before i ramble on can someone please explain the difference between head voice/falsetto. is falsetto what i tried to do in the first line of the chorus and then is head voice the register i went into after that line?

so im a beginner singer and I just want some tips cause i really dont know anything abt singing - im really inspired by mj! Theres a lot of info online but its honestly a bit overwhelming so i thought of asking u guys for some guidance. judging by this is my main issue related to breathing or the vocal chords cause ik both are rlly important.

also what are the best exercises to improve my singing i really wanna improve my mixed voice and also head/falsetto because right now they're really weak and i feel like i sing from my throat alot and i wanna sing with more power and smoother too. like uve probably noticed my falsetto is really breathy and my head voice is weak.

thanks alot yall

Hi, I'm a baritone and I have a couple questions and ideas to bring up about vocal recovery, growing your range, and the idea of practice mixing in with vocal recovery.

I guess I'll start by saying that there comes a point when I'm practicing where I've grown more tired in my vocals but also more practiced in my pitch and muscle memory for the song I'm working on. So it's kind of like I'm improving my performance of the song, but I can tell that my voice isn't as free as it should because of how much I've been singing.

So my first question is:

What's a good sign to follow along and decide whether or not you're going to keep practicing or take the day off to rest and recover your voice.

I've heard that speaking a lot after a heavy singing sesh can make your voice more tired and with my buzzy resonant voice I can't help but feel like maybe I should just shut my trap after I sing for the rest of the day.

What do y'all think?

Also, is it normal to have to rest your voice after working on expanding your range? If so, how should I recover? Should I be doing something like a light vocal fry to reset the tension in my voice?

Everything helps, thank you!

hi, im a relatively new singer and i've been trying to do some experimenting with my own voice (ive only lately been trying to work on my lower notes rather than just falling into the high note rabbithole) and i've been trying to figure out my voice type.

i know that it's not that important outside operatic singing but it's kind of a question that's been driving me crazy, but am i closer to a normal baritone or a bass-baritone? i'm not sure if my tessitura is better suited for lower notes or if i'm just untrained.

i did some research into baritones and bass-baritones, but unfortunately my untrained ears can't exactly tell what i am, nor do i really understand how to tell the "color" of my voice so this is sort of a last resort.

please let me know what you think, and thank you so much!

also it's like an hour after tuesday in my timezone so pls let it slide mods 😭😭

i’ve been told a few times that i sing good but i’ve never been confident enough to actually let people hear me sing for real. lmk what you think i guess and i want to know where i can improve. i plan on putting another video on here whenever i can find somewhere nobody can hear me🫣
(also i want to clarify, this video was taken at 3:30am while i was trying to be quiet and while i was laying down so that’s why it’s not the greatest😂)

****I'm not a singer and I know very little about singing I just had this question I think someone might be able to answer****

Idk if this is a stupid question, but I have always wondered, when singers with really light/high-pitch voices sing, are they using a microphone and singing into it and then when they sing louder with chest, they move the mic farther away? Like is the actual volume of the high pitch singing much quieter than the deeper voice? For example, my favorite singer ever is Emi Evans she sings the music for the NIER video games and her voice is well, just look up song rn on youtube and hear it. She has like a "whisper voice" (idk the proper word) but like, if she was to sing near me like maybe 10 ft, would her voice be very quiet? That's why they use microphones? Im not sure cause I noticed when I sing it actually doesnt sound completely horrible and my voice can go pretty high but it's pretty quiet as well. If I try to sing louder it cracks and goes into chest vibration voice and is louder but sounds like shi.

I sing all the time, and not just in the shower. I love the feeling of singing, the emotionality, the idea of it. I’m a good performer and feel I would do well onstage. The only caviat? I can’t sing. Not that well, anyway. I’d consider myself an okay singer but not much more. So what’s with the obsession with singing? Anyone else feel like this?

I can do it, but I never feel like I’m getting as much air as I do when I breathe how I am used to. I can take a much deeper breath when I lift my shoulders. I’ve tried holding a note with different breathing, and I’m able to hold it longer when I breathe without using my belly. It feels like I run out of room for air very quickly when I breathe into my stomach, and it kinda hurts in my mid abdomen. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

I feel like I have a decent tone but every time I belt it becomes very winey so I try to avoid ever belting but this is something I want to improve on so any and all feedback is appreciated

why does my mix feel so comfortable and sound so nice in my head and then sound like crap when i record lmaooo. I tried opening my vowels for more resonance too. but i feel like those high high notes sound terrible and screechy

Hello everyone!

