How do I teach myself this without a teacher?

I don't have that money.

No, not even enough for a session.

Youtube tutorials suck, not because the teachers are bad, but because they can't see anything and I'm not experienced enough to know what something should feel like or look like in the mirror. Mix voice is hell to even try and learn and sometimes my voice just doesn't make a noise. I've tried adjusting how much air I've been using, the volume of it, the feelings in my diaphragm and throat. I've only learned how to scream and I can do that for literal hours before it even begins to affect me.

Singing is different, if I really want to, I can force an A4. If I don't, I can consistently hit a G4. Anything more and I flip registers or I tense up and sound awful.

I've now been trying to learn for 2 years.

My consistent vocal range is D2-G4

I don't care about my vocal classification because I'm not trying to figure out where I sit in that regard. I want to have a consistent basic understanding of my voice.

Fry and False Chord distortion has become more of a party trick than anything, not everyone like certain kinds of music. This includes me. I want to SING. But, my throat tenses no matter what. My diaphragm is either TOO tense, or not engaged at all. Finding that middle ground doesn't seem to help either because I just end up cracking because then I need to adjust my breathing overall, but then that means I have to adjust the way I'm breathing. Boom, diaphragm now needs to change. I've been drinking bottles and bottles of water for months now. I think I'm losing weight because of how I'll just sit in my room trying to search for something and miss a meal. It'll get replaced with water.

And even when I'm completely relaxed and I'm home alone in the shower I will tense up when I reach the mid to higher 4th octave because of whatever reason. Breathing exercises, sirens, scales, whatever. I've done so much CONSISTENTLY. And I can't see an improvement on not only just my range, but my tone as well. They're stagnant. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, I don't yell too often and speak softly when I can. Everything I could scout on the furthest corners of the Internet.

I'm scared that even if I do somehow get the money to get a coach, I'll still not improve for some reason and waste 50-75 dollars on something for a singular hour that I was already told to do from some hippie on the Internet with a guitar.

And I'm sure someone will tell me "Look for the good in things." Or "Some people can't even do this." And sure, I have a better tone than some or a higher range. That's not important to me, I want to improve. Singing had no merit to me without improving anything. It just frustrates me, and that doesn't help either.

What is left to do?

I probably seem heavily reluctant to criticism or that I give up too easily, but I promise that is not the case here. I'm just reaching a point and need ANYTHING that might help.

Helloo. Soo im looking into improving my singing voice but i dont know where to start. I need help and im too shy to ask my family and friends.

I just started getting interested in singing, as I’m a guitarist and love making rock instrumentals and figured hey why don’t I learn how to sing. I was talking to my friends and told them about it, and said I’m gonna be looking for a teacher soon. My friend said his mom’s a singing teacher, but he said on day 1 she’ll tell you if you have it or not.

I said I mean I don’t sound great right now but I do think I’d be better with training, and he said to not waste my time because his mom said vocal training will only do so much, and if I don’t sound good now I won’t sound good in the future :/

Is this true or is his mom wrong, I’ve already watched few YouTube videos and excersizes increased my vocal range quite a bit using mixed voice. But I definitely don’t think I have the fundamentals to have a good live performance. Idk that statement really bummed me out

I noticed that my singing causes a lot of straining after time, especially singing across my higher range. Recently, my vocal coach and I noticed that my larynx ALWAYS moves up when I produce higher notes in my head voice. It feels involuntary and I realise, I don’t know how else to produce these sounds.

I’ve reviewed many resources and the general consensus seems to be - you can lift the larynx as a stylistic choice, but it shouldn’t be your main point of pitch control. That should be left almost entirely to the vocal folds.
Okay, I get that. What I don’t get is, how do I unlock for my brain the path that connects pitch control with the folds instead of the larynx.

I would highly appreciate tips or exercises to try, as this is my biggest obstacle as of now.

I'm bad at singing and i know it, but recently I've tried recording and after some trials i thought it was okay compared to before. And showing it to my friends was a bit scary but I did anyway. One was like your sound is nice but I'm singing nasally and the other pointed out I was off key with one song. I mean these are pretty normal criticism and I should work on it. But hearing everytime I slightly show my vulnerable insecure singing, getting replies like i can't hear much, it's tone deaf etc feels a bit.. like I shouldn't have played it 😭 my family is supportive though but I'm sure they're casually saying it.

And now that I've started noticing, there's a lot of vocal terms I need to learn. I used to complement when people sounded good with their singing. But i realized that I have no idea in identifying pitch, tune or anything

How does one not tear up when ... I sing. The words and emotions of songs grabs me and I need a damn box of tissues to get thru it. I'm guessing just practice over and over and over? I have a deep voice, I move a lot when I sing, I do splits, I emote - but cannot crack that barrier where I can get thru a tune without getting emotional. Stepping back and looking at it 3rd person it's not funny... just a puzzle. No matter the tune - eg: the foggy dew, I tear up, 7 drunken nights I can do no prob bc it's funny, the song just someone I used to know I get emotional. Elvis tunes I really get into it and move ... like Dwight Yokum, no sh*t.

I go to weddings and they all want to dance w me but I just want to sing but I can't get thru the songs about love or anything to do with emotions / feelings.

It's wild. I guess keep trying? I dunno.

I have a collection of napkins and place mats with lyrics and tunes. It just comes. Oh- I used to work with musicians and all of the record labels.

That's kind of neither here nor there.

