4/03/2011

Online Singing Lessons - Listening To Your Voice And Loving It

By Sue Govali


Are you aware that liking the sound of your own voice will certainly increase the quality of your voice over night?

Liking your voice is one of the most critical items to work on but it is many times the last thing on an excited brand new singer's "to do" list mainly because they are just overwhelmed by all the options they ponder to begin with. Although it may seem simple in theory, it is not as easy to do especially when a completely new singer initially is checking every single note they sing. Despite its simplicity, listening and liking your own voice is really important to monitor because:

* That which is perhaps most difficult to control is the voice in your head judging every note which the audience can virtually hear which is projected while you are singing, thus diminishing your vocal performance.

* By you continuously criticizing your own voice, the beauty of your singing is lost because you are no longer in the moment of the song, which basically is like having an out of body experience and being completely in another world!

* Focusing with great care on the sound of your voice will make you tense up your body which directly leads to tightness in your vocal cords, effectively killing the singing notes and your performance.

Getting quite stressed and anxious to really tense up is the main cause of stage fright and performance anxiety.

Well before we start anything, you need to genuinely feel and revel in singing, relating with the story of the song. Being able to focus on the story behind a song and attaching some emotions of your own, instead of thinking about any shortcomings you may have (real or imagined), will help you and your singing tremendously. Regardless of the variety of song you are singing, if you are feeling good, it is difficult to tense up. Reaching balance in your voice is a key thing to keep working on in your singing for your overall conditioning of your voice, mentally, physically and most of all emotionally.

On my own website I go over just how critical a relaxed diaphragm is key to proper singing technique and will reveal the concept briefly here. Picture the feeling of smiling as you breathe deeply in, utterly relaxing your diaphragm and body so we can harness the core energy we are producing. These same rules applied to liking your own voice will result in incredible results as it will effectively improve your overall singing as well. We need to get out of the mind and into the body, meaning, stay in the present. And whenever you are busy practicing, learn to think about programming 'feeling good' whenever you breathe in, which you will now call the "smiling" diaphragm.

Feeling happy and great about the world, it's important to admit it is very challenging to tense up especially now that your diaphragm is smiling widely! Your subconscious being re-programmed this way to vary the path it was once on, to a new and better way always works out for the very best. As you get accustomed to relaxing your diaphragm by making use of the exercise of breathing deeply and smiling, you ought to get used to really enjoying your voice as you will surely get better at using your breath to sing. Take pleasure in this very moment and every minute you have, but mostly focus on this extraordinary new feeling of singing you will have. The voice is a muscle, when you are doing it correctly, then you should really be developing your vocal strength and control the more you keep doing so. Your voice, certainly is going to sound better and better the more you sing and the more you exercise. Judging your practice sessions is the worst thing you can do as this would only hinder your vocal development so please don't do this and just enjoy your voice since I know I will if you keep smiling.




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