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I am bad at singing.
I'm a fifteen year old girl and I'm horrible at singing.
I don't think I have that horrible a voice...at least not when singing quietly to myself, or singing simple (really simple) songs like the songs you sing in chorus class or whatever...
But whenever I try to sing loudly, or sing a pop/rock/any song that isn't quiet and extremely simplified kind of song, I SUCK. That's all there is to it.
First of all, I can't even get my voice to get loud. Whenever I hear any female singer (take Michelle Branch, for example), and try to sing one of their songs, I just can't. My voice doesn't go as loud/high as them- hell, I can't even match their pitch, or get the notes right...
I play piano...and not to show off or anything I'm not excellent but I'm moderately good at playing the piano.
Does all this mean that I'm totally tone-deaf? Or just have a sucky voice? Or unused to singing pop songs? Or WHAT? It's getting to be a big problem because whenever I goto the Karaoke bar w/ my friends (it's really big here)- all of them are GREAT at singing. Seriously. Maybe it's because they've been practicing singing loudly and stuff since they were in elementary school.l..but I dunno they're really good. And I'm the only one that sucks...my voice gets all weird and high pitched, then really low...and UGH! I can't stand it! My friends are nice so they don't say anything...but I can tell by the look on their faces that they are experiencing PAIN. (lol) I really want to fix this situation any way I can..how? Thanks
Please, don't be prejudiced against me because of certain bands/singers I mentioned. The issue here isn't really music, it's the VOICE. Argh. Help.
P.S. I'm not in a position to take voice lessons; I'm already taking too many classes/lessons etc, and my mom is against voice lessons because she knows it isn't going to be like a career or anything...it's just for fun.
THANK YOU!
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All this means is that your voice isn't great at singing loudly, and that certain songs aren't the best for you. The fact that you recognize this (and are good at the piano!) would suggest you aren't tone deaf - if you WERE, you'd think you sounded great all the time.
My suggestion? Sing whatever flatters your voice the most. If your voice begins to sound weird, high-pitched, or crackly, then you are actually doing damage. There's nothing wrong with being a quieter singer, or someone who sounds best with simple songs.
The trick to this, like most anything in life, is to find out your particular talent and work to that. If you can't sing loudly, don't! Just make sure to really hold the microphone up to your mouth at karoke, and you get the best of both worlds - your voice sounding good, and the microphone making it loud. You'll also want to sing songs that you KNOW you can handle - you'll be better off doing really well at a simpler song than failing at a harder song.
Figure out what makes you sound best, and do it. There's no rule saying only loud pop singers can sound good.
Best of luck!
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