Tips on Doing Well in Rock Band Vocals

**BizCasFri** · Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 1833 Location: Winnipeg, MB

You might want to just add a link to the Quick Reference thread for disc paths. I'm sure you've seen it, but there's a link in my signature.

Unless it gets stickied, of course.
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**SqueekyClean9** · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 53 Location: Alexandria, MN

Meh, I suck at expert vocals. I'm stuck at hard for the harder songs. :P

I'll stick with guitar, it's what I know.

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**Rikuthemaster** · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject:

One thing you might wanna add with Talky Parts is that Saying them in Monotone can help with songs like Sabotage and Ballroom Blitz.
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**Icemage** · Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 3200

**Lortwogo** · Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 762 Location: Ontario, Canada

This is great!

I do realize it too, about dairy products. I end up coughing for a little bit if I have some amount of it. I, personally, am not a good singer, I seem monotone... when RB comes up for the Wii, I'm going to see if I can improve (can't wait to do Welcome Home Guitar X/Vocals _

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This is great help.
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**Slax** · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 214

Thanks for all the great tips.

I'm forced to sing expert vocals because no one else can in my group of RB playing friends. I'm glad you took the time to write this out. Should help a lot.
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**Warzone** · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject:

Great tips! The eyebrows thing helped.

Although nothing can cure perfect tone deafness, at least I have a chance on Medium...

**Slowhand** · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 625 Location: Lombard, Illinois

I asked this in another thread, sorry in advance for the double post. But I know I can get the answer here. Hope this isn't considered cheating.

Could some one explain in detail rubbing and bagging it? If it's considered inappropriate don't reply. Thanks.

Also any song it works best on, or helps most with?
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**BizCasFri** · Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 1833 Location: Winnipeg, MB

Rubbing out phrases is pretty much exactly as it sounds. Rubbing the mic on anything, really, to get some tough talky parts. I like to rub into a particularly crunchy plastic bag. I use it in When You Were Young (all talkies, vid here), Sabotage (only the second "listen all of y'all it's a sabotage"), Train Kept A Rollin' (only the "Yeah, yeah wow!" phrase), and maybe one or two if I don't feel like actually risking it. Oh yeah, and make sure you have your sensitivity set to about half.

The sock and bag method is simply a variation of rubbing. I never use it, myself, but here's a vid explaining it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWf_VBDZ1kI
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**Slowhand** · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 625 Location: Lombard, Illinois

Yep got that link in the toher thread too so thanks. I would not have thought of that in a million years. Good job with the FC too.

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**shineymetal** · Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 73 Location: Ohio

OMG This helped so much lol

I can finally do taking parts
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**Robtcee13** · Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 578

Quick random question. I didn't deem it worthy to start a new topic.

What the HELL is with the grading system on vox? I had a pie filled like 93%, which should be a Strong. I got an Okay. I've also gotten Okay when I should have received a Messy or Weak rating. It really makes no sense to me. Another example is me getting a Strong. My pie was missing a halfway decent chunk (I don't know... Around 1/8th or something?), while when I got an Okay with a little more than that filled.

tl;dr: The grading system is schizophrenic, I think.
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**Icemage** · Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 3200

The pie sometimes lies. The points you get do not.
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**Robtcee13** · Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 578

I've never paid attention to my score mid-song.

But if the pie lies, that should probably be fixed. >_>
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**AOxPeter** · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 25

nice job wedge, this should help alot
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