How about the fact that when Metallica released their debut album in 1983, mainstream rock radio wouldn’t touch them? They released their next album in 1984 and again, radio wouldn’t touch them. They released their third album in 1986 and still radio said no to Metallica. Metallica were making music that was considered that uncommercial. In addition to that, they hadn’t made one video for MTV. Who else has gotten so big with that kind of a start? That third album, Master of Puppets is now certified platinum six times over in the United States of America. Metallica have a whole lot of gold and platinum records to their credit now and really, the other thing that separates them from many artists their size is just how few artists their size there are! If you look to some of the classic bands of the 60s and 70s who are still around, you can find the occasional band that compares in size. The Rolling Stones have had even more commercial success than Metallica, but the Stones are rock royalty and bands of their stature are very few and far between. Only a handful of bands in rock music are as big or bigger than Metallica and not one of them started out as a thrash metal band! It was only with 1988’s …And Justice For All that they made a video for MTV for One. Of course, the video for One did incredibly well. It was ranked at #1 on MTV not long after it started getting played. One was also their first song that any of the big rock radio stations would play in regular rotation and eve then, there were some markets were rock radio wouldn’t play One. Those rock stations that still wouldn’t play Metallica finally gave in when in 1991, Metallica released what is known as “the Black album.” That’s the album where Metallica took a creative risk, deviating from the style that had made them stars despite the lack of help from radio. The Black album took Metallica from stardom to megastardom. To date, it has sold over thirty million copies. It’s not thrash metal album but compared to other albums that have sold in excess of 30 million copies, there is nothing close to it in heaviness.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍? Fall is here, the season of change. That means a lot is changing for us, and it’s an exciting time for us all in the Rock Singing Success community. Fall has often been viewed as a season for reevaluating our goals, intentions, ambitions, habits, and the life patterns we’ve fallen into. While everything around us is transitioning, and nostalgia is filling the air, it’s a time of reflection and of choices for what’s to come. In that respect, it’s an invocation for beginnings, where the old has had its season and the new is being sewn. 𝐼 𝐻𝐼𝐺𝐻𝐿𝑌 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠. Once you watch it, please share with us what you’re re-evaluating and the new beginnings you’re currently planting seeds for. 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔? For the RSS team, we have multiple things in the works, taking us beyond the times where we only focused on 1:1 coaching. This year, we launched this community, a podcast, and started releasing shorts/reels. That was a start, more of a test period. Now that we have real feedback and data to look at, we’re able to evaluate where we’re at and what comes next. We have multiple things in the works. We’re over half way through the creation of a new high-end group program. But unlike most group programs, this is one you have to be accepted into and where every person in the group gets one-on-one coaching from myself and other coaches on our team. We can hardly wait to share the details with you! We’re also looking at specific ways to expand our free content as well as certain types of guests in our podcast that we’re sure you’ll be excited about. But it to ensure this is all high-value for you, it takes time, money, and a LOT of work behind the scenes. For now, we see it as a season of change, and we’re planting the seeds for the new. 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏 𝐔𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏 𝐘𝐎𝐔! As this community is still small, please ask me questions while you have direct access to me and my team. I love to help when and where I can!

Okay so I sing with people all around the world all the time, so I found this chick. I've isolated her voice and clipped the file so it's only like 30 seconds. but it's an example of the type of distortion I would like to be in control of. cuz what I have at the moment is okay but it's not this, I think I just got like fry going on ig? But this is like some I don't know they make it look so easy like they're not really struggling at all to do it but it sounds fucking brutal God damn anyway here's the example yeah anything or any direction you think you can send me or any helpful material would be fantastic thank you 🙏🏾

You say you want to learn to sing, but you won't practice. You know you need help, yet you won't ask for it. You ask for advice...and then you reject it. You sign up to participate, but you lurk in the shadows where you think it's safe, where you think nobody will notice your lack of progress. You want to push your boundaries and see what ya got, you want to walk the edge of the precipice, but you're afraid to fall, so you back away slowly, hoping nobody notices your indecision, your fear of failure and your unwillingness to fully commit. You want to drink from ecstasy's cup, yet you won't imbibe. You say you want to become great, but in attaining greatness, there's a certain price that must be paid. One must be willing to give up...a bit of one's self. Helping others become better makes you better. You like the idea of becoming great at something that demands you expose your innermost vulnerabilities, but you cower at the thought of actually exposing the very insecurities that make you need this so badly. Or do you? Do you just kind of want this...or do you need it with every fiber of your being? At some point, a choice must be made. You're either willing to give it all ya got or you're not. There's a reason why the top 1% is only comprised of one percent. It takes the overcomer. It takes the individual who refuses to be deterred. It takes the individual who's willing to pay the price and risk coming up short again and again, because the potential reward is so great. Nothing worth having in life comes easy and free. Hell, if it did, we'd all be smiling.

This is the introductions thread. Say hi, tell us where you’re from and what you’re all about! In your introduction, answer these 3 questions: ➡️ What is your name? ➡️ What is your current music project and vision? ➡️ What moment made you want to pursue being a rock singer? We can’t wait to meet you!