# Who here is a good singer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-is-a-good-singer/514803 "2009-10-23T01:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-is-a-good-singer/514803/41 "2009-10-27T17:16:08Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > My husband has always had a beautiful voice, and has never worked at it. Not an operatic range, but in his tenor range, he’s great. Lucky for me, I get to enjoy it. I wish I had a better voice; it’s just okay. Training helped with range a bit, but the raw materials just weren’t there. Same with my husband. He has a great voice, and sang a cappella in college and did some musicals, but never had formal training beyond that. I can carry a tune, but I’ve gotten much, much better with practice, too. My husband has helped a lot. Both my singing and speaking voice are lower than your average woman’s, too, so I had to learn to work with that - I sound a lot better singing stuff traditionally meant for a man. I’d love some sort of professional lessons someday, though. I’ll never be good enough to sing professionally or anything, but I think I could be a lot better than I am. There’s a lot of singing in our house 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-is-a-good-singer/514803/42 "2009-10-27T18:40:57Z")
I’m a good singer and used to sing in a band. I can do a pretty spot on Robert Plant or Chris Cornell at a karaoke bar, or Harry Connick Jr. if the atmosphere is more croonery. I very definitely had to work at it. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-is-a-good-singer/514803/43 "2009-10-29T15:54:48Z")
I’m a good singer and it was a born talent but once I got into the whole auditioning/status game in school, I took voice lessons to make sure my voice could be tip top. I think being able to sing well is something people are born with but to truly become excellent you have to work at it. It’s definitely a skill you can pick up again as I found out by joining a community chorus as an adult. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-is-a-good-singer/514803/44 "2009-10-30T00:37:05Z")
I’ve played in bands for the last 20 years. I play drums and started singing when our lead singer quit (as the main songwriter it was a natural step). My band was set up kind of like the Eagles…everyone writes, everyone plays an instrument, everyone sings. I’m not trained as a singer and it did take me a while to find my voice. But it can be done. I’m currently finishing up a solo project, [which can be heard here](http://www.myspace.com/whitehotfuryband). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-is-a-good-singer/514803.md?page=2)