When I was a child, my mother used to say that women who had high voices were annoying to listen to, or they sound stupid... I don't know where this came from, but I believed it for a long long time... so I got used to push down my voice even when I speak. That was and still is a big mind obstacule in my singing progress. I'm a soprano.
A parent said: "You will never learn to sing"..how can anyone do that to an aspiring person.....it gets stuck in the head and is in the way. Becoming conscious about these internalised thoughts, and rid of them, now.
Thanks a lot Freya...there is indeed a lot of psychology behind any kind of music performance... I am convinced about the fact that besides musical gift , the character of the singer is of the paramount importance...a good and warm heart, an open mind, much modesty and altruism, a balanced philosophy of life and a transcendental meaning of human existence, the poetry of the song...all these things and not only make a great singer...just a few thoughts!
My sister hated my singing when I began practicing so that made me overly conscious and began singing really quietly so I can't sing loudly when I'm around people but when I'm alone and in a good mood I can sing with a decent volume! But when I'm around people my voice has such a low volume that there's almost no sound at all and I get really tensed. Recording myself has helped me to improve immensely!
This is great advice !! not only for the overly self-consciousness singers out there but the ‘mumblers’ of life who are struggling to articulate the simplest things...🤐😮..thanks for giving me some fresh ideas 🤗
My mother loves to sing and has a really powerful voice, and since I was little she constantly showed it off with no modesty. I eventually started to hate when she sang because she allways made it so excessive and loud for no reason. I learned to make myself little, but I actually loved to sing too. So so much, I had it in my heart. But when I tried to sing, even just when a song was playing on the radio and I hummed along, she allways said to me: "sing louder, hear, like this!" and she started to sing VERY loud. Of course I hated it and I never wanted to give her what she wanted, and just stopped singing instead. I've allways kept the dream of singing in my heart, and now that I've been living on my own for four years, I finally decided to take lessons. In a year of coaching, I've discovered that my mother's behaviour has scarred me very deeply, and my vocal coach sometimes tells me that it seems like I don't want to disturb or be too loud. Guess why? Therefore things like belting are a challenge to me psycologically. Despite that, I'm so happy to have started this journey, a year later I'm singing in a gospel choir, a band, and I've been cast as protagonist in a musical. Sometimes during lessons I cry when I get stuck on exercises, because I still judge myself so hard, and it's an amazing journey that digs deeper than I ever thought. It's amazing, singing is my life and I won't allow anyone anymore to make me feel small.
LOVE THIS TOPIC! I used to sing into a pillow because when I would sing as a child my brothers would tell me to shut up. or shhh. Not intentionally trying to hurt my feelings, just being brothers. I have had to over come the highs in my mind and after recently coming out of a tough period in my life, my vocal coach heard the difference when I healed. Currently now my challenges is showing up to rehearse daily.. which I love but can still be hard to fit in the schedule.. how ever doing scales and exercises daily has changed my life so I will continue to face my mind and keep over coming the "I don't feel like it battle"... Thank you Freya xo
Thank you so much, I really needed this right now! Yesterday I had a vocal lesson that went horribly and I just couldn't sing the high notes at all because I was stressing about them. Then it got in the way of the easier parts too. I felt so bad afterwards and thought I would never become good at singing and that something was wrong with me. But this video cheered me up. I've definitely had some things on my mind lately that has interfered with my performance.
Prior to watching your videos, the high notes in the songs I like seemed impossible. After using some of your techniques, I am able to do them. I feel so much more confident about my singing, thanks to you Freya!
You are sooo right. I remember ppl always use to tell me I had potential to have a good voice, but I didn’t know how to go about training it. Then I met a good friend of mine who is an amazing singer. I went from singing with awful technique to having a pleasant singing voice all in the span of 3 months. So I combined your singing tips with his critiquing and I gotten really good. I still have work to do, but the process with would have been impossible if I didn’t have an outside source since I’m not a natural born singer.
Thank you for your great insight and sharing such important information because it gives me more confidence in my singing. you help me know I am not the only one with up and down emotions when I am singing.
this is what happens to me.. i sometimes don't want to practice because I get discouraged about not sounding a certain way then I beat myself up for not practicing. it sucks because then i feel like im making no progress :(
Sorry, I got cut off before I could finish my comment. With proper training and discipline, the things that the mind finds insurmountable, can be overcome. Thanks!
When I was a child, my mother used to say that women who had high voices were annoying to listen to, or they sound stupid... I don't know where this came from, but I believed it for a long long time... so I got used to push down my voice even when I speak.
