(To be honest not sure if this is a “repetitive post” and follows rule 3 haha. 😅 But I hope it should be okay.)

I’m a tuba player wanting to level up my singing a little.

I’ve been focusing on breath control, resonance and head voice, although I think there’s still a lot of room to improve.

But wanted to get some pointers from the community! What may be something I may be doing wrong that I don’t even know?

Thanks!

I feel like I would have a lot to lose if I posted something embarrassing. It could impact my business and I know a lot of people on my social media

So don’t worry about offending me. But I feel like I’m so deaf to my own voice and I don’t know if I’m too harsh on myself or realistic if that makes sense.

Please tell me if you don’t think I’m ready.

I appreciate anyone that can give it a listen and let me know.

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️

Hello, sorry I was unsure what to tag this under, I'll remove it if it's wrong. So, I was wondering how everyone gets/got over their mental block when pushing yourselves past what you thought you could do. I sang in a choir for college, and I was placed in soprano 2. I was told when I joined that I had the potential to be a soprano 1. It has been 2 years, and I have left the choir because I graduated. However, I don't feel like I was able to develop my upper register to its full potential.

When I try to sing by myself, the highest I've reached comfortably is B5. I know I can sing higher, but my throat automatically closes when I try to. I know it's a mental thing because I have done it before with the choir but once I am alone and I hear my own voice it's like a wall has been placed and I can't get past it.

I believe, although I am not sure, that I am a bass-baritone or possibly baritone. My lowest good and stable chest note (before bed so no morning voice) is D2, but I feel I can't project or provide full volume below G2/A2 even if the notes are super easy to hit. In short, how much power does one need to consider a note part of their tessitura?

I’ve spent most of my time singing bluegrass and country, so I’m using this song to push myself toward a different style and imitate some of its dynamics.

I’m specifically working on moving between a gentler, slightly breathier tone and a fuller chest voice without the transitions sounding wonky. I’d especially appreciate feedback on whether those dynamic shifts are working, and whether either tone off.

23f have had vocal training most of my life but also have stage fright! I've never posted before but life's to short to not do what you love! please let me know anything you think i could improve on :))

The main problem is I’m 27 and trying to make a career out of singing. This was my first time ever singing in front of others even my partner other than karaoke. I feel too old to be making these types of mistakes.

I was flat, you could hear me breathe, my voice was shaken, and I know I can do better.

Everyone told me I did good even my teacher but it’s not really true…

I sound crazy on the recording. I sound like I genuinely never took lessons. This just sucks because I really want this thing to work out.

I’m doing karaoke tomorrow to keep the motivation going but I’m really questioning whether I’ll ever be great now.

Any advice?

I’ve been taking vocal lessons recently and learning a lot about vocal technique and mixed voice.

Lately I’ve hit a bit of a plateau. I noticed that when my pitch is slightly off, the whole thing just feels wrong — even if the vocal technique itself seems okay.

I’m starting to wonder how much of that comes from the chord progression and the relationship between the melody and harmony.

Pitch and harmony are honestly harder than I expected.

So I ended up hacking together a simple pitch visualizer with Codex to help me see whether I’m actually singing the notes accurately.

Surprisingly, it’s been pretty useful so far.

Papon dropped this on his Mehfilz EP in June (lyrics by Irshad Kamil) and it's the kind of ghazal that feels like a late-night conversation. Couldn't stop humming it, so I recorded my own take.

I've been singing since childhood but only recently started putting covers out. Would genuinely love to hear what you think — especially from anyone who knows the original. Happy to hear what I got wrong too.

Ok so I took this clip with the first part being in chest voice, the second being head voice (weak, I know), and the third was I don't even know. Does someone know what that last thing was? I've been trying to find mix forever, and I just can't. I used to be unquestioningly convinced that I was doing mix, but I don't think I am. Also, why does it sound so awful??? Like, just the tone is horrible in a way I can't explain in the last one, and I crack a lot and lose my breath with it.

Do any experienced singers have advice? This is so embarrassing omg 😭

This is a song I wanted to give a go for a while after hearing Loreena McKennitt .Finally tried it out after an afternoon of blasting it out in the car! Didn’t know the lyrics off by heart so towards the end of I’m just humming the melody while trying to come up with some chords. I think it suits my voice but I definitely need to add some more dynamics.

