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I advise everyone here to dedicate themselves to music. Be inspired by your idols.”
By Phil Modolo, WikiBrother
Only those who know what it's like to have Metal ingrained in their body and soul recognize its true purpose in life and in personal problems. I will touch on this subject a little and try to inspire you to continue following this path, especially as a musician, sharing some of what I've been through, what I'm going through, and how Metal helps me overcome it all! Long Live Rock n' Roll.
I see many of my friends who love music, dream of having a successful band, and perhaps reach the stardom of the great rock stars. However, I don't see half the passion that our hearts in the metal rock scene had in the 70s, for example. After some superficial research, I found that Slash trained six hours a day, Zakk Wylde trained eight to twelve hours a day, and so on.
I always wanted to sing but had no idea how to do it. Much less that I could reach the level I have reached. As soon as I could afford singing lessons, I started taking them, studied for only 2-3 months and couldn't continue due to lack of funds, which shook me quite a bit, because I was finally reaching the tones of Dio, Bruce, Ozzy, etc… Did you stop singing? Not at all, I started studying more, on my own, risking damaging my voice, but aware of what could harm my voice and with a prepared path to follow. It felt like I was blindfolded and my singing teacher removed the blindfold.
I started practicing not for 40 minutes a day, but for three hours. It's a progression; you don't start singing for three hours right away without your voice starting to fail and you ending up hoarse for two and a half weeks. So I embarked on a ten-minute daily increase until I reached the much-desired three hours of singing Iron Maiden songs without a break. It was challenging. I'm very grateful to some Twisted Sister songs like "Stay Hungry," and to many of my friends like Ygor Soares, Lorrane Thomé, Manoela Fávaro, among others, who always supported me, praised me when I was terrible so I wouldn't get discouraged when I was down, and were tough, criticizing me when I was good and noticing problems.
Metal/Rock isn't just a style of music, it's a lifestyle, a way of living, something to lean on during tough times. It pulls us out of a rut when we're down, and gives us more power when we have a concentration of energy in our hands! I can't imagine living without feeling the sensation that Metal/Rock gives me.
I advise everyone here to dedicate themselves to music, be inspired by their idols, give them reason to be proud of your work, knowing that you've become a true musician and even more inspired by them. By the way, André Matos, if you happen to read this text, please do me a favor and schedule a coffee with me, thank you in advance…
If any of you decide to start singing, here are some simple tips:
• Never strain your vocal cords too much. Do you feel your vocal cords are tired, as if you've been talking a lot? Stop for at least eight hours, or come back the next day, which is what I do.
• Rest is a vocalist's best ally; it doesn't matter if you drank the day before a show (which is strongly discouraged), if you sleep until you're exhausted from sleeping, you'll perform well.
• Water is your second best ally. Drink water throughout the day. You are your instrument; you need to be well hydrated so that the secretion doesn't dry out and interfere with your singing.
• Notion is your third point; if your throat is itchy, you're feeling bothered by something, it's scratchy, it's whatever the hell is different from when you speak, you're singing wrong and soon you'll get some lovely calluses.
• Your biggest enemy is cigarettes. Never smoke if you sing; for those who smoke and can't quit, buy a vaporizer, or electronic cigarette, whichever you prefer.
• Don't drink before a show, much less the day before. If you drink before a show, you won't feel much of a difference if you're not singing songs as difficult as Carry On. But if you drink the day before a show, you're screwed; the hours of sleep will help, but they won't work miracles.
• Study your intonation. No matter how bad your technique is, if you're in tune you'll be audible, but if you have great technique and sing everything out of tune, you urgently need to practice repeating the tonic!
Finally, here's one of the videos from my channel, and my social media links. Unfortunately, it's a bit difficult for me to record many high-quality videos due to a lack of good equipment:
https://www.facebook.com/philippe.modolo
https://www.instagram.com/philmodolo/?hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5sggoQprY67zkkcIeeewXA
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