That version of Wither on the Karoke thread was pretty good. 90/10 pitch wise which in my opinion is grand.
In my opinion thats insanely good!
Matt
grand, insanely good, all great ways to say,
I was getting at the 90/10 typo
But, back on topic...
I think the best advice I can offer you is to develop a practice routine. It goes the same for all instruments including the voice. Have a strict schedule everyday but mix things up so it doesn't begin to bore you. Always start with a warm up and finish with a warm down (if that makes sense
), then spend a certain amount of time on one exercise before moving onto the next - keep the timings of each exercise strict so it is a productive session. Break up each session by slipping in some time singing basic songs - as you begin to improve you can exchange the songs for harder ones. One tip is to record each time you sing and play it back to yourself and criticise it so you have it clear in your head which areas you need to work on. Save these recordings and listen back to them in a few months against a newer recording of the same song to see where you have improved. Structure, routine and evaluation are all key things in learning and improving.
I would also forget about trying to sing any difficult songs at this time, which pretty much encompasses the whole DT catalog. To put it in perspective, imiagine for one minute you want to learn to play guitar, do you think you would start by trying to play the 'Under a Glass Moon' solo, or any pertucci solo (or rhythm part for that matter) ? No you wouldn't, believe me, when I started playing guitar I thought it looked easy after watching JP play on the Scenes from NY dvd, turns out its not at all as easy as it looks - much the same with singing. I always said the first song I would learn on guitar would be Pull Me Under because it was the first DT song I heard, after ~3 years I could play just about everything but the solo. The same as I couldn't play a DT song straight off I wouldn't expect many people to be able to belt out Innocence Faded on the spot having never sung in their life.
Now, I understand that you have sung before and apparently you were better before your 'vocal injury', but I would suggest forgetting everything you know, start from the basics and importantly, get a reputable vocal coach if you can afford it. Additionally, forget YouTube, Vimeo, etc. even exist - if you keep on posting videos to the standard you have been then they will probably go viral (yeah you'd become marginally famous for your singing, but not for the right reasons!)
I realise I've probably repeated alot of what has already been said but anyhoo, good luck! There has been some awesome advice given in this thread - use it!!
tl;dr version:
develop a practice routine, forget about singing DT or anything like it for the time being, start again from the basics, get a reputable teacher, take on board the advice in this thread - its good and its free!
Matt