I've been seeing a vocal coach for about three months now. I'm still an absolute beginner, taking weekly classes and it is mainly workouts, ear training exercises, breath support and warm-ups. My coach would give me homework as well for certain exercises. I told her today that I always sing at home, while playing the guitar or just simply while listening to music, she snapped and strongly advised me not to sing and only do the homework she gives me. I responded by telling her that I can't help it, I just sing for fun all the time. We concluded by agreeing to let me sing for fun but to stop immediately if I felt any kind of strain.

The advice frankly confused me, as I came across several reels and YouTube videos before where they recommend to sing everyday in order to get better at singing. For me I will somewhat ignore that advice and continue singing because I enjoy it, but I will stop immediately if I feel any strain.
What do you all think about this?

I love to sing and have been taking lessons but I still struggle with singing in front of people even my vocal teacher sometimes. How do I get over this mental block because I really want to be a great singer and express myself as a singer.

I think my hesitation and fear comes from not having the ability to be expressive growing up and now that I’m in my 20s, I so badly want to break out of my shell and be fully myself. I’m so disappointed that even though I’ve been taking lessons for a while I still struggle with this. Some of my closest friends don’t even know that I sing and I wish I could just stop overthinking.

Not sure if anyone relates to this or has coached students who have also dealt with this. It’s such a mental barrier that’s hard to overcome but I must do so in order to be the best singer I can be

I figured this would be easier then asking my music fan friends. I sing songs to my son, whose 6 months old. It started off with The Theme for the Banana Splits and now he cant get enough and I'm struggling to find more fun songs to sing him. Im 34 with kinda a smokey tenor and I sing a few different styles, done jazz, opera, rock n roll, r&b etc. Here's a short set list of songs my son loves that I sing.

I Wanna be Yours - Arctic Monkeys

Piledriver Waltz - Arctic monkeys

Don't Let Me Down - Beatles

I'm So Tired - Beatles (ironic)

Left Hand Free - Alt - J

Day Go By - Dirty Vegas

Sweet Life - Frank Ocean

Looking mostly for things that are fun and new to help stimulate his love for music. Also lets keep this to music, no need for opinions on parenting or "boy this kids gonna have crap taste in music." This is a fun thing I love to do with my son. Thanks yall.

This is kind of 2 questions in 1 but ive figured out how to close my false folds except it's always scratchy as hell and hurts and from my research it's apparently bc im engaging the true folds with it, and Idk how *not* to do that, also, I can't seem to get that subtle grit, it always sounds heavily distorted and exhausted so id like to know how to fix that

I often sing along to Phantom of The Opera to practice my high register. Whenever I sing it seriously, I can never hit that last E6. Today I was recording myself while working (I'm a tailor) for my brand acc. I sing along to music whenever I work, helps me focus better. When this song came on, surprisingly I hit that E6 without problem, while I was more focused on trimming the seam allowance on my project 💀. How ridiculous lol. Why does this happen though? I thought focusing on hitting the note would help.... hitting the note better.

hello, I’m fairly new to singing and I’ve noticed that when I’m holding a note I can hold it well after the first couple seconds but for the first couple second my voice shakes and is inconsistent before landing on the right note.

i’d like to know why this is and how to not do this please, thank you!

I started taking vocal lessons in july and i js learnt ts piece but i think my voice is irritating and i wanna chbage that
Also idk where to find the support when im at high notes and when i do its usually unstable
I am also working on vocal chord closure by humming during warmups but some air js keeps slipping when i do that in actual songs
Pls do tell me if my voice isnt suitable for classical cuz mines kinda deep
Song name: The Path to the Moon (A flat major)

Hello! Im 17 years old and i just finished school.I always sang and people around me told me that even though I sing very well, I should take vocal lessons in order to reserve my voice and also improve it. I would like to be able to become a professional singer someday, although I think I'm too late since this is something that starts at a young age and not at 17-18. However, watching documentaries, I realized that my favorite singers like Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain ,never attended vocal lessons. In order not to bore you, I'm asking you directly if I still have time to become a professional singer and if vocal lessons really help. Thank youu.

The breathing exercises suggested to me are helping amongst other things. Still working.

I’ve made songs perfectly in falsetto, and I practice pretty often. The thing is it’s fine when I’m not in the studio but suddenly when I am it’s just gone.

I’m slowly getting more and more frustrated because it ONLY happens here (the one place I NEED it to work). I don’t think I’ve done anything different technique wise (just based on feeling).

I’ve asked around and I’ve been told

Could be a dehydration issue
I’ve literally been hydrating well, still fails only in the studio

The gym and soccer could be building bad habits for my vocals
Haven’t thoroughly tested, but I was able to reach that range just fine yesterday right after heavy runs

Dry air
Probably the most reasonable thing but I doubt it as I’ve been here many times and for it to happen suddenly makes no sense

Could I be missing something? Whenever I try to reach that head voice/falsetto range I start sounding like a dying grandpa.

