Can you learn to sing better?
You can learn to sing better.
I can still remember when I was 11 years old, living in the suburbs of Tasmania in Australia, and my dad suggested to me I take singing lessons. I had always just sung around the house, sung along to songs, and never thought about the fact I would ever need to be formally taught. I just thought singing was something that came naturally, but boy was I wrong.
SO CAN YOU ACTUALLY LEARN TO SING BETTER?
It’s always incredible to me how differently we all use our voices. Making sound with the voice is an incredibly efficient process but we don’t just come out of the womb and understand how it works - especially when it comes to singing. Very often there is massive untapped potential in a voice because we don’t innately know how the voice can work at its best. And I find our natural speaking voices are influenced by so many emotional factors
- was there a tense atmosphere in your house?
- did you feel you had to speak softly? or loudly?
- are you a shy person?
- do you talk nonstop without taking a breath?
When I started out with voice lessons my voice was very breathy. This meant I couldn’t project my sound and would always run out of air. My voice didn’t have that cut-through quality and at the time I didn’t even know that was desirable. But once I had learned to make that sound - my entire singing technique improved, everything was easier, I had more control, more projection, and singing became effortless and fun. I learned to be able to control the amount of cut-through quality I wanted to use, so if I need to these days - I can completely take it out of my voice, but if I need to sing across a theater - the people in the back will understand the words.
In the end, learning technique gives you incredible control over your voice, and this allows you to express whatever a song requires. The voice is an incredible instrument and at its best, should feel and sound, effortless.
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