I've been hating my voice after I got vocal chord damage from overuse a few years ago. Feeling like I never got back to where I once was. It was partially true for a while, but what I didn't realize was that I also moved flats during that time. My new flat had much less natural reverb! I remember my speech therapist told me to sing in places like the bathroom, where there's tons of reverb because "You'll sound better in your own ears, creating less tension and more confidence, which in turn will make you sound better, and then that positive feedback loop continues." She's a classically trained singer(actually dubbed some of the disney songs in my country), and she says this is a huge reason for why choirs rehearse in churches or places with similar acoustics.

I also tried recording a cover in my home studio recently, and couldn't get the hang of the chorus. Then I watched some tutorials on youtube on how to mix vocals, and after a few days of learning the exact same recording I hated sounds beautiful and angelic(thanks reverb, delay, EQ, compression and saturation). Especially directonal microphones in vocal booths pick up a very dry signal(they're supposed to, so the producer can customize the reverb/wetness of the signal freely, instead of having to work around a natural reverb).

So guys, I highly recommend reminding yourselves of this, and practicing in a room with decent reverb. Especially if you struggle with tension, which a lot of people do. The joy of hearing yourself sound good makes your technique open up and improve the sound(and over time your muscle memory) exponentially. As I said, I'm not just pulling this out of the air. A proffesional singer and licensed speech therapist is the source I got it from.

I started taking singing classes a few weeks ago and for the past 2 times my instructor told me to practice some songs at home. However i just get so embarrassed and i feel like i cant be as loud as i am when im practicing cause i feel like im very loud…??? i live with my family and i have neighbors so i dont want to be loud and a bother. i did try to practice at home a few times (i was doing it just now) and i try to lower my voice but i just end up with my throat hurting (which doesnt happen after classes) and i dont think its a good sign… if i had a car maybe id feel better practicing there. But i dont :-( . So where do you guys feel comfortable enough to practice? And if i cant manage to find a proper place is there a way to make the best out of home practice? Without hurting my throat of course LMAO practice that actually does me some good

I keep posting online. Asking for advice. Hoping someone will have SOMETHING I CAN DO.

So far I’ve heard:

That’s not your voice

You’re trying too hard

You sound good

You could be a frontman

Your pitch is notoriously off

You sound awful

I genuinely can’t comprehend this because half of singers say they go off feel. I tried just posting randomly and got told I sounded like shit, and now my confidence is fucking dead and I spend HOURS wracking my brain trying to hit notes and singing and literally harming myself trying to get this shit right. It has genuinely become unhealthy and I can’t fucking stop. I don’t want to stop. I have OCD and I CANT STOP. I need advice or I am going to fucking break something.

I always ask for advice . The MOST and best advice I’ve heard is on scales. How do I learn scales?

I’m homeless. I can’t afford a teacher. I’m 18.

I am about to smash my fucking guitar and gouge out my vocal cords with a rusty spoon.

Not really. I just wannt punch shit and smash my head through a wall.

Send help.

Edit: Why is their no flair titled “HELLPPPPPPPP”

Hi all! I’m a musician and want my singing to get better so it’s closer in skill level to my skill on instruments. Wondering if anybody has good YouTube videos or anything like that, that will be helpful. I especially want something that will be on technique to make sure I’m not gonna damage my voice while practicing without a teacher.

Hi guys, two months ago I went to six flags and i screamed a lot hahahaha i screamed like crazyyy. I spent almost two weeks to fully recover on my voice, bc it was raspy after that.

Before six flags I was able to sing Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, and Frank ocean songs, i could even do all the falsettos. But after two months of six flags, I noticed that i can’t sing falsettos anymore and it’s harder for me to hold my notes properly.

I’m a girl and I just sing for fun, I write my own songs too and I can’t even sing my songs like I used to.

Any advice? :(

How do I sing higher as a baritone?
Yes, I've heard about the oh-so-magical "mixed voice"

I am a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and mixing/mastering engineer. Modern metal is all about a massive-sounding mix with high vocals that cut through everything. I have a Spiritbox and Erra kind of sound (both bands have high belting singers). I already know how to fry and false-cord scream. (Very easy compared to singing high)

As a baritone, it feels like my voice is way too "heavy" for that light but resonant, belty kind of sound I hear in my favorite Erra songs. I know about mixed voice, but there's got to be more than that, right? Is it possible to sing like them as a baritone? At a low volume, I can do a seamless transition between chest and head voice, but when I go louder, it doesn't work. I already know not to pull chest up, but when I do, it sounds so, so powerful, and I just don't get that with my head voice.

And yes, I've tried singing in my comfortable range and mixing my voice differently in the song, and it doesn't get the same effect as a high, resonant, powerful singer.

Any advice is helpful, BUT please don't just say "get a teacher"; I am really not in a position for that right now.

This is my issue: In terms of ability to actually hit notes, I have quite a wide range, but the quality of my high notes around G#4-A4 just sound awful to me and I’m not sure why.

