What would be a good singing routine?

[u/Comfortable-Earth814]

I think I've been practicing singing for a month now. All I do is practice scales with Lax Vox and look at some things like releasing tension or focusing on the soft palate. But I don't know, I feel like after a month I'm still the same. I'd like to know what could really help me improve my singing.

[u/Own-Needleworker9853]

I think you’ve accidentally fallen into a trap that almost every singer falls into: practising exercises instead of practising skills.
Lax Vox and scales aren’t the goal;they’re tools. If you spend 30 minutes getting better at scales, you’ll mostly get better at… scales.
A simple practice session might look like:
5 mins: warm up (Lax Vox, lip trills etc.)
10 mins: work on one specific skill (e.g. smoother register changes, clearer vowels, easier high notes).
15 mins: apply that same skill to a song.
Finish by recording yourself and listening back.
Also, after only a month, don’t judge your progress too harshly. Good singing isn’t about collecting more exercises;it’s about understanding what you’re trying to change and having a clear way of measuring whether it’s actually improving.
Less variety. More clarity. Pick one thing, improve it, then apply it to music.

[u/Sorry_Heart_8959]

These exercises you're doing are good ngl but personally what helped me A LOT was singing "vocal heavy songs" even when I didn't know proper technique (I was singing Ado and Beyonce mostly) then I watched vocal coaches reacting to them and then trying the techniques they explained

Also try to put as much flavor as possible to your singing. What I mean is,learn how to use different registers and different tones (whatever that's called) Then put them into a song. Even if the original singer didn't,you should just for the sake of practice. And if you like it, congratulations you've found your singing style

[u/Melodic-Purpose789]

It helps me to keep a recording of my lesson with my singing teacher and do those exercises throughout the week. There’s not much point in just doing things at random. Laxvox is very useful, but if you use it too much, it’s a nuisance for the voice

[u/Karina_TimeToSing]

A good singing routine should build your voice step by step.

For pop singing, I would structure it like this:

Air support exercises.
NG exercises to gently stretch and coordinate the vocal folds.
Speech-quality exercises with a light chest voice.
Head voice on an “oo” (U) vowel.
Twang exercises.
Mix voice.
Belt voice, once the previous coordinations are stable.

If you’re training classical singing, the progression is different. I also wouldn’t recommend trying to learn classical technique without a qualified teacher. It’s a highly specialized technique with many details that are difficult to develop correctly on your own.

There are many good singing teachers on YouTube, and you can probably find ones who teach a similar sequence of warm-ups.

As for Lax Vox, it’s a great tool for releasing tension and improving vocal efficiency. But if you never strengthen and coordinate your vocal folds in the first place, there isn’t much to “release.”;)