The TOP Reason Guitarists Struggle to Sing While Playing

Two reasons and the one MOST likely causing difficulty in singing while playing is easy to overlook. It can be a big hurdle for beginners and songwriters - so here's a simple explanation and way to check

[@azbluesdog]

I was a professional rock guitarist in the '80s (albeit in cover bands) and always had problems singing and playing on stage unless the guitar part I was playing was absolutely basic and straightforward. If the vocals didn't follow the groove, I was all over the place. Decades later I stumbled on the solution and that was singer-songwriting. Apparently when the brain has a say in creating both the vocal melody and the rhythmic and chordal structure of a song, it miraculously works things out. Added bonus: cover songs aren't a problem for me anymore.

[@marypatton1122]

I tell people I can sing OR play guitar. I can not sing AND play guitar unless the songs are just kid sing along songs. Row Row Row Your Boat... Lol. One chord song. 😂

[@disturbed157]

​@@marypatton1122I'm getting much better at it right now in my progress actually. For me the struggle is when the timing of the words doesn't match the strumming pattern. It's like working a polyrhythm on steroids

[@Guitars4L]

@@marypatton1122 What’s that chord ?🤔📝

[@romie233]

A big reason I've seen people get hung up while trying to sing while playing is that the part they're playing doesn't match what they hear on the radio. They know how its supposed to go, but if they're not playing the licks and such that usually signal where the voice should come in, they get lost. An easy way to fix this is to record yourself playing the chords all the way through, then listen to that to sing along first and train yourself to sing off of the way you play. The second big reason is that although the person can play they song, they can't play it in time. They rush or slow down and that messes up where they think they should be singing, snagging them along the way. Using a metronome while playing and singing, independently, at the same tempo can help this. Then when they put the two together the two parts should literally "Click" together.

[@icemanlee666]

I find a single strum per chord while singing is good to get you started you internalise where the chords change in relation to the lyrics

[@Pathological_Flyer]

I’ve been a Buckethead fan for years, but i gotta say I’m pretty impressed with Baghead too…

[@zac3392]

😂 nice

[@Suremane]

Is baghead your gf?

[@Levelheaded_Music]

I didn't know why I couldn't for years. Humming is what worked for me. Once you have the strumming pattern and chords mastered it's easier. It also helps if you have song vocals memorized. Just start humming and eventually replace with lyrics.

[@NexusDL12]

The humming method is the way I put it together and it works for me! I second this advice 😊

[@bii_gii]

summer in japan is a humid nightmare stay safe trooper

[@benjamin-neal-warner]

No kidding. I think the Cicadas and Dragon Flies are the only ones happy about it. I'm probably gonna pack it up and move to Hokkaido by next summer. The nature there is killer.

[@youngwt1]

First time I’ve come across this channel and i instantly thought his apartment was like the one I had in Kumamoto!

[@elmoblatch9787]

I love chopping mangos!

[@mmblaake]

I learned to sing and play after many years of guitar practice and self doubt vocally. I remember just using less of my brain power to do it. I simplified the psychological anatomy of singing and playing by telling myself it had to be done and many people do it, so i thought it shoudnt be hard if i put in some practice. But in more simplified words...it just came to me.

[@evarsingersongwriter6228]

Practise , feel the connection of self and instrument , experience the meaning in the words , be present , relax 😊

[@benjamin-neal-warner]

It can be really meditative. Feeling and hearing the instrument is a great way to practice mindfulness.

[@eROCKaustin]

My biggest problem is I always end up strumming to the articulation of the lyrics. if the strumming pattern matches the articulation (or syllables?) i do fine

[@capsdude4838]

That usually gets me too. On some songs I’ve ended up tweaking the strumming slightly to better fit with how I need to sing it. I’ve also tried to prioritize getting the vocals right, because that’s what most listeners are focused on. If I have to simplify the guitar part slightly or maybe play it a bit softer during the vocal parts, I can live with that, as long as I still nail the vocal. Tempo is a big issue for me too. When it’s just guitar, my rhythm is pretty rock solid, but as soon as I have to throw vocals into the equation also, things start to get rough

[@dantaylor2086]

I taught myself to play guitar, I started with "Mel Bay = learn to play guitar in seven days" Of course it took way longer than that, at 67 I'm still learning. As a teenager, I practiced in my bedroom with the lights out and a flashlight in case I lost my place. It made me more comfortable playing each song and more confident playing the guitar.

