yay more advice!

[thehomicidalmusician]

next topic of advice fellas: playing while singing, simplify the lyric or the riff? or no sacrifice at all. also, tips? ideas, thoughts?

[GPW]

Lots of Practice !!!!  Gets easy after a while ... 

[Frankengruven]

Dirt simple finger style sometimes bridges  the gap between vocal rhythm  and guitar rhythm.  Sounds counter-intuitive, but it works.  Try Dylan's "Don't Think Twice"  as an example, then work your way up to some Simon and Garfunkle, and you'll be doing it on autopilot.

[rdsstudio]

practice i think. for myself it helps when i learn the guitar riff to the point im not having think about playing guitar, just kind of letting my hands do the playing. then i attempt to place the vocals with it. i suggest becoming comfortable with your guitar part where your not thinking about playing, only when you have to transition. hope it helps

[Mud Shrimp Moe]

If you have to short cut either the vocals or the guitar part, then maybe you shouldn't perform the song.  I sing in my band, but there are some difficult tunes that I can't properly play (on bass) and sing at the same time.  Either another singer in the band sings lead, or we don't do the song.

Practice can fix a LOT of this.  But then again, there's a reason some bands have dedicated singers.  Some tunes are nearly impossible to play faithfully while simultaneously singing faithfully.

[breakfastime]

Slow down and practice the trouble spots.  Figure out how you need to syncopate the picking and the singing in order to make it flow smoothly.  Once you unlock this part, keep practicing until you're up to the right tempo.  It won't happen overnight.

[Chris]

Start with a very simple song, and work your way up. Blister in the sun by the violent fems was the first one I learned.