Now all I was doing is just trying to have a decent conversation (which involves my reasonings--not arguments.  I am cool calm and positive in explaining my reasonings--not some negative stuck-up arrogant person).  I am being completely honest in explaining how I feel and with my reasonings.

Linear Phase

What is your age?

24, going by the OP's profile.

Hey Matt did you figure out that the link I posted above was of the Mills brothers using their voices for every one of the instruments you hear in the sound tack of the movie?

They are just humming what they hear in their head... they displayed a genius for that sort of thing.



best regards,
mike

I remember when I was 24 and knew everything about everything. Man, I sure wish I could be that smart again. lol

Have you considered using a program that converts pitch to midi. Melodyne comes to mind. A drum program, some VSTi's, some mixing chops and a mic could take you pretty far into your creations. 

Rocky

24 and you like to sing?  How nice...    Just FYI, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Handel, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and every other musical genius you can possibly think of, "had at least 10,000 hours of practice," on a musical instrument, "other than vocals," by age 24.

None of those guys could dance like the Mills Brothers.







Just saying.

Linear Phase


24 and you like to sing?  How nice...    Just FYI, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Handel, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and every other musical genius you can possibly think of, "had at least 10,000 hours of practice," on a musical instrument, "other than vocals," by age 24.

I don't like to sing (I just used singing as a quick means of getting my songs out--though obviously it's impossible for anyone else but me to make out how they go and feel).  I enjoyed the actual process of getting my songs out (singing them into the mic), but would not actually sing in front of a live audience or anything like that.

But if I wish to pursue my songs being perfected into this world, I will have to have the immense amount of learning and practice as the example you gave starting right now.

Here is another taste of real deal genius





I'm guessing they wrote the lyrics them selves.

Unless you actually do something w/ those wonderful ideas in your head, they are nothing but possibilities and your gift is nothing but a presumption.

It's like assuming that you're good at martial arts and a great fighter because you've watched Bruce Lee movies. From your perspective, it's easy enough to win a fight isn't it? Do just like Bruce Lee - avoid getting punched and kick the other guy's butt.

As someone who's payed music ever since he was big enough to hold a guitar in his hands, studied, and listened to music all his life I'll also tell you this much - your "songs" no matter how awesome they are "in your head" are nothing but possibilities. 

I have songs in my head all the time. And even w/ my experience and training, it still happens regularly that something which sounds great in my head fails miserably when I actually start working on it. 


So your option is to give up the assumption that you are gifted for a second, and put yourself to the test. Unless you simply want to bask into the unverified certitude that you are actually gifted.

At that rate, you may as well tell me that you could kick Bruce Lee's ass. If it makes you happy to be so sure of that, go on and dream away. I'd call that wasting my life, but if it's enough for you...