Youtube Singing Lessons

[amadas]

Hi everypony :D
Yesterday I found some great singing lesson on youtube by http://www.youtube.com/user/EricArceneaux/videos
His videos in just one day helped me to enhance greatly my voice abilities. There are some new HD lessons, but I find old ones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSOn-b3V6rQ much better. There is missing part 2, but I found it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMnQKDQVXow. There are many exercises and tips, to help sing propely and not annoy neighbours (what usually do  ::)  )

Now I have some questions for you guys  8)

Have you ever had any singing lessons?
Can you share some nice free video lessons you found?

[Smilley]

I knew a radio correspondent once who would do such breathing and voice exercises before going on the air.
For myself, I had no professional training since mandatory singing classes in elementary school. The most I learned and improved was, believe it or not, through Ultrastar. In the beginning, I had real trouble with my breath with Gypsy Bard.
One song that I downloaded just for lulz ended up helping me a whole lot: Eduard Khil: "I am very glad because I'm finally returning back home", better known as the Trololo Song. It has long, sustained notes, quick pitch changes and fast-paced parts where you'll need to know exactly when and how hard to breathe in.

[amadas]

Thanx for reply Smilley.
Eduard Khil is just incredible. He sing nearly whole Trololo song, while smiling  :D But maybe lirycs wasn't the best   ;)
I will download it to Ultrastar and play it all the time.
I agree that Ultrastar really help to sing better, but just hitting the note isn't enough to be pro singer. I am bassist in a band and I always wanted to be back up vocalist, however even if I can score 7000 on hard in one song, I still didn't sound well. So now I doing some video lessons to sound better. And it works.

[Smilley]

I hear ya. If you can pull that song off with the same waxen grin, you know you've got it. Actually, that's what I've been thinking while watching that instruction video: he makes all those sounds almost without moving a facial muscle.
As for songs scoring high while still sounding horrible, I realized that after recording Picture Perfect Pony. There's a reason I didn't share that one. My problem is, I think, that I can sing in multiple tones, switching when notes become too high or low for that "voice". Switching between tones mid-line without my voice breaking was also something I perfected while playing Ultrastar, though.
Another problem is that PPP is closest to my speaking voice, which I ironically have least control over when singing.

[amadas]

This is my favourite warm up song: Cyril The Wolf - The Life of a Twilight Star
And this is my Ultrastar play of it: http://picosong.com/yC5W

I was trying to score notes too much, so I still didn't sound well.
Amadas is my normal username for Ultrastar, but I also play it on bass (nick: Bas Amadas) , which is also fun, however pretty hard at first.

[ulitmatepartyanimal]

please help me i can't keep up with the lyrics is there a way to slow down the lyrics

[Smilley]

To slow down the lyrics you would need to slow down the whole song, and that's not possible with Ultrastar.
OTOH, would you really want to play a slowed-down version? It'd just sound awkward.
Memorizing the lyrics in advance is a way to start if you really are unsure about them, or simply listening to/playing the song enough times. Start with slower-paced songs like Lands of Equestria or I've Got To Find A Way.
Also, don't let fast songs intimidate you. It took me ages to get the ending of Giggle At The Ghostly right, too.

[Renard]

It took me ages to get the ending of Giggle At The Ghostly right, too.

I still can't. :P