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Problem with the voice after joining a band (Singing Teachers)
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I know this sounds really bad but I don’t usually wear ear plugs in because I find it really difficult to hear other members of the band and myself. Even when I’m watching gigs most of the time I only wear one ear plug so I can hear it properly.
I’m essentially having to go backwards with my voice. I used to sing a lot of rock songs but over the past few years as I’ve only really sung pop songs and so developed my voice to fit that style more, rather than have more of a ‘kick’ in the lower end to fit with the rock style. It makes sense what you say though:)
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I would definitely be more inclined then to say that actually you may have lost a lot of the techniques that you naturally had at a young age to reach those high notes – we have a tendency as we get old to find ‘cheat’ lazy way to get the notes we want and then when we got back to wanting to belt higher notes with some real gusto we struggle and end up getting the whole set up wrong. I would definitely say you need to get yourself either some ear plugs and deal with the struggle hearing wise or get yourself some in ear monitors or headphones plugged into the desk because honestly your hearing is so important!!! Also go back to complete basics in terms of belt set up and do lots of practicing at home. Try not to dive straight into the deep end hoping for the best because it’s deifnitely understandable that you may have lost some of those higher notes in belt if you’ve been doing more comfortable pop for a few years x
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Thank you thats a big help:)
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Even those of us who teach them everyday don’t always implement the practice ourselves.. I know I don’t lol – I sing in a hip hop soul band and if you told me to sing some rock tunes like I used to in the day I’m almost certain it would be fantastically crap haha!
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theguardian.com
Why do stars like Adele keep losing their voice?
The long read: More and more singers are cancelling big shows and turning to surgery to fix their damaged vocal cords. But is the problem actually down to the way they sing?
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