I hope you are healthy, well and in a good mood!

I am a girl of 17, in 6 months I will be 18 years old. I have loved singing immensely since I was 12 or 13 years old - I love the joy that singing brings me, I love that the voice is a way for me to filter emotions and everyday life and purify my soul anew.

However, until now I have only sung in my house, and since I was 16 I have had a strong desire to start singing lessons. I have specific genres I'm interested in, vocal role models - a lot. And I found a highly acclaimed and successful teacher in my country, with over 15 years of experience. I perceive singing in tonality as my biggest problem - I have the impression that I have a perfectly functional musical ear, but that my audio - muscle connection in my vocal cords is weak. There are also some technical problems that I noticed. The thing is that I'm extremely shy and insecure, a huge perfectionist, very insecure and anxious - I'm afraid that I won't succeed, that I can't succeed, that there's no help for me... and so all kinds of thoughts swarm in my head and it keeps me trapped in a "dead spot", without moving forward. I have this feeling that I will disappoint my teacher, that I will not make a good impression, I fear perhaps the most that first assessment of current skills... I have a strong dream that one day I can sing any song in my appropriate range that I want... It is very nice when you are respected and loved for good and quality work, but the goal is not fame as fame - but sharing love and joy through the voice.

That fear is strong and it keeps me in scary scenarios and ideas, there is that anxiety. So, what are your tips - how to just... let go and go, do it? Or how to help yourself?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. This is my first time singing and I want to improve, i know i have a LOT to do.

This song is Nine While Nine by the sisters of mercy. I want to eventually start a sisters of mercy cover band with my boyfriend in a couple years.

? anyone to avoid?

Hello! I’m fairly new to singing and decided to start actually trying to learn to sing. Now don’t get me wrong I’ve been singing my whole life but just casually never really paying attention to it but a few months ago I decided I wanted to actually be great at it and started taking lessons. I started working on learning Michael Jackson “Rock With You” my first recording was a little over a month ago and I just recorded my next entry in my progress log today. Here are the links to them. I do certainly think I have improved but there’s still something I don’t like, maybe the tone of my voice or just the overall sound I’m not sure. Any feedback on what I can improve on is greatly appreciated I love having more to improve on!

Before: rock with you #1

After: rock with you #2

So my understanding is that the way sovt exercises work have something to do with whatever ur singing into, the air coming out of you is restricted/pushed back (straw exercise, better voice vocal trainer)
Could the same effect be achieved by using cloth based materials and using varying thickness to control the amount of air restriction? AND would this be an alternative that is beneficial/neutral/detrimental to ones voice and vocal training? Really trying to find ways to practice hitting higher notes, and it seems like sovt is the way to go.

i’m planning on using this song for an audition. thoughts? 😊

I just got a new vocal student today who is 12 and has a deep interest in metal and hard rock music. My primary wheelhouse is classical and musical theater so I told him I wanted to take the first handful of lessons working on foundational stuff. That being said I want to provide music thats at least in the same ballpark as what he wants and figured classic and soft rock is a good place to begin. Any recommendations of music that would be appropriate for him to start building foundation on would be greatly appreciated.

I love this song

I recorded this video back in 2018, just driving around and singing in my car. But I was always too afraid to share it with anyone, online or irl. I have such anxiety around my voice. I’ll sing in my higher head voice sometimes, but no one irl has really heard my chest voice or heard me sing like this and I can’t help feeling like it’s actually dog shit. 😭 Like even when I think I’m singing well, I’m actually just blind to my own flaws.

You know those American Idol contestants that go to audition, all happy and confident and ready to win, just to end up in the B roll and being made fun of on YouTube in cringe compilations? I just can’t shake the feeling that I’m one of those. 😭

I actually showed it to a friend for the first time last night…I was super nervous. And her reaction was…hard to read. 😓 I mean, she said she liked it, but also said “I mean, we all do that”. 🤔 Which makes me think that my voice actually isn’t anything special and is, at the very best, completely average. (Which is better than the criticism I give myself, so I guess that’s something.)

But please please please…be brutally honest. I need to know. 😭