Can I improve my singing...please listen to recording

[boyle]

I've been playing guitar for about 2 years now and I would like to start singing when I play, but I have never liked the way my voice sounds and I feel that since I don't sing when I play, it has hindered my guitar improvement as of late. I can play quite a few songs, but I find that I don't normally learn the entire song because I don't/can't sing along and because I think it sounds like crap when I do.

I tried taking some voice lessons last year during my senior year at college, but it was on a Sunday afternoon and I was always too hungover to go and the guy was a bit eccentric for me, so I just dropped the class. I would like to try and improve on my own, so what can I do to improve on this if there is any help at all. I'm not sure if this is a good song to judge off of, but this is the only one that I felt comfortable posting on here. Thanks


http://download.yousendit.com/910CD8385198DF79

[DrumsFoDaSoul]

Not to be mean.... but this reminds me of an Ameican Idol audition in the early season...

[boyle]

Haha, no offense taken man. From the looks of the view counter, it appears you're the only one willing to break the news to me.

[Alazais]

Try matching all of the notes on the guitar with your voice. So start out with open low E, hit it with your voice and move on to the first fret. Hit that with your voice. Go all through every string on the guitar. When you get to high that you can't hit the notes anymore. Find the same note in a different octave with your voice. When you get comfortable hitting all of those different notes and octaves run through scales and match them with your voice as you go through the scale. Do this everyday for 6 months and you'll notice a dramatic increase.

[colorado5117]

Try matching all of the notes on the guitar with your voice. So start out with open low E, hit it with your voice and move on to the first fret. Hit that with your voice. Go all through every string on the guitar. When you get to high that you can't hit the notes anymore. Find the same note in a different octave with your voice. When you get comfortable hitting all of those different notes and octaves run through scales and match them with your voice as you go through the scale. Do this everyday for 6 months and you'll notice a dramatic increase.

get someone who knows how to breathe correctly to show you how too.

[DrumsFoDaSoul]

Also, its good to listen to yourself sing cause you can see whats working and whats not. Try altering different styles and see which one works best.

[Easy E]

dont try to be all breathy and cool with your voice, just let it come out too

[colorado5117]

oh, while its obvious you need practice.. i do think you're voice has potential..

[vinestreet98]

your voice does have a lot of potential... you're sort of half talking/whispering, though. its impossible to hit notes that way, but occasionally you do anyway which shoes your ear needs a little training but more importantly, you gotta just let it out and sing with 100% of your support coming from your diaphragm, not your neck/vocal chords. you're being "quiet"- probably so that nobody in the other room hears you practicing- whereas actual singing will resonate through the walls. you'll be embarassed at first once you actually start letting it out, but thats the ONLY way to get good.

honestly, i've been REALLY singing for 2 years... before that, i sounded a lot like you. there's a clip of me now doing #41 here: http://www.purevolume.com/maxjordan
just to show you that you can improve tremendously if you just learn how.