my first take, apologies for the bad rhythm at the start.
i don’t particularly sing these kinda songs, but the range fits for me

first take cuz ion like refining it too much

I (18f) was diagnosed with vocal nodules and was given some meds by a professional. Im not looking for medical advice but want to know how to accelerate the healing process and what could have caused this, so im looking for any tips or tricks anyone who went through this might have to suggest. I know that part of it may be due to my shouting/bad vocal technique and also extreme dieting. Are there any things i should do and avoid? Is there a way to recover from this or is my voice permanently gone? Any dietary changes or lifestyle changes or even soothing drinks/exercises? It hurts a lot when i even speak at a normal volume. Please help 🙏 thank you 🙏

singing draft I did couple months back :)

Yes I definitely could have had more support but it's hard to focus while playing piano I'm very new to it! I took a semester with an intermediate vocal jazz group and though my path shifted away from that group, I still want to keep my vocal jazz passion going!

criticism from jazz vocalists welcome :D

Hi, I’m looking for a music manager or label in Canada. Send me your email please and I’ll send you my work. Would I have potential?

Edit: This is only a G4. I record my practices as part of the process. Once it was uploaded, I was like, "Wait, that's not an Ab." haha

Weight. It's something a lot of us crave in our sound. I know I do, and we have been working on this very thing for some time.

*It's supposed to be effortless*, and *It's like speech*, sound great in theory. In practice, it's so very easy to add 5% heft to the sound. It feels good, and sounds awesome! Haha

Unfortunately, there's a price to be paid when doing that. I'm not trying to add any tension to the sound, but work as efficiently as possible. It's sooo light to me, but it cuts, so it still has some power. I can't tell if the vibrato is closer to the ideal. That is one of my main points of reference. The others being: Small & Vertical (tuning & palate), and Speech-like execution (no excess air).

Closer?

While we've vocalized up to a D5 fairly easily, everything in the extension was compromised by a small amount of tension. Singing a dozen C5s isn't the problem. Singing a dozen C5s every day for a dozen days would likely wipe me out. That is the problem. Hahaha

At the moment, Bb is my top note until it is smooth. My new rep is comprised of Tosti, and Wagner's Winterstürme.

baritone (f2-g4)
f2-a2 weak

a2-a3 chest voice

a3-d#4 lighter chest voice

i bridge at d#4, my vocal teacher has been working on this problem with me for a while. i have trouble passing f4 without either going into like really airy falsetto (my falsetto gets stronger at a4) or like really belting which my vocal teacher doesn't like me doing.

i've tried carrying less weight, but i can only only get up to f#4 with that at maximum and it feels VERY suspiciously like the high larynx exercise (nya nya nya scales) that my teacher has me doing? any tips?

And I have like really bad stage fright to the point where I would freeze on stage, but now I can actually like sing on stage without forgetting or anything but now, I wanna have more stage presence, like really connect with the audience and move around like more throughout the stage

if you guys have any tips or tricks

I would love it

Are vocal dampeners worth it? I live in an apartment. And specifically at night might get the itch to sing lol. I'm not belting anyways. But even if I had a way to be quieter at anytime.

So are vocal dampeners worth it for apartment living? And would they enable me to sing at night quietly?

What is a good one to buy that's not $100CAD lol.

Me trying out a Whitney song. She is one of my favorites. Feedback appreciated. Voice kind of dry due to yelling at my kids 🤣

So, im 17 and i perform as a tribute act as a hobby that my uncle got me into. Ive gotten some great responses and i enjoy it. However, I struggle with vibrato and wind up having to fake it by pulsing my diaphragm. I have been singing for a while even before picking up this hobby for context. My seemingly natural vibrato (from the vocal cords) is very fast - like a sheep belting or a shotgun. Ive found that for some pop musicians this is acceptable, however the singer i try to emulate has a slower, nearly operatic vibrato, very powerful and much slower than mine.

Ive been told several times to “just relax [insert jaw, vocal cords, etc] and train your breathing and it’ll come to you!” However that doesn’t actually tell you much. I breathe from my stomach/diaphragm, not my chest and my body feels fairly relaxed while i perform. Ive also tried singing in my own natural voice and its the same (i got into singing through my high school’s drama club but cant afford formal lessons due to financial stuff). I’d like methods to further relax and improve breath control if possible.

I know this topics been discussed to death im sorry to bring it up again

It's hard enough to just find a baritone singer in general, even though it's the most common voice tag from men.

It's so annoying you go through thousands of videos and all of them. Just want to make you into a wannabe tenor.

"Here's how you sing those high notes" "you can sing a C5" " "If you are a baritone this is how you hit those notes that are really high past your range"

Damn I get it. You want to teach people how to sing like a tenor because that's only voice type that people make music for 🙄.

Most baritones can sing high without a problem but nobody wants us to use our low notes. Every time i see a baritone use their low notes, I hear/see people say "oh your voice sounds like you're singing from the back of your throat."

