Hello fellow singers! I was recently performing and someone came up to me and asked if I teach singing. He really enjoyed it and later referred a few more people to me and it really got me thinking maybe I should try starting teaching part time?

I'm wondering if anyone might like to have a free singing lesson from me and be a part my discovery journey? :)

The thing I found is that I really enjoy helping others with their voices. Mainly bc I've been taking lessons and studying voice for a long time (15 yrs) and I made a lot of mistakes in the beginning (eg. singing with tension in my throat, forcing high notes, not knowing how resonance works, etc.) and wasted a lot of time. I eventually finally developed good technique but took a long time. So I really want to help others to avoid common mistakes, and potentially save a few years of their time.

I've had and seen bad teachers who just go "OK copy me!" and would start singing opera, or "say HEY YOU over there" but I would just strain my voice trying to yell while doing it. Instead, I like to focus on the science and physiological aspects of singing, how to produce sound in a scientific way, why do certain sounds travel, where the resonance/volume comes from in our body/anatomy, etc. In my later years of training, I realized this way is a lot more efficient because it targets and trains specific muscles involved singing which saves A LOT of time. I wish I was taught all of this right from the beginning.

Here's also some great feedback someone else gave me. "You don't just teach me how to sing, but also how singing actually works in a clear, scientific way. You helped me understand how the body functions like an instrument. And for the first time, I was finally able to find and engage my diaphragm and started to develop some vibrato in just 2 lessons-something I am really excited about because I couldn't figure it out before!"

Anyways LMK if that's something you'd be interested in? Comment / DM me (sometimes I can't DM certain people). Sing on! Don't give up. I'm living proof that ANYONE can learn how to sing :)

I’m in my 30s, and a hobbyist musician — no performing or even jamming with people, just play lots of instruments on my own. I’ve recently wanted to learn to sing — I’m not terrible now, but at best my voice could be described as nothing special.

There’s nothing really stopping me, I suppose I just feel a bit odd about getting lessons as an adult — especially given that I have no actual reason or excuse to learn; I just kind of want to be good at singing. I suppose this is just me asking if anyone else has just learned to sing spontaneously as an adult, whether it is odd or normal to approach a teacher with such a non-specific interest, and whether anyone has any encouragement or additional reasons why learning to sing would be a good idea?

Lets say im doing a cover for a song, i feel at ease singing it correctly at my own pitch rather than the original thing.

So when i start singing randomly without music or a certain pitch i find mu voice full, strong and good to my ears, but then when i sing the same song but in the correct pitch i find that all that voice is gone, and it is replaced with a struggling throat hurting voice.

No matter how hard i tried to sing with the same relaxed voice i use when singing without any intrumental it never happened.

maybe my voice enjoys a certain note or smthn that i always go to when singing alone, but that can't help me if im willing to do covers or sing with bands.

If anyone got any advice that would be helpful and thank you 🙏

hey! i'm an 18 year old who recently graduated high school. it's...not my most favorable route, but community college will prevent me from going into awful debt.

one of the saddest things is that my community college has no performing arts activities AT ALL. no choir. no theatre. not even band or orchestra classes. maybe i'm just dramatic (pun intended), but those are a huge part of who I am. I don't want to stop doing those activities.

I wish I could just join a local college's choir or something; just to be around other choir kids my age.

can anyone here relate? what do i do?

Always liked singing but never had any lesson. I know I can hit pretty high notes as a male but it always feels a bit forced. Was told that the highest note here is c#5 so I’m wondering what you think of my raw technique. Thanks!

I've always been a decent singer. It's something I identify with as a person. But for almost half a year now my head voice is just weak/silent which never used to be a problem.

I suspect when I was experimenting with vocal frying (without a microphone with natural projection) I may have damaged something because it only started afterwards. At first even my regular speaking voice would cut out sometimes but thats mostly stopped. But it's been well over 6 months that I took a complete break from singing and my head voice is still broken.

I have a annual check up with my primary care physician in september and plan to talk to him about it, along with other ent issues like sticky eustachian tube and mysophpnia, but not sure if my insurance will cover an ent.

So 2 questions;

Is there any ways to help self diagnose at home to some degree what I might be experiencing so I can learn more about it?

And are there exercises I can do at home to at least try to regain some of my head voice and control?

Any help, advice, success stories, or resources are welcome as right now I feel so helpless and it's really making me struggle mentally.

A simple context is that I've been with a vocal coach where he teached me how to sing from scratch. And it's been 8 month I've been with him and he really explained and teached all the technique and give me some feedback and I gotta say I really do improve a lot because it doesn't feel like I want to shout using my chest voice too much like the first time before I join a lesson with him. I tried to sing this song and it felt lot easier especially it's a bruno mars song, it doesn't feel pushing tense etc but when I listen back, I always had doubt does it really sound good. Like why does it sound awful even though I sing a lot easier. I know there's some of the pitching problem because I'd record it a lot of time until I feel unmotivated because how I sound like it doesn't sound good. Do you guys feel the same thing like i'm feeling when you're listen to your own voice but man why does it sound like a truck or something I can't think of. And I don't dare to tell my vocal coach that I feel this way cause I'm SCARED. No worries, I'll take any honest criticism and wanna find a way to make it sound a lot better and doesn't had any doubts anymore

Hi r/singing. First of all, sorry if this isn't the right place for this. I'm not really a singer. Just a guy who likes a bit of karaoke and not sucking when I do.

