Michan

Hi @Thomas Eckstedt! Welcome to the site! I have been listening to some of your instrumentals there in the Soundcloud and they sound pretty cool! There are a lot of lyricists here in the forum, that I am sure would be super happy if someone is able to put the music to their words! You can have a look in the Lyrics Critique Board to check what is being cooked around! I like writing lyrics and vocal melodies myself, and I can also sing! I am a bit busy recently, with music collabs + turning my entire life upside down, but I will be happy to collaborate in the future : ) I hope you enjoy this site a lot, and find nice and like-minded contacts to progress in your musical projects! If you have any question, don't hesitate to ask! See you on the boards! Best, Michan

Hi @Gusset Thumper! You are in the right place, but you´ve posted in the wrong board! this is just an introductory board, intended to post an introduction to yourself and musical goals! You can post some tracks as well, but if you want to get feedback, you should post in the Critique board. For posting then, you first have to provide feedback to a 2 artists that have posted in that board before, and, after that, you are ready to go! I hope you find great help and music buddies around here! And if you have any doubt, don´t hesitate to ask! See you around the boards!

Hi @Nathan Konda! It's really cool to have you around! It seems that you have a very cool collection of skills to use! I am looking forward listening to some of your stuff! What are your aims in music? What can of goals would you like to achieve? I hope you enjoy interacting with other music lovers here in the forum, and you can learn a lot! If you have any doubt don´t hesitate to ask! See you on the boards! ^^

Hey @AnnieC! Welcome in here! I hope you find a lot of music buddies around with whom keeping motivation for learning and finding excuses to put it into practice! It will be great to have you around! If you have any question of concert don´t hesitate to ask! Looking forward checking your tracks! ^^

I totally agree with Lemonstar, Kev. I am recently a bit off the forums, because of life. But I know you've been working a lot and posting a lot of stuff. As @medals in the chute have mention, your singing style seems really forced. You compress so much the voice while you sing, and that gives it a very particular taste, but also, feels too harsh. If you are able to control that compression you can use it strategically as style feature in some parts of the song, and give your performance a deeper dimension. But if you are not able to control it, and you have no more choice that using it all the time, you get limited to singing very particular styles and, you will find that, in many of them, people won't find it so appealing. Furthermore, I guess singing that harsh is not healthy for you, and you can end up with problems in your vocal chords. As @lemonstar said, a vocal coach will show you how to control it, and you will win a lot of control and expression in not so long time. I have been working with a vocal coach since last February, and it's amazing how much I've gained in quality and control. I have also learnt how to control a lot of style particularities I used to have, that were just not working for all the songs, and I have improved range and confidence. I normally work over original songs... but sometimes I find myself singing a song I used to sing in the past, and I listen to myself and thing: GOSH, it just sound SO MUCH BETTER than before! Vocal training is just amazing. People tend to think that, because they know how to talk, and they can "sing" already more or less OK naturally, it's not worth it to get some training. But they are so wrong. For singing properly and in a healthy manner, you require almost as much practice as you require for any other instrument. With the extra fact that, if you break up your singing instrument, there's no way to replace it!!! Just try a couple of lessons! Maybe you can even try online here with @Mahesh! And you will see how much you can improve in not so much time. The benefit you will take from it is really huge. And if you are this serious with music, as Neil said, it will be such a great advance for you in your way as performing artist! Keep us posted! Best, Michan

Hi Mark! Welcome to the site! There are quite a lot of things going on around here! If you have any question, or you can't find what you are looking for, don't hesitate to ask! As Peggy mentioned, in Showcase you can find the final songs that users have done, and in the critique board users post the ongoing works, so they can get feedback and improve them following other users suggestions and ideas. I hope you find a lot of interesting things in the site! See you on the boards! Best, Michan

Welcome to Songstuff @All Seeing I! Nice skills! I think you are in a cool place to post songs and receiving feedback! Here Tokyo timezone right now, ready to go to bed, but I am looking forward checking some of your compositions! I love piano! Best, Michan

Hi @Jaytwicemusic! Welcome to Songstuff! Yeah, it is indeed a long intro, but if it made you feel better and more motivated to share it, it is cool! I would be interested to listen to your rap, and see if you keep anything of all those initial influences. It is always really good to have a music buddy to work with, and give cross feedback. Here in the forum there's a lot of people into making music, and, now, of course, it's way easier and more common to upload it to youtube or other platforms. What are your aims in music? Where would you like to get? If you are recording in a professional way, you might have already some albums out! You should drop some links! Rap & HipHop are not my cup of tea (even if the last song I've released is actually a collab with a German rapper! haha, but I do singing on it!), but I can appreciate the style and even enjoy it, depending on how aggressive it is! It's nice to have you around! See you on the boards! Best, Michan

Hi @Moses Akii! Welcome to Songstuff! It is nice to have you around! What is your link to music? Are you lyricist, composer? What are you willing to get from this forum? See you on the boards! Best, Michan

Hi @Bazza Bingo! Welcome to Songstuff! It's not that unusual to don't know what you are doing! In most of the cases music making is just a research experience of trial and error till you find your voice and style. But motivation and positivity are basic on the field! Agreeing with @Mlearymusic on your song! It sounds pretty cool! It is great to have you around! If you have any particular idea of collab in mind, we have a collaboration request board where you can post details and see if some other user is interested! See you on the boards! Best, Michan

Hi @SongWriterJoe! Welcome to Songstuff! Totally agreeing with your post, I should say! You are very right. I am able to figure out vocal melodies, lyrics and sing, but I can´t really make instrumental tracks... but I had the luck I could contact with nice people able to complement my work and we ended up having nice songs! I hope you can get that kind of collaborative work here in the site! Keep us posted about ongoing projects! Best, Michan

Hello @247spin! First of all: welcome to Songstuff. I don' t know any member that is here looking for new songs. The body of the Songstuff community are artists, songwriters and lyricists making songs and looking forward taking them further. Good luck with the music writing and distribution! Marketing is something all artists should learn how to do by themselves, if they really want to get good results. Here in Songstuff there are some users with a lot of background in marketing strategies for artists, so, I guess you'll be able to find content of interest in the site. Looking forward checking some of your works as well! Send us some Spotify or Soundcloud links so we can check! Best, Michan

Welcome to Songstuff! What do you expect to get from this community? What are your musical plans? If you have any question let us know! See you around!

That is a nice objective! I hope you make friends around here and get your first works done! Do you have experience singing then? I am finding it a very valuable capacity nowadays. There's a lot of people that can make beautiful tracks that get a bit messed by not so good vocals! So, being able to sing properly is highly appreciated for collaborations!

Hello Nick! Welcome to Songstuff! For posting your music, you can use this intro post, or post it in the critique boards, if you want to receive feedback. For posting there you have to provide feedback to at least two more people that have previously posted in the same board! I hope you find a lot of motivation and musica buddies here in the forum! It's a really great place to accompany you in your musical journey! See you on the boards! ^^