Singing and Playing Guitar

**dragoon013** · Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 336

I was playing a lot of guitar/vocals on Band World Tour Today. Guitar on Expert and Vocals on Easy is what I used most often, because while my pitch is okay, I can't be looking at the vocal meter while doing complicated guitar parts. I have to know that my blindly attempted vocals are going to get me through without failing.

In a way, singing during guitar playing is a lot like when you start getting the feel for an off-beat bass pedal. At first it' really weird, but then your brain somehow gets in a groove of doing two things at once.

I did manage to do Flirtin' With Disaster and Green Grass & High Tides on Hard/Hard, but that's mainly because the vocal parts in both songs are fairly easy (for my voice range, anyway), and I know most of the lyrics.

This is really fun to do if you find expert guitar to be too easy, as it adds a dimension of distraction that makes everything a bit harder. Plus, if your friends are like mine, vocals is the last thing anyone wants to do anyway. And it's not like they're great singers who are shy, they can barely pass on easy. So since I'm stuck with it anyway, I'm really looking forward to being Sting the next time we play and doing bass/vocals for Roxanne.

**hiddenzombie013** · Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 1766 Location: Tampa, FL

I have been playing like this a lot actually. I've beaten both guitar and vocal Expert. I can actually beat songs on expert guitar and hardn singing on just about any song without even looking at the arrow for singing. I made m own band just for this (One-Man Band) and have gotten really fr. I got into the Hall of Fame and currently have 3 milliion fans.
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**b3nz0r** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 972 Location: Harker Heights, TX

Too bad you can't do the Endless Setlist online.

Then again, think of the connection mishaps...
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**WiseOldUnicorn** · Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 173 Location: Macon, GA

I tried doing a bit of Band World Tour with guitar and vocals, both on Hard. I can actually do pretty well with it on songs that I know well, but...most of the songs, I don't know the lyrics to well enough to sing without looking at the words. Me trying to sing them and play guitar at the same time wasn't pretty.

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**Fedora** · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 2286 Location: Des Moines, IA

I've been doing a Bass/Vocal BWT (Usually a lot easier on songs you don't know as well and have to watch both the vocal and the bass tracks in the game.) All up-strumming on the bass, too. It's pretty fun, and I'm actually getting to try out all the bass songs in the game.
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**vaultitup** · Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 616

i can do welcome home both on expert and a couple other songs too like dani california enter sandman and others ill post vids later
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**MrPulsar** · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Alpha Centurai

Behold, Mr. Pulsar's improvised Mic Stand!

AKA: Camera Tripod + Duct Tape.

I can only do vocals on medium most of the time. I suck at singing.

But I always play guitar on expert so I usually have to worry about it more than the vocals.

**mrwonderr** · Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

Go get a shirt with a pocket on it... like a polo or a dress shirt.

If that doesn't work, I'd go hang my mic off my drumset at full height and sit down. Works pretty well, cept I'm a bit short. ><

**zepp3lin526** · Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 104

I use a headset and I'm able to score decently on Dani California Expert/Expert. Well, in part because I know that song like the back of my hand. The difficulty for me usually depends on how well I know the song, but it's really fun once you get used to it.

Drums and vocals are also really fun if you have a headset. A bit more challenging.
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**blingdomepiece** · Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 4358 Location: Ottawa ON Canada

How do you guys handle the tambourine parts?
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**Fedora** · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 2286 Location: Des Moines, IA

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**zepp3lin526** · Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 104

I make a percussive "dut" with my tongue, as many times used by drumlines when warming up, if anyone knows what I'm talking about. It works fine for me.
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