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somelia wrote:

Do you even know what those words mean?!

I do. And that, my friends, is why I don't swear.

To me you were only right on that people wouldn't care whether you swear or not. Personally I do but not because I think it's "cool" or whatever.

Everyone should be able to express him/herself in the way he/she wants, and that if you're making music you should do so for your own enjoyment rather than to get money of fans. If you enjoy not swearing when singing I'm fine with that though, but whether you swear or not doesn't define your singing abilities as implied by the title.

If you think about it, swear words are words like any other, except society labels them as "bad", "dirty", whatever. They're just part of the informal language to me.

somelia wrote:

It's true, you DO get 10x the fans.

[citation needed]

Last edited by technoguyx (2011-06-03 19:58:46)

somelia wrote:

...I would suggest following these few tips.

1. Write your OWN song. It may be easier to have someone write it for you, but you don't want to end up like Rebecca Black. I personally like the song, but all those haters...

2. NEVER SMILE WHILE SINGING. It makes your voice sound so...I don't know. It just sounds idiotic. Smile during the rests.

3. Don't overdo the dancing. It makes it hard to sing well.

4. NEVER USE AUTOTUNE. Mostly a slightly out-of-tune natural voice is better than an autotuned perfect one. If you feel you need autotune to sing at all, don't sing.

5. Write meaningful lyrics. Enough is said.

6. Open your mouth pretty tall while singing. If you don't, it sounds like "mmmh hmmm mmmh mmh mmmuh. mmh. mmh.

7. Don't embarrass yourself. It shows.

8. If you're female, don't act all...bratty. I mean, like Jenna Rose in "My Jeans." Her voice was okay, but the lyrics were all...snobbish.

9. Oh my gosh DON'T SWEAR. Many people wouldn't care whether you swore or not, but believe me, you'd get 10x the fans if you don't. And swearing DOES NOT make you cool.

10. Have fun! If you don't like the song, discard it and write a new one.

Well, what do you think?

I like your tips.    I write my own songs.   

somelia wrote:

brettman98 wrote:

technoguyx wrote:

somelia wrote:

Do you even know what those words mean?!

I do. And that, my friends, is why I don't swear.

To me you were only right on that people wouldn't care whether you swear or not. Personally I do but not because I think it's "cool" or whatever.

Everyone should be able to express him/herself in the way he/she wants, and that if you're making music you should do so for your own enjoyment rather than to get money of fans. If you enjoy not swearing when singing I'm fine with that though, but whether you swear or not doesn't define your singing abilities as implied by the title.

If you think about it, swear words are words like any other, except society labels them as "bad", "dirty", whatever. They're just part of the informal language to me.


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imho, someone who swears may be trying to get a point across or such, someone who doesn't just doesn't swear, and someone who tries to fake swear is a loser who doesn't have the guts to say a curse word, but wabts to seem cool by "cursing"

I also agree with what technoguyx said, prove that you get 10x fans if you don't swear; give us a citation.

Okay, for one, my entire elementary school except one person hates Eminem, but only because he swears. That's over 300 people for you.

No offense to everybody in your elementary school, but cursing does not make somebody an automatic bad artist. and I don't like eminem at all- this is just the truth

you guys are what an average of ten? curse words seem awful but once the real world gets you you'll see how stupid that was

there isn't a problem with cursing so long as:
it's not excessive
It's not targeting somebody


Otherwise they can be used for good. unless you're an anti first amendment type person

somelia wrote:

4Infinity wrote:

somelia wrote:

Okay, for one, my entire elementary school except one person hates Eminem, but only because he swears. That's over 300 people for you.

No offense to everybody in your elementary school, but cursing does not make somebody an automatic bad artist. and I don't like eminem at all- this is just the truth

you guys are what an average of ten? curse words seem awful but once the real world gets you you'll see how stupid that was

there isn't a problem with cursing so long as:
it's not excessive
It's not targeting somebody

Otherwise they can be used for good. unless you're an anti first amendment type person

Well people don't really want to hear about...that. I mean, it's just gross, and you normally wouldn't tlak about that in PUBLIC, would you?

That is different than cursing. And once again it depends on the perspective


it's like having a song called I like war. Good meaning? no

Then let's say you have a song called I hate war. is it still bad because it mentions war?


perspective