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My family expects me to sound like the artist. So they criticize me for not doing it right.... I am always telling them "this is my voice, not theirs!!" When your audience expects a song to sound a certain way it's very difficult to get them to appreciate your own voice.

What's bad, is when you're singing, and you think you're slaying it, and then you play back the recording, and realize you're actually slaughtering it, lol. Or as a songwriter, you're working on your own song, with a predetermined sound in mind for your voice, and you're not even close.

I’ve always been aware that I attempt to imitate too much. It’s so damn hard for me to develop my own style in anything I do. Singing, drawing, painting… it makes me crazy

Something that helps me sing like myself is to play a piano track of the song that I'm practicing. The piano is "neutral" and doesn't have a human voice, but it does have notes, so I can follow along and see how I sound just trying to match the notes.

This is so helpful, thank you!! I hate my own voice but I'm trying to stop imitating other people (which is easier said than done when you're in the habit of doing it all the time). Will definitely try out these tips!

Wow! In all my years nobody has ever told me this. I always knew I imitated whoever I was singing. I'm quite good at impressions when singing, but I never knew my own voice. Anyway, I put this into practice after watching this video. My voice sounds so much better on songs that suit my voice. I sound garbage on a lot of songs that don't suit my voice. So, does this mean I should only sing in my own voice songs that suit my voice? I like doing covers of female songs, but my own singing voice is quite deep. I've always noticed how I had to strain to sing in songs. But in my own voice I don't. I find my own voice to be a bit monotone and plain compared to some of the impressions I can do. Edit.. I've been trying some more songs in my own voice.. This tip is epic! With practice I reckon I can master my own voice and add the character that other people's voices have that I adopt when singing their style.

Listening to your own singing everyday is such a great idea! Thanks!

This is my husbands account; but your videos and help have helped me re discover my voice, whistle tone, and confidence. You’ve helped me bring back my love of my own voice: so thank you.

Thank you so much for this man! I literally INSTANTLY sound better and there's no more strain on my voice. I would always try to imitate who I listen to. Russel Hitcock, Jimi Jamison, Steve Perry, Chester Benington etc etc. Not only did I sound really bad and inconsistent. It would strain so much out of my vocal chords and I would have to rest a few days to sing again. I guess on the bright side, for the past 2 years I've been singing in my car doing doordash. I have as a result already built some vocal strength. Now I just gotta unlearn the bad habit of imitating and start singing with MY voice. I literally feel zero strain now with this technique. Once again thank you so much!

Thanks Matt, for your continuous support and guidance!

This is another one of your very helpful videos! And I know some things related of the suggestions in it. But it is good that you provide us with information to help us know what our own voice can be once we work on it. Thank You so much! Lisa

dude you are awesome for this

Forgive me but I died when you spoke out the words along with the piano 🤣 I’m so sorry back to my lesson 💀

Wow. O.O I ended up liking my voice! I still cant hit some notes and I need vocal coaching but wow. I didnt even like my speaking voice but this was a huge gift. Thank you! *tears of joy*

The more I record myself the more I love my voice, I start to appreciate how much it does for me and I'm grateful for how it sounds, it's unique it's my voice, it's a gift to me and I'm going to improve and practice a lot to make it be the best version it can be. Thanks for these videos, you're making changes in people's lives that live miles and miles away from you, but your talent and your creativity reaches us and that is so beautiful

Thank you so so much for this!

Yup it's because we sound different in our heads the vibrations of our voice bounce es around before it leaves and so when we hear ourselves we are used to that sound. But a recording show how others hear us.

That was very useful! Many thanks!

Thanks for the reminder ❤️

There's an sure method: write your own song. I can't help singing April Come she will as Art Garfunkel or Colours as Donovan, but when it comes to my own songs, I have to end up using my own style. Of course, I can still use some techniques I borrow to colour my style, but it's my own.

This lesson was so excellent! An amazing difference very quickly :-)

Awesome thanks

I used to try to sound all pretty. After learning good vocal technique and practicing, I’ve improved. I strain less now.

damn its a great technique, thank you!

Good info, it takes a while to discover your own voice. Been at it for a few years now & I'm really starting to hear the results !

Interesting. Superficial, but interesting. I am a VERY limited singer, but a very good voice imitator - so that has always helped. I seem to have found a way to use my "own" voice for singing, but it made it even clearer how limited my actual range and how low the strength is; but that's okay.

I’ve had two different voice coaches n both of them basically “gave up” on me. They said it was a mental barrier that I had to get over

Excellent

OMG! When I first started singing and performing, a person came up to me and said, "you're really great but try to find your own voice and not try to sound like the artist". I still do it. I'll try these tips! Thanks!

The bad Sam Smith version sounded really good!! LOL thank you for the information i'll be applying these tips and continuing to attempt to sing.

Whenever I try to cover songs by different singers such as George Strait, Don Williams, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Cliff Richard, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, Ronan Keating, etc, I find my voice basically the same.

As a British female who grew up singing Garth Brooks... this is invaluable 😆 I want to learn how to sing country in an accent that doesn't sound fake! It's very hard and ironically feels unnatural!

Noe I have realized my power. I will start slitting venom when in fight 😂 jokes apart. These lessons are very good because as a producer and singer I have spent lot of time mimicing my inspiration and now I want to explore ME

Can i ask you about hearing problems with tinnitus. I also have dyslexia too and short term memory! I had years ago while doing amateur operatics, private singing lesson, but due to over reaching my voice and having a TMJ.i had to stopped them.. Can you give any advice me please? Suzie'

Thanks for the video. But my voice strains when I sing on my natural voice so i sing falsetto & head voice which is not strong enough and it sucks 😩

I tell my students, act like a robot...sing on pitch and the right lengths, that will even clear your notes out, vowels will be more emphasized, and in the end, you will sound more on key, and fuller because your voice knows what its doing automatically. and yes, record record record!

