time went by I mimiced Frank Sinatra and Neil Diamond I gradually developed a style of my own which was not country rock or any genre It was me... There are Elvis impersonators who are good but are not artists... In the time that I have done karaoke I have probably sang upwards to 1000 different songs ..And I dont mimic I sing my way ...And the more ways you do it the more talented you get.... |
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| Author: | Sinnamon [ Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
I've always sang my own way...mostly because that's the only way I CAN sing... LOL No...I do wanna sound like ME...put my own personal touch on a song ya know? I don't think I ever sing any song the same way twice...no matter how many times I sing it...  It makes it more fun and keeps it interesting for me. :) I do, however, try to keep the original "feel" of the song. 
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| Author: | karyoker [ Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
Now thats a gal I want at my show.... |
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| Author: | Guest [ Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
I've tried to imitate so many artists, I don't even know what my voice sounds like anymore(problikesht)...........and I don't care...
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| Author: | Sinnamon [ Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
karyoker @ Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:43 pm wrote: Now thats a gal I want at my show....
You better slide over to SS and listen to one of my subs before you say that....hehehehe!! 
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| Author: | Sinnamon [ Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
Johnny Echo @ Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:53 pm wrote: I've tried to imitate so many artists, I don't even know what my voice sounds like anymore(problikesht)...........and I don't care...
Oh phooey Johnny...I always recognize your voice when I listen to ya!!  :D
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| Author: | Babs [ Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
I think this is a great topic. I usually try to get down the same rhythms of the original artist. Certain songs are well known enough you don't want to leave out ohs, ahs, mmm, or uhs that the original artist uses because people are expecting them. My voice is me. I can't really mimic a sound. People tell me when I sing Pat Benatar songs I sound like her, but it isn't on purpose. Even when I try an accent for country songs it doesn't sound like it. If it's a blues song that's a totally different thing. When I do the blues sometimes the same song comes out completely different everytime. LMAO Some people can mimic very well. I've heard a person do Elvis than turn around and do a Billy Joel song and be able to mimic them almost perfectly. I think it is a talent by itself. |
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| Author: | Guest [ Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
I can sing about 600 songs. I mimic all of them. Lots of times people thought the jukebox was playing. 
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| Author: | Karaoke Kelley [ Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
So when I first hear a song I determine if I can hit the right notes at the right times & if I can halfway do that, I try it. If it ends up sounding like the original Im very happy, but usually it ends up sounding like me, which is pretty ok with me too. So I dunno I think I try to mimic most of the time but it doesnt usually work out like that I think its so kool when someone really sounds like the person that originally sings the song. JMO
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| Author: | Guest [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
Sinnamon @ Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:17 pm wrote: Johnny Echo @ Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:53 pm wrote: I've tried to imitate so many artists, I don't even know what my voice sounds like anymore(problikesht)...........and I don't care... Oh phooey Johnny...I always recognize your voice when I listen to ya!! :DDARN!!!!!!!! 
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| Author: | MorganLeFey [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
Johnny Echo @ Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:53 pm wrote: I've tried to imitate so many artists, I don't even know what my voice sounds like anymore(problikesht)...........and I don't care...
hey that callous lover sub sounded just fine to me 
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| Author: | Guest [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
I remember in the Singer's Forum, Kappy had asked this question about how did you learn to sing. It occurred to me last night as I was singing to myself absent mindedly that I probably first learned to sing by recreating the solos performed in the old swing records vocally....I loved that music so much. I probably listened to Sinatra the most and due to my voice being in the same kind of range and pitch of his I can sound like I'm mimicking him but the last few months I have been developing my own "sound" and so far I think it's coming about. I think there is nothing wrong at all about "mimicking" a singer or singers you admire. I have many that I've studied over the years and these folks learned the same way...you take all that and do your own spin on it I guess. I studied piano with the same teacher for some 8 years before she told me I had to study with another teacher. Why? Because I was starting to "sound" just like her when I played--picked up all her tricks! So, another teacher and I added more to what I knew and eventually, just blended all this into something of my own, I hope! |
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| Author: | Chuck2 [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
I usually start off by mimicing the origianl artist to help me get the feel of the melody. When I have it down I often relax into my own style. |
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| Author: | Babs [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
Karaoke Kelley @ Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:57 am wrote: So when I first hear a song I determine if I can hit the right notes at the right times & if I can halfway do that, I try it. If it ends up sounding like the original Im very happy, but usually it ends up sounding like me, which is pretty ok with me too. So I dunno I think I try to mimic most of the time but it doesnt usually work out like that
I think its so kool when someone really sounds like the person that originally sings the song. JMOI would say one of the first things I look for is something I know is in my range too. Mostly I look for songs that will get the crowd going or involved. |
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| Author: | Chuck2 [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
I love to sing out of my range. Baritone and add to octaves higher, really gets the blood flowing. Great way to meet the neighbors too. |
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| Author: | Laura [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
I don't worry about whether I sound like the original artists--I just sing.
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| Author: | Guest [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
Laura @ Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:10 pm wrote: I don't worry about whether I sound like the original artists--I just sing.
Oh Laura, you make everything sound so simple.. ...it's not that simple....karaoke takes tedious study, and careful planning from the first note to the fading on the last few.. LMAO .....I lock myself in my room for days, just going over a single song, over and over and over again.. ..only to show up at the bar, and find out that theeeeeey haaaaaave a baaaaand tonight, and karaoke's been cancelled......I think I'll go sing to an on-comming train.... 
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| Author: | Sinnamon [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
Johnny Echo @ Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:42 pm wrote: Laura @ Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:10 pm wrote: I don't worry about whether I sound like the original artists--I just sing. Oh Laura, you make everything sound so simple.. ...it's not that simple....karaoke takes tedious study, and careful planning from the first note to the fading on the last few.. LMAO .....I lock myself in my room for days, just going over a single song, over and over and over again.. ..only to show up at the bar, and find out that theeeeeey haaaaaave a baaaaand tonight, and karaoke's been cancelled......I think I'll go sing to an on-comming train....
Johnny you are so very funny...and so very twisted...great combination!! 
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| Author: | covertunes [ Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
Well, I try my best to keep the same feel and style that the original artist had for whatever song I am singing at the time. I pretty much know my range, so I dont try to venture too far away from that. I never really have developed my own style as a singer, and that is why I will never do it professionally. So, the subject "Mimic vs Singing"--I believe you can mimic and still be singing too. |
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| Author: | MorganLeFey [ Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mimic vs Singing |
hovers on broomstick humming "hey callous lover" |
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