Hey guys, welcome to Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy, and I’m here to say something and that’s this:
Don’t.
Stop.
Singing.
Don’t stop singing!
Let me tell you why.
I’m going to share a little bit of my testimony with you and hopefully this will inspire you.
When I was about four years old, I remember an old TV show called the Rat Patrol, and
I think it was about a few allied soldiers that were taking on the Germans during World
War II, or whatever. It was one of those (Machine gun sound simulations) you know, kind of world
war two shows.
But they had some cool theme songs in it, and so, as a little, little kid, I’d run
downstairs and I grab my uncle’s ukulele and then I’d run upstairs in the attic and
then try to bash out, you know, what ever I thought I was hearing.
I’m sure as a four-year-old, I can imagine it was blood he awful, of course, but it started
my fire to want to become a musician.
To want to sing.
To want to do this.
For a living, or whatever it was.
It was a dream.
It was just me wanting to share my heart and my story.
Right?
Well it started a chain reaction.
That chain reaction was that I picked up the guitar, and I played it for a lot of years.
I started going to concerts, then I joined the band, and ultimately I end up into a crazy,
wild ride of several decades of a career that I would not change for anything in the world.
In fact, there’s an old saying: “Do something that you love, and you’ll never
have to work a day in your life.”
Now that doesn’t mean that maybe everyone wants to become a professional singer and
do this, or maybe it does mean that.
Maybe you just want to sing karaoke, or for your church, or at a wedding, or for your
girlfriend, whatever that is…
But I encourage you guys: DON'T STOP SINGING!
Now the reason I’m telling you this story is because when the going gets tough…
And it will get tough!
The tough…
Get going!
Right?
And I want you to remember, thinking back, to those first moments of what inspired you
to want to sing to begin with.
Well, one of the reasons, I hope, is because you have your own unique story.
No one has your story.
Nobody.
Nobody’s had the experiences and the things you’ve gone through that you can re-present
or tell, from your own perspective, your own life’s perspective on how you can share
that with the world.
Well, I truly believe that that’s why people have gravitated towards me, because I was
honest and I just shared my story.
I wasn’t trying to, you know, embellish anything, I just said hey this is what’s
going on.
Even to the extent, you know we talked about when the tough gets going.
Let’s talk about that for a second, cause you know, it’s not always easy.
I remember early on, like I said I started playing guitar when I was six and I dabbled
in singing a little more when I was nine.
I didn’t even take my voice seriously until I was about19 years old, professionally speaking.
But I remember that, as I had this band, early, one of the first bands that I, my own band
that I formed, called ”Revival”…
They wanted to kick me out of the band!
Cause I wasn’t good enough at playing lead guitar.
Straight up!
I’m telling you straight up!
I was 16, I think.
And I was, I'm like, well wait a minute!
I own the P.A.
, I’m booking the shows, you guys want to kick me out of my- probably sounded like Jack
Black “You can’t Kick Me Out of The Band!” you know!
But it’s a straight-up true story, right?
From there I had a couple other, you know, musical encounters and I joined another band,
a semi-quasi professional band when I was around 19, and they relegated me to rhythm guitar
and wouldn’t let me sing at all, other than some background vocals.
But again, I remember that spark.
I remember what first thing that inspired me.
I remember people going man you have a nice voice or man I love that or that really touched
me, that meant something to me, or me just being able to tell my story, which was awesome!
So I dug in my heels, I opened up my eyes, I wiped away the frustration, and I said “You
know what?
I just want to do this because I love it!
I don’t care what people think!
I’m going to tell my story!”
So the road to great singing is long.
It’s not easy.
Sometimes discouraging, despite what some people might tell you.
But in the end, I can honestly say it is well, well worth it.
Now, I hope, for my Singing Academy, and some of this stuff that I do here at Ken Tamplin
Vocal Academy to inspire you guys,
I have a singing course called How To Sing Better Than Anyone Else.
I share all of my life’s experiences.
Everything that is, you know 40 years or 35 some-odd years of what it’s taken me to
become the singer and the guitar player that I’ve become over the years.
I’ve poured this into a singing course called How To Sing Better Than Anyone Else.
It’s not for everybody, because I’m not going to promise you that you're gonna do something
for two weeks and be awesome at it.
It doesn’t work that way.
But if you’re willing to put in the time, it’s so worth it!
Because you practiced, you persisted, and you prevailed!
Right?
So, here’s to many more years of great singing!
God bless all you guys!
Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy, where the proof.
Is in.
The singing.
Thank you for joining me.