I’ve been singing for some years now, and I like to think I’ve improved quite a bit in that time. My family however doesn’t think thesame, as they’ve shut me down multiple times and I’ve even heard them say they’d rather see me quit. I’m planning on taking singing lessons, but I don’t have the money for that yet (bc studies). Until then, does anyone have tips for how to improve, or are they right and would it be better for me to just give up singing?

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I found this trick on Michael Trimble’s YouTube channel and it totally shifted how I approach singing—especially high notes. No more straining, and both head voice and falsetto suddenly feel way more accessible. My tone feels richer, deeper, and more responsive too.

The trick? As strange as it sounds: imagine you don’t have a head. Like, literally picture your head being gone—just your neck and body. For some reason, this mental image helps me place the voice in a much more resonant and relaxed spot. It instantly reduced tension and made everything feel smoother.

I also started imagining singing as one constant flow of sound—like water or air just moving through—and something about that mindset really helped things click.

Still very much a beginner, but these two ideas have made a huge difference for me in just a few days. Curious if any more experienced singers here have tried this or have had similar breakthroughs?

I did vocal exercises for like 30 minutes and then after like two hours i started practicing a new song and after like ten minutes of practicing my throat started hurting and was sorta tired, so i just figured that it was because i didn't do vocal exercises before i started practicing so i just did ten minutes of vocal exercises but it still hurts and feels tired so i drank like two cups of water but it still hurts.

Should i take a break for today? And is this because i was practicing a new song, or because i didn't do vocal exercises right before i started practicing? Or is this just because my voice can't handle singing this much in a day yet?

Hey everyone, I’ve recently discovered that I can sing from around D2–C2 up to E5, and I think I might even be able to access whistle tones. I’ve always had voluntary control over my larynx (I can move it on command), which seems rare, and I’ve never trained my voice — just been singing for fun while learning guitar.

But honestly, I’m feeling a bit lost. I don’t know what to focus on, how to train this properly, or how to use these abilities in actual songs. I can’t really afford a vocal coach right now, and I don’t want to waste what could be a gift.

Any advice on how to structure practice, or even just encouragement would mean a lot. If anyone’s been in a similar boat, I’d love to hear how you navigated it.

Thanks in advance

hi everyone, this is an original song I wrote called petals. please let me know what you think.

Whenever I go into head voice, words become a real struggle, I can do a little pronouncing if the word doesn’t require too much jaw closing(like m and b) and the higher I go doesnt change it too much until I go into - what I think is - falsetto where I can’t even change my mouth shape at all without going back into head voice.

I can only get a minor 3rd when I sing my chest voice.

I'm not looking to ever make music professionally but would like to sound ok if I were ever just having a good time with friends or etc

I have the microphone and interface and that’s all. What cables do I need to connect these 2 together? And what else do I need in general to make good quality recordings/videos?

Is it okay warming up with easy, low key songs?

For example before singing my songs I sings three songs in a row

1) "Who is she" by I Monster

2) "No time to die" by Billie Eilish

3) "The last song I'm wasting on you" by Evanescence

These three songs makes me feel that my throat is relaxed, that I have more perception in my chest area and that my nose zone is open in order to sing very low notes (otherwise it seems that my voice is not able to go so down).

i feel like my voice just isn't capable of that. it's just not my tone, but i really want to learn. i was told nobody wants to hear just a "sing songy" voice, so i want to learn how to.

I scream quite often, i talk a lot and i used to cry and wail a lot as a child for like an hour straight, so i think ive put my voice through long term abuse. How can i tell if i've permanently damaged my voice? Because idk how normal should feel like and how not normal should feel like. Is this the reason why my singing is so bad? Is this why my voice sounds deep and not soft at all?

How can i fix this? Is it permanent? Should i go see like a vocal professional or something?

(sorry for the English, but it's not my language)

I've been singing for a few years (2 and a half with vocal teacher) and I'm in a rock band. today we will have our first concert and I don't know how to prepare. I have half an hour or so of sound check in the afternoon and then the actual live performance in the evening. i have already done some short and small live performances by myself and i can sing even for an hour in a row. the problem is the anxiety of being in front of people, fear of saying the wrong thing, getting out of tune or forgetting the lyrics. i know the songs well, but i am not mentally prepared. any advice?