That was and still is a big mind obstacule in my singing progress. I'm a soprano.
A parent said: "You will never learn to sing"..how can anyone do that to an aspiring person.....it gets stuck in the head and is in the way. Becoming conscious about these internalised thoughts, and rid of them, now.
Thanks a lot Freya...there is indeed a lot of psychology behind any kind of music performance... I am convinced about the fact that besides musical gift , the character of the singer is of the paramount importance...a good and warm heart, an open mind, much modesty and altruism, a balanced philosophy of life and a transcendental meaning of human existence, the poetry of the song...all these things and not only make a great singer...just a few thoughts!
My sister hated my singing when I began practicing so that made me overly conscious and began singing really quietly so I can't sing loudly when I'm around people but when I'm alone and in a good mood I can sing with a decent volume! But when I'm around people my voice has such a low volume that there's almost no sound at all and I get really tensed. Recording myself has helped me to improve immensely!
This is great advice !! not only for the overly self-consciousness singers out there but the ‘mumblers’ of life who are struggling to articulate the simplest things...🤐😮..thanks for giving me some fresh ideas 🤗
My mother loves to sing and has a really powerful voice, and since I was little she constantly showed it off with no modesty. I eventually started to hate when she sang because she allways made it so excessive and loud for no reason. I learned to make myself little, but I actually loved to sing too. So so much, I had it in my heart. But when I tried to sing, even just when a song was playing on the radio and I hummed along, she allways said to me: "sing louder, hear, like this!" and she started to sing VERY loud. Of course I hated it and I never wanted to give her what she wanted, and just stopped singing instead. I've allways kept the dream of singing in my heart, and now that I've been living on my own for four years, I finally decided to take lessons. In a year of coaching, I've discovered that my mother's behaviour has scarred me very deeply, and my vocal coach sometimes tells me that it seems like I don't want to disturb or be too loud. Guess why? Therefore things like belting are a challenge to me psycologically. Despite that, I'm so happy to have started this journey, a year later I'm singing in a gospel choir, a band, and I've been cast as protagonist in a musical. Sometimes during lessons I cry when I get stuck on exercises, because I still judge myself so hard, and it's an amazing journey that digs deeper than I ever thought. It's amazing, singing is my life and I won't allow anyone anymore to make me feel small.
LOVE THIS TOPIC!
I used to sing into a pillow because when I would sing as a child my brothers would tell me to shut up. or shhh. Not intentionally trying to hurt my feelings, just being brothers. I have had to over come the highs in my mind and after recently coming out of a tough period in my life, my vocal coach heard the difference when I healed. Currently now my challenges is showing up to rehearse daily.. which I love but can still be hard to fit in the schedule.. how ever doing scales and exercises daily has changed my life so I will continue to face my mind and keep over coming the "I don't feel like it battle"... Thank you Freya xo
Thanks Freya, that was really helpful. I mostly liked „What you resist, persists“.
Thank you so much, I really needed this right now! Yesterday I had a vocal lesson that went horribly and I just couldn't sing the high notes at all because I was stressing about them. Then it got in the way of the easier parts too. I felt so bad afterwards and thought I would never become good at singing and that something was wrong with me. But this video cheered me up. I've definitely had some things on my mind lately that has interfered with my performance.
Prior to watching your videos, the high notes in the songs I like seemed impossible. After using some of your techniques, I am able to do them. I feel so much more confident about my singing, thanks to you Freya!
You are sooo right. I remember ppl always use to tell me I had potential to have a good voice, but I didn’t know how to go about training it. Then I met a good friend of mine who is an amazing singer. I went from singing with awful technique to having a pleasant singing voice all in the span of 3 months. So I combined your singing tips with his critiquing and I gotten really good. I still have work to do, but the process with would have been impossible if I didn’t have an outside source since I’m not a natural born singer.
A couple of times a month, I sing a song I've worked on for my church choir director. It's really helping me, especially with my nerves.
Thank you for your great insight and sharing such important information because it gives me more confidence in my singing. you help me know I am not the only one with up and down emotions when I am singing.
this is what happens to me.. i sometimes don't want to practice because I get discouraged about not sounding a certain way then I beat myself up for not practicing. it sucks because then i feel like im making no progress :(
Sorry, I got cut off before I could finish my comment. With proper training and discipline, the things that the mind finds insurmountable, can be overcome. Thanks!
Actually just today I was struggling with releasing my head voice. It sounded screamy around the B5 area.
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