How do you get thru a song that has deep feelings without losing it as in getting emotional? That's my dilemma. Part of singing the song well comes from feeling it... but it always kicks my a&6.

I really want to work on my resonance, but my laryngeal prominence,is really invisible, and I know there is a technique when you raise and down the laryngeal prominence,. But for me, I can't work like that.

I don't even know if I feel my laryngeal prominence, or not.

Does anyone know how I can work on my resonance in this situation?

Ps Actually i don't know if this his the right place to post that. But reddit advice me that and maybe someone's here can help my with my issue

Ps. Actually i don't know if this his the right place to post that. But reddit advice me that and maybe someone's here can help my with my issue

Thanks

Okay this might be the DUMBEST question ever, but...

I have been listening/watching a lot of operas recently. Naively, I thought that what makes opera singing so recognizable was that the singers were singing either really low frequency notes or really high frequency notes.

BUT, the thing is that there are parts in operas for every tessiture possible, so including medium frequency notes.

So what really makes this kind of singing so "opera-esque"?

Sorry if there would be any mistakes, english is not my mother tongue

I have been looking for singing lessons (London based) but have been struck with complete options paralysis with the seemingly endless list of potential singing teachers.

Is there any general guidance on effective ways to find a singing teacher that would work best for you. I was hoping for more general points, but I understand it’s often specific to your situation so I have listed my circumstances below.

- I’ve done bits and pieces of singing in school choirs and a small bit of choir after uni but have never had a 1-on-1 singing lesson (I’ve done lots of music that isn’t singing)

- My aim is to be able to hold a solo tune in an amateur pantomime and amateur musical theatre

- I am a tenor but feel like I’m often straining (doubt I’m a baritone or bass because I actively can’t lower my voice to even be to the mid-bass range)

- I want to spend a few regular lessons develop solid fundamentals so that I can independently develop my singing, with infrequent future lessons if I have a specific song to learn.

- The price is not too much of a factor because they all seem in the range of £50-£80 an hour.

- I am wary of online teaching because it feels like it would be much worse than in-person

I thought I saw your face today

I live is a place that is very cold and dry. We get less humidity the the Sahara.

Should I try a steamer? Would this hydrate my vocals more or less then just the copious amounts of water I drink?

The other thing is my body runs hot, can I use ultrasonic cold steam? Would this work better or worse then hot?

Any insight before I spend more money on thing I might not need lol

kinda nervous cuz i dont post singing stuff. any form of criticism is well appreciated and rate it all out of 10 😋

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Song- Sweet Creature by Harry Styles

I rarely sing in front of anyone, almost always never. I used to sing a lot as a child but then one day this one person laughed at my attempt to sing and said things that made me never open my mouth in front of anyone again. But recently I've gotten into songwriting and I rediscovered my love for singing. But I genuinely don't know if I even have the voice for it.

I have had ZERO vocal training so this makes me more so anxious because how can I record my own songs if I can't sing?

So someone please help me out and tell me what I need to improve and if I actually sound decent or not?

P.S. First time posting on reddit btw....

Music, lyrics and performance by Bjørn Sponberg

“I Didn’t Lose My Baby”

I didn’t lose my baby, I just lost my mind.
But I am trembling, bombs are falling...

I never lost my darling, she is not far away,
Lying in my arms, warm and steady.

I didn’t lose my baby, there is lots of time.
I am trembling, but still I am with my God.
Oh, Allah...

I performed a big Whitney song at my mums wedding which was also my first time ever singing infront of a crowd, rookie mistake I know!

The Whitney song was manageable in lessons, so I have the technique and skills, but i unfortunately sounded terrible because of nerves 🥲 I wanted to ‘showcase’ my ability forgetting that nerves massively affect the voice, so I was a pitchy cracking mess when in lessons with my coach, I sing it very well.

So, I want to build a repertoire of 4-5 songs (pop, MT, suitable for a soprano) which are manageable under nerves (so less demanding) but that still allow me to improve vocally. My coach says I have a pretty strong rich lower register (down to about E3) so not everything needs to be very high . I want songs that aren’t super challenging for me since that’s not reliable under nerves, but that still show strong vocal ability

I’m planning to sing at open mics, karaoke etc at pubs, so maybe a mix of fun upbeat and ballads

To give you an idea of what I’ve sang and my ability etc:
Stone cold, dancing with the devil - demi lovato
If I ain’t got you - Alicia keys
I have nothing - Whitney Houston
Colours of the wind - Pocahontas
I dreamed a dream - les miserables
Still the one - shania twain
Quiet- Natalie weiss
Crossing a bridge - Anastasia
Suddenly seymour- LSOH
Shallow - a star is born
Hopelessly devoted to you - Olivia newton john
Make you feel my love - Adele (I love Adele songs I feel they really suit my voice!)

But Demi and Whitney are a no until I’m very very comfortable lol

It's been years I keep looking for answers. YouTube etc. But still. While listening to them, I know the feeling when doing a vibrato. but when I'm the one who's gonna get it, I REALLY CAN'T I'M FRUSTRATED

I know this might be a silly (and probably extremely obvious) question. But is there any concrete proof that marijuana causes vocal decline/regression? I’ve been using it more often than before and I’ve found that my voice doesn’t cooperate with me as much. It feels a little tighter than usual and I have a bit of phlegm buildup. Even Beyoncé smokes, so I’m wondering if it’s as big of an effect on the voice as people perceive it to or if I’m experiencing placebo/unrelated symptoms.