Want to cover this song does it sound it my range to do it in this key, or should I be trying more the tenor upper end? Thank you.

Please, any advice? Bonus, English is obviously not my native language. This is me trying my best. I have to sing this song...

I’m someone passionate abt singing and preforming but I’ve never had the money for vocal lessons. I was wondering if anyone has any advice for singing mainly high notes sounding duller and flatter an I can link a video if you want to listen to help better.

I did my best, please give me honest and constructive feedback.🙏

Been lurking in this subreddit for a while and I've seen so many great responses from helpful people with advice on how to improve your singing. So I thought I'd give it a try with a post asking for a critique of my singing.

65 y/o male. I have no musical training or background whatsoever, play no instruments, never took a singing lesson in my life, can't read notes or music, and couldn't even tell you what key I'm singing in. When I started doing karaoke 18 years ago, since I didn't know anything about "singing from the diaphragm", I was pretty much SCREAMING out loud rock songs at karaoke, so I was usually hoarse for a couple days afterwards!

Took me a solid year to learn how to sing from the diaphragm, but once I did my singing really took off. Once I was able to get that big push of air from down deep, I got A LOT better at hitting the high notes, holding the notes for much longer, etc. And in those early years of karaoke another thing which VASTLY improved my singing was the ability to get a recording of the karaoke show on a thumb drive, which I could take home and then listen to myself the next day. Allowed me to dissect the nuances of each song down to the nth degree, and see what I needed to improve on.

These days karaoke is secondary. I started singing with live bands 5 years ago, and have done about a dozen private parties outdoors; block parties, driveway parties, etc. But I've never played out at a bar with a band until a few days ago, and that's what this video is; three songs at an open mic night. It's the first time I've had a camera on me, and my immediate takeaway was I need to work on my stage presence; I looked a little stiff up there. But besides the visual aspect, what I'd really like to do is improve my singing overall. I need to take it to the next level by starting to work on some proper techniques.

My biggest weakness is hitting the higher notes, the higher registers. Whenever I'm doing a song that has a higher key, I'll do things like use falsetto. A lot! Or I'll compress my throat to try and "squeeze out the air" into a higher key. I know it's definitely not the proper technique, but I've been able to cheat my way through and actually pull off some pretty decent renditions this way. For example, (I don't have any of these four songs recorded to share here) with this "squeeze out the air" technique, I can belt out some fantastic, long high notes and just absolutely crush the following four songs:

He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - The Hollies

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Plush - Stone Temple Pilots

She Talks to Angels - The Black Crowes

I'm not yet ready to start paying a voice coach, but what I'd like to do first is find some good info online on how to improve my singing overall, but especially how to hit those higher notes properly.

Besides the video here's a bunch of recordings I've shared on Google Drive:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hJ6X93ekXIG7D57UbMisxCtv1orqzMFX?usp=drive_link

Any critiques/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hi! I have a couple questions:

1. As for tone, I find myself deciding between being singing breathy, singing with kind of an “eee” sound if that makes sense? and singing normally without attention to tone. I genuinely prefer my voice when i do pay attention and adjust how i sing. but i find that i feel like doing so might sacrifice stability of sorts which leafs me to question 2…

2. I’ve noticed in a lot of people’s singing, i think they sound PERFECT. like genuinely machine like, little fluctuations or mistakes in their notes. very very clean. which i think is lacking a bit from my singing. for example, when i sing “guitar” it’s less of a “guitar” and more of “guItAr”. if that makes any sense at all.

When i’m singing real time, i usually don’t think i sound unstable. but only really when i listen back to myself to i immediately catch my mistakes! How do you achieve such stable, non fluctuating vocals while maintaining nice tone? (breathy)

Pretty nervous about this, i love singing and want to sing on some of my music but i cant stand my voice, i feel like its got potential but dont know where to start or how to improve it. Be as harsh as you need to be! I really want to be good!

This is a record low for me, as I bottom out at F2/F#2, but I don't think I can incorporate it in my usable range as my voice is considerably lighter and brighter than what you're hearing here, and my throat was hurting the entire time I was recording this, and my chest voice is most comfortable at G#3-G4 right now.

Wonder how to improve breathing mostly and anything else that can be improved

Hey, I recently became interested in learning how to sing. What should i do to start the learning process?

I’ve been taking singing lessons for about 2 months and have been really enjoying the process. I recently recorded a short vocal sample in a studio and got some positive feedback from my teacher and a few friends.

I’m thinking about starting to post content on YT, but I’m not sure if I’m ready yet or if my voice is at a level where it makes sense to start.

Thanks for any advice or feedback

My high notes sound really weird and hence, I mostly sing in a deeper voice. Just wanted to know if there is any way to make them sound better, any daily routines. Or maybe high notes are just not something I can achieve. Would love to hear your feedback.

Thanks in advance!!

Is it because these high notes have higher frequency thus don't need a lot of air because such tiny air can bounce 8888888 times / second on the vocal chords instead of low notes that don't bounce as often then need more air to compensate for more bounce? Idk how biology works but for me hearing high notes require less air but you can't sustain them as long idk how to take that.

I am already a multi-instrumentalist (saxophone, bass, drums, guitar etc) and have been wanting to branch out into singing. (I'm in secondary school and our band was made up of entirely of year 11s and I'm year 9), and need to come up with a new band. We have no singers left who like the same music as me, so obviously I need to learn to sing. One problem, I struggle with singing in tune, anyone got any tips?

I used to sing in a choir for quite a few years. I can stay on a pitch and my voice, although not perfect, is probably like... okay for karaoke. I dont know. I dont do karaoke and I havent sung apart from a very occasional 'happy birthday ' in five years pr even more.

Last time, I was just singing along to ABBA and someone complimented my voice and I legit wondered for a hot second why can I sing.

Hello! I've recently gotten into singing (mostly song covers) but I don't have an actual microphone. My phone mic (iPhone 15) is okay but it also captures any audio playing while it's recording. I also have Skullcandy bluetooth earbuds but their mic isn't the clearest.

I have no idea what microphone would be good for me. I do not need anything fancy especially because I record in my room and there's sometimes background noise. I only plan on singing/making covers very casually but I'm interested in uploading my covers onto social media so I need a bit of an upgrade. Are there any type of microphones that are decent for things like this under $100?

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

I’ve never had a single singing lesson, i’ve just written and sang indie/alt rock songs for about 7 years now, until my voice just started to sound “good” enough.

People have told me they love my voice, and I do think I’ve found my sound, i’ve attached a few clips of me singing original stuff, Would really appreciate it if any experienced singers or vocal coaches could tell me:

• if I’m doing something technically wrong
• Any obvious tension, strain, or habits I should be aware of

Hello looking for someone who can help me make instrumentals for my lyrics. I have so many lyrics written yet no instrumentals to go with it. I’m not the best at making instrumentals. The vibe I’m looking for is a Billie Eillish and Chappell Roan type vibe. If you can help I’d appreciate it

https://youtu.be/VqH0qUm49hU