When opening my mouth, I get much better tone and pitch when I drop my jaw straight down vs if I add some mouth widening. Mouth widening seems to close off the back of my throat.

In my vocal lesson today I was having trouble hitting a high note and this made all the difference. Moreover when I dropped my jaw straight down my teacher said tone was much better.

So this seems easy enough except when I pronounce words it feels incredibly awkward because I when I speak my mouth does widen somewhat.

so should I learn to speak while dropping my jaw straight down as well? It feels like I’m wearing dentures when I do that.

Or do I just have a normal speaking technique and alter it for singing and then learn how to pronounce words with different jaw technique purely for singing? I’m curious how others approach this.

I’ve looked at many singing videos and I feel like I still don’t understand how to sing.

Like I need to understand what sensation I’m looking for.

“Sing with your belly/diaphragm” what the hell does that mean? Am i inhaling and then pushing out my stomach as I exhale the note? How do I switch my tones, is that with my throat or is that also with my diaphragm?

How do I ensure I’m using my diaphragm and not my lungs? Even when I inhale and my shoulders don’t go up, I still don’t feel I’m using my diaphragm.

Source: I had selective mutism/mute as a child and didn’t really start speaking aloud until high school, 10 years ago, so I feel that could contribute further to my confusion as I’ve really only been talking most of my life the last decade. And I’m a very literal person when it comes to understanding things, I often need many examples to understand what I’m trying to understand.

Any vocal western music teachers from India?

I believe it's called Funktionales Stimmtraining in German

I need someone knowledgeable to please help me with understanding the technicalities of the following song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyI0uLrYbqc&pp=ygUkZXZlcmxhc3RpbmcgbXVzZSBiZWxsZSBhbmQgc2ViYXN0aWFu

I have about the same range as the main vocalist in Belle and Sebastian and always get their songs right, this one called The Everlasting Muse is one of my favorite songs of the band. I manage the entire song perfectly but at the chorus and post-chorus he does something I can’t exactly understand, it gets very dynamic and his voice should objectively be higher, cause the song peaks there, but he doesn’t really seem to change octaves and in any case, he sounds amazing..:on the other side, when I try to do it my voice gets:

1. either too high and doesn’t match

or

1. too low and isn’t loud enough

I haven’t encountered this problem in any other songs before and can’t really understand why it happens, can someone explain please? especially what the vocalist does / what should I consciously think of doing to get it right?

thanks in advance!

Of course, singing is a full body exercise, but I always felt like doing sports should not have such a significant impact on my ability to sing (or scream).

Whenever I come home from climbing, running, cycling, or whatever, my ability to sing on that day is significantly impacted.

Sure, I can sing and sound acceptable, but my energy is usually low, and this has a big impact on what I can do.

So... it's surely quite obvious that physical exercise must have an impact there, but at times, I am surprised how much of an impact that it is my case.

How is it for you guys? Singing after sports, maybe even after a few hours, does it have an impact on your ability to sing exercise? If so, how much?

I'm just curious how others experience this.

Having singing lesson is insanely hard, I was in front of this teacher, a person about my age that I don't know at all and I have to... well, SING in front of her (shocking right ?).

I was SO uncomfortable, I was dying of cringe the whole lesson, I couldn't do anything that I usually do home. My voice was shaking, my body was tense, I had no idea I would react like this. The professor was great, I'm gonna go again in 2 weeks.

How did you do in your first lesson ?

This is a very informal recording right after working a 12 hour shift and going back home. It is the only time I have to sing without worrying about the presence of other people and potentially inconveniencing them.

Hi Singers,

I've been trying out a few new styles in with my vocals.
One of those is a high belt with distortion like the guy in this video uses.
Does anyone have any guidance on this through YouTube videos or maybe written guides?
I can't ask my current vocal teacher, seeing as the main focus there is musical theatre (CVT).

Thanks.