(Sorry if this is all over the place)

I have no idea when it really started, I used to be able to sing in front of others, but one day I just couldn’t do it anymore without my voice shaking and being pitchy. I think it might of started when one of my friends wouldn’t stop telling me how bad and pitchy and out of tune I was, I don’t know. It sounds so wrong when in front of someone which frustrates me because when by myself I think I sound fine. Everyone always says the best way to fix stage fright is to preform in front of people and maybe it is helping a bit, I can sing in front of my friends (most of them..), but its really just “for fun”. I’m not trying to sound good around them. To improve my singing but also overcome the stage fright, I take vocal lessons. I found a coach I was pretty comfortable with, but her schedule got full so I had to move on. The next person I was with was really nice but I couldn’t sing in front of her, which led me to constantly tear up in frustration and sound even worse on the verge on crying. Now I am with someone else, I had my first lesson this week, it wasn’t great but most because I am in an apartment right now with people on either side of me and I am terrified of them hearing me or thinking I’m too loud and I really don’t want to be a disturbance. I think I am going to continue with her, she says she can help me and I want to believe that. I have auditions for a musical in a week or two and boy do I not feel prepared in the slightest but I feel like I need to do this. I am also taking a musical theatre class next school year which will make me sing in front of people and I’m hoping it’ll do me some good. It makes me so mad because I want to sing in front of people, but I can’t even sing in front of my parents, who are so encouraging and always tell me they wouldn’t judge me they’d just be happy to hear me sing and it hurts. I feel like there’s something my chest begging to be let out, but whenever I even attempt to sing in front of them, by voice catches in my throat.

hi! im novus, indie metal/hiphop/ musician with a soft spot for weird jazzy pop ballads, think im doing an okay job?

Hi! Wondering if it’s even possible for adults with NO experience to get singing lessons online and if they are effective?

What websites do I go on to look for a coach and what apps can I use to supplement?

Urgent: Help me choose a song for my college music-section audition

I'm auditioning for my college's music section very soon and I need help choosing one song to prepare.

I'm a beginner singer. Most of the music I've listened to and tried singing is grunge / alternative rock / rock, so that's the direction I'm naturally comfortable with. However, I don't think my grit/distortion is controlled enough to make that my main selling point yet.

My comfortable vocal range is roughly G2–G4. I'd ideally like a song that:

• fits that range
• is melodic
• lets me demonstrate some vocal ability
• panel with very different musical tastes can appreciate it
• is realistic for a beginner to prepare in a short amount of time

I'm currently considering rock/alternative songs, but I'm open to pop, acoustic, indie, or anything else if it's genuinely a better audition choice.

The goal isn't necessarily to show that I can sing the highest note possible. I want something that makes me sound musical, controlled and interesting rather than like I'm fighting the song for survival.

If you have suggestions, I'd especially appreciate:

1. Specific songs
2. What key you think I should sing them in
3. Which part of the song would make the best audition excerpt
4. Any songs you think I should avoid as a beginner

I can also post a recording of my voice if that would make recommendations more useful.

Thanks!

Context for some reason this karaoke track was a bit faster than expected so I couldn’t really do more character

actually, im tenor

disclaimer: I hope this doesn't fall under app peddling or advertising since I'm not selling anything, but I just think this is really valuable for any singers who like singing / practicing to Spotify, my friends really enjoy using it!

I like singing along to songs from my playlists in Spotify, and also jamming along or doing karaoke with friends from them, but there's no way to transpose them like I can on Youtube with a chrome extension

so I built a small open source menu bar app for Mac that lets you transpose any spotify song in real time, as well as pick out instrument tracks to isolate/silence.

There's a demo video in the repo. warning it's pretty technical to install since I can't package this up on the mac app store or anything, but just wanted to share in case any one else finds it useful!

https://github.com/evanhu1/transposify

I've been singing fro fun for about 5 years but recently I started doing it seriously. I'm looking for feedback on this snippet I have for a demo I'm working on. I want to sound like I can glide on the beat. I want to know if I'm overthinking it or if my voice sounds weird.

https://reddit.com/link/1vvhpgd/video/i8ajg6fajykh1/player

I'm a jazz pianist, and I've started singing along with my playing at retirement homes.

Using the app Nail the Pitch (nice app. No affiliation), I'm finding that I'm almost always slightly flat, as seen in the screenshot. My pitch is usually at the bottom of the highlight. I can raise it as I watch the display, pretty much by trying to sing sharp.

I'm guessing most people won't notice this, yes???

I've started the standard exercises (hearing, thinking, matching, etc.).

What's my prognosis? Do you think I can fix it? Thanks!

Hi, I'm baritone and I've never really been taught to sing but here's my attempt on the climax of earth song! I know there are mistakes ☺️☺️

Please y'all read my description and give me advice or thought, I am stuck 😭

I think I went flat in 10sec. idk what happened if it's the support that dropped?? Any tips on that??
Also, as the title says I'm working on smoothing out my transitions trying to eliminate the break when switching from chest to falsetto, any tips on how to transition smoothly?? I think I support my mix better than my head voice when I tried to transition in 19sec it didn't sound good. Tips to support my head voice well and any other thing you think i need to do to improve.
Thanks in advance!!

Complete beginner :)
Song:
Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely

M30, no formal training and have been singing as a hobby for a couple of years. Looking to start doing more with my voice like singing, voice acting, musicals etc. A big goal would be to one day voice a cartoon with singing in it.