Why do I sing in a British accent but talk in an American accent?
My friend and I were singing in the car the other day, and she said I sound British when I sing???? And DON'T give me a whole lesson on how there is no such thing as a British accent and all that crap. I've already been to school today. Anyways, do you sing in a British accent?
Why do accents go away when you sing?
I was listening to one direction, and if I didn't know who they were, I would have thought they were Americans (I'm American) same with Rihanna. She has a really strong bohemian accent when she talks but not when she sings. Why does this happen?
Is it alright to sing with an accent?
And thee are some singers that put on fake accents too (we get this alot on cuuuuntry music and fake irish folk/punk) But - it's just a form of 'style'. Of course a teacher is mostl likely going to tell you to sing in a more neutral accent - because not every song sounds great sung in some sort of accent. The style for singers singing in their native accents has been in and out over the years - In the 60s, alot of the British bands were trying to sound American, and alot of the American bands were trying to sound British - it's just the way things go. basically - if you're singing folk music - stick to the accent or dialect to it's country of origin. If it's rock music - you can easily make a mockery out of it by trying to ham up an accent. I would first try to sing anything with a neutral accent though (i.e. American? High British?) and then assess whether or not it is appropriate to play around with it. Alot of non-native English speakers have trouble with some letters of our alphabet (you know the old stereotypes: Asians can't say "L" or "R" in the right places, The French can't say "H"...) so it's best to use your ear - which ultimately is the the best tool in any musicians box. I will say though - that accents to me are like music. I can Immitate different styles and dialects - and have fun doing it - but I never try and pass one off as my own - to me - it's all about authenticity.
Why does Sean Kingston sing with a jamaican accent, yet talk with an american accent?
Although he was born in Miami, Florida, he was predominantly raised in Kingston, Jamaica, after moving there at the age of six.His stage name pays homage to Kingston, Jamaica.
Why do Meg & Dia sing with an accent that's not American, when they are American?
Not every american has an american accent...some Mexicans are born here but learn spanish before english and have an accent. They are also of korean decent so perhaps they got their accent from their parents? & I've never really heard any accent in their music...sounds fine to me
Why do singers from the UK have such thick UK accents when they talk (think Noel and Liam Gallagher, Queen, Bono, Elton John, etc), but when they sing their accent has vanished?
I don’t have an answer to your actual question, I just feel compelled to comment that Bono is categorically not from the UK. It’s the other island nearby that he hails from. Check it out on an atlas. It’s called Ireland. The Gallaghers are also of Irish descent.Brought up In Manchester though. Which is in the UK. Liam sings with a Mancunian accent in my opinion. If not that then one he’s made up and is entirely unique to him.Farrokh Bulsara aka Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar’s capital, grew up in the UK and is of Parsi descent. Without getting technical about it – feel free to do a search – he had more teeth than the average. Which may go some way to explaining his particular vocal stylings. Freddie believed so in any case and refused to have the condition corrected.As for Elton he just sounds like….well, Elton. Who else?
Why can you hear an accent in someone when they speak, but not when they sing?
When a young child learns their “mother tongue”, he or she will do so by listening to the way it is spoken and then replicating the same sound. The patterns of pronunciation are quite strongly embedded and show through when they attempt (as an adult) to speak another language. This is because the new words are learned “intellectually rather than organically”, through the filter of the speaker’s mother tongue. One of the most obvious traits of an accent is the application of different rules for stressing syllables. As an example the Japanese city where the first atom bomb was dropped was called (when I was a lad) Hi-ro-shi-ma (with a strong stress on the third syllable). At some time, it was decided that the standard (Anglicised) pronunciation would be Hi-ro-shi-ma. In fact, neither approximate the Japanese Hi-ro-shi-ma, with no stressed syllables, but this stressing pattern is foreign to the English speaker and is therefore not used.Now think about learning to sing a song. We not only have to learn the words, we have the learn the rhythm and the tune. In fact, for most singers, we learn the all three by memory by mimicking the sound we hear on a recording. This is particularly likely when we are singing in a foreign language. I can remember, as an eight year old, singing happily along to “Sur le pont D’Avignon” and “Auprès de ma blonde”, long before I had any idea what the words meant (or how they were written).My theory is that, when we learn a song, we “trick’ the brain and use the mimicking technique we used as small children.Lastly a multi-cultural story. I was once in Jakarta, Indonesia with some German colleagues (I being Australian). We went to a Mexican restaurant where a Filipino band entertained (?) us with an (endless) supply of American country and western songs. They sounded as though they had just landed on the last flight from Memphis. I (somewhat bravely) went up to the leader of the band during the break to ask whether they had anything other than country and western, at which it became absolutely clear that they neither spoke nor understood even one word of English.So when you want to speak with a passably good accent in a second language, learn to listen to the rhythm and the tune of the language. It helps a lot.
British accents gone when British singers sing?
British accents are spoken from the front of the mouth, American accents are spoken further back...I'm not sure how to explain it, has to do with how you form your vowels. But when you sing, you generally sing further back, which is why it might sound like British singers sing with American accents. I read it somewhere but I can't remember how they explained it, try talking with both accents and maybe you'll see what I mean.