[@prschuster]

When I write a song I'm humming the melody along with the guitar parts. They are both fixed in my mind together, so it's easier to remember the vocals when I play the guitar.

[@joeshoe6184]

Yeah it's way easier for me to play and sing my own songs as opposed to someone else's. Much easier to remember words I wrote as well lol

[@jumpercable20]

Singing and playing at the same time is like patting your head and rubbing your stomach in a circular motion.

[@kentuckyfriedchildren5385]

it's like the ultra advanced progression of that

[@DrDoom76]

The great thing I like about KZbin is that just about Everything is on it. I'm going to try the blindfold method with trying to play the chord progression with the actual song. I'm going to be practicing Let it Be with this. Thanks for the advice. I'm glad you do this on the side, it's more genuine and relaxed.

[@rienavoir8250]

My problem is that i can't sing without playing!

[@MrStrocube]

Same, I cannot sing a cappella by myself. I only feel comfortable singing when I’m either playing the guitar or singing along with someone else.

[@mightypigeon836]

Same! Especially on stage, I just need a guitar to hide behind. I just feel naked with only a microphone

[@perrymason866]

@@mightypigeon836”a guitar to hide behind”!!! I used to say this exact same thing!! Even better with a band too.

[@1990muthafukin1]

Lucky! Lol 😂

[@the1stime]

Yep! I find it helps with pitch control. I’m also able to hit higher notes if I’m playing along

[@LLewis-vu9qf]

I don't have any trouble singing while playing. But my singing is awful! 😂

[@zac3392]

Same… it’s everyone else who has a problem with my singing 😝

[@danieljurisevic]

I am a professional singer, and I play the piano. I do duo/trio variants with no problems... but the songs I CANNOT sing and play at the same time are then ones that have 1 rhytm pattern on the instrument and a counter rhytm on the vocals..... I literally can know the song perfectly on piano and singing it, i CANNOT combine the two......

[@rockhydra9768]

Always struggled with this. So much respect for Alexi Laiho and his singing and playing ability.

[@williampacult9431]

My favorite singer/guitar player combos, J Mascis and Kurt Cobain, are absolute masters at being able to sing great and play chords/lead that don’t necessarily follow the vocal melody. I feel those 2 guys are really underrated in that aspect.

[@earledaniels4539]

My biggest challenge is variances in timing, ie; if I strum fast, I tend to rush the vocals. I need to figure out how to disconnect the two tasks. It's like when I try to play the drums; if my hands go fast, my legs want to go fast.

[@samstewart9249]

Try a metronome, your mind will remeber tempos, to a degree, like you muscle memory remembers movements.

[@normanbfifteen3468]

In my experience, the ģuitar and singing part was difficult because you had to make sure you were playing the right strum rhythm while making sure you were singing the right notes at exactly the right place in the rhythm. This challenge went on long after I was a good guitar player. It eventually clicked for me a few years back. It had nothing to do with my guitar skills at the time or familiarity with the guitar part. It's all about doing the two things at once and making it match. I can do it now with new songs that I haven't practiced that much. It took years. Once you get it, you don't forget it.

[@benjamin-neal-warner]

A couple others mentioned this point and I totally agree. It's like how two gears of different sizes clink together and spin in conjunction, even though they're rotating at different speeds. I guess learning to sing while playing is the same as learning to drive stick LOL

[@kevinlentz7604]

I love singing ❤and I ❤ playing Thank you John ,Paul,,George,and Ringo

[@msenecal]

A dark room with no light is a great test for how well you can play a song.

[@emitflesti-zx3zw]

Cool! - You're looking good, glad to see you made your way out of the frozen sea. Can't wait to hear the new song.- I hope you include a translation 4 us, I always dig your lyrics and poetry.

[@benjamin-neal-warner]

Always excited to hear from my OG commenter! Still some chunks of ice in the sea, but I'll keep swimming.

[@justinhorn2395]

Good advice, i also isolate the part of the lyrics at the chord changes to help build my singing timing and guitar rhythm together.

[@timowalker24]

Do NOT try to replicate EXACTLY how it was written, do it YOUR way… your arrangement… make it your own, sort of… if you get my drift.

[@paoie1236]

Singing while strumming is easy. But when its fingerpicking and singing? Can't do both. XD

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

You’ll get it.

[@bengun1]

That hood was hilarious.... The little ears at the corners.....

