Do You Like Your Singing Voice?- Page 2

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 1:42am

I think I'd like my singing voice if I was stuck in a glass box and needed to escape some how.

[JACXR71]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 1:44am

My a cappella group has been recording a CD, so I've had to listen to my voice OVER and OVER, and I'm pretty sick of it

But I guess I'm decent, except when I try to sing songs that are too high for me (which is often). Unfortunately, it's a tenor's world, and no one cares that I have a low b...

[Aigoo]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 1:53am

AHHh Tiff. Priceless! XD

[Pinguin]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 2:08am

HA, I feel like this is the most awkward thread 'cause we're all supposed to be so humble, yes?

Hence all the "well, I mean, it's ok...I guess...I could use more training...you know..." -AWKWARD.



I can't be objective about my voice. When I make the tiniest mistake I'm my harshest critic, and when I do something small well I get probably disproportionately excited, HA.

[Allie]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 2:19am

I'm going to say yes, I think I have a pleasant singing voice... most of the time! I'm not super critical, because I mostly just sing for fun, and usually with an a cappella choral group, but I can blend well, haha!

[iRuvPrinceton]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 2:26am

Psshaw, forget modesty. I love my singing voice! I get to hit a high C every Sunday and Monday for Les Mis rehearsals. High notes are oodles of fun. ^_^

Oh, okay. Okay. I wish I could be a better belter. Yep. And, I also wish my voice sounded a bit more mature at some points... you know, less like a ten year old.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 2:35am

No, not really. I think I (used to) have a rather nice legit mezzo soprano range, but I can't belt to save my life. I hate the obvious transition between my head and chest voice. And regretfully, I've stopped singing in shows and choirs the past few years and have no opportunity (meaning privacy, mainly) to practice, so my range is now pretty awful.

I guess it doesn't matter, since I never planned on doing any singing after college, but it's still kind of disappointing.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 11:20am

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do!

(at least, it certainly SEEMS like I do, because I can't think of a single other reason why I sing so damn much in public.)

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 11:29am

Attention whore.

That might be a reason, Jaily.

[paradox_error]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 12:13pm

I really dislike my voice.

But my singing teacher is desperate for me to study Opera at the Chopin Academy of Music in Poland (where I study part-time) full-time, so maybe there is something there after all...

[singingwendy]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 12:27pm

Usually I like it.....I sing all day long to my students so it must not be too bad! LOL! But lately it's been not feeling too good, so I've not being liking it too much!

[iheartcheyenne123]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 1:16pm

i'm not too bad...wouldn't call myself a singer tho

[One Song Glory]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 1:26pm

I like my singing voice. Other people do too.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 1:39pm

Funny you should mention it. I'm tone deaf and sing out of tune. In other words, I don't have a singing voice. But that doesn't deter me from singing. I love singing. In the shower, in my room, anywhere. My family has learned to tolerate my outbursts. I usually have a song for everything. In fact, when I meet with my therapist I sometimes burst into a particular song that best describes my emotions at the moment, as I find it easier to express myself with songs. I'm very introverted so music allows me to express myself in ways that a normal discussion couldn't... even if I sing off-key. My family makes jokes about my singing (or non-singing as it were), but I take their comments in stride. I have a sense of humor about myself and sometimes their statements can be funny. For example, my grandfather often speaks his mind and is funny when he doesn't mean to be (but unfuny when he tries to be). Anyway, a few years back we were gathered at my mother's house for a holiday and I just happened to be singing "Singin' in the Rain." Well, partway through my rendition, my grandfather cuts me off and says, "No you're not! You're TALKIN' in the rain." Needless to say, this amused the others who try to tell me diplomatically that I have no range. And this past Thanksgiving, my family was playing our traditional game of "Spoons" (a card game) and I was singing "All that Jazz" from Chicago. My grandfather lost a round, which caused my cousin to comment that my singing distracted grandfather, to which he remarked,"That wasn't singing! That was RECITING lyrics." Again, more laughter frome the family. Oh, how I wish I had a good voice! Even a decent voice would be nice.

[justthefacts2]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 3:18pm

It used to be trained - I used to hate it for its flaws. Then it fell into disuse for years. Then, in learning to sing Irish traditional music, I learned a more natural style - plus some of the stuff I'd never learned correctly the first time around (no, not that I wasn't TAUGHT correctly - just I didn't LEARN correctly). I also found my lower range.

Now I do like it. I enjoy signing, and quite recently I got to sing "Melancholy Baby" in a piano bar. It was a life's goal.

And, best of all, I now don't give a damn whether anybody else likes it or not.

[OddExoticCreature]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:10pm

There's a difference between being humble and self-deprication.

I like my singing voice, I know it is versatile and one of my strengths. I also have a lot to learn and don't necessarily think it is any "more special" than anyone else's.

I would hope that anyone who sings professionally (or has expectations to sing professionally) likes their voice. How can you expect other's to love it if you don't first?

I think that's a basic concept for anything...I know I have to work on that in other areas, for sure.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:26pm

I like my voice, but I hate its technical weaknesses. I have a ginormous break in my voice (I do the laryngeal mix very well but can't do a chesty mix) and my high soprano has a tendency to retain laryngeal mix qualities, so I often strain or it doesn't sound free enough.

[Act0r721]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:38pm

I loooved my voice as a kid. Won 1st places and all that jazz. I stopped singing lessons when I started to work on solfeggio and whatnot. Now, my voice is just okay. *I* really like it and sing to myself all the time. I don't think that, for other people, I have the most stunning voice, though. My range is too small. Doesn't stop me from singing along to the radio with other people in the car, though. . .

Aigoo- I think we need to get an audio clip or something.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 5:42pm

Hate my chest voice, but I genuinely like my head voice. I'm pretty good, but I know I'm not amazing (you can hear me i nmy sig clips).

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 5:49pm

I'm the best singer on this entire site.

How's that for self-deprecating?

[Aigoo]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 5:50pm

Nuh uh.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 5:52pm

Yeah huh.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 5:53pm

NOoooooOoOoOooo.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 5:54pm

Rath's singing voice is flat-out gorgeous.

To answer the question, I'm very happy with my voice, although years of smoking have definitely taken a toll. My voice was much purer ten years ago.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 5:54pm

You KNOW I am. :P