Well, I’ve been told to mime the background singer in my new band. I’m pretty confident regarding intonation and all that stuff, but I can’t sing loud and I can’t sing nicely. And I can’t spend $$$ for singing lessons unfortunately, which normally would be the way to go.
Are there excercises for training volume and resonance? I guess it’s the same kind of learning curve like forming an embouchure for the flute - but on the flute, I know how it should look like. I can’t see into my body unfortunately.
Any hints?
Thanks!
PS: I don’t know if this is the right forum for this kind of question. I’m not looking to learn sean-nos singing.
I wish I could help. I got lessons when I was in high school choir.
I’d bet good money there are some websites out there that would be useful. Heck, there may even be some youtube videos.
One thing I can suggest is to grab a microphone and record yourself singing. Play it back and listen; it’s really surprising how differently we sound from what we here when we sing/speak.
Record yourself singing (alone, in private) and really listen to the noises you make on the recording. Sing and record the same song over and over, working on each piece till you get it right, then practise doing it right over and over until it becomes habit.
That opening post of Gabriel’s could have been me writing. I have a very loud, powerful voice but I have no control over the damn thing at all. I’d love to be able to sing. I bought a book about it once but it had chapter after chapter about exercises and you hardly actually got to sing anything!
A loud voice isn’t necessarily a powerful voice.
A truly powerful voice is one that penetrates even in softness.
For those of us that have a naturally loud voice
the first step in developing control is to sing softly.
Too much breath can be expended in loudness
at the cost of duration. If we can soften a bit, we will have
more string to mould articulation so to speak.
[/quote]It’s not too hard. In my local just about everyone would come up with a song. A lot of them weren’t good singers, but they at least had one good song, and they also build a good show around it. You’ll just have to sing the right song for your voice. Some song will never work out, that goes for everyone. You’ll have to try all the songs you’ve got, try and sing along, save the ones that you’re able to sing along with. Out of those, just pick the one that suits your voice best. Now work on that song 'till you get it right. First you sing along with it, when it’s going smooth, you can do without.
That’s the way i did it.
I’ve been sinn(g)ing in grande fasion!