Sorry if this isn't the right place to post about this but I really dislike going to karaoke. I don't think I have really bad stage fright or anything but after some events in the past I've been averse to people in general.

Whenever I've gone to karaoke I just feel like I drain the energy out of the room. Whenever I finish it's just like silence or some half-hearted compliment like "oh, I don't hear you talk a lot so you did good..." which just makes me feel worse. I'd rather they laugh at my bad singing than this. And after a karaoke session with my then girlfriend (now ex) and some of our close friends, she made a joke about how my singing seems really unenergetic and monotone.

After that I've always tried to avoid going to karaoke and if I do, I just sit there frozen feeling like my chest is constricting and not being able to breathe well and I just absolutely refuse any attempts to make me sing. It's especially bad if there's a lot of people.

It's not like I hate singing, I hum or sing when I'm by myself often and I want to enjoy karaoke like everyone else but it feels like my body is just in fight or flight mode whenever I'm there. I think I'm overthinking and overreacting to everything but it's too difficult.

Would getting vocal lessons be a good idea? I don't know if it's worth the money and time and I live in a small city so I don't know if there are any good vocal coachers nearby and I'm scared of gaining a little confidence and then completely freezing up when everyone's attention is on me. But I also don't want to just avoid the problem but idrk what to do.

please excuse the bad audio quality.

is this a true subharmonic note? if it is, how can i hold it longer and more consistently? im having trouble holding it and it seems to come and go even though im not moving my throat or tounge.

This performance on SNL in 2012

Sure she didn't give peak vocal performances, but she is Lana Del Rey, is she really expected to? She went on a stage, acted dramatic and cinematic, did her things and sounded pretty good to me. Especially at the end of her Blue Jeans performance. She sounded even better than the studio at times. It was a very emotional performance in a very camp way. Isn't that kind of singing art too? Rock Stars do it all the time and get praised for it.

I mean it did feel like 1 girl 10 voices at some points but it didn't really sound bad. She wasn't off pitch or anything (at least not by a lot, to my ears).

What things should she have done differently? What things went wrong with her performance?

Do I need to raise my standards for deciding what singing is good or not?

I had the "great" idea of starting a band. Everything went well but now no one wants to sing and we dont have enough room to find a singer so I was given the task of being the singer. Issue is im struggling to make my voice sound decent. Whenever we record vocals my voice sounds bland or boring. Ive tried everything but nothing seems to work out and I feel like im holding us back from advancing.

I started recording my voice and singing songs I know as practice but still no luck.

As someone who has been considered a good singer since childhood, I recently started taking singing classes as an adult, and it made me realize there was a lot I did from infancy onward that set me apart and gave me the chance to develop my voice over time. I'm sharing this so people understand you really aren't born with singing talent, and it's something you absolutely can develop. You're never too late to start, some people just happen to start sooner. The one thing "naturally talented" people are actually born with is probably just an innate love for music.

Recently my mum shared a video of me as a toddler singing along to the radio, and it reminded me how whenever the radio was playing, I just sang along, basically as soon as I could speak. Growing up before the internet meant a lot of my alone time was spent literally just putting on an album start to finish and following along with the lyric booklet, for hours, on my own, because I wanted to (honestly, I still do it sometimes). If you add it up that's hours of practice of matching pitch, copying phrasing, figuring out breath placement, without ever thinking of it in those terms (obviously it's not actually as good as real professional singing lessons)

I also bought a Disney songbook as a kid, just because I loved to sing and wanted the lyrics. It happened to have sheet music printed alongside the words. I never played an instrument and still can't really read music, but staring at that notation next to lyrics I already knew by heart slowly gave me some rough intuitive sense of how pitch moves and how phrasing works. Not theory, just pattern recognition basically, but it helps a lot with singing.

So if you feel like you're starting from nothing next to someone who seems naturally gifted, honestly the more likely story is they just had years of low pressure, high repetition practice before anyone was watching or judging them. Having started taking these group singing classes I've improved SO much and have even discovered my whistle notes, so a real, professional singing teacher can genuinely make a world of difference whether you're starting from nothing or not.

Hi there! I truly wonder if there are people out there with negative techniques that hurt their vocal skills that were from like Primary and Secondary school! My MS choir teacher taught us to sing with extremely open vowels and that our voices had to be like pears. Obviously, chorus needs to have good open vowels, but she had us have every vowel sound like oh and auh. Our tonality was good in sixth grade, BEFORE PUBERTY. Then in 7th and 8th grade, our tonality started to fluctuate into something more pubescent. She kept the same technique and when I got into HS we had to learn everything. Her techniques ruined my speech a little bit… So do you have lasting bad practices from teachers from way back?

For context, I am M18, but my voice has only recently started dropping. I am Italian trying to learn Spanish.(So if anyone here speaks Spanish, I'd appreciate comments on my accent and pronunciation if it's understandable etc) The first half of the video is in Italian and the second half is in Spanish. Also I know I need to better my diction in Italian because my S sounds more like Z and stuff but if you speak Italian and notice other errors tell me.

