Screaming but I'm not telling him to give up his dreams just because he can't scream. Screaming isn't used in most music genres either so...

I'd let nature take its course and enjoy the cringe.

I would attempt to help the person discover their true talent and then encourage them in it without discouraging them in their ludicrous, ridiculous, moronic pipe dream.

Perhaps I would give the idiotic fool a book about self awareness.

I would actually support them, because If I tried saying they suck ass at a certain topic I would just feel like a dick.

I'd never tell them to give up. If I didn't feel like they were good enough, I'd tell them to practice, not to give up.

I would train him to sing like Andy Williams but in a Kermit the Frog voice.

Being a horrible singer has not stop people from being succesful, so I just say cool, good luck with that.

All of the above, also if he's over the age of 25 or anything less than very attractive then even if he's a good singer he shouldn't consider it realistic to do anything more than sing at weddings.

Yeah, I don't think being wanting to be a singer is a promising dream in general if I'm being honest.

@aka_aka_aka_ak:

So you mean have a pretty face are important than actually skills?

Gifted voice, but I wouldn't tell them.

I mean, I do tell them now, I just wouldn't tell them if they wanted to be a singer.

Real friends don't lie to eachother, if he sucks in an area I'll tell him.

But then again real friends might tell him what he wants to hear, encourage him to go on a singing show like the X-Factor and make an ass out of himself for entertainment value. That's always a solid option.

@socajunkie: there's a difference between not telling someone they suck and telling them to go embarrass themselves on an international scale.

Yeah but it's kinda funny.

@socajunkie: that's true.

I'd probably suggest professional vocal coaching and let them tell her she sucks.

It's not a matter of which is more important, you need both. Given that for pop style music there are thousands of people as talented as they need to be, you need some sort of appeal beyond your voice. Most often this manifests as being attractive, which is why most famous singers are attractive and the ones that aren't attractive have other sorts of appeal.

If you're less than very attractive and don't have any other obvious appeal then there's nothing to sort you from the other 100,000 people who are just as talented as you.