My name is Selene Sol and I’m the vocalist of the heavy metal band Farmacy!
2. What/who made you want to sing?
My inspiration to become a singer is the influences and outlet music had for myself. I would like
to give that very same thing to others.
3. Who was the first singer you saw live that gave you chills?
Maria Brink, vocalist of In This Moment.
4. Many people say heavy music is just screaming. How would you combat that statement?
I came across folks who don’t like heavy music due to the distortion vocals. I think if these
people understood what it really takes to perform these techniques would have at least an
appreciation for it. They’re too quickly to judge due to them thinking that it really is just
“screaming” and that’s just not true!
5. If you growl or do harsh vocals, how do you keep your voice after such violent
performances?
I start the day with warming up by humming, making unorthodox sounds and lots of hydration.
Once I’m warmed up, I practice vocal rest until the performance. During performance, it helps to
have practiced good breath support and technique to not use my vocals in the wrong way. I’ve
taken lessons from Mary Zimmer of Voice Hacks. Post performance, more vocal rest! Also,
trying to use my vocals everyday helps keep me sharp.
6. Do you have a warm up routine?
I do neck stretches, tongue stretches, face stretches and start vocalizing by slowly warming up
with humming and doing scales. Then I wake up my voice by doing operatic warm ups. I also
use a cup of water and a straw if I’m needing to quickly warm up in public.
7. Do you think power or performance is more important?
Both are equally important and both would come with one or the other.
8. Who do you think gets unfair vocal praise, someone the world thinks is great but is
not/and who is great but does not get the credit?
I don’t think anyone gets unfair praise or underpraised.
9. Name your top 5 vocalists
Maria Brink
Tatiana Shmaylyuk
Amy Lee
Alissa White-Gluz
Mary Zimmer
10. Micheal Buble or Jim Gallette? Just testing your skills here.
I don’t know either. I was able to find a live performance of Micheal Buble during a hockey
game. He did an amazing job!
11. Who do you love to listen to that would surprise people?
Tech N9ne
12. If you could remove the autotune from any singer, who would it be?
Faheem Rasheed Najm AKA T-PAIN! He is a great singer without it! Loved him in the masked
singer!
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