Saturday, April 02, 2005
Well, heard that right! For today's entry I'm gonna share five useful tips just how you could improve in your singing. This is to ensure that you have your maximum vocal range on hand before or after singing and potentially ready for an upcoming performance. However, different people have other ways that may not be similar to mine, coz this is what I've been through and did in the process. So, I'm just sharing my experience and knowledge to everyone of you, just in case you're wondering. Anyway, let's get started, shall we?
1- Start getting the basics right first! Its good you have a good posture in singing. Good posture means having an upright and straight neck so that breathing is a breeze for you when you're singing. Remember, try making a habit of getting an upright posture. Coz, practice does'nt actually makes perfect, but PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT. By having an upright posture too, your vocal chords does'nt strain and tensed a lot. However, try to prevent having a goose-neck( when you stick out your neck, duh...) while singing, its really a bad habit.
2- Exercising your vocal muscles before singing is a good warm-up to prevent neck strain and difficulty in reaching higher notes is a must for each vocalist. To do so, have a habit by doing warm-ups every morning or maybe each time you wanna sing through proper "breathing" and musical "vowels" like a, e, o , i and u. You could also do that Do, Re, Mi thingy you learn during kindergarten if you want to.For that, I think you better learn it through refering to vocal training tapes or CDS lah, I can't possibly tell you the whole process here rite? By doing all these, it enables your vocal muscles to expand, thus enabling you to breathe easily and at the same sing...
3- Try not to mock other vocalists or singers voice! Instead, use your own vocal range and tone, that way you could reach to your fullest singing potential and vocal range. Know your own vocal type, for example tenors, basses, sopranos , etc. By doing so, u will know your maximum and minimum vocal range, as well as singing only through your own vocal range. If you think a certain tune is to high, its always good to fall back and reach a lower note than it so that you won't get that usually out-of-tune scenario. One thing, shouting is NOT equivilant to ranging! Shouting will most probably spoil your vocal chords even more, SO DON'T EVEN THINK OF DOING IT!!!
4- Being a vocalists does'nt always mean you have to sing all the time. Its good you do a lot of researching and writing. About what? Well, musical notes of course. You see, its best you get and jot down all the musical notes of a particular song you would most likely sing.BUT ONLY THE VOCAL PART ALRIGHT. Its just like playing a musical instrument, except that you not only refer to the lyrics, but also the vocal notes of the song. That way, you'll be hundred percent sure that you won't be out of tune. Also, use your own idea and method to how you are goin to place all those notes you have jotted down before and "link" them when there's a sudden "swing" or "change" in tune. Dunnoe how to describe them lah( since i dun really study much about musical keys and all those crap lah...). It gives you a clearer picture of how the flow of your vocal notes might sound and go about with the music. I think so lah, my descriptive writing sucks man, hehe...
5- Last but not least. Give your neck muscle a massage each time you finish singing. By doing so, your neck muscles will relaxed and not get too tensed up after your performance or singing. Drink lots and lots of plain water, dunnoe why lah, maybe makes your throat more soother lah. Hehe, some say drinking a lot of honey or lemon juice can also makes your throat more "smooth". And try to maintain a healthy lifestyle through jogging and doin sports so that you dun feel breathless during singing. It also makes you mentally fit and focused, which you will require the most for you performance. Being focused is key to not getting out of tune too lah...
Well that's all, hopefully all of ya got the idea of how I manage myself being a vocalist. Even though now I hardly ever perform on stage, I still practise my vocal chromatics. Dunnoe why lah, I think its the passion that drives me. You can follow all these basic five tips of mine if you liked to or prefer to sing "part-time". Though now I enjoy songwriting(even though I did'nt got into the music and audio technology course...), I do it as a hobby. Hopefully, I can continue doin so until it becomes a career lah. Till then, May God bless you, Wassallam.
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