I'm scared of my own voice

[putte]

everybody should start speaking to themselves to get a better feel for the own voice. but the main benefit would be that one could better express what he thinks ..

putt

[mystahr]

everybody should start speaking to themselves to get a better feel for the own voice. but the main benefit would be that one could better express what he thinks ..

putt

Well putt

[putte]

[pough]

I'm starting to not hate the sound of my voice when singing, and as for talking... well... I always thought that I sounded odd and silly. Some guy friends told me that I sound like Kermit the Frog. Some women friends, though, told me that they just plain love the sound of my voice. And that was totally unsolicited - we weren't even talking about it when they volunteered that. So I'll take compliments from women over mockery from men, any day.

The singing's still a problem, but I'm getting a sense of what I can and can't do and more importantly I'm practicing. I also find that I like the way I sound much better when I try to sound a little raspy. I don't know if that's cheating, but it works for me. Otherwise I sound like Kermit the Frog singing. Hmm... maybe it's time for me to cover the Rainbow Connection!

[Steven West]

I talk to myself all the time...

Usually it's swearing and belittling myself for stupid, stupid, stupid mistakes.

You think that might have something to do with it?
... That's right Mr. West
Oh shut up Mr. Hat, you fist f**ked faggot!
... How come it's your fist up there Mr. West

Oooh, that does it! I'M NOT GAY!

[pough]

You're not talking to yourself, dude. You're watching South Park.

[Steven West]

Ahhh, that might be a better reason why I ain't singing anymore.

Too much South Park.

[tetraplan]

You're not talking to yourself, dude. You're watching South Park.

Yes, I'm "watching South Park" all the time, too.

Groet, Erik

[mystahr]

But more on topic; I'm still very unhappy with recording my voice in a sung way. I have done before on a few occasions, but usually quite hidden. I think I can sing, but just don't have the guts.

I think this winter-contest must be the time that I will write my first vocal track

[mr.me]

Ok, ok I'm gonna sound like a wierdo but, I stand in my backroom studio, nobody else home, cans on, mic ready, clutching an old phone bill with hastily scrawled lyrics on the back, hit record and... nothing!

Ijust clam up with solitary stage fright, pulse racing, butterflies in the stomach...

And when I do manage to mumble something onto disc I just delete it after the first listen.

Now I'm no shrinking violet. I have played on stage(flute) , in bars and have busked on the street corners of some of the worlds more challenging cities. I will happily introduce myself to total strangers in the pub and have no fear of speaking up if something pisses me off.

Has/does anyone else experience this?
Or am I just a nutcase?

Yer a nutcase!

...but we all are.

[kab]

Not a nutcase at all.

A microphone will be the last thing I ever purchase, and that will probably never happen.

I can sing along with music in the car, for example, but as soon as the singer stops, I cant hold a melody for my life.

I can write "lyrics", but have no skill at all fitting these to music. So basically, I give singing no thought whatsoever. When I get my act together musically, hopefully I'll collaborate w/ someone like-minded.

[pough]

in fact I'm doing my best to get a proper mic. for Christmas...we'll see how it goes...

I wish I had known. I could have bought you a nice KEL Audio mic here in Canada (free shipping!) and brought it to Japan with me last month. Shipping it to you from Sapporo would have been cheap, I would imagine. Or are you wanting to get something pricier?

[Lawnmower Of The Damned]

I actually rather like the sound of my voice (Yes, I am an egotistical prick ). My problem is that I do industrial rock, which means lots and lots of screaming at the top of your lungs. The louder I sing, the better it sounds.

My main problem is that I know how loud I can get (VERY loud) and I know that may elderly neighbors won't appreciate my screaming. I clearly need some kind of isolation booth, but every single one I see is in the $3,000+ range.

How much does some wood and a little acoustic foam cost!?

I think the main thing to consider is that most people can sing well enough to get by. There are a lot of singers who don't have beautiful voices, but there is some other quality to them. Not every guy needs to have David Bowie's dynamic range, and not every girl need to be able to belt lyrics out like Amy Lee (Who actually seems to have some minor problems with staying in key, so perhaps she's not the greatest example...).

My point is that most singers don't have such great voices. Roger Waters was completely un-intelligible, Billy Corgan sings about an octave too high at all times and is whinnier than Fran Drescher, Marilyn Manson is completely non-melodic, but all three have been lead singers for very, very successful bands.

The list of great singers who aren't very good at singing is huge. One of the only genres that requires a phenominal voice is opera, but if you aren't singing opera then don't worry about the fact that you aren't Lucciano Povaratti.

[ChamomileShark]

drink a glass of milk, stand up, relax and do it medium loud..it's amazing how the mic/recording gear affects the voice..a bit of echo helps the confidence too

[Caleb]

drink a glass of milk, stand up, relax and do it medium loud..it's amazing how the mic/recording gear affects the voice..a bit of echo helps the confidence too

Yeah - I always drench my vocals in reverb for monitoring.

When your voice is fed back to you with reverb you tend to sing better for some reason. I think it's because the vocals in isolation sound really nice with the reverb or something and then you sing more confidently.

Caleb