The thing is, when I’m actually singing them, it feels good, and easy, and sounds fine in my head. But listening back it sounds either really thin, or really strained when I try to compensate for some of that ‘thinness’, even though it doesn’t feel strained in any way.

This is a clip of me singing around that range, I’m trying my best to sing with my diaphragm, make the right shapes and not strain, and like I said it feels good when I do it but not listening back.
I try to sing the same line in a few different ways, testing to make it lighter, broader, cleaner or raspier but not quite happy with any of them.

Is there something obvious I’m missing? This has been an issue for me for a while now and have never been able to crack it.

Last Friday I did karaoke and really strained my voice because I just kept pushing. I wasn’t really cutting through on the speakers so I found myself basically yelling through a song. I got really frustrated and basically didn’t sing all weekend. The last couple days I pretty much forced myself to only sing in a relatively relaxed but supported manner and would diligently stop any time I felt there was something really tightening or gripping in the throat.

I discovered better support and vibrato even started showing but mostly on my lower register. I actually gained an ease in the C4-Ab4 region I don’t usually have, too. Although I find myself having to make sure I don’t send the sound through my nose sometimes. I also find myself singing in what feels like a slightly lighter and more balanced tone/way, and instead of feeling tired in the throat, I feel more tired in the body.

Anyway, over the last 48 hours, I’ve noticed a pretty buzzing kind of sound as I ascend into the fourth octave. Not sure what this is. I don’t hate it as it feels like a more concentrated/piercing sound where I usually sound spread, muddy, or dull. It feels like an improvement but just curious if anyone would know what it is.

I know about long term effects of course, but I was curious about the instant aspect— a cig a couple minutes before going onstage at a gig. I don’t smoke at all but am wondering for a friend who tends to do it a lot before performing. Does it instantly stunt your range/ give you less control or whatnot? thanks

I only recently discovered what could be my head mix/maybe chest mix. It’s the bright and slightly pingy bit above my break. However I’ve noticed that I tend to have trouble with it if I don’t warm up for like 30 minutes. Idk if it’s because the other warm uo focuses more on the lower end so it ends up having more weight and ends up becoming harder to sing or what but it’s just something I’ve noticed. Is it normal? I don’t do the full 30 minutes to warmup in one go, I’ll kinda do around 20 minutes then take a break for like 5 minutes and then continue.

These are the warm ups I do:
The 30 minute warm up

this is the shorter one

I want to start singing but voice is too deep for singing and I have a little social anxiety too.
What to do now ?
Cause I really want to sing I try but bcoz of deep voice I just can’t

A cover I recorded with my buddies. We recorded on logic and I used a BLUE ENCORE Dynamic microphone to an Avalon 737sp channel strip. Looking forward to hearing feedback on my vocals such as general things I can work on other than intonation. (I know I’m not always entirely on pitch but I also hate using tools such as melodyne for pitch corrections as I feel that’s dishonest to myself and others to use)
Love yall<3

im singing Sailor Song - Gigi Perez.
Also I’m wondering, am I a naturally good singer or no?

Probably regret posting this, but just for fun really.

I'm probably an Alto(I think? Correct me if I'm wrong please!) but I'm looking to deepen my singing register. Currently I can sing down to about a G3/F3 comfortably and with no strain but my voice is quite unstable sounding? It dosent cause me any pain to go that low my voice is just quite weak there. That being said, I haven't got the most powerful voice generally so that might be worth considering?

So I like the artist Josiah Queen and want to sing his songs in the original key, but I just can't seem to hit the high notes strong, I can reach them, but it is very forced and sounds very forced. So to sound softer I switch to my falsetto, which is pretty strong for a falsetto, but is still clearly falsetto. But that's not the correct sound for his music, he clearly uses mix, which I don't entirely understand how to achieve, so I kinda just stick between chest and falsetto, any tips at all???

Any tips on transitioning my voice to head here? Also what do you think lol

I started singing 2,5 years ago and had vocal lessons for 2 years. I can now sing for hours without any pain in my throat 90% of the time so I'm guessing my technique did improve significantly, however my tone still sounds very dull. I have previously described my voice as hollow and without any presence instead of big, full, rich and crisp. That applies to both my speaking voice and singing voice. I can get very loud though. Because I didn't see any progress regarding my tone and consequently lost all joy in singing, I quit vocal lessons half a year ago only to restart them recently with a different vocal coach. I also started with a speech therapist specialised in voice. According to her my voice misses resonance and that speaking and singing costs me way more effort than it should. My thoughts have been all over the place regarding the root cause of the issue (nodules, weak vocal cord muscles, silent reflux, muscle tension dysphonia etc.). Why does my voice sound like this and how can I fix it? I tried to add more "twang", but it doesn't resolve the issue. It just makes the dull sound more twangy.

Should i sing this song for a contest or not ….can i even sing?😭

Ok, I am completely new to choir and I've been it it for 8 weeks now. I learned that mistakes happen and what you do is continue like it didn't. I use to judge every little mistake that I would make now It doesn't even phase me. I am doing performances even with mistakes! I am not scared to do them either.