[@modjohnsenglishdisco]

My Covid project was to learn to sing and play at the same time. I basically took your approach. I'm terrible at remembering lyrics, so that's my hang up. So I get the guitar part down cold first and read the lyrics and play until they sink in. Strangely it's often easier, for me, to sing along with a lot of chords than if a song is simple The rhythm always gets me. Next step. Write songs! I'll be checking out your other vids. :) Former Seoul expat here btw.

[@Shayla_MOON]

Hey! I also live in Japan :)) thank you though, I just started out with guitar and found that certain parts of a song are difficult to sing. I’ll try it out!

[@benjamin-neal-warner]

Cool are you still alive? It's been a gorillion degrees every day for like 2 months. I'm jumping ship to Hokkaido.

[@Shayla_MOON]

@@benjamin-neal-warner Barely….i just checked the weather in my hometown, it’s a nice crisp 15 degrees C there and it has me wondering why I chose to live here 😭 Hokkaido is a good alternative haha

[@benjamin-neal-warner]

@@Shayla_MOON Just checked my hometown out of curiosity, 11c. I'm in Kyushu and we were at 37.8 today... I'm definitely more suited for Hokkaido

[@PremMajumdarVG]

For me its because my brain cant handle two things at once. When i start playing guitar its finr but as soon as i start singing its like brain forgets what to do and my fingers stop moving but as soon as i stop singing i can play again. Although iv only been learning guitar for around 8 months but yeah.

[@CelticTexican]

I had the same problem but just practice. You’ll get. I’m still working on it but it’s coming along. I dont play as much as i uses to tho. Pick one sone you know very well and practice with that to start. Good luck

[@bombomshivaaluqah]

Thank yu Joe Duplantier!

[@victor.pavelescu]

The bag trick grant you another subscriber 😊 Well done.

[@Stoffer5500]

Had to pause the video for a moment, and leave a like and a comment, just because you decided to put a bag over your head, instead of closing your eyes :P

[@AlexisChoquette]

Very interesting 🧐 about using a blindfold as a trick

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

Just got recommended this video. Never seen your channel pop up. KZbin must think I need to hear it. 😂

[@A.I.N.A.C..]

I am trying to play and sing whilst riding a uni-cycle, Its super difficult, strange feeling splitting your brain off in so many areas, balance hazards,off balance ,crushed nuts guitar strum, holding guitar chords sing and timing, I will get it eventually

[@ButeSound]

Got to 27 totally convinced i couldn't sing and play at same time despite lots of experience music making and playing instruments. . Revisited and just went back to kindergarten.. start very slow, & very simple. Be bad. Itll come!

[@maxxkarma]

The third part occurs when the vocals and guitar are rhythmically complex.

[@ricktheexplorer]

You learn how to play the song on guitar, then you learn how to sing the lyrics, then, you have a brand new chore (every time) starting off like a baby, with learning the song both singing and playing. A 3rd, separate skill. Buskers.

[@G-L-O-R-I-A]

For me it’s when the chord changes don’t match up with the bars, especially when a vocal change happens on an upstrum. My fix has been to count out loud. I still struggle with some songs. I’m not particularly musical, but I notice if I’m playing a song that I’ve known inside and out for ages, it’s easier, almost instinctual.

[@TontonTomConcon]

Thx for the advice i'll try

[@Nobddy]

Works when the rhythm and melody are intuitive, but doesn’t help much when it comes to complex arrangements.

[@221b-l3t]

Or heavy metal... I can do chords and sing but complex fast rythm parts and sing... impossible. Not that I am the biggest fan of that style of singing but Alexi Laiho foe instance. Super complex fast rythm with singing on top. Or Kai Hansen or Gamma Ray. I can sing along with the chorus usually the guitar part is simpler. What I can do is sing and play lead. For some reason it's easier for me because I improvise lead, so that works but if it's a fixed rythm part that I can't just play however I like it, it all falls apart. I would love to be able to do it, I'm not the worst singer so it could work in theory. Of course Hendrix is another big example. Though he makes it easier sometimes by having the rythm follow the vocals but then suddenly they don't and he plays some funky irregular rythm part and keeps signing. I struggle with piano too. I can play lead or rythm with one hand quite easily but combine the two and again it falls apart. I wish I could play a bass line and chords on top, I love Hammond organs and that's a great way of playing them. Some people can do that and sing on top... wired differently. Pianists in general, when I see a classical pianist (I know a bunch) grab a sheet of music they've never seen before and start playing something like Mozart fluently with both hands I am in awe. I feel like I'm a pretty good musician but compared to those people I barely dare call myself a musician at all. I play guitar and I sing. Not both...

