I sing for a hard rock band
I've been doing it since I was 13 and at every gig, inevitably, there's one or two dudes who insist that I'm doing it wrong and that they could do it better than me.

They'll come up during breaks and say things like "Hey buddy, the lyric there was 'Lord', not 'ohh'" or "That was alright, but my voice teacher has taught me how to hit that note without yelling" (hint, hint).

Then they try to tell everyone at their table. Then you see them chatting up the guitarist or the drummer (traitorous bastard) to suggest that they come up and show how it's done.

Edit: This is partially why I dislike American Idol (or whatever you call it over "there": they introduced the term "pitchy" into the lexion, so now every drunk fart thinks they're a music critic if they can say "pitchy" forty-five times in a sentence.

When I first started I used to be really intimidated. However, a friend of the guitarist gave me sage advice: "If you screw up, just 'Who' it up" (meaning do what The Who does). It changed my life and performance. As Townsend advises, "A bum note and a bead of sweat will do."

Screw 'em if they don't like it. Their girls do!
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 15:23, 15 replies)

I do not understand.
What does "pitchy" (supposedly) mean?
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 16:55, closed)

I suppose off-pitch. Randy Jackson apparently says it at least once every show.
But your point is good: who the heck really knows? However, by saying that one word (usually about someone's backing vocals - I'm too dang good) said pain in the hiney views themselves as a qualified music critic.

Sigh.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 17:04, closed)

"Pitchy" meaning a polite version of
"fucking awful" ? If someone told me i was "pitchy" (never been called that yet) i would actually invite them up to do better. Most of those crass enough to dis someone else at a gig would shit themselves if they had to sing in front of an audience other than their bathroom mirror in my experience, alleged voice coach or no. Though luckily all my bandmates would rather throw punches than let anyone else take the mic or let any one of us get criticized by some toe rag.
(womanwhocanonlylivewithdogs, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 19:51, closed)

In my experience, it's less of a hit on the singer than an attempt by the person saying it to sound intelligent
or that they know something at all about music.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 21:38, closed)

Huh?
Why would American Idol care about that? Most pop artists (and certainly most North American pop artists - Michael Buble is a recent and serial offender) Autotune the living shit out of every track they ever go near, and have flashy, whizz-bang dances and fireworks and lights at their live gigs to distract the audience from the fact they're clearly lipsynching anyway (Britney, Madonna, etc.).

So it doesn't matter that the teeny popstrels couldn't carry a tune in a leaky bucket.

Using "pitchy" in the context of a live rock gig, on the other hand, is fully deserving of BC's wrathful scorn. You want pitch perfect singing every time, go see an opera.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 17:53, closed)

Do "The Who?"
Sign up to a kiddie pron website?

:P
(steh30, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 18:13, closed)

Oh how very rock and roll...
.... allowing some ringpiece to give you 'feedback' on your performance.

If you were really hard rock, you'd respond with feedback to his face, with one of your amps.

Seriously old bean, tell them to get bent. You're the one on stage, fer fook sake!
(Clerk T Hazarde are all the wine, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 20:16, closed)

Well, at least it's better than having beer bottles thrown at you.
I must remember several things: 1) most of the time the idiots are intoxicated and just blowing air; 2) They're usually trying to impress a girl; 2.5) They usually have no chance with said girl; 3) I need fingers to play the next song and teeth and jawbone can really mess up knuckles; and 4) I'm of sufficient stature now that I usually only hear about it long afterwards. You can always tell them in the crowd, though.

One night I did make $1.82 in pennies from the dorks flicking pennies over the females heads at the stage. Good times.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 21:37, closed)

If you're going to reference The Who...
You should learn to spell Townshend.
(Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 21:49, closed)

That's how he spells it in America. Kinda like color/colour, ass/arse.

( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 21:54, closed)

I think you'll find that how he spells it is how he spells it, irregardless of comtinent.
Durr.
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 23:43, closed)

Also
there's no such word as 'irregardless'.

I'll overlook the typo in 'continent'.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 8:22, closed)

Yes there is.
It's in the Oxford English Dictionary. oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_gb0422200#m_en_gb0422200

It's marked as being an informal way of saying "regardless" and is thought of as being incorrect standard english.
( emergency_pants Today I smell of... tea tree, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 9:25, closed)

OK, so the word exists
But its usage is incorrect.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 13:19, closed)

Next they'll be using "impact" as a verb.

( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:18, closed)