Online Singing Lessons?

Nitefly

Nitefly

Nitefly

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Hello - yep, the world better brace itself because I'm going to try and improve my hilarious bad singing voice. Does anyone have any suggestions for any good online courses or youtube videos?

Many thanks in advance.
 
Ken tamplins DVD series, he teaches bel canto technique (used by myles kennedy, chris cornell etc) which is used by rock singers but it makes singing anything else a piece of ****.

I bought them and my singing improved insanely. But you have to do them every day only with breaks here and there to see massive gains.

All depends how dedicated you are.

I've not been doing them in a while now because i'm awaiting surgery on my deviated septum lols......so annoying.

I'd be VERY VERY VERY VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! careful about advice you read online too, so much of it is UTTER god-damned garbage and will end up making it HARDER to get range and sing properly. SLS is bad too just stay away from it completely it's crapp.
 
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am mildly interested in this... I can't sing well at all and at some point I probably should make an effort to improve. Though I dislike karaoke I've found myself dragged along through work socials and friends birthdays...
 
Nitefly said:
Hello - yep, the world better brace itself because I'm going to try and improve my hilarious bad singing voice. Does anyone have any suggestions for any good online courses or youtube videos?

Many thanks in advance.
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Is this you during a first attempt?

 
Nitefly said:
Hello - yep, the world better brace itself because I'm going to try and improve my hilarious bad singing voice. Does anyone have any suggestions for any good online courses or youtube videos?

Many thanks in advance.
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Surprised you put this in GD!

The Kevin Richards videos on Rock the Stage NYC channel have been the most helpful in terms of explaining and describing the techniques required to hit those rock god notes. Its hard to find truly inspirational teachers because they are explaining entirely internal processes.

Given you are a guitarist, you can, like me, use the same methods you learn guitar stuff to train your voice. Mic yourself up, cut the low bass, compress and reverb, google karaoke/instrumental versions of songs you know and try singing them. Let your musical ear guide you.

For the longest time, i couldn't figure out 'falsetto' and the higher notes, always straining at the top, until i realised falsetto is just singing in a monty python female voice. All you have to do is sing in that and work backwards, working out how to connect it to your 'chest' voice by 'yawning' it back. I am still confused between chest, head and falsetto because the information online is conflicting.

Also, what are your goals? Do you want to increase your range? Is there a specific type of music you want to sing?

AC DC - you shook me all night long is a surprisingly easy song to sing falsetto.
Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah has a pretty easy reach chest voice range.
and as hilarious as it sounds, 'Let it Go' from Frozen is a really good connective song because the verses are in chest voice and the bridge moves up to the chorus in falsetto
 
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You can't learn singing without someone listening to you, just pay £20 an hour for a voice coach.

Assuming you aren't naturally talented like me, although that comes with years of musicianship.
 
pitchfork said:
You can't learn singing without someone listening to you, just pay £20 an hour for a voice coach.

Assuming you aren't naturally talented like me, although that comes with years of musicianship.
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pitchfork AKA Tuningfork !
 
BunnyKillBot said:
Surprised you put this in GD!

The Kevin Richards videos on Rock the Stage NYC channel have been the most helpful in terms of explaining and describing the techniques required to hit those rock god notes. Its hard to find truly inspirational teachers because they are explaining entirely internal processes.

Given you are a guitarist, you can, like me, use the same methods you learn guitar stuff to train your voice. Mic yourself up, cut the low bass, compress and reverb, google karaoke/instrumental versions of songs you know and try singing them. Let your musical ear guide you.

For the longest time, i couldn't figure out 'falsetto' and the higher notes, always straining at the top, until i realised falsetto is just singing in a monty python female voice. All you have to do is sing in that and work backwards, working out how to connect it to your 'chest' voice by 'yawning' it back. I am still confused between chest, head and falsetto because the information online is conflicting.

Also, what are your goals? Do you want to increase your range? Is there a specific type of music you want to sing?

AC DC - you shook me all night long is a surprisingly easy song to sing falsetto.
Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah has a pretty easy reach chest voice range.
and as hilarious as it sounds, 'Let it Go' from Frozen is a really good connective song because the verses are in chest voice and the bridge moves up to the chorus in falsetto
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Falsetto and headvoice are the same thing some people just call them different names. Falsetto is old terminology used.

Then you have your passaggio between them that is your break point or the "Speed hump" you'll hear when going up holding a long note from low to high and back down.

Key is to not have that speed hump basically by training your voice to become one big long note with no break.

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Ken tamplin. Also OP that's why I said get lessons, if you just "sing yourself" I promise you are just going to have a bad time.

Singing properly is illogical at times. For example sometimes you should hold your breath when you sing (i've not exactly explained this well but... you get the idea). Sound retarded? yes it is that's why you take lessons and don't sing on your own.... you'll have a bad time if you do. Depends how serious you are though up to you.
 
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pitchfork said:
You can't learn singing without someone listening to you, just pay £20 an hour for a voice coach.

Assuming you aren't naturally talented like me, although that comes with years of musicianship.
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Absolute rubbish, not least because like anything, true mastery requires constant, daily practice. Me thinks you are defending your profession :p Waste of a perfectly good £20 x infinity.

And are you saying you are naturally talented, or you aren't. If the former, can you please get some samples of your voice up here?
 
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