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Anders Mouridsen
Guitar Tricks Instructor
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Anders Mouridsen
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 03/12/09
Posts: 2,824
12/11/2011 5:52 pm
This is a very interesting question. I believe almost anyone can do anything, it's just a matter of how much they have to work on it! Somethings come easy and some things come hard. It's different for everyone- that's what I call "talent"! Some people just seem to be born singing (they may not be though), and some of us really have to work on it. I've recently gone through quite a bit of singing training, and it's working. It's just a matter of working hard enough and being persistent!

But there are some things you can't change. You have the voice you were born with, so the other half is figuring out what style/songs you can sing with the voice you have. Bob Dylan would have probably failed if he was trying to sing like Otis Redding or Frank Sinatra, and vice versa!

So work on the chops, and find out what your instrument works well for. Imagine you were born with a certain guitar/amp. You need to practice your skills and then you need to figure out what sounds you can obtain with this instrument and how you can tweak it to make it work in other musical contexts!

Happy holidays,
Anders