[@SixStringNoiseBox-vv7lu]

The main thing I struggle with is remembering the lyrics. Even when it is something I am writing but I'm still working on that. I guess for me it is a case of practice practice practice. Oh and did I mention that I cant sing, still trying to find my voice as well. That helps. Great video, thanks.

[@johnstevens8253]

Thanks for the video. My problem is when I try & sing whilst playing guitar my right hand refuses to play along. My left hand is way better. Even when I play just with my right hand it still doesn't work.

[@JodieAprilMae]

Love this advice !! Wow!! Just shows how lazy I am even now!!

[@tingliao6544]

This is so helpful thank you!! Hope everything well there in Japan

[@tingliao6544]

I think I am also the kind of learner who learns things when we want to. So I think fragment content like this is totally fine.

[@tpxrp6244]

You got it. My guitar teacher says I dont know the guitar part good enough. I am the only guy that spent 4 lessons learning to sign Margaritville while playing. I block it for some reason. Thanks

[@JamesParus]

I learned it by somehow pulling back in my mind. So im like watching over how I sing and play. But both happen almost automatically. I just follow then both at this mastermind position. It's like walking or driving bicycle and watching it. Hey im doing it. But I think in all of these are possible because your subconsious can do those automatically and your own mind is free to follow it.

[@andreslucero8598]

Trying to play the theme fragile by Sting, is actually hard for me, I mean trying to play the same arpeggio and singing at the sam e time. !

[@organican]

I often find it difficult to simultaneously play guitar and sing songs that were originally sung by the bass guitarist... e.g... Sting, Thin Lizzy, Rush

[@221b-l3t]

I forgot about Sting, yeah the way he can play bass and sing is incredible.

[@kentuckyfriedchildren5385]

I have no problem playing even without looking at the guitar and can sing while just playing the chords, but when I try to strum I can't seem to divide my attention and either my singing or playing falls apart, I think it's because I've never thought about strumming patterns ever since I started playing I just naturally figured them out and never really thought like ''down down up down up'' or anything like that, so when I try to do it while singing I can't really do it automatically

[@jameswiblishauser9745]

i can strum and sing but can't pick and sing. maybe it's the same concept though, just have to practice picking the song more. I'll have try it, thanks for the video.

[@jonathenross2742]

Great video!

[@DavidKestler]

Awesome bro, good ideas and ya I get it with creating and feeling restricted.

[@donaldward5881]

You don't have to become a Guantanamo Bay prisoner.... there's this thing called a blindfold

[@rickysubie]

I can't getmo sat tis fact shun

[@thomaswalker-k4k]

i think you doing fine. thats how i learned.and your honest

[@Rossdink]

Smart the way you carry us through the video. First thing you say is in response to the video title. Genius. I’m stealing your shit

[@benjamin-neal-warner]

Steal away! It's royalty free anyway. Can't copyright an idea.

[@samstone6180]

Every song feels a bit like skipping rope to me. To find the right cadence in tough ones, i suggest reading the lyrics as you play, and sing the words that you can plant in the right spot. Then with repetition, your voice just slowly seems to finds all of the rest of them.

[@SomboonCM]

I play guitar and sing and play the guitar and harmonica at the same time. I do both with ease. I can't imagine not being able to do it. I am watching to see if I can get better. I guessing that if it doesn't come easy, its probably not going to be your thing.

[@221b-l3t]

Okay chords and singing, I can do that. Listen to some Children of Bodom. Alexi is lead guitar and vocals. Try that...

[@paulwhiston1836]

It depends on the song, when the vocal line doesn't fit with the rhythm of the chord changes I can't do it. Sweet Jane is one I find impossible. If there's like I set word in the phrasing where the chord changes happen I'm fine.

[@tonyliang8099]

I did that for years and was mad pissed

[@seth0220]

I’ve doing it for more than 30 years and still haven’t figured out if it is easier to play along with my singing or sing along with my playing?

[@fenderfox5080]

Most of the cover songs I play I can also sing, the 1 song I can never sing and play is Come as You Are by Nirvana 😂 sometimes I can get a few words in but never on time, the chorus is simple but the verses are impossible for some reason.

