Calling All Singers

Attention all singers! Come and compare styles, favourite songs to sing, discuss various singing competitions and basically, join other singers and songstresses in a discussion of this fantastic hobby!

Well, my singing experience is mostly in school musicals, singing some lead roles and some earlier backing voices. My personal favourite songs to sing are "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" from Evita and "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady. My strongest "modern" songs to sing are Umbrella by Rihanna, Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson and Listen To Your Heart by DHT, because they suit my voice type. I love singing duets, and I am currently trying to persuade my parents to let me audition for the X Factor when I turn 14 next year!

So, what about you guys?
Oh, and I'm super sorry if anyone has already posted this thread anywhere. I couldn't find it, so I guessed that this was the best place to put it!

- Madi.

I love singing, though, i only do it at home, i wouldn't go on X factor or something like that....

my best songs to sing are:
Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven (This is like, my fave song to sing :D)
Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Natasha Bedingfield - I Bruise Easily
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Dido - Here With Me
Shades of Rhythm - The Sound of Eden

It helps because i know all of the words to them songs as well

Yay for the singers' thread!! :D

I'm a sophomore at university, and I'm auditioning for my school's music program at the end of the semester to major in Vocal Performance. I do mainly classical singing, but I prefer to do more modern art songs in general, and I have a very special place in my heart for musicals. (It's hard to find anyone with knowledge of musicals and their songs that rivals my own! ;))

Currently the pieces I'm working on with my vocal instructor are "Ave Maria" (Gounod version), "Che fiero costume", and "Come Ready and See Me." These are going to be for my audition in November.

I sing semi-pro with a band, I don't really have a favourite song to sing as such, we just sing what the audience wants to hear LOL I've done everything from Celine Dion to Iron Maiden!!!!!!!!

I have sorta stopped singing due to lack of opportunity, but I used to be in a classical chorus (soprano) and in a musical group (lol) and I had individual classes too. Also did some solo singing too.
I'm more a lyrical singer with a rather high voice but I like to sing whatever pleases me :D

I love singing, though, i only do it at home, i wouldn't go on X factor or something like that....

my best songs to sing are:
Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven (This is like, my fave song to sing :D)
Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Natasha Bedingfield - I Bruise Easily
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Dido - Here With Me
Shades of Rhythm - The Sound of Eden

It helps because i know all of the words to them songs as well

Anyone who can sing Show Me Heaven wothout ruining it is good, in my book! :lol:

I like singing the Divinyls song too! :p I have sang that several times at karaoke! :lol:

My favourite songs to sing are ones that can make people get up and dance! I love to have a good time, and if I can sing a song that makes other people have fun too, it makes me happy. :D

I love getting up on stage and singing Buck Rogers, and occasionally stopping the music now and then and just hearing everyone shout "He's got a CD player!". It makes my day.

I love getting up on stage and singing Buck Rogers, and occasionally stopping the music now and then and just hearing everyone shout "He's got a CD player!". It makes my day.
Yeah! :lol: Stuff like that is always fun! It's great to hear people singing along! In the place I used to sing, we even had our own little dances to go with the songs! :rotfl:

Yeah! :lol: Stuff like that is always fun! It's great to hear people singing along! In the place I used to sing, we even had our own little dances to go with the songs! :rotfl:


If I attempted to dance while on stage, no-one would sing along. More like scream! I can NOT dance to save my life!

Oh, and popcornyzum - Show me heaven is the best song to sing to EVER! I read your post, downloaded the song and I've been singing to it (and listening to the Deathly Hallows audiobook) ever since!

Anyone who can sing Show Me Heaven wothout ruining it is good, in my book! :lol:
I NEVER ruin it, my friends sometimes request me to sing it for them!! :lol:
Oh, and popcornyzum - Show me heaven is the best song to sing to EVER! I read your post, downloaded the song and I've been singing to it (and listening to the Deathly Hallows audiobook) ever since!When you said that, i couldn't resist putting the song on and having a good old sing along! :D

I have always loved to sing. I love duets as well. I sing a lot of things, but what you'll hear me most sing:

*There is No One - Evita (Or any other song from Evita actually...)
*I've Got Rhythm
*The National Anthem
*Church Hymns
*Green Grow the Rushes O

I'd say I'm a fair singer...I got voted best singer in a camp I go to this year after everyone heard me sing the National Anthem... :blush:

I actually have my good days and my bad, but that's with anyone, eh?

My sister and I sing together A LOT; we love to sing especially with each other!

I'd say I'm mainly an Alto, but on some songs I can be a really nice soprano. It totally depends on the song, and whether I woke up on the "I'm going to sing really awesome today" side of the bed. xD

The National Anthem


Which National Anthem? I can do the Welsh, English and bits of the American :D.

Which National Anthem? I can do the Welsh, English and bits of the American :D.

I'm sorry -- American. :) I want to work on some others, but don't know which yet.

I love to sing. I sing in both a chorus and an a cappella group. My favorite song to sing is Part of Your World from the Little Mermaid.

I'm sorry -- American. :) I want to work on some others, but don't know which yet.


The easiest to learn is the English, but I think that the Welsh has the best melody. If you want the lyrics to either, just PM me! :D.

I sang the Welsh one in a school Eisteddfod (Welsh school talent shows).

I love to sing. I sing in both a chorus and an a cappella group. My favorite song to sing is Part of Your World from the Little Mermaid.

That's one of my favorites too...in fact, I sang it for an audition this summer! (Everyone thought it was pretty hilarious...especially, because I love to ham it up :lol:)

I'm an alto, and I do my best with gospel-ly type songs. Does anyone know any good ones?

Yay, singers thread! I'm not in a choir but I like singing. Hey, EverLore! You like As the Deer?

I have a new best song to sing :D

Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

I can't sing to save my life, but if I'm alone in the car, the windows are rolled up, and the music is loud, I will belt out a song or two. :eyebrows:

Do any of you have videos on youtube or somewhere that we can hear you sing? That would be awesome!

Ooo, singers' thread!

I'm studying to be a