Singing?

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I learned to growl recently, but my mother heard it today and... well, she doesn't like this type of vocal . However, she said that I had done it correctly.

I'm musical almost since my birth, maybe because my parents are musicians. I singed and rocked rhythmically in my cot when I was hungry (I remember this).

I'm actually a pretty good singer. I attended a professional academy of music when I was younger. I also taught myself how to yodel at age 6.

I have pretty wide vocal range and strong voice, but not enough talent to sing well and clearly. Anyway, I like to sing, just for myself, it makes me feel better.

Maybe I should say liked, because I don't sing recently. Maybe I became more sociophobic, afraid and ashamed. I tried to sing one song while writing this post, but sounds faded somewhere in my mouth. I feel like I'm turning nonverbal.

I've had people tell me both that I'm a great singer (and I know they were being honest) and that I suck, so I'm not quite sure.

how does one growl? is it anything like doing a uvular "R" roll?



remembering one's infancy is a sign of intellectual giftedness.

Yep, I can sing, though I get terrible stage fright if I do it in front of an audience...

~Kate

Same here!

Yes. I'm a reasonable second tenor, in my fifth year with a local Christian men's choir
(principally spirituals and gospel, but also some more conventionally religious music).

I will put it this way. I was singing earlier and my wife thought I was gasping for breath. My mother once told me that when I sing I sound like a dying cow.

Look into obscure metal bands. They growl a lot.

i was hoping to find a technical pointer, to learn how to growl like some singers such as elvis presley.

I don't sing, don't want to sing, and no one can make me sing.

i'm always singin' along with my various music CDs, but most of the music is written too high for my dark baritone voice to sing along with- IOW most popular music is written for men with tenor voices. that sucks.

Nope, I cannot sing for toffee.

When I was a child I hated singing myself, so when the rest of the children sang in assembly, I used to just listen.
My mum said I used to sing when I was a toddler, but since then she's never, ever heard me sing. When I say, ''what's that song called, by (so-and-so)?'' and she says, ''sing it to me'', and I almost get into a rage.

How do NT pop stars sing then, if it's something to do with the Aspie brain?

Been singing on stage for years. It's where I'm most comfortable. And from what I've been told it shows (if I tried to say that any differently, I'd sound arrogant).

It always amazes people how different I am when performing (singing or acting). Once I step off the stage (quite literally), and people come by to compliment me, I've had to learn how to say Thank You and make eye contact while doing so. Confused a lot of people early on when I clammed up.

I can sing pretty well, and in fact I have always been a good singer. Both of my parents were good singers, so I know where my abilities came from. I was in the Kids' Chorale at my church at the age of 3 1/2, and I sang my first solo in front of the entire congregation on my sixth birthday. I had an incredible voice range, and could have easily qualified for the Vienna Boy's Choir had I tried out for it. When my voice changed, I kept the higher registers by practicing them every day. For two years I had a range of five octaves, even six on a good day.

Then I got strep throat, and I completely lost my voice for a week. I was barely able to speak during my second week of recovery, and by the end of the third week I could actually sing a few notes. However, my voice sounded like a gravel truck, and my voice range was less than an octave. I had to work on my voice for three years to bring it back to about half the quality I had before my illness. I now have a range of three octaves, and it isn't likely to improve any more than that. My voice quality is adequate, but certainly not as pure or strong as a Broadway actor's anymore. - LJS