Gonna be starting a band soon, will be the only guitarist there.

>I sound like shit compared to... Thom Yorke
You've set the bar pretty low for yourself. Practice crying into the mic and add some echo to it.

>>17228524
lmao nice1 i kekd

>1. How do I improve my singing? I don't feel like it's bad, I think it's around average/a bit above average, but I sound like shit compared to Alex Turner, Thom Yorke, Dave Grohl, or Matthew Bellamy. How do I improve my voice to be really good?

The same way anyone else does, find some way of learning. I can't contain the amount of knowledge you would need to learn in this post. Find a teacher, or watch some videos online, something like that. Practice a lot. Recognize that your voice is an instrument as well, and should have some melody that's reasonably distinct from the rest of the instrumentation. That means rhythmically just as much as it means melodically. Also, if you're gonna have idols, have better ones.

>2. How do I think of lyrics? All of the lyrics I think of are either 3edgy5me or too melodramatic for an Ed Sheeran song. Is it necessary to get knocked up to think of non-shitty and good lyrics?

A good way to start is to maintain an objective tone. Rather than just having a three minute political rant with guitars over it, go into detail about a setting that shows some problem or larger societal issue you see. And rather jerking off about your sadness and depression, describe some situation that may make one depressed/uncomfortable. Lou Reed was a shitty singer for the most part, but if there was one thing he was good at it was lyrics. Heroin for example doesn't mention sadness at all, and it's not even told from the perspective of the singer, but at the same time it's incredibly somber. If you want to go beyond that into sung poetry, start reading a shitton.

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>>17228567
Thanks for the informative post, that helped me go in the right direction. I have a few questions though.

>Also, if you're gonna have idols, have better ones.
This isn't a question but what's wrong with mine? I admit Dave and Thom aren't exactly good (like the first post pointed out) but I really dig Alex and Matt's singing in their respective band.
>If you want to go beyond that into sung poetry, start reading a shitton.
Where do I start? I've despised poetry ever since I was young, because I never saw a point to it.

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1)don't try to emulate any other singer, you'l just sound like a shitty version of them. How alex turner, thom york, etc sound shouldn't be how you measure your signing. A lot of professional get vocal training, it can do a lot for you if you have that option. If not, Keep practicing different songs to further your vocal training, and it will get better with time. If you keep it up, in a year you be surprised at how much better you sound in comparison.

2) Lyrics can be a pain in the ass to write without proper motivation, i often go through 30 or 40 songs to find 10 solid ones. Again practice is key here, the more you write the better you will be(not 3edgy5me). It's important to take advantage of any thought clouds of lyrics or a song concept you have, and expand on it. writing lyrics for me is just take thought clouds or inklings of how i feel about a certain person/situation and running with it. Just don't get too emo with it, or throw yourself a pity party via song.

good luck anon, you'l kill it

>>17228625
>This isn't a question but what's wrong with mine? I admit Dave and Thom aren't exactly good (like the first post pointed out) but I really dig Alex and Matt's singing in their respective band.
Alex and Matt are alright. It was specifically Thom I thought was a weird choice. But that's all personal taste, I guess.

>Where do I start? I've despised poetry ever since I was young, because I never saw a point to it.
Then you might not want to do sung poetry. If you do, just start reading some famous author. They usually have at least average prose. Go on from there.