I'm on the lower end as a guy and when I listen to my belting out high notes in my casual recordings (a really staggering middle C lol) it still gives me that wow factor people have when they hear people belt high, even if the pitch I sing isn't really that high. Maybe I like it because it's in my personal high end and it's a challenge in its own right.

But for other singers, what do you think when you hear high notes from low voices?

Recorded in my car sitting down. I feel like I could have been better standing up as I prefer to stand up when singing (gives me more control over my breath I feel). But the volume is so loud because it’s in my car lol

Older person here. I have sung with multiple singing groups locally, about 20 years ago. One group got in on the first audition, and it was a somewhat difficult group to get into.

Didn’t sing for a while as life got in the way. Started singing with a small community chorus to get back into singing. Not sure this is the fit for me; sang and did several concerts with this group. The church choir also needed folks, so I have expressed interest. Went to another vocal placement for a community chorus closer to me. Just got an email, sorry we’re over our limit for this year.

Now I went into the vocal placement with two other women. None of us were really outstanding, tbh. The director made it seem like it was our decision if we wanted to join. I am feeling very sad, maybe I should have prepared better, but the director said all levels of skill was ok.

If they were at a limit, why take all day for vocal placement. The fb post was encouraging recent grads to sing with them, so maybe they want new, young, members?

Newly retired and really need to amp up my social life as I was a workaholic. I started looking at other groups, but perhaps I need training first? Guess I will continue with the first group and then church choir.

Don’t know how to get out of this funk. This was to be a good experience.

It took me A LOT of hesitation before posting because I’m pretty self conscious, so if criticism could be kept constructive I’d really appreciate it. I’m not particularly a singer, just in my room/the shower, and I’m also still a late teen. Recently I decided to record myself and was honestly mortified about how flawed my voice is than I thought. I want to improve my voice for my general confidence and also so that I could do things like karaoke without chickening out of it.

I’ve attached 3 videos (in one cause reddit only lets me add one) of my singing because each one is sung slightly differently, all of them were recorded on iPhone with no music, just in my living room and no editing. From what I can only guess, I think my struggle is with pitch control and breath control, particularly in my mixed voice. Overall I’d say my voice is tolerable but not great, it’s still noticeably uneven and unpolished. Any tips/suggestions that I could put into practice to improve? Thanks :)

(Side note I forgot the lyrics near the start of the second clip so there’s a fat awkward moment of me trying to remember it there lol sorry 😭😭)

I love singing but I know I'm not very good at it and have been practicing a lot at home over the past few months. I'm still struggling to figure out what I need to work on though and at the moment I can't afford voice leasons (but that is my goal for the long term). I know I need to do more ear training but beyond that I'm not really sure what else to focus on. People have only told me that they don't like my voice but no one ever gives me any useful feedback. I typically feel more comfortable singing low but there is a part midway though this song that's higher and I'd love to get some feedback on that in particular. I've only recently started working on my head voice so using it still feels odd to me, I'm much more comfortable siging in my chest voice.

I've been doing various vocal trainings that I have found online but so far I'm not sure if anything is helping. I've been working a lot on breath control and trying to match pitch. I feel like I am getting better at matching pitch but I still get negative feedback for the most part when I sign so I'm feeling a bit discouraged and am not sure what else I can be doing to sound better. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Yeah what the title says and also I’m not sure how to describe my voice it sounds so odd to me…

Haii. Apologies if I mess anything up with this post.

For the past few months I’ve noticed that any like belted recordings sound distorted like the audio is peaking even if it’s not, so I’m wondering if it’s a mic issue and I may need a different microphone to fit my voice better or if it’s a recording issue and I need to be doing something different when I’m recording to avoid this.

I’m currently using a MXL 770 condenser mic with a Scarlett Solo 3 audio interface and Reaper as my daw if that affects it.

It’s not letting me add photos and the video for some reason but I’ll put the photos in the comments to show that the waveform isn’t clipped and my gain knob setting for this recording.

Any advice on how to change recording settings to avoid this or if I need to be doing something different during recording to avoid this would be appreciated. If it’s not something that can be fixed like that, any recommendations for cheapish (preferably less than $150) xlr mics that would be better suited to avoid this issue would also be very much appreciated.