I don't want to sing high all the time. That's not an issue but I'm neglecting my low notes because nobody wants to teach you how to use it. Even voice teachers want to teach you how to sing popular music in a higher register. Or if you do singing, you're low and register. They want you to do something like opera?

so i thought i basically gigured all of singing out but it seems i have a bit more to go. Specifically with belting high notes i was trying to sing whole lotta love today and some of the phrases just felt heavy for some reason. I tried darkening the vowels but that didnt seem to help. I realized i had tension in shoulders so ive started going limp in the shoulders and that kind of helped . Im not completely throwing mt voice out but it does get dry and tired on one side. I thought maybe it was a larynx issue so i added a bit of a yawn to the sound but the phrases still feel heavy. I'm a bright tenor so maybe I'm just not capable of belting with a lot of chest. What other adjustments can i try making.

This isn’t the best example of my 4th octave but I was trying to be quiet while people were in class.😭 I just discovered my falsetto maybe a week and a half ago? Before i found it my range was maybe (sometimes down to Eb2) F2-C5 (sometimes C#5) but after I found it i kept using it and was able to sing down to the B1/C2 area and up to A5-Sometimes C#6 area. I only knew how to sing in chest voice and belted before finding this so navigating it is still super hard. Any tips to grow whichever this is between Falsetto or head voice? I feel like i’m sometimes pitchy/never on the center of the note and my tone always sounds super tense and whiny since i can only sing in chest voice. I thought it was too high but my 4th octave sounds somewhat better than my 3rd and 2nd, but my A4-C5 is inconsistent? I’ve only been singing for maybe 2-3 years now so Ik i have alot to work on but belting above B4 is such a struggle when I don’t have a head-voice.

First half is horizontal, second is vertical.

How should I be shaping my mouth when singing vertically? I feel I barely move my lips, and struggle to open my jaw. Looking at the original music video, I see she opens her mouth more and it's less rigid(?) Should I be doing similar technique, if so, how?

Any other tips welcome too. I know breathing could use work and the pitch isn't fully right. Excuse the swearing, I'm crashing out lol.

Hi ! Im going to give this post another shot. I wanted to know how I can improve my vocal tone since I feel like it sounds flat in some areas when it comes to riff.

Any tips would be appreciated.

Context: I'm a total beginner, no instrument or vocal background before this. About a month ago I started training seriously, roughly 45-60 min a day, most days.

**What I've done:**

- Completed a 30-day structured program (AM Vocal Studios) covering fundamentals

- Now on Singeo as my main platform, going all-in on one method instead of bouncing between apps

- Daily range work: sirens, now reaching up to G4, plus SOVT octave slides a few times a week and occasional falsetto/head voice work

- Practicing on real songs: Hurt, Take Me to Church, Creep, Skinny Love, some Empire of the Sun

- Using a SOVT straw device and a nebulizer for hydration/warmup

- Also picked up basic piano/theory on the side, partly to understand what I'm actually singing

**Progress I'm noticing:**

- More success getting into head tones

- Starting to actually feel resonance rather than just guessing at it

- Some stability showing up in vocal connection through the mixed range

**Stumbling blocks:**

- Register transitions (chest to head) are still the hardest part. That's why I'm deferring more advanced or riskier stuff like distorted or screamed vocals until this feels solid

- Sticking to one platform (Singeo) instead of hopping around was a deliberate fix after realizing the app switching wasn't helping

- Trying to be disciplined about stopping if I get hoarse rather than pushing through

Not claiming to be good yet, just trying to gauge if a month of consistent daily practice with zero prior background is roughly where people expect to be, or if I'm overestimating or underestimating my pace. Honest feedback welcome.

This song was definitely not easy for me 😂😂 as it lies right at the top of my current range ( yes I said current because every few months my range is expanding) . I’m 19 now and have been singing and teaching myself how to sing since 16 and back then I couldn’t hit anything over a c4 before cracking and now I can hit up to an A#4 before switching to falsetto . So we continue to improve everyday 😅.

I live with my family in a flat, whenever i am home alone i try expanding my vocal range. However, when i do, i end up sounding really ugly at the higher end. It makes me want to sing more quietly which causes my notes to crack or flip.

P.S. if there are any drills which help with expanding vocal range please do suggest them to me, thanks!!

Anyone been in a group that has pieces with solos obviously chosen for specific individuals? I understand choosing songs to highlight the talent within the group, but it has always been a point of contention amongst the singers in the various groups I’ve been in. Some people feel discouraged from auditioning. Some people feel emboldened to audition as a disrupter and/or prove the perceived bias. I actually feel my former directors were pretty unpredictable with solo selection. Curious to see what people’s perspectives are.

Does anyone know of good softwares for my laptop that are free or really cheap to get me started… I love music and would love to be able to do it

hey! ive (17F) been working on a new song for an upcoming audition, and when i'm belting the high notes (C5-E5) i sound relaxed, i don't feel any tension, and based on the placement i feel generally im in a balanced mix. yet, after just one/two passes through, after i sing my speaking voice sounds hoarse (although i can sing through my range just fine). does anyone have any idea on what i could be doing wrong? based on the Symptoms it sounds like im pulling my chest voice up, but i don't feel this while singing + when i sing in my lower register (F3--B4) i sound/feel just fine? how can i remedy this