I've often been asked if I'm tone deaf when I sing. Actually I'm not. I just sing that way. I think I could make a good living singing to expedite evacuation drills.
Baritone / tenor, little more on the baritone side. Typically about 2 whole steps too low to sing most pop songs, thus everything I do gets moved down a number of keys. In some cases I have to drop an octave and then push the key up to find the comfort zone.
Same here This hasn’t stopped me from having a mic in bands in the past though. Usually only if a screaming part is needed that doesn’t have to hit any actual notes
Apparently, I have an interesting deep speaking voice. I never thought so myself but I've been doing radio/voice over speaking for a while and I started it under suggestion from various people. Unfortunately it doesn't translate in neither good singing nor a good singing voice.
That reminds me of the person who asked the bagpipes player "Do you do requests?" He said "Sure, what can I play for you?" The person replied "Please play Over the Hills and Far Away." --------------------------------------------------- Edit: I see someone beat me to it.
I share the same high note abilities as Florence Foster Jenkins. When I cut loose so does everyone else.
Kind of nasally, with a trace of Mick Jagger insolence, but without anywhere near his power, subtlety, charisma - you name it! My ability to sing was always cursed by just a simple matter of never grasping proper technique and singing from my throat instead of freely allowing my vocal chords to do the work. To wit, I've made it a project to finally correct my technique by working daily with Seth Riggs' exercises as proscribed in his book Singing For the Stars. For those not familiar with Seth, he's an outstanding vocal coach (now 91 years young!) who has worked with many of the greats, including Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Liza Minelli, Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, etc. I'm finally starting to see some progress after steady daily work over the past few months, but undoing 50 years of bad technique is a battle to say the least! I know I'll never be a great singer, but just being able to pick up a guitar or sit down at the keyboard and confidently get through a song with confidence and lack of embarrassment will be a huge boon for me.
My singing voice is pretty freaking bad... But that doesn't stop me from belting it out while driving (until I'm at a red light and catch the people in the next lane staring at me!) If I'm at a concert, I'll just mouth the words to myself so I don't bother my neighbors.
Mine seems to be a mix of Gregg Allman, Don Henley, and Steve Winwood, although the higher notes are getting tougher at age 51 and I have much more "rasp" than I used to.
I've almost never sung in public as an adult, but while alone at home, the singers I seem to best be able to replicate are those that I assume are baritones: Scott Walker, Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet), Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears), Michael Sadler (Saga), and--most unexpectedly--Ed Kowalczyk (Live). I always wanted to sing like John Wetton and was frustrated that I couldn't really do it, but later learned that I could imitate those other singers pretty well. I really enjoy the feeling of singing, but I'm completely untrained and get really shy in public. I only once was willing to attempt karaoke, and did (what I hope was) a reasonable version of Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him." I'm curious to take vocal lessons at some point, but my initial shyness will likely be an impediment.
I can't stand my singing voice, but I did sing lead (because nobody else wanted to) in a band in the late 90s, and was compared (by different people) to Donovan, Tom Verlaine, and Lou Reed... none of whom sound vaguely alike, so I have no idea what that says about my voice!
My voice used to be ok. I sang lead and baritone harmony in a group, The Emeralds. We did mostly doo wop and also stuff by Jay & The Americans, the Buckinghams, Four Tops and the Temptations. I also sang backup harmony with The Poor Boys, which was a blue eyed soul group. We actually opened for Ruby & The Romantics at a place in Banksville, NY in the mid 60's.
I've been likened to Lou Reed singing through a toilet roll (or Lou roll). I hope that's VU era Lou and not later Lou. And being from London I hardly have a New York accent, but hey, Lou Reed, one of my heroes. I'll take it.
Bass on the low end, Baritone on the upper. I have sung lead in bands but my skills are really as a harmony singer. Also, I can't stand the sound of my voice and wonder sometimes if others feel the same when they hear me. I the 80s I used to nail Billy Idol but now I am told I do Lindsay Buckingham well.
In my younger bar-hopping-drink-a-lot-of-beer-and-sing-karoake days I could sing like LZII -era Robert Plant. When I try that now, it sounds more like Macy Gray.
Have you seen the recent videos of Jon Bon Jovi? Now I can say with confidence that I can go up there and do that, too.
I'm a baritone who would never attempt to torture others by letting them hear me attempt to sing. It's just too awful.
