Help: Singing range help & songs?

Wow, you have pretty much the same vocal weak spot that I used to (and about the same range). Weird.

First things first - definitely don't try to "push" your chest voice into the higher notes. You can probably feel the strain on your vocal cords when you do that and it does wear them down very quickly. As a general rule, if it feels wrong and/or hurts, stop and try to readjust. There are times when adding more power from your breath will help you, but only when you learn to place the sound correctly.

It's kind of tough to give you specific advice without hearing you sing. Everything from your breath support to the technique you are using could be affecting that mid-range and the issues I was having may not be the same ones that you are. I will say that one of the best pieces of advice I got from a vocal coach was to get the Complete Vocal Technique book by Cathrine Sadolin. It breaks your voice down into four different techniques that all singers use, from opera to metal, and gives you a very clear guide on how to find and approach each technique. It's taught me a lot about the different ways to sing in the entirety of my range, from soft to harsh and everything in between.

That said, if you do have the means to get some singing lessons, by all means do so. A good vocal coach will be able to give you appropriate exercises to help close that range gap. Sometimes what you really need to do is go back to the very basics. Take it note by note and focus on it. How much power do you need to put into it? Where is the sound placed? How can you make it softer or harsher? ect... Then start doing scales with those notes. Then practice scales from your head voice down into the mid-range, and from your chest voice up. Finally, practice a song that uses the mid-range and work on nailing the notes down. It took me a good year or so to finally close the gap and even now I have to be mindful of how I'm placing a note and how it should sound. So be patient with yourself.

As for song choices, I can only really think of a couple bands off the top of my head with that low of a range. Lacuna Coil and Voyager. Maybe Sabaton? Though even they tend to stray into that mid-range area so I don't know how much help they will be specifically. I would focus on getting your mid-range in order so you can have a wider variety of sound available to you and more song choices.

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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/AdxS3 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.

I know what you mean. You need to train your head voice because its suffering from a lack of training. Your chest voice is fine, but it still could use some balancing. Now, you need to balance both registers so you can sing better. If you want to know songs that can take advantage of your low notes, try covering and transposing the song lower. Or write your own.