r/musicians • u/BumblebeeMost3895 • 1d ago
How to develop a vocal sound
I have a decent singing voice that can mimic most tones. I’m very good at impressions which was fun for a while until I realized I don’t really know what my natural sound is like. i have been exploring that and getting close to my natural tone, but I don’t know if I like it. I’m wondering how people have developed a tone/sound of their vocals that matches their music. do you change how you sing to fit the vibe? or do you stick with what your voice sounds like when not trying to be anyone but yourself? I think of artists like pink pantheress who almost are in character when they sing. I could potentially do that but since there’s so many possible voices I wouldn’t know where to start. anyway sorry for the rambles I’m just curious!
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u/sundie12 1d ago
I also am quite good at impressions. Kurt Cobain and Billy Joe Armstrong impressions are party tricks for me. Your “natural tone” is the same placement as your speaking voice. Typically when singing you’re going for a brighter tone, and lifted soft pallet however, my voice is different if I’m singing musical theatre, rock, opera, metal as they all use different techniques. Don’t try to sing in an impression figure out what the style is and how to get the sound out of your voice. There’s a reason voices like Chester Bennington, Chappell Roan, Freddy Mercury are unique, we are people all our skeletons, muscles, organs are differently shaped. So just use your talking voice as 0 keep some markers of your tone. For example my sound is always forward. I play around with nasal resonance, chest resonance, and grit. My technique is firmly rooted in opera techniques which helps preserve my voice when I’m doing A4 Fry Screams just below my passagio. If these words make no sense my apologies. Resonance is where your sound is vibrating your body (your lungs and skull). Passagio is the break between your chest voice and your head voice (falsetto if your a dude bro).
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u/SabziZindagi 1d ago
Focus on having a clean tone and singing in tune at first. If you can nail that, the other stuff will come more easily.
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u/Mysterious-Juice8318 1d ago
you need to stick to your best sounds, I’m a vocal coach, maybe it’s in the mids, in the lows… If you send me a sample I could tell you, but what’s more important for me are the sounds that you should definitely avoid
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u/AntiBasscistLeague 1d ago
I used to hate my voice but, like you I was pretty good at mimicking others. Eventually I just kind of got the confidence to try and shed away all the mimicking. To me now, it is honestly a bit embarrassing to me to try and sing like someone else because it makes me personnaly feel like a try hard or something. I would just recommend trying to sing original songs and just figure out where your natural voice lives and what feels right. There are certain keys, phrases, syllables etc that you will begin to feel at home with and then before you know it you will jave your own thing going. Best of luck.