Oct 11, 1. Age: 34 Posts: Hopefully you guys can talk me out of a new pet peeve with country music God knows I don't need another one. For the posters in other countries, I honestly can't tell you what is indicative of an American accent, I'm afraid I'm a bit too used to it. Though some Irish bands still sound Irish like Flogging Molly, but I don't know if that's because their music still has a lot of Ireland in it.
However, there are southern accents all over country music. I get that most of the artists are southern, and I'm not pretending that I don't speak with my own but of a drawl, but as far as I could guess in that I'm not a singer , the accents should disappear while they are singing.
Does it have anything to do with singing through the nose? Or is it just another way to make sure that the listener knows good and well that they are, in fact, listening to a country song I mean, there aren't many other ways to tell anymore so far as I can tell? Are there just certain aspects of some accents that make their way into singing? Again, I'm not a singer so I don't know.
The first time I notice Keith Urban singing with a southern accent, I'm organizing a protest march downtown. Oct 11, 2. Point of clarification; it's not that the accent bothers me that would be hypocritical , it's the idea I have now developed that it is often artificially placed within the song in an effort to sound more 'country' that is bothering me.
Oct 11, 3. Posts: 1, That is the primary reason I don't like "new" country. Those accents are so fake! It's part of the corporate checklist. Stick a hat on you, give you a Tele, try to sound like Garth trying to sound like a southerner trying to sound like a Token Redneck. It disgusts me. Just look back at all the old country stars and you will rarely detect an obnoxious accent like these modern troubadors.
And similarly to what Di Paolo had to say about mirroring and accommodation, according to Gregory, he was unintentionally modelling his performances after others. So I think when I started getting in the studio and stuff, it just kind of came out a little subconsciously," Gregory said. As Gregory grows with his craft, and continues to forge his artistic identity, he said his accent is starting to wane. Instead, it's an affected and deliberate choice, he said, acquired to integrate his own music into the genre.
While it has attracted some criticism — as a musician living in Vancouver, Prichett said he has sometimes been accused of being a poser — to him, the accent is simply an extension of being a performer.
That's what we're here for; we're a form of entertainment," Pritchett said. I just pick up little words here and there. And according to Di Paolo, as susceptible as we are to slipping into unconscious speech patterns, we are also capable of intentionally putting on a vocal "performance" that is more conscious.
The hairstyle notwithstanding, Keith quickly became a chart-topper on Australian country radio. And I sort of made the decision that I could stay in Australia and keep building my career. But the minute you go to Nashville, you start all over again anyway. So if I'm going to starve, and pay my dues in Nashville, let's go. Let's start it now and not in five or 10 years. He started paying, alright. As soon as Keith began pounding the Nashville pavement in , he found out his hard-driving, hybrid live performances were a little much for Music City.
You tend to start performing with a certain conviction and a certain energy. So that's what I was performing with when I got to Nashville, which just freaked them out, you know. A short-lived stint with a band called The Ranch did not raise the barn roof. And after six years of struggling in Nashville, some wondered if Keith Urban might drive off the country road.
I gotten through many difficult times thinking about that phrase. Because it is easy to start feeling like you need to conform a little more. And the fact that I'm odd is just going against me constantly. And so I can either conform and get in or I just be an outcast all the time. But you also got to be true to yourself. But that was getting harder to do. By the late 90s, Keith wasn't getting any gigs and the little money he had left was going towards cocaine.
It was just a really pathetically easy escape mechanism for me. I didn't have the luxury of being able to drive to my parent's house. I was at a time too when I felt like there really wasn't anybody in town that I trusted. I think I also discovered that as embarrassing as it is, an enormous amount of my confidence as a person was derived from playing live.
And when that got taken away, I suddenly started to have this massive lack of confidence. It's pretty shaky to begin with, you know. His cocaine addiction lasted two years, until one Monday morning when he says something had changed.
BrettS June 9, pm. Melissa June 9, pm. Having moved around a lot, I can say that accents are a funny thing. I gotta say, it made singing country music more fun! And it probably would if I sang, or was around someone else with an accent. I wonder too if someone from Michigan, etc.
Drake O. June 9, pm. Anna June 9, pm. They both talk with a very thick accent. And maybe it does come in a little thicker when they are singing, but I also think that anybody might do that depending on the content in the song. I think accents also vary on where in a certain state you grew up. Almost everyone who grew up in the deep south is gonna have an accent. I think those smaller towns, which are probably also more poor, are gonna sound different then someone who lives in a bigger city.
Randy June 9, pm. One of the worst lately for me is a young guy from Virginia named JJ Lawhorn. Here is a good example:. Wes June 10, am. Yep, JJ Lawhorn is pretty bad. He has a huge following on social media and lots of fans.
Loves to tell you how country he is. CAH June 9, pm. Most people think I have a funny accent, particularly when I am in the mid-west visiting relatives, or in New York, California, Florida, etc. Mel Tillis had a pretty serious stutter when he spoke, and completely lost said stutter when he sang. I have listened to country music since I was born and when I sing it I hear an accent emerge that I picked up singing along for so long.
Something I slip into without realizing it when talking too. Albert June 9, pm. Charlie June 10, am. BwareDWare94 June 9, pm. All you have to do is listen to a live video from years ago and he sings with much less twang than he does now. KC June 10, am. First of all, let me say that I am not a fan of Justin Moores music. His accent is definitely real. Justin speaks with a pretty thick Arkansas accent, which can definitely sound almost like a caricature of a country accent to someone who is not familiar to the area.
My moms accent would probably require subtitles of she were on TV. His music sucks, but the guys accent is real. BassManMatt June 10, am. To touch upon the notion of when people get to Nashville and suddenly have southern accents.. I know a couple of people like that, myself. Sometimes it may be forced, but sometimes it may just been an absorption of environment. Spend a few days with an Irishman and by the time the week is done you might find yourself with a new vocal inflection or two.
I would also like to point out that the country accent is not at all limited to the south.. You would swear you were in the stickest of the sticks somewhere in the deep south. Joseph June 10, am. J June 10, pm. Keith Urban has a fairly strong Australian accent, which never comes through in his songs.
Camie jo June 10, pm. TX Music Jim June 10, pm.
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