Category: Jam Session
Hi all.
I was wondering what people think of their singing voice. Personaly i don't like mine. People say it's good but i don't like it.
Also another question for you is do you think that even if people sing well should they say that they are good or should they let other people to decide that? For example if i was saying in my profile i like singing and i am very good at it even if i was it wouldn't be a good idea because it's much better if other people tell me how good i am instead of saying that about my self.
What do you think? I hope it makes sence what i wrote.
Nikos
Yeah, I think I get what you're trying to say. Personally, I don't care what anybody else thinks, so I would go ahead and say I'm good regardless of what anybody else says, but see, that's just me. There are some times, though, that my voice sounds like crhrhrhrhrhrhrhrap! Hehehehe. Grr, and what really annoys me is that people who really, truly do know they're voice is awesome, but they whine and complain about how horrible it is just to hear people say that it's not. Get what I mean? Yeah. Ugh.
-- Allie
Well, I'll admit that, there are times when I can actually sing in tune, however as I am a musician, if you can call it that, I play electric guitar and piano a bit, I think I can safely say that my dynamic control is rubbish, and my range is terrible.
sorry, I meant my dynamic control and my vocal range are terrible, and also I don't like it if someone says I sing well, because as a musician I know i can't.
Peronslly, people who tell me that they are good before they gie me a chance to judge annoy me nd make me feel more judgemental about their singing voice. If you think you have a talent don't up or downplay it, just let people judge for themselves. I've heard people on here to claim to be good and I have to say I do not agree with them on that, they're all right perhaps but good, ot at all (and, no I will not be naming names in this post) and other people who say nothing about their talents either way who blew me away. That's just me personally and to be successful I suppose you got to be able to promote yourself, but either way it annoys me when someone really thinks he/she is the hottest or most talented or best at something, if that person is .. just show me the goods and I'll believe ya.
I agree with wildebrew. People should give us the chance to listen first.But also i agree with orange dolphin that really good singers shouldn't just say that they are rubbish so they make people to tell them they are good. Good oppinions. I am looking forward for more.
To be honst, at first I didn't think I was good... in fact, if you listen to tapes of me singing before the age of thirteen or so... I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. Eventually, in my early teens, I spent a lot of time alone just singing with my tapes of country music; maybe that's why I sound good singing country. I don't go walking around saying, "ooooh, I'm a good singer", but I also don't walk around saying I'm crap either. What drives me crazy is when people make a big deal out of it... like my Mom... every time I come home for Christmas or Thanksgiving or... well, just any time I go home.. we go out for dinner or breakfast or whatever, and at least once he'll make me "sing for my supper". Gosh, that's embarrassing!
Yes i know. When i go to Cyprus when we have a party or something they want me to play accordion and sing. It's anoying sometimes.
its j and i think i sing ok. some days are better than others. it just depends on what kind of mood i am in.
Now, don't get me wrong, I wasn't saying I was the best. I'm good enough for me, and that's all that matters. I like singing for fun, anyway.
-- Allie
I think it's Ok, but people say I'm pretty good.
I sing like a dying whale, and others agree that I sing like a dying whale, so it's all good. Would be nice if I could sing, though.... Alas, the woes of undelivered talent.
Hmmmm. This is a really interesting topic. As to what I think of my singing voice, I think that there is always room for improvement. Lots of improvement, I might add! hehehehe However, I don't think that I sound as awful as some voices that I've heard. When listening to myself, I have noticed that I do very well in sliding from a head to chest voice and vice versa. My breath controll needs work as well as my dinamics. But otherwise, nothing really major. I'm sure there are minor things but I never said I was perfect. heheheheh I am very critical of myself and I hate that very much. I can never please myself and it gets me so upset sometimes.
You know what I think is so weird. Blind people are so proud that they can sing and most of them that I've spoken to like to show off their talent. But only a few of them are good at playing an instrument. And when you really listen to them, they aren't all that after all. I just don't understand why some people (sighted included) claim to having lots of talent when they really don't! It just baffles me.