I have got good vibrato but I am struggling with belting. What mistake I am probably doing?

I've decided today I'm gonna try to find my dinging voice. I don't even like the sound of my voice when talking so let's hope for the best lol. I found a song Frozen by Madonna Sickick remix that I REALLY like.

When I empathize the vowels I just fall back into imitation. Any tips?

SRV hated his voice. I thought my voice was thin shrill till I learned to put power and confidence in it

I have never tried to imitate the singers tone and such, and I get distracted by the ornamental stuff they do with their voices. Do you know of any resources that helps with song writing? I tend to like to be spontaneous and not uniform at all so doing covers is hard 😂

I have a nasally squirrel voice. ☹ I fear there's no hope

im trying to imitate every singer I like - it can be set it off (kinda my maner) the wanted, nerd out, "I dont fall apart"(I dont need to work hard for sing this), adam lambert - its not hard for me... thats my problem - vibrato, even growl are not hard for me, mix its most easily thing for me - beause its my speeking voice. Im not imitating singer - im imitating his techniques. but... i hear and I know that Im doing everything right, but I cant even record me normaly - I dont have micro for it, but it sounds good when you mirroring sound. - it sounds good for me - but bad for others. I like my voice, but nobody other likes my voice because... Im very expressive and NO ONE HIGH PITCH VOICE WILL SOUND GOOD WITHOUT CONTEXT (MUSIC) I cant do anything with fact that im sounds not like a SINGER, im sounds like SINGING CHARACTER, because its not just a NOTE, every note has a lot of amotions and techniques. its like singing and acting in one time.

How can I ever overcome my own horrible voice? I started to sing a few months ago and liked it but when I heard my own voice from a recording, I cringed, the ugliest voice ever heard. How can one change his voice since it involves his throat and mouth anatomy, an unchangeable thing. But I love to sing so I no longer record myself because listening to it would ruin everything and I wanna keep going.

sir do vocal warm up lowers bass in voice? if yes then it's ok?

Who were those two female singers displayed in this video?

I am a female alto and need help to stay in the alto range and not drift into high notes like sopranos

My voice is so deep and then I loose it

welp i tried listening to myself sing just now, and not only do i hate it, but i feel soo horrible for all the people who have had to tolerate me singing to myself in my apartments, in my car, on the street, or anywhere else. why is my voice so nasal! why is it so sharp! ugh this will take some work

How would you articulate the difference b/w speaking on pitch & singing…

What if my speaking voice is lower than my singing voice ? Kind of like Stephanie Beatriz 😅

Please Ramsey how can I send you a video of me singing so you can help me please Am really in a big mess

Thanks

e2to g4? also check roy khan..is he a high tenor?

0:55 And I sound just like Tom Waits but I want to sing Dio 😢

So we should learn how to speak better before singing better?

I think the "true voice" has been oversold as a "best practice". Perhaps I different voice style can sound better. For example, if you listen to singers from the 40s and 50s, they have a specific voice timbre (crooner style I mean). It's not because people had different vocal chords back then, and that was "just their natural voice", and then 80s singers have another "natural" voice, and so on. It's also not just because "produces looked for people with that kind of natural voice". It's because crooners then aimed and practiced to sing with that vocal style. And they had no problems with that over a more "natural" voice. Singing, and art, is artifice.

I am singing a song for my sister's wedding; would you be willing to listen to a recording and give your thoughts?

If I could suggest a tip. And sorry if someone else has said it in the comment section, or it comes up in the video (only halfway through). Anyway, try to sing a selection of songs normally sung by the other sex. There's less of a reference point to emulate, in my opinion.

what if i wanted to sing school by nirvana

Can you talk about Lady Gaga and how she sometimes sound like shes trying to immitate Muppets? It always bugs me and I notice it but most people don't

Wow all those years I have been singing imitating others artist singers I realized I have a good singing voice even perfect than other artists WTF .

I had a guy in my choir sing bass, but I could tell that he was a tenor. Nobody is making me sing bass. I belong in the tenor section.

ya know what playa... the REAL reason is.. when US singers get gigs.. they are USUALLY COVER BANDS that ONLY want to play songs that people can dance too or rock too... I hate it.. its like LIVE karaoke to me... but... I need the work AND... cover bands can teach you to endure the HARDSHIPS of performing live.... wind... rain.. cold.. inside... outside.. 50 people.. drunks and much .. much more... but.. IF you are a singer in a band... I feel after the 1st year of proving yourself ... the BAND... should... and BETTER allow you to create original songs .. or at LEAST.. discover YOUR OWN VOICE... I HAVE.. and it BLOWS my mind EVERY FCKN time.....

I hate my real voice it sounds like a grandma on helium 💀💀💀

Im too far down on the imitation of aaron tippin

7:47 for most people including me its actually backwards from this. I know that saying this makes it positive but a way to success is to know you will suck ass at first.

I sound like Ariana after I did this

I am not listening to what everyone in the comment section is saying sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

I agree with this video.. However if we all did this it sounds like boring, gospel or play singing (Like Disney stage singing.) It's nice but not "WOW" or even unique. The reason our favorite singers are famous is because of their unique voices, tones or inflections. When was the last time anyone saw a Pop, Rock or even Country singer that was making it with a voice that sounded like they were in a church singing? I know people compare people like Beyonce and others like this is where they got their start but actually listen to them they are very distinct and Unique. An example is the singer of a perfect circle. You think that music would be good singing like this? I'm not hating on anyone just don't think you or anyone will make it singing like this. American Idol has examples of people that sing this way get on and then are not voted forward cause its boring.