Bit, you are too funny!  I thought you were moving to the island?  Is that soon to be?

Rimshot

Well I dont sing but I sure do make ugly faces at times    Sorry I couldnt help ya out on this one

mike_mccue


I try to remember to smile while singing.

I think it helps make it look like it sounds better.

best,
mike

That actually made me laugh out loud.

disrezolution


Do you make ugly faces when you sing or do the Joe Crocker "doo doo" fingers. Lol. If so doesn't help performance. Just asking. If it works I might try. Hahahaha

No. But people that hear me do.

Most of my ugly faces occur after the vocal tracking when I listen to the playback....


But yeah.... I think I do make faces (as you call it) when I sing.... at least it feels that way. 

I used to stand on one leg to hit the high notes.  Now, I play the guitar and sing, so I am pretty stationary.  I tend to close my eyes, but am trying to learn to make eye contact with the audience more.

My face gets a little contorted when I sing, usually looking somewhat angry and I tend to want to close my eyes and I fight that impulse for sake of the show.  I find (from looking all the pictures) I make the most messed up faces playing drums though.
Most of my life I have been playing guitar and singing.   With this band if I am singing lead I have to hand the guitar over to somebody else when we switch and I had a hard time getting used to it.  I felt kinda wierd behind just a mic stand.  
  
    (a little off topic but...) I never wanted to be just a lead singer as my experiance has embeded this stigma for that slot in a band.... almost every "front man" I have worked with that didn't play an instrument too suffered from what I call LSD (lead singers disease) where they seem to have an ego the size of an elephant and actually bring themselves to believe that they are the "real talent" in the band.....  They (in my humble opinion) are a step above a good kareoke singer and are basically playing live band kareoke so the super huge ego's always turned me off.  No offense to any singers intended, this is just my spin on the many doushy singers I have encountered.

I'm working on vocals today. I'm going to try the arm flailing and scrunch face thingy.

But I won't plan it out.

bapu


 I'm going to try the arm flailing and scrunch face thingy.

I tried the Pete Townsend windmill thing one time and near about took my fingernail off when the string caught under it..... dang that hurt.... I gave up trying to be Pete that very moment. 

I know for a fact I made a face on that one. 

I heard that the reason behind Joe Cocker's odd arm/hand gestures was due to him playing "air" piano. He played piano and probably worked out a lot of the material sitting at the piano singing and playing. When he was up front with just a mic, the hands just kept on playing.