*sexy*
Dude, I don't think I could ever get up in front of a crowd of people to sing. I'd surely screw up. I always do whenever I try! But yeah. I'm always and forever singing a song about something. Everything is a musical cue to me. LOL. I can't help it; singing is just oodles of fun!
-- Allie
I like mine, always have, its sort of hard to describe ..but I will try..Marilyn Manson x Varney from Sopor Aeternus.
Well, my voice has changed alot since 12, but I remember I couldn't sing just, well, not as good as I used to now. I think you should at least believe you can sing good, you don't want to not have any confidence either, but I don't agree that people should go bragging it all over the place unless you have a true fanbase.
well, I can sing some songs better than others, but I'd never go around saying I'm good, because other people have to be the judge about whether or not you are good at something, whether it's playing an instrument, writing or singing. There are some songs that are just too high or low for my voice range though. I think the most perfect singer would be the kind whocan go as high as they want, or as low as they want, and can sing any type of music, but I guess it's safe to say that such a singer doesn't exist? lol? Anyway, there are just some notes, high or low, that are just out of my grasp.
wonderwoman
I like hearing you Sing, Alley!
Well i usually do not sing in front of people, but as when i am alone and i sing i think i sound good. What i do not like is when i can't hear my voice so i do not know how i sound so i have to record my voice or something like that again. Like for example. When i record myself singing on my computer i can't hear myself. And i can only hear myself if is if i do not have head phones on. But i usually have them on when i am recording. So yeah that's about it.
Dan
Awww, thanks Jess! You say that in spite of the recording I have uploaded for my audio profile ... I swear I'm going to put up something better as soon as I can!
Sometimes i record myself singing and sometimes i think is good but if i go back and listen after a period of time it sounds rubbish to me. It's very strange.
well, I enjoy singing, but at times I wish my voice would do moore for me. I would like to be able to sing other styles other than the usual folk and bluegrass. I think everyone can sing, just not in tune. lol.
I like my voice for what it is, but it could be a whole lot better. I'm not able to achieve technically difficult pieces, and it's something I'd love to do.
I think complements are good, but when it comes to me, i know there are so many better.
*gal*
My voice has it's good and it's bad days i guess. I used to sing a lot of classic rock and blues and while I still do that on occasion, I really like to sing progressive rock stuff like rush, queensryche, and dream theater etc. I am still working on my range however and I'm still not quite happy with my vocals. But that being said, I listen back to things I sang on in years past and it's interesting to hear how your voice changes and your technique evolves. I guess when I can sing fatal tradgedy or pull me under by dream theater, I'll be a bit more content with my vocal skills... Everything is a work in progress though until we quit or kick the bucket.
I'm an alto. I think as long as I sing in my range, I'm not bad. I'm a decent backup singer, but not a good soloist.
I think that's a fare assessment of my abilities.
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I think I'm pretty good. I won't go as far as to say I'm great, and I know there are many, many people who are way way better than me, but I have enough confidence to think that I'm at least a good singer. other people tell me I'm really good, but that's up to them to decide. I just thinkI'm...good. lol
well, lets say that when I sing people don't beg me to stop. lol. I hear too many people singing much better than me to say that I am good at it... but lets say that I am... hmm don't find the word... acceptable. does it exist? well anyway, some people say I am really good at it, I don't think I am nothing special, but yes, I let others decide
I agree with others on here that one must let one's talent speak for itself. I know plenty of musicians who constantly brag about how good they are and how much stuff they have happening in their lives. I think this is due to inwecurity. My voice has undergone many incarnations over the years from sucky to goo country, to Ray Charles-ish, if that makes any sense.
Hmmm it's hard to say. Others love my singing voice, I just think I sing wrong ... but then again it depends on how you record it. I don#th ave a good way to record it - so yeah, maybe it is not that bad at all.
