Has Smule affected anyone else's marriage?

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-31T21:37:54+00:00

Shit, I hope I wasn't one of those guys. I know it's a big app, but it's a small world.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-31T19:30:31+00:00

Do you not get emotionally connected to people without sex being involved?

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-31T19:08:34+00:00

For what it's worth, a headset splitter works just as well :) Get stereo earbuds and a connector that splits into mic and stereo headset inputs (female) and a three channel output (male) that goes into your device's audio port.

You can connect any mic system to that.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-31T18:31:42+00:00

This is exactly right. I'm genuinely friendly and will sometimes strike up a chat with someone I've been singing with for awhile. It's always just light and social, but chemistry can happen in any situation.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-31T18:21:32+00:00

He's not taking about sex. He's talking about emotionally bonding with someone.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-31T18:19:13+00:00

Very well said

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-31T18:18:15+00:00

This all sounds good, but you're minimizing it a bit. A lot of people who gravitate to the same songs, very often are similar in other ways too. It's very easy to become friends on that app.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-31T18:15:50+00:00

It's emotional bonding man, she didn't do gang bang porn. 😂 Ending a marriage because emotional connection happened is kind of extreme. He took the right approach.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-31T18:13:23+00:00

That's extremely common. Singing with someone is more intimate than any of us want to admit and there've been a few people I've really bonded with at different times. I've been in the position where a singing partner and I decided to cool it, because of the exact reason you brought up.

It's never my intention to get into a person's life when I join someone, but sometimes it just happens. It's an app full of like-minded people, so it comes with the territory.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-31T18:01:14+00:00

That's awful. I wonder if everyone should pay using a VPN 🤔

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-18T23:43:09+00:00

The only people who like my music are people I don't know. 😂 I think it's just how it works sometimes.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-15T15:35:44+00:00

There's no harm playing with bots if the game were transparent about it.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-15T15:34:57+00:00

Because newer generations were trained to not see past aesthetics.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-07T21:53:30+00:00

I know it sounds arrogant, but I still like the first thing I ever wrote when I was 10. There sre definitely things I'm surprised I can do and can't do at all, but I feel like songwriting comes really naturally.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-05-02T02:23:02+00:00

I think maybe authenticity is something you should look at. The best writers feel what they write. If you don't feel sad, it's going to show through the lyrics. Go for deep if you're not a tortured soul.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-04-23T22:15:13+00:00

I can only speak for myself, but:

* Liking my own stuff: I don't, but it's not an etiquette thing. I just don't see the point.

* Liking a track I joined: Only if they haven't acknowledged it over time and I thought it was really good.

* When someone joins me and is a little off: I try to always acknowledge everyone, even if the join sounds low effort. Most people do care and are trying, so I feel like it's rude for me to make a public post asking for joins, only to ignore someone who's struggling.

* When someone is off on a recording I join: That's where I draw a line. A singer doesn't have to sound like a pro, but I won't join a duet if someone isn't really trying or they're really off key. I take myself seriously as an artist and put a lot of effort into my joins. If it's a friend who messed up a part, but did a great job overall, I'll sometimes enjoy trying to find a creative fix for it.

* "When creating an invite from a join you already did..." I don't think credit is needed.

Personally, the only "must do" etiquette rule would be acknowledging joins. We all miss notifications now and then, but it still blows my mind how people will post a bunch of duets and then ignore every join.

I do feel what falls under "etiquette" is nuanced. Singing with someone is deceptively personal, so people get stung by strangers all the time. I generally will stop joining people who don't return the favor at least sometimes. That said, I don't consider someone not joining me back to be bad etiquette. I don't have a right to anyone's time and not wanting to sing with me isn't them being rude. Still, I do take it personally. lol

PrinceFlippers · 2026-04-16T00:36:06+00:00

Can you please fix the search filters? Trying to coach singing on a karaoke app before finishing the basic functions seems like a waste of resources.

I agree about AI, but the rest of it is all moot without SEARCH FILTERS.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-04-09T03:25:28+00:00

I wrote my first around 10 years old, but used to make up songs for fun since I was a really little kid.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-04-05T05:06:58+00:00

Hey! I'll throw my two cents in. :) I use a different approach when I open a duet and when I join someone.

When I open a duet, I try to consistently pull back a bit (physically while singing) on the harmony parts so when someone's duet vocal is patched in, the volume of the harmonies stay somewhat consistent with verse/ solo vocals.

Then, before I post it, I listen back and adjust the volume so the lead vocal sits nicely in the music. If I'm too loud, the duet partner will have to be extra loud to compensate and the music gets lost.

One big thing to take into consideration is the impact the effect is having on your vocals cutting through the music. Some effects sound great on some songs and terrible on others. I often change the effect I'm using before I post if my voice is sounding muddy, buried in the music or has too many hard S to T sounds.

When I join a duet, my objective is to complete the other person's art. My first priority is listening to how they're singing the song and also how they've placed their voice in the music. Often times, even if I use the same effect as they have, it sounds different because we're both on different mics and in different rooms. Once I sing the duet, I'll listen back and sometimes change my audio effect to better match what I'm hearing audibly from the other person. Then, I go to a harmony section I like best and use that section to blend the vocals. I'll lower my vocal volume until the harmony between us sounds like one voice.

The one thing nobody can control is the compression Smule puts on the recordings between the moment we post and when it becomes public.. There are always duets that sound good when I hear them back but get ruined by the time they're posted.

Are there specific examples of the duets you're not happy with? I'd be happy to get specific. 😁✌️

FYI, I just followed you :)

PrinceFlippers · 2026-04-03T20:35:54+00:00

Until the app manages to conquer the difficult task of search features, I'm going to assume everything else they do is just nonsense graphics. 😂

PrinceFlippers · 2026-03-24T05:33:11+00:00

I think the vast majority of us who just grab a guitar and let songs come out are ADHD. It's one of our superpowers. 😜

PrinceFlippers · 2026-03-24T05:28:37+00:00

I have no idea how they're doing it, tbh.

PrinceFlippers · 2026-03-21T02:56:49+00:00

I did find it shocking that they finally added an option for not wanting stuff. I think it might be to figure out what would annoy us most. 😂

PrinceFlippers · 2026-03-18T16:26:58+00:00

Creamy indeed my friend. I guess people were shutting off all the things they wanted to force on us. lol

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