I love to sing and i want to become a singer when I grow up.. Of course, I think I sing bad, but then my friends say that Im good. But.. they are my friends, they are usually supposed to say that I’m good. I’m embarrassed of my singing, but I still want to become a singer… I don’t exactly know if my singing is good, and I kind of want to over come my stage fright… Someone please help?
Get professional voice lessons ASAP so you can make your voice stronger as well as learn some proper technique so you don’t damage your voice. Consult your teacher about these techniques, which I use every day in choir and voice lessons.
Breathing:
Place your hands on your diaphragm (muscle below your rib cage) and breathe out counting to 4. Breathe in counting to 4. Do the same for 3, 2, then 1.
Place your hands on your rib cage and breathe out counting 1;1, 2;1, 2, 3…to 10.
Diction:
Sing scales Do Re Mi…in your comfortable range to a piano. Over time as your voice gets stronger, you’ll be able to stretch your notes on either side of the piano. I recommend doing this only in the presence of a professional.
Of course La la la in different ascending and descending octaves always works.
Sing silly words like Zingamomma zingamomma zingamomma zingamomma zing zing zing to a piano to sharpen your consanents.
Ah-leh-eh-loo-uh and Mee-meh-maw-moh-moo for vowels.
Check out these websites for more tips:
singingsuccessonline.com
singingvoicelessons.com
expertvillage.com/voice-lessons
musicaltheatreaudition.com
Always remember to warm up properly 5-10 minutes before singing. Drink lots of water periodically and keep good posture so air can flow through your body and help you sustain your notes better. Rest your voice for a few days when you are ill or tired. Ignore those myths about tea and honey because they do nothing but thicken other fluids in your lungs and make it difficult for you to breathe. Stretch your arms and neck when warming up to release tension in your upper body. If you want to hear an example of me singing so you can pick up some of strategies for projection and vowels, or just want to be entertained, check out my own YouTube video. (I know I’m using a microphone but that doesn’t change my personal technique.) As for the nerves…
To eliminate nerves prior to a performance, choreograph some body movement in the song so the audience is entertained and you aren’t concentrating solely on perfecting the song or messing up! Do NOT look at the audience because you will make them feel uncomfortable and you’ll tense up and you won’t be able to sing as well as you would like too. Instead, look around the room in a general area as if you are addressing everyone. I’ve stolen the show at three concerts this year because I didn’t stand still on the stage. You can be musical and expressive if you are singing a ballad because you get a chance to be moving and sentimental, and the musicality in an uptempo song comes from being comical. If you tell yourself that you will do well, it will happen. I find it easier to sing for a huge crowd that I don’t know because they can’t have any real expectation of you, whereas your family and friends know what kind of performance you are capable of. Most importantly, be confident and have fun! Good luck!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_01O8L7YOuI