[raspberylotion22]

Alrite when i sing for a while and prac like my neck hella feels wierd. It doesnt hurt but during singing i pressure my neck alot so after if i push my neck i feel like barfing. i need ur guys help

you prolly shouldn't sing through your neck cause firstly, it doesn't give you enough support for high notes, and secondly, you get tired easily if you sing through your neck and after a while your voice will start cracking lol.

try to sing from your chest first. and then after a while you'll learn to get support from your abs...which i have no idea how it feels like ><

[alicee]

When you guys usually record your music, do you stand up and sing or do you
sit down? I sit down because I have a crappy microphone and if I move it, it'll
sound all staticky and stuff (it's a desktop microphone -.-, but I have one attached
to my headphones too).

I control my voice better when I sit down, which is kinda weird, because when I
stand up, I guess I'm not used to controlling how much intake of air I have and
my voice is all wavery and I run out of breath =X I don't know how to fix it. I've
been trying to practice for the last two months and even though my voice is more
powerful when I stand up, I run out of breath faster and it's still wavery.

And yeah, I practice breathing control before I sleep and I do my SLS scales
when I have the time, but I usually do basic scales for a warm up =\

[JF21©]

I think you should video record yourself one time when you sing. Maybe contemplate on the songs your singing. If it's a happy song, think happy thoughts. And if your feeling just okay, I think you should be more dramatic about it. Like, go a step further than happy and be silly about it. [make sure not to overdo it though xD]

I'm no professional, I'm still trying to make sure I hit every note right, but I think I get how easily emotions can show up on a person's face. Also, I think if you watch live performances, like Jiang Li In's, you can see the emotions she has. It looks all corny, but I believe that it works. ^__^ I hope all that chatter and nonsense helped some. xP

yeah my VC told me to record myself so i get a look at how i appear to others..lol and it's weird..cuz i look hella bored, but i'm trying to change that...it's just my facial expression in it's natural state looks bored/angry....iono >.<

Am I too late? XD
For me...at first, I didn't get the emotion thing. Then, I started paying attention to the feeling of the song. If the song is sad, I think of my current sad situation. I know for sure if I have displayed enough emotions if I'm in tears. It's enough to make your heart hurt. Just find out how the song can apply to your life.
If I'm singing an upbeat song, I think about what I will achieve.

thanks, i tried doing that as well, but i start crying...alot...lol i know it's a good exercise to help release the emotion in the song tho, so i think i've got to just get thru it without worrying about crying all over everything and just let it happen...

thank again for your advice guys (or girls) i'm going to give it a couple more go's and see if i can make any significant progress...

[AMIbunny]

Hiii!! the program i am using is AUDACITY...but when i save my project, it saves the file as .aup.... i want to save it as MP3.... :[ how can i convert it?????

[JunRi<3]

Just wondering, I generally have a pretty low voice (which I don't mind) but if I try to hit those.. how do I say, "balance notes" between high and normal/low, I strain a lot. For instance, like for "If I ain't got you" by alicia keys, that part where she starts singing "some people want it all." That would be the hardest part in the song for me, obviously. I'm not saying I expect to hit that generally hard part by magic, but what could I do to actually sing that area?

[JF21©]

^^
you have to ''stretch'' your vocal cords. try doing exercises on the piano going up the scale. go as high as you can go, then come back down, keep doing it till you get comfortable then go higher.

[jwarder3001]

sorry if someone already received an answer for this question, but i couldnt really find it


how does everyone record themselves with the music of the song they're singing? without the voice(s) of the singer(s) who initially sang the song...like they record their voices with the music..how do you do that? is there a program?

[JF21©]

sorry if someone already received an answer for this question, but i couldnt really find it
how does everyone record themselves with the music of the song they're singing? without the voice(s) of the singer(s) who initially sang the song...like they record their voices with the music..how do you do that? is there a program?

you need an instrumental or back track. some people just play it in the background and sing (so that you can still hear the music) and others will sing and then mix their vocals with the track. for that you need an audio editing program. i have goldwave..there are others (audacity, cakewalk, etc)

check the pinned topic for instrumentals. if you don't find any you're looking for you may place a request and we'll try to help you. (just make sure you dont request an ungodly amount of instrumentals...it's kinda rude lol)

happy recording

[K-Free]

I was wondering what is wrong with my voice lately, before i have been just Yelling, just normal yelling and screaming. after i did that i couldnt use any falsetto or make my voice really high, my friends say its puberty but im not sure if it is or i damaged it, its been like this for 2-3 months now.. and i just turned 16 a month ago, do u guys think its puberty or i did soemthing??

