u/Magikrat

I know this is a guitar sub but I’m not venturing into any singing subs in fear of being smited or turned into a pillar of salt by my mere seemingly pitchless presence. So I come here, head hung low, to my guitar playing brethren for help.

I just can’t sing. It’s as simple as that. I just sound bad. My voice dies. Poops out if you will. It decides on its own volition if it wants to follow the melody, and usually doesn’t. Somehow I’m worse than Craig Finn from the hold steady(no shade on Craig he’s amazing and can pull off what he does, it fits the material well).

It wouldn’t be that frustrating if I was just playing other people’s songs for practice and fun. But now I’m writing songs, and the feedback I’ve gotten on the lyrics has been wonderful. Like go down to Nashville right now and sell these to musicians. Which is great and flattering but also not too surprising as I’m already a published poet and fiction writer. I know how to write.

But when I suggest why not cut out that middleman and just do the damn thing myself it’s met with polite yet firm dissuasion that it would be better to try and sell the songs and let the singing part be handled by someone who can sing. And that’s killing me.

I want to be able to at the very least sing my songs and not sound like Kermit the frog doing a Donald Duck impression while being run through a wood chipper.

I want to be passable. I know I’ll never sing like a rockstar and I’m perfectly fine with that. It would be great but it’s just unrealistic. I just want to be able to play or record something for family and friends or maybe one day do a 30 minute set at my local dive and not offend their ears with the actual sound and quality of my voice.

Help me friends. I have zero confidence in my voice and I don’t know where to start to improve. I don’t know the hows or whys but it’s just not good. I don’t need to sound great or even good I just need to not sound bad.

Apologies for the ramble but I’m a sailor without a compass on a starless night right now.

reddit.com

u/Magikrat — 17 days ago

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Baseball Australia announces new era for Australian Baseball League

theabl.com.au

u/Magikrat — 19 days ago

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Caitlin Eynon named Emeralds Captain

Eynon will captain Australia at the upcoming Women’s World Cup.

I remember watching her pitch for the Adelaide Giants at the Showcase. She’s everything you want in an Australian captain. I loosely followed the Women’s Championships and I remember the commentator saying she throws harder than most women in the world.

I don’t know heaps about the team but they seem exciting. I’ll follow.

https://baseball.com.au/news/captaineynon/

u/Magikrat — 20 days ago

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Max Kepler signs with Diamondbacks

mlb.com

u/Magikrat — 26 days ago

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BREAKING NEWS: SHINNOSUKE ABE RESIGNS AS MANAGER OF THE YOMIURI GIANTS

TOKYO, 26 MAY 2026 - Pursuant to the story released on April 25th, 2026, Manager Shinnosuke Abe has resigned his post as manager of the Yomiuri Giants. In a press conference, Abe tendered his resignation to team owner Toshiichi Yamaguchi, which was later accepted. Abe's statement according to an article by Yahoo.JP had Abe quoted as saying

"My family troubles have caused a great deal of worry and trouble to many baseball fans, people involved in professional baseball, and the company. I am truly sorry." and that he had "tarnished the name of the manager of the prestigious Giants team."

This comes as Abe was involved in a domestic violence case with his 18-year-old daughter, who consulted ChatGPT which instructed her to file a report with Child Protective services.

The Giants have since named Hideki Hashigami as acting manager of the team. Updates to follow.

u/Magikrat — 1 month ago