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My singing dilemma
I am a 17 year old guy and I am from India. I play guitar and I sing. I post the song covers on Instagram. I get all the good comments but I am in a dilemma. I feel sometimes that I don't sing good (I have a bass in my voice). I get all the good comments about my singing but I get criticism as well. Sometimes I feel I should not stop singing but sometimes I feel that I should stop singing. The good comments I get I think are just for the sake of commenting. I am really confused. I don't know what to do. I need your advice.
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Well singing is wonderful and people who cannot sing still do because it makes them feel good. And that is as good a reason as any to continue. But you can always improve your voice. The secret is in the breathing. (Don't ask em how it works) Go to Youtube an watch some video's on improving your singing and learn some signing techniques. There are lots. If you learn some ways to improve your singing voice, it just may give you more confidence and the desire to continue.
And hey, you'll never get rid of all the critics. Being a critic is the easiest job in the world.
Good luck!
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People won't leave multiple comments that they enjoyed your work unless they meant it or take the time to bang out compliments if they didn't mean it. Every person on Instagram or YouTube that posts anything creative that perhaps others cannot do themselves winds up with their fair deal of inaccurate and negative comments.
It comes with the territory and usually those people don't know beans about how to create what you have and in this case probably cannot sing or play an instrument themselves. It may be jealousy too. They're armchair critics and their opinion doesn't matter worth a damn.
Deep down you know you can sing and you can play guitar. That's all that matters and don't stop. One way to know people are tuning in is to turn off comments on YouTube or Instagram and notice how many people are turning in and measure the hits and popularity this way.
Also, you're going about this wrong. Think of the videos you post as meant for an audience of ONE and that's you and for having fun and enjoying it and if someone else likes or dislikes it that's okay because you are learning and charting your own progress.
Also, don't be afraid to fail or have something you worked hard on not work out. You have to stumble ALOT on the road to getting very good at something. Once you get really good than nobody can knock your progress or work.
You could do some research about music schools or vocal coaches in your area that offer coaching on both your instrument and your voice to improve upon what you have got. During Covid-19 there are numerous people who have taken that online offering lessons that way. Give it a whirl and see what happens but above all don't quit over what a nitwit on social media may say about you.
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We see the world according to what we believe. You must believe you're not good enough to receive the good comments, so you disregard them as not being genuine and you accept the negative ones.
Take the bad comments as constructive criticism. Of course, there's always haters. If you're gonna perform, so it because you want to do it, not because of whatever comments come your way. Its like if someone feels fat and someone tells them they look good, they're not gonna believe it, even if the person is being genuine.
So play because you want to play not because of the praise you get or don't get. Take criticism as constructive criticism. If you can't then say "haters gonna hate" and move on. I'm sure everyone that has made it as a musician has had their share of criticism and doubt. But if you like what you're doing, who cares what others think. You could of course, not post your recording and keep it to yourself. You can examine it and determine what areas you can improve on.
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