 In this episode we're gonna be talking about the secrets to making songs that people can truly relate to. So many things are factors when it comes to making music that's relatable but without this key factor I feel like none of the other ones even matter if your vocals do not connect with the listener then it won't even really matter what what your lyrics say in my opinion. So today we're gonna be talking about why it is important to have passion and emotion in your vocals and we are also going to be giving you guys some actionable steps that you can take to improve your vocal delivery. Let's go let's face it if if a song comes on and you aren't able to connect with that artist's voice then you probably are not going to become a fan. You probably won't be able to relate to that music that's why it is so important to have passion in your vocal delivery and convey emotions with doing so. When I listen to a song I not only want to hear the lyrics but I want to feel the lyrics. A lot of artists will submit to my stream and the beat will be nice the the levels of the vocals the mix will be clean but it's just not believable like I just don't believe what they're saying they don't have that that passion or that emotion in their voice and and it just doesn't connect. The main reason for that is that there's no emotion there's no passion in the vocal delivery so so when there's no passion or no emotion it's hard to it's hard to connect with that artist. The first time I heard Tupac I was seven years old and I can still remember how I felt when when I heard that artist's voice I can still remember the way that his music would excite me and and I can still remember the passion and every one of his lines and the emotion and all of his lyrics. When we write in music we need to understand what type of feeling we want people to have when they listen to that then we can try to convey those emotions into our vocal delivery and then convey them emotions into that song. If you want somebody to feel sad when they listen to that specific song those are the type of emotions you need to stir up before you record it. Do whatever you have to do to put yourself in that emotional state even if you have to think back on some of your darkest moments or or be on the brink of tears if you put that passion and emotion into the recording when people hear that they're going to feel it. So let's talk about some actionable steps y'all can take to improve your vocal delivery. One make sure you guys memorize your lyrics. If you memorize your lyrics your delivery is going to be strong. Everything that we do takes brain power so when we're looking at a piece of paper trying to read some lyrics that's going to take power and energy away from our vocal performance so make sure you memorize your lyrics so you can devote 100% energy to your vocal performance and you could really get in the zone and really let loose. Number two rehearse the more times that y'all rehearse the performance the more comfortable you're going to be the more you can experiment and ultimately the better the vocal delivery going to be. So I suggest rehearsing your lyrics 25 to 50 times before recording it rehearsing the mirror rehearse for family for friends rehearse for strangers just rehearse. And number three every time you go into the vocal booth to record picture yourself on stage performing for a packed stadium. You get down to record and ask yourself what's that vocal performance good enough to rock a crowd of 50,000 people. If you can't answer yes to that question then go back and rerecord the vocals. All right y'all that's it for today thank you all so much for checking us out and don't forget to head over to crockpotcartel.com and submit your music for a free review and if you need help writing songs head over to songwriting assistant and check out our songwriting wizard.