[@CaddRome]

For me its confidence

[@paulcox6566]

HI, I only play covers, and usually am able to play and sing songs without any probs. Occasionally I come accross a song that throws me when I start singing and I loose all rhythm in my playing and mess it up. Often in the same spot every time. I have found that humming the song first helps a lot, but its weird that some songs still mess with me like that.

[@UniqSniper]

I feel like my hand eye cordination completly falls off once i start trying to add vocals like im fine untill i had that multi task. Ive been playing guitar for nearly 15 years but still cannot sing at all

[@paulwhiston1836]

Actually I have to say this video was a big help, by zoning out and almost disassociating I let my body just operate and I managed a complete if kind of shitty sounding run through of Sweet Jane although I mostly miss out the b minor as that's just asking for trouble, instead I do an occasional note bend on the 3rd fret of the b string before the A and it sort of works lol

[@benjamin-neal-warner]

Glad it helped. The big point (which I wish I had explained better) is how removing visual aid can really indicate where you stand in terms of familiarity with the guitar part. It's likely people think they have the guitar part down when they actually don't. Still happens to me, even with my own chord progressions when I'm first working them out.

[@yarbgreat1]

Today I was working in singing / playing Paranoid Android, Tough!

[@barclaygarnett2151]

Very much appreciated,

[@Magst3r1]

What about when the rythm of the vocals and playing is different like the chorus of Under the Bridge

[@deangdmppajj4692]

Whenever I try to sing along to my playing I find that I lose the rhythm and my strum begins to follow the melody

[@JCVidZ0912]

i’ve always been able to sing while playing 💀

[@teoortega4749]

I keep telling my brother , just sing it talk it out , cookie monster it

[@calebr9736]

I can sing holy wars while playing the main riff 😂 but i cant sing and play fade to black AT ALL

[@HansZarkovPhD]

I cant play or sing, let alone at the same time. Im unfixable. How do i read the music if there is a bag on my head?

[@therickroller2358]

See my problem isnt playing the peices and singing, i CAN do it with enough practice for simple songs bc i routinely play in a pitch black room, my problems begin when the singing starts at a wierd part in the song, like during the changes, been trying to play "need 2" and sing it by pinegrove and its EXTREMELY simple chords and rhythm but he starts singing right on the changes and my brain just cant do both at the same time while keeping proper rhythm i will always either forget which lyric im on or stop/bunk the rythm while singing

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

I can sing while playing, but not when the chords/riff bear zero relationship to the melody. It's like trying to pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time. E.g. Playing the AC/DC TNT riff while trying sing a differernt melody over it.

[@psychonaut12]

exactly my problem too

[@221b-l3t]

Yeah, chords and singing is easy but rock or metal woth complex rythm parts is impossible for me.

[@YEM_]

First master rhythm and speaking at the same time. Take a moderately complex strum pattern with ghost strum on some downbeats, it's hard to play it and just say 1,2,3,4. If you can't say 1,2,3,4 while you strum it, how are you ever going to sing lyrics? Start with using your voice over strumming patterns in simple ways. I don't think this has anything to do with the guitar part being hard. It is a strange coordination thing to use your voice while playing.

[@John-ob7dh]

Could alway sing and play at same time ,but only chords .cant do any sort of lead at same time .i think BB king said he had same problem .

[@CRP2426]

Thank you!

[@jokons4939]

I have problem singing a song where I play arpeggio in guitar which doesn’t have the exact same melody with the lyrics. The verse of Tears of the dragon by Dickinson is an example. I play it in the guitar totally fluently but I just can’t sing along. Any suggestions?

[@thisdyingsoul76]

I don't think rock music is dying. Its going underground. It will never go away. I think it might have stagnated, but we will eventually see a resurgence in popularity when a musician comes along that brings something new to the genre.

[@peterclarke7240]

In my experience as a grumpy 45 yr old metalhead, the people who claim "x genre is dying" ACTUALLY mean "x genre is changing and I'm no longer comfortable with the new stuff." It happens every generation, and almost every decade. Yet when we stop and look back in ten years time, we'll realise nothing was dying after all, it just evolved into different sub-genres that we weren't used to.

