Belting

Hey, I've been looking at different colleges and stuff, and a lot of them say that for the auditions you can choose to show off your "belt" voice if you want.....would I even have a chance at getting in to the really good schools without belting my audition? I have a very strong mix, but I don't really feel comfortable singing in only chest right now, and I feel like everyone else in this field does. I'm just not sure how much of a disadvantage it will give me.

I'm just curious, since I don't know much about singing - what exactly is 'belting'?

ethel merman is the #1 belter, think of that (typically) loud, very forceful quality in the voice. A good belting song that isn't too belty is "Buenos Aires" from Evita, it's more like volumnous singing. Good Luck
PS, don't do anything you're not comfortable doing, whatever song you sing, it should knock 'em dead

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Hey you're at an advantage looking at it that way. Most people see the word belt and go "ok!!!" so then you gotta look at it from the judges perspective... they go through hundreds of auditions and they all belt and then you come in and you do your mix/head voice and it'll be refreshing, it'll be something they'll remember. And that is always a plus.
Just make sure that if you do need two contrasting songs that they do contrast majorly in some way!

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I think when they say 'belt if you'd like etc etc' they mean just show what you can do. Like show off your strongest vocal quality. I agree with Rumpleteazer...it'll be refreshing for the judges! And plus, mixing is much healthier than belting.