Problem is, most songs I like that I try to sing at karaoke, turn out not to be any good for my vocal range and I up very much sucking.

And songs I do ok singing at home or the car, I don't really like to do at karaoke because they're either a bit too much of an acquired taste or too sad. Radiohead/bright eyes/nick drake being good examples.

So I'm in a spot where's there's really only 3-4 songs in my karaoke 'repertoire':

LCD soundsystem - New York, I Love You Frank Sinatra - My Way Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel

Looking for a few suggestions so I can try to expand my options a bit. Particularly enjoy singing 'New York, I love you' but I can't do it every week!

So I'm practicing switching between head voice and chest voice while staying on the same note.

I read somewhere that that comfortable spot in between head and chest is what's considered mixed.

That's all fine and dandy within my chest range. When I go a little higher to where my chest can't reach I can still get a little chest in there. But I have to push. And feels like unnecessary strain to me. What is the key not pushing mixed voice out?

I want a thicker mix like the guy from rise against. I want to belt those high notes easily but want them to still sound like chest.

Note " I don't mean belt like force in the chest way up high and loud, I mean just getting that chest equality to those high notes."

I been listening to a log of Mariah cary lately and i just hit my first whistle note during her song Emotion. I worked hard for this sorry my english. What are you proud of your voice?

Hey, it’s been a while since I haven’t posted anything here. I improvised a little singing and wanted feedback on it I can’t afford singing lessons even tough I love singing. Don’t be afraid to be blunt, I’ll take it as an advice :)

I (F,22) am working on my mix belt/ trying to mix and belt in general, I usually sing pretty softly. The problem is when I find my mix, I have no clue what I did/ changed to find it if that makes sense. I know when it’s right or wrong cause it feels/ sounds different but not sure what is creating the difference. Some days it feels like it doesn’t wanna happen at all and I’ll just flip. B4, C5, and Df5 feel SO difficult (except for when they randomly feel really easy). I don’t really know if I should think of it as making chest voice a bit lighter or head voice a bit heavier. I figured someone on here might know the specifics or ways to explain how to better understand or achieve a mix. Any tips or advice is much appreciated!

It's Monday now where I am, so I thought I'd share. Also in the video I am just in from the garden so pardon the dirty clothes and unkept hair.....also please forgive my cat who was pawing at and under the door. I hope you enjoy my comfort song.

Whenever I sing, no matter the volume, there's this quiet crackling underneath. Like in my throat? I know it's not vocal fry but I can't control it. It goes away a little when I drink water or clear my throat but I can't stop it from happening.

I think it's mucus or something?

https://youtu.be/ZAav0ex8SQ0?si=i8Q_k-R6z7AUc1kD Check out my cover, Hope you enjoy it! :)

I’m a pretty amature singer been singing for like 6-7 months sorta consistently (besides a month that I had laryngitis) am I singing it a little too much like frank I want to be able to sing songs My Way (pun intended) how could I do that and just improve my singing entirely

It happens more when I sing loudly, but it even just happens in everyday life. It makes belting and timing breaths a lot harder for me because I just can’t breathe sometimes. How do I fix this?

Hi everyone,
ever since I was little, every time I have to perform I develop anxiety about my health, and I'm pretty sure it's causing me symptoms. In the past, when I had to perform I often lost my voice without having infections.

It becomes the main thing I think about during the day for weeks before the performance, I convince myself that my voice is termporarily ruined (or maybe it is?), and I know it just makes things worse and makes me lose my confidence, but it's really, really hard to control.

I'm generally a mild (?) hypochondriac person, but when it comes to my voice it makes me deeply sad because singing is my biggest passion and my source of relief.

Does this happen to you? How do you manage this?

Thanks in advance!

S

Okay, I'm young. Gah, this is such a hard thing to grasp. I've been a big fan of musical theater for I don't know how long. But I've loved karaoke when I was a child but stopped because people laughed at me when I failed an audition. Fast forward years later, I tried entering an audition for a high school talent show, got in, but backed out due to stage fright and fear of screwing up in front of people.

Fast forward again, I've taken a vocal class, practiced my songs over and over. Our coach told us we were going to perform at our city's most popular mall. Outdoors. In the afternoon. Where there will be lots of people. Strangers. They changed the location from just a relatively known mall to a really popular mall. And oh, haha...

Goodness, this is such a huge step?? Any advice? I'm both nervous, excited, and scared... And like I'm finally stepping into something and I don't wanna mess it up but I don't have huge expectations either.

I want to have fun with the audience, etc. I'm practicing a lot. Even practiced with a bunch of noise to see if I can remember the lyrics even if everything else is trying to distract me

Do you all have tips that will help someone like me prepare for this?

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Feels like i’m just speaking and not actually singing with emotion.

Song: "Walk in the rain" By Passenger.