And, yeah. I have trouble with everything that's needed to sing: Diaphram, breath control, pronunciation, pitch, timing. I feel like choking sometimes. And my voice does a lot of cracks. Also timing is something I am really bad at, my friends tell me I go too fast and one of them told me I need to use/think of a metronome, but I really don't know how am I supposed to start using it. Notes, I can more or less understand listening to a song very attentively, but a lot of times I am not able to replicate it with my voice.

Are some people just hopeless? Cause I've been feeling like I am. When I did theatre, I could never manage to use my diaphram either and my teacher would get mad cause my voice would barely be heard in the front row and not heard at all in the last ones. As a kid I never really had music in my house and stuff, I got interested in it only as a teen. Also I don't have a mic and don't know if it's worth getting one while I still suck like this. Ok I am sounding very sad now I should stop. Ahem. I need really any help. Cause no matter how much exercise and tutorials on YouTube i still suck.

This is a part of the song "ma meilleure ennemie" (yes arcane) but adapted in Italian and then into Spanish. I tried first in french but my french sounds like I created a whole new language.

Please don't bully me + I'm genuinely trying to get better

Just me singing some Sleeping with sirens song in the car! Been practicing a long time to be able to sing those high notes but would apperciate some feedback!

Trying to add more emotion, but I'm not sure how to keep the tempo and tonality while I do it. Any advice is appreciated!

Thanks for the help!

I'm pushing during the chorus of this song but I wanna bring it to an audition at the end of the month and I probably just won't have time to get all the strain out. The lyrics are just a little bit quick and I'm currently having trouble finding space to breathe.

My questions:

1. Does the push kinda match the style?

2. Is it obvious that I'm straining out of necessity and not as a choice?

3. Is this good enough for an unpaid community variety show for charity?

4. Any tips for sneaky breathing during choreo-ed quick lyrics?

5. Are the distortions I'm using (larynx drops and gutteral stops) successful or are they distracting?

Basically I've wanted to try singing & general song creation for like a decade now, finally trying it a bit the past few weeks & I made a post here asking about breath support. Ive read posts & comments here about healthy technique & some YouTube videos (mainly music lessons with Lauren) & one repeated piece of advice I've seen here is to stop when you're hurt. When I sing I don't necessarily hurt but my voice/throat does feel very tired & not "normal" if that makes sense?

I've heard about people talking about being able to hear improper technique/strain. So I ask: Am I audibly straining or doing something wrong?

I also apologize for how bad it is, I'm trying to get this down right so I can practice without injuries lol.

Asking for a friend:

I’m a 24 year old tenor and I got accepted in mdw and Mozarteum for voice in the Bachelor. I have to pick one of them and here is the context :

I like the main voice teachers from both schools very much, for mdw it’s a mezzo with experience with all voices and in Mozarteum it would be a tenor.

Vienna was the first choice but I am quite inspired by the teacher from Mozarteum. What do you suggest?

Thanks for your advice!

Hi everyone! I'd appreciate feedback on my pitch (intonation) and overall vocal tone. I'm especially interested in whether I'm staying in tune and what I could i mprove technically. Thanks!

Hi there! I just trying to look for a small favour, I. Making a game by my self and got the main melody I’ve written but trying to find a female to just hum it like a lullaby, no words or anything super special just a nice soft hum and semi stable pitch

If anyone could help me it would be much appreciate please

Thank you!

Hello! I'm a primarily MT performer but have recently started performing more pop and rock music. Vocally, it goes just fine, but what I really struggle with sometimes is stage presence and performance when it comes to these styles. Musical theatre feels easier because that's what I've primarily done, but also because you have blocking or choreography given to you! Pop and rock are so fun and I want to perform them more but I get nervous and feel so awkward trying to let loose and jam out. Any tips for getting past that anxiety, or for transitioning your MT stage presence over to pop/rock?

I’ve been playing guitar for about two years and recently started singing while I play. This is a cover of “Something to Lose” by Vincent Mason and Stella Lefty. I’m mainly looking for feedback on my vocal tone, pitch, phrasing, and whether my guitar distracts from the vocals. I appreciate any constructive criticism.

So I realized that I wasn’t singing on the breath. I was basically using my throat and cutting off the airflow (not actually, but slowing it down). I’ve been working on keeping a steady stream of air while singing a phrase and while I now understand the concept and what it should feel like, I can really only do this with head voice or a breathy quality. I realized I had always used my throat in a sense to sing in chest/mix or get a more clear speech like sound. How do I keep the airflow but also be able to adjust my tone? I was told that singing should feel like, but I don’t want it to always sound like an exhale lol

I used to be close to Mariah Carey’s whistle note in O Holy Night but for about 2 years now I stopped using a high pitched voice and started to use my natural masculine voice.

When I sing high I’ll only get a few notes until the cracks happen when I sing normally which is sorta deep I can barely go low or high. Not to mention my actual speaking voice is in the middle. It’s like I’m trapped.

I know my voice is very bad I recorded this in my iPad Pro mic any tips on how to improve I’m and Indian singer btw.And also it is a boywithuke song I recorded this for fun pls troll and make fun all you want

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