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Dr. Eddies Wingman said:
Pyro, a long-running radio show focusing on rock and metal on one of the stations belonging to NRK (Norwegian National Broadcasting) is going off air. The station will probably replace it with a new show also focusing on rock and metal (but less exclusively so). When the hosts of this show were told of this earlier this year, they decided that their final show would be now in July. Why?

Because then their last show would be number six hundred and sixty six.
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Btw, the playlist for their last airing started with The Number of the Beast and ended with Fade To Black. How appropriate.
 
I managed to do both the playing and singing for a song for the first time today. I've been playing guitar for 5 years as a secondary instrument but I never attempted to do it before. Part of it is because I never sing, didn't even sing when I was a kid. Part of it is that I'm very lazy when it comes to learning songs. I've simultaneously recorded guitar and "vocals" for my own stuff before but never played an actual song.

The song was Closure by Opeth.
 
Part of the trick is staying about a beat ahead of the music mentally. Gives the brain just enough time to mesh the vocal and instrumental parts together.

Also, having done it for 30 years. Lots and lots of practice.
 
Playing the guitar track until it became second nature was the trick for me. Closure is mostly based on chords which I found myself to be comfortable with, there's this one rather difficult part that goes "There's nothing painful in there" that I had to work on. 0:43 on this video.


I can also play and sing Seek & Destroy by Metallica but I feel like that doesn't count. There's nothing rhythmically challenging about it, you're either playing a steady palm muted note under the vocals (verses) or a rhythm that goes accordingly with the words (pre-chorus and chorus).

SinisterMinisterX said:
I usually have no problem singing and playing together, and this (or rather the opposite) is why. I've been singing since I popped out. It's as natural to me as speaking.
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I wish I was like that. I have zero confidence about my singing and I'm a relatively shy person in general, resulting in me opting not to sing anywhere to avoid someone hearing it. That results in vocals never improving, obviously. On the other hand, I'm oddly confident about death growls and can do them quite well :D
 
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