Well, if I am being perfectly honest, not putting myself down in order to get compliments, and not building myself up with bragging, I have a very good voice, but it is still in training, as all vocalists voices are. I am just at one of the earlier stages, as singers like Rene Flemming are in much later more accomplished, yet still improving stages. I have a nice range, with some nice deep notes, although I am still working on expanding in both dirrections, mostly upwards. I can sing most tennor 1 choral parts, and alto 1 and 2, up through soprano 2. I can sing soprano 1 with out straining my voice, reaching out of my comfort zone for notes or pushing too hard, but only with highschool level choral material. A fair amount of the material that we covered at NYSSSA, as well as college level choir music demands notes that are well out of my range, as well as those that are within my range, but not appropriate to the tambre of my voice. I usually prefer to sing Soprano 2, and although I am currently auditioning as a mezzo, most of my voice professors agree that I am either a lyric or dramatic soprano. I love to sing, opera, musical theatre, jazz and with in reason country, rock, or pop. It is important for a vocalist to limit the amount of singing with the radio that they do however. If you are going to screech like some heavy metal singers, wail like some gospil singers, or slide like many pop and country singers do, you need to do it with proper breath support, and not let those techniques carry over into your other repetoir.
I used to think myself a bad singer, until I recored myself one day. I put the recording aside for a long time... like six months or something like that, and when I found and listened to it again, I had to ask my parents who was on the tape because I didn't want to believe it was me that I was hearing. It was like listening to a voice that souns kinda like billy Gillman, Emmy rossen, Jody Bensen, and Sarah Brightman at the same time. Sarah Brightman's voice was because of the accent I use. I didn't realize I use the Brittish accent when I sing until my moher started griping at me that she thought I shouldn't. she also thought I shouldn't try to sing stuff from Phantom of the Opera because it shounds bad, and I should sing more Billy gillman stuff. So right now, I think that I can sing well, but I know that there are better than me, and I use them as role models so that I may improve. I know I'll probably not star in Phantom of the Opera because I can't act worth crap, but I feel that if I wanted to, I could get someone to sing it with me for fun!
Well, I like my singing voice, but I wish that it was a bit...lighter. Well, I wil admit that instead of being grateful for the voice that God has given me, I sometimes look at other singers and often wish I had their voices...so yeah.
What I think of my singing voice? Well, I don't know, it's hiding from me at the moment. Lmfao. No, but really, I suck.
That#s what everyone things, Nalym. Probably if others here oyu they'll like it. you never know.
Well, I agree with those who say they should let their ability speak for itself or not, as the case may be. I have a regular Church music job, and I do sing, but I'd much rather play my synthesizers. I hate memorizing lyrics. I'm an odd keyboard player in that I love to accompany other people. I was working with this lady with a notetaker. She ahd all thse lyrics in her notetaker. She would read the lyrics off the braille display. I thought that was soooooo cool.
What do I think of my singing voice? Well, I guess it's ok. I like to sing in front of a bunch of people, but when I do that, I get butterflies in my stomach and I always always mess up. Don't ask me why. But everyone thinks that I have a gift from God.
my singing voice is apparently very good, I say apparently, as it's all subjective, but I get good reviews at Karioake etc. used to sing in a band, until the band went too hard rock for my voice. they pushed me out in favour of someone who could scream rather than sing. hehehe.
I'm not the best singer out there, but I like to think i'm ... at least in tune the entire time. I don't sing as much as I used to.
I sound worse than a run down truck engine when I try to sing.
I don't sing that good, but I don't sing bad either. my friends say I can match Evanescence's Amy Lee perfectly
I don't sing that good, as someone on the zone has told me. I like to hear myself sing and I'm proud, but I don't brag.
i'm all right. i think. sometimes though i try to sing stuff i really want to sing, but totally destroy it, but i like to record myself singing a lot.
I hope I didn't brag when I posted to this topic. I'm sorry if I did, though.
I've been told I'm good, but I really don't know. I never have recorded myself singing though. Maybe I should try that, and see what I think. But isn't their a saying that says something like "we are our own worst critic?"?