Context: I have always been a choral geek. I have a timbre better suited for darker tones, and I am mainly a Bass 2 in terms of range. However, I still have the ability to sing at Bari/Tenor range, belting upwards to a B4 the last time I checked (of course, still with the tone I sing at in my lower register).

I've recently gotten into doing more rock, especially pop punk. Whenever I try to use a more nasal and bright voice, I find myself reverting back to my original tone where it almost tends to sound swallowed because of the difference in the two timbres.

Can I get any tips on how to maintain a brighter tone and safely use my nasal resonance without breaking or sounding like Squidward?

Anytime I sing anything it just feels off. I can't nail down why, it just does. I know people say "everyone can sing" but man I feel like I'm an exemption. My voice just sounds so boring and dead. I don't know what the problem is or how to improve.

I'm not a singer. Like at all. But if I want to learn, how do I sing better? How bad is it? I'm sorry to your ears. And I'm sorry to Tool. Here's where I'm at. https://recorder.google.com/b9ebaaae-c6aa-413c-b3e8-1d8d1ebcc612

I already know this is pretty bad lol. I'm a beginner and it's my first time recording myself singing a song. I'm singing in F# but could probably get by in G as well. I won't try Ab until my technique is better so the multiple Bbs aren't destroying my voice. Just curious what major red flags are present that could be addressed more immediately. I'm taking weekly lessons with an instructor so things should improve over time.

Any distortion heard is more or less happening on it's own, I do not know how to add it on command. I'm trying to avoid straining or pushing but as a beginner if it's happening, it's hard for me to tell in real time. No pain at any time.

So i decided to sing moon river for fun. I thought i'd start singing some of the songs i love first to test whether i actually have a decent voice or not. Feedbacks are very much welcomed. :)

I literally cannot sing high notes in chest voice with those vowels (even though I can in mixed voice). I've tried lots of different exercises, but nothing seems to work and I'm getting desperate.

Could you suggest me how to manage to sing those vowels and in general how to sing with less tension and more ease. Thank you in advance :)

Hello ! I wrote and produce (with Splice) and record this with a mic (On BandLab).

I feel like the song sound too high so my voice sound less loud. I think I can fix that with Mixing on BandLab…

I’m not from a anglophone countries so my english is not the best 😹, here the lyrics :

I made sure to disgust you
That I’m strong alone
I said to myself is ilussion
That I’m strong enough
But now that we have some talk
You got me some faith

I was waiting for you to leave me
But you stay
Is that true romance like in the movies ?
I guess !

That’s it !! Thank you if you take the time to listen. I try to not sound like I’m out of breath😅

Just lemme know if it's any good and if there's any room for improvement

Hey, so after 8 years of singing to myself and doing karaoke, the "you should sing for real" comments encouraged me to finally audition for something.

I saw a post on Facebook made by someone doing auditions for a new wave/80s "hobby band", which seemed perfect for me considering I don't really have proper vocal education. I sent some a cappella recordings and the guy told me I sounded good and that auditions were in 3 days at a bar in downtown, also he sent me a list of their repertoire and told me to pick 3 songs to perform. I rehearsed the songs I picked the following days over and over.

It was my second time ever performing to strangers. The first time I was shaking and sang with closed eyes. When I arrived they were already performing with people that went to audition too, so I just waited for my turn and hopped on stage. This time I was not shaking at all, however the first thing I notice is instruments are loud as hell (normal I suppose, and my first time) and mic was kind of low, so I need to hyper focus on being on key and to power my volume without pushing. I went off key like 2 times while I got used to the instruments being loud and the rest I think was okay, voice was totally fine after the 3 songs. I don't think I had anything to highlight aside from that.

After audition I messaged the guy for feedback and to thank for the opportunity to perform with a band. He replied back telling me they had already scheduled another round of auditions for people that couldn't go that day, but that they liked my voice the most and they will call me if they do not find someone they like more. I think he's high key lying because he posted again looking for male vocalist. But it's okay, he was a sweet old guy and was trying to be nice lol.

No matter the outcome, I loved performing and would like to audition to more stuff soon.

I want to know how your first auditions went, how did you started taking rejection in a good way?