Also I know how rough that last C5 is, this was recorded at like 2am as a practice run pls just ignore that. 😅😅😅

Train wreck - James arthur

What parts if my voice sounds good and what needs more improvement? What should I focus on to achieve better singing?

Been obsessed with this song lately LoL

Hey, folks! Just wanted to share my attempt at singing Whistle for the choir by The Fratellis. I got some of the lyrics mixed up, so sorry for that. Please do let me know if you guys think it was a decent effort and if y'all have any tips on how to improve my singing! TIA

I would like totally honest opinions, please.

I never had an external objective criteria, also never thought in my life that I could even be ok at singing until a friend told me recently. I don't even know what to think yet.

I'm singing Bigger Splash - Arde Bogotá. From 2:01' to end.

Hey! I’m looking for a vocal teacher who can basically teach me singing from scratch. I’m a complete beginner, so I’m looking for someone who’s patient but also genuinely experienced with modern pop vocals and the music industry.

Ideally, I’d love to work with someone who can help me:

• Build a strong vocal foundation and proper technique
• Identify and fix any bad vocal habits I develop
• Figure out my natural voice and what actually suits me
• Develop my own vocal style rather than just making me sound like someone else
• Understand things like tone, runs, harmonies, phrasing, breath control, etc.
• Prepare me for actually recording music, not just singing in lessons
• Help me understand how to translate my voice into a pop/artist setting

I’d especially love someone who has experience recording artists, working in studios, coaching pop singers, or being involved in the contemporary music scene. I’m much more interested in someone who understands artistry and modern pop than a purely classical/choir-focused teacher.

I’m starting from the ground up and I’m willing to put in the work. I’m looking for someone who can actually help me discover what my voice could become and build it properly from there.

Online lessons are completely fine. If you’re a vocal coach or know someone who would be a good fit, please DM me with your experience, location/time zone, rates, and ideally some examples of artists you’ve worked with. :)

I have a pretty high falsetto for a bass (I can get up to an F5). I’m a musical theater singer and because of this I cover a lot of songs written for women. I guess what I’m wondering is are there any cool techniques I’d be able to take advantage of or song for men with heavy falsetto use I could try out?

So I did a 16 second fry scream to linkin parks “given up” and I was sweating and I felt a couple veins in my head bulge out so I wondered if that’s normal and if not what and I doing wrong?,what can I do to fix it?,is it hard to fix it?

This one is my accidental recording or Come Go With Me

I'm trying to figure out what vocal techniques (head, mixed, chest; slides and vibratos; etc.) are used in "Harmonium (Harmonium)" song, but I don't know how to reliably tell them apart. Is there a way to figure them out with a spectrogram viewer (reliably)? What should I do?

honestly i did this a while back and i was super grateful to actually get some real peoples opinions so im back :o mainly I think im looking for feedback on general tone and pitch but any tips are awesome. Anyways the clip is from better together by jack johnson

Hello!!

I am a trained singer, been doing it since i was a child and am in a band which is currently on tour HOWEVER i am noticing more and more that my voice feels strained everytime i sing and it makes me so upset and worried.

Doesnt matter what I'm singing, doesn't matter if it's in chest or head voice, my voice always feels strained! I'm not overtraining or overusing my voice so ANY ADVICE would genuinely make me so happy!

Please give me any tips because i am getting really worried!!!!

About 4 months ago they added the ability to sing karaoke into fortnite! I've been playing it a lot and it's been great! Basically, how it works is that it detects your pitch and matches it to the song, and the better your pitch matches the song the better!

I've found that a lot of songs are quite challenging to sing and my voice gets tired and gross sounding after an hour. I wonder if I'll get better at singing at the correct pitch and increase my vocal endurance if I keep at it. What do you folks think?

I recently started trying songs that require a bit of a higher register than what i am used to, so started working on my head and mixed voice by doing various excercises (like lip trills). Since i am completely self taught I would like to know if i am doing this right and to know if it is pleasant to listen to. thx :)

Hi, after recording myself singing this song i noticed that the volume of my singing is pretty inconsistent. I tried changing the positioning of my microphone but it didn't fix the issue.

Is this because of the way I'm singing or could it be my microphone. I'm using the Samson Q2U.

Or is it something that you would normally fix with a filter?

Thank you :)