[@221b-l3t]

​​@@peterclarke7240 And Judas Priest was at the top of the charts with Invincible Shield. As is Ozzy whenever he releases something. People still enjoy good hard rock and heavy metal. I know lots of people who say, they don't like metal. Then I play them some JP or Ozzy and usally the reaction is, oh that's heavy metal? Yeah I like that... If the radio played more of it people would like it. Rock will never die and neither will metal. And it goes in circles. Super technical playing gets on peoples nerves and then punk rises or after the 80s grunge and later technical playing is cool again and people incorporate some of the grunge or punk elements. Music changes and that is good. The old music is still around. Just because we have Black Sabbath doesn't mean your CD player will refuse to play Mozart. You can listen to anything you like. Especially today with streaming. Back in the day a nice collection of records or CDs cost a fortune so you had to kinda pick and choose and stay safe, rather buy something you know you like than trying something new, you might not like. But now with stuff like Spotify it's made it very convenient. Want to listen to this obscure heavy metal song someone said was good? No problem just type Painkiller into your streaming service of choice and have your face melted by Ken and Glenn.

[@peterclarke7240]

@@221b-l3t And let's not forget Tool knocking Taylor Swift off the number 1 spot in the album charts not too long ago. And, of course, therein lies the problem. Rock and Metal bands tend not to release singles that much, but their albums tend to do very well. Maybe not consistently in comparison to Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift or other pop music, but pop is called pop because its the "popular" genre that appeals to the most people, largely because it tends to be UTTERLY formulaic and unchallenging. But there's no accounting for taste, sadly.

[@MarkMorten-du4ep]

Hey man, any advice for a struggling musician with literally no views on my original songs on youtube?

[@jamesshelldubstep]

My problem is when I start to sing my hand will start following my vocals I can’t stop it it’s so natural for me to do this. Do you have any tips to stop this?

[@loosingparts6159]

Just learn Acoustic Neon by John Mayer and sing it. Everything else will be a cake walk. 😂

[@fortyyearfitness]

My problem is I can’t sing and I can’t play guitar

[@brianmaher5886]

😂

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

You can still get a Grammy.

[@fortyyearfitness]

@@JackTheRabbitMusic you’re right, milli vanilli did

[@MulderXfile]

It's all about muscle memory.

[@roachroacharito9113]

It's the Zodiac Killer! ...and he plays and has a YT channel. Crazy, I tell ya! 😊

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

The reason is no one learns to sing the song first, nor properly. Most people don't know (how to sing) the song as well as they think they do. Learn to sing it first ... properly, as if you are going to perform it (solo, no instruments), when you have that sorted out, bring the guitar to the song. Most do it the other (wrong) way around.

[@samstewart9249]

That's right, mechanical and proper, not with feeling and emotion getting in the way!

[@techcowgirl]

Mmm, I'm a vocalist and know the lyrics well enough, but adding an instrument on top degrades the quality I can put into the vocals because now my attention is split. I do play a number of instruments and found its an entirely different part of the brain that handles the instrument than the vocals. Having ADHD also makes certain kinds of simultaneous executive function thinking very tough. My best performances happen when I'm focused on either vocals or an instrument but not both.

[@samstewart9249]

And some singers have trouble playing while singing.

[@Fuzzybunny-ki1cw]

Now try with Little Wing. Play and Sing.

[@claytonbigsby381]

I did this and I got robbed

[@Luizinho328i]

baby, im batman! 🦇

[@kennethnick3213]

I'll save you the time: practice.

[@mikehaws3187]

Practice practice then practice some more.. It aint easy btw

[@MurrayHerts]

If you can't sing when you're playing you don't know how to play well enough, you shouldn't need to think your hands should just move (as you demonstrate by being blindfolded) and your brain is free to think about singing

[@sixthgatebass]

You play simple music

[@MurrayHerts]

@@sixthgatebass if I play simple music I play it well enough to not need to think so I can sing over it

[@em_the_bee]

Good point, I think I've heard it in a video I've seen not too long ago

[@uncoiledfish2561]

For me it was timing. I ended up having to think about certain words landing on certain chords.

[@maxonmendel5757]

way to be a negative Nancy

[@BogeyDopeYT]

I can’t sing while NOT playing. 😂

[@kiretofakireto1271]

Where's the moustache?

[@benjamin-neal-warner]

I honestly miss it, but decided to make it limited to the cooler months - same goes for the long hair.

[@SkyGazeR10]

What is this maniac doing 😂

[@mmblaake]

this is awesome haha kidnap myself