I’m not a singer, but I have played in bands and have tried to sing.  Most of the time, it sounded bad.  It wasn’t that I am a bad singer, although that probably contributed to the situation.  It’s because singing at a club in front of loud instruments calls for some adjustment of technique.  For the first year of playing out at bars, I would sing backup, but it wasn’t really being heard in the room.  Then there were the times, that I felt I was on key and in tune, and yet, stuck out too much.  I think that at the core of it, the technique of singing into a microphone in a band situation is different from say singing in a choir, or in the shower.  Microphones accentuate certain aspects of the sound, and reward for crispness of the sound coming out of your mouth, rather than the tone coming out.  Like I said, I’m not a singer, but I have noticed some things here and there about singing backup that might be good to keep in mind…. Continue Reading