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Finding one's "true voice"?

We ,my friends and I, were talking the other day about finding one's true voice when singing.

We are amateur musicians and some of us attempt singing, but we are usually trying to sound like the singer of the original song instead of the singer who is singing.

Which brings us to the current topic. How does one find one's voice, the voice one should be singing with instead of trying to imitate someones else.

Is there a point in training where one knows one is singing as an individual as opposed to an imitator?

I hope I'm describing the concept well enough for someone to answer.

(c) If not let me know where the problem lies and I'll do my best to edify. (A rhyme. Don't steal it, it's copyrighted.)

Update:

Taitana, I know that is true for guitar playing. One learns one's favorite songs and to do so requires one to play as close to the original as possible. After doing this enough, one starts to find one's own style.

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Update 2:

Cherallison: Hard to argue with a voice coach , but , in this case I don't need to.

I can't speak for others however,my experience has been to avoid my natural voice. We play Classic-

Rock and I have always been afraid I'd sound like a lounge singer instead of a rock n' roller. If I do and I still wan't to play music, I relegated to back up or something. It's as if I'll sing myself out of a hobby.

Update 3:

Two good answers, both relative to the growth stages a singer must go through to be successful (meaning to reach one's peak or finding one's voice... not necessarily famous or having a fat paycheck.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    There are no two larynx's the same on this planet therefore we all have our own voice characteristics.

    I think the hardest part for any singer is to like the sound of their own voice and then try to better it by getting help through knowledge of resonance, color and timbre of your own sound.

    It is not about perfection, in fact perfection is boring and if we were all perfect we would sound the same.

    It's the imperfections of our voice [as long as we are not doing damage,] that gives us each a unique sound. This is why we recognize "Cher' or "Anastasia" or 'Elvis" or "Rod Stewart" it's their imperfections we notice immediately.

    Get to like your voice, then you'll realise, that that sound is really you....by the way...like your rhyme...very smart!!!

    Source(s): voice coach
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    One of the most important aspects of singing well involves correct breathing. Now you would think that we would already do this correctly. Try a site like https://tr.im/RDMRp which has the best vocal exercises

    After all if we couldn't breathe we wouldn't be alive! But in reality many people have bad breathing habits caused by a variety of things including poor posture and our often frantic lifestyles. Learning how to control your breathing is one of the keys to improving your voice.

    Singing requires that you are able to take in enough air quickly before you are about to sing a line and then let this air out in a regular and controlled way whilst singing the notes. The mistake many novice singers do is to take a quick shallow gasp of air into the top of the lungs. This results in there being insufficient air, to get you through the line you are singing, and you will end up dropping notes. I'm sure you can relate to this experience and can remember times when you have had to quickly take in more air half way through the line or note you are singing.

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    4 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    I think you only find your 'true voice' once you've become a proficient imitator. I mean, it's different for everyone obviously, but I think our true voice is usually a compilation of all the things we like to listen to. So I'd say, keep singing often and don't worry about it. It'll come.

    Source(s): I've always been around music (pretty much my whole family plays and we do play paid gigs (although I don't sing)) and watched a lot of interviews and stuff.
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