[JF21©]

wait--what?

you mean it's hard to sing falsetto after you've been screaming, or it's hard in general.

if you want to keep your voice healthy, yelling and screaming is not the way to go about it.....lol

also ur puberty might be playing in as to why you cant go as high as you used to, but i suggest doing some scale exercises now to keep your voice in shape...it will be easier than if you wait till puberty has turned you into the jolly green giant

[yoori]

how do singers like christina aguilera and mariah carey make their voice "rumble" when they're singing?

[A.lee]

sry if this was already asked b4 or wutever... but i dont really understand... is falsetto the same thing as head voice? cuz in the descriptions given here it kinda seems like they are?...

[predator]

Okay...

I notice that when I sing... I ALWAYS tend to sway from side to side with the beat/rhythm..

my sis tells me to stop but i can't!

so what should i do?

[JF21©]

how do singers like christina aguilera and mariah carey make their voice "rumble" when they're singing?

you can find that here the ''rumble'' is called vabrato (sp?)

sry if this was already asked b4 or wutever... but i dont really understand... is falsetto the same thing as head voice? cuz in the descriptions given here it kinda seems like they are?...

click the link above.

but in my opinion, falsetto and head voice aren't the same, but they are similar. to me, head voice is more clear (for example Se7en sings in his head voice the majority of the time) and falsetto is like a step above head voice...almost imitating a female -for men- and it's very breathy (think Ciara, Janet, Justin Timberlake's songs for the most part)

kinda like:
Rain~Escape the Sun -throat (husky)
Se7en~ I Just Wanna Be-head/face (clear)
Ivy-Aha,chorus-head/crown (falsetto)

when you practice singing you can ''feel'' where your voice is at..and in each area, it will produce a different sound...lol i don't know if i'm making sense....anybody else who can elaborate on what i'm *trying* to say lol

Okay...

I notice that when I sing... I ALWAYS tend to sway from side to side with the beat/rhythm..

my sis tells me to stop but i can't!

so what should i do?

dont stop. you're feeling the music. if you feel you need to sway or bop your head or snap or what have you, do it. don't change..unless it's getting in the way of your singing.

[simply__j]

QUESTION!:

How do you support your stomach/breathing when singing?? && How do you um... i would say strengthen(?) your vocals??

[x3wendy]

i gotta problem; for some reason when i record it has dead air in it. it used to not; but i dont know somethings wrong wit the settings i think but i'm not sure what >_<''

[JF21©]

i gotta problem; for some reason when i record it has dead air in it. it used to not; but i dont know somethings wrong wit the settings i think but i'm not sure what >_<''

you mean there's no recording of your voice..just air?
make sure your mic is plugged in all the way, that it's on, and make sure that the volume for the mic is up and not on mute

:::right click the little speaker in your taskbar::: it should be near the time

click Adjust Audio Properties

on the volume tab click Advanced

on the Microphone volume slider, make sure the little box is not checked and that the slider is adjusted to a comfortable volume for you.

hope that helps

[x3wendy]

^ i tried that before. like it records my voice. but it also has dead air at the same time >_<''

[JF21©]

^ i tried that before. like it records my voice. but it also has dead air at the same time >_<''

OOOOHH..hmmm..*taps head in thought*.i'm kinda confused..could you post a clip of you saying something..?

have you tried covering your mic? it could be that your mic is really sensitive..try covering it with something when you record...like a sock or something( lol it's ghetto, but it worked with my old mic, )
or try noise reduction if you have it on your audio editing software...

[samshiku]

Hi i sing 1st soprano in choir and i have a serious problem with singing my high notes when the note immediately before the note is one that is of a lower range..i know that's a common problem but any tips on making the high note richer and stronger? cos i'm really sick of feeling upset with myself when that happens lol... and how do you make your high notes richer? cos i can go up to high C even but its just sounds [i quote my bro] "very young", like a young choir girl only that i'm alr 19 this yr O_o i dunno whether i should smile or cry that i sound younger than my 15 yr-old sister...