Musician Gear & Tech Discussion

Hi All,

New to Bandmix and the whole band scene really so could do with a bit of advice about singing.

I've got a good voice when singing stuff that suits my voice. Good with Blur (especially Charmless Man, Song 2), Chili's (Zephyr, Fortune Faded, Paralel Universe, Danny California), some Killers (Smile like you mean it) etc. You can probably tell from my list what my range is.

What I'd like to know is what's the best way to increase my range? Is it pretty normal to have a range like above? Any general advice you can give would be cool.

Thanks,
C

Craig, I think it comes with practice and understanding your voice and the range you have. Learn where you can shift into your falsetto and work on that transition so its seamless. If you are pushing the edges of your range up or down over time it will expand some, I said some, dont expect to pick up an octave but you may be able to move it some. There are some online tutorials that teach techniques to work on your vocals.

The voice is to me is the toughest instrument, cause unlike a guitar where you can retune, if you are feeling bad its hard to cover it up.

Just keep working on it and get professional help if possible, looking at your influences you might not like this but a teacher voiced in opera can teach you the limits of your range better than a rock vocalist can, they can also teach breathing exercises and scales in a manner that will help over time. Try not to kill your voice, all that screaming cookie monster stuff thats out there can sound good, but people like the guy in Disturbed have really damaged their voice with their vocal styles. And if you really tear up your voice to hit something that you cant physically hit you may never get your voice back like it started. I had nodes in throat years ago and basically took me out of singing for years, so be careful on that stuff that strains and hurts your vocal chords.

Thanks for the advice mate. I'll have a look online for some of the vocal techniques that you mentioned.

Looking forward to getting something started band wise.

Cheers,
Craig

If you want to increase your vocal range, you need to experiment with the various parts of the human singing voice. Let me explain myself.

First of all, there is your normal voice, be it high or low. This depends on whether you're a tenor, baritone or bass. You can attempt to go up into falsetto range, if you care to. And if you also wish to, you can extend your range lower.

I myself use the falsetto, baritone, bass, and sometimes the contrabass portions of my vocal range. You may use any of these as you please.

A word on use of your voice, do not strain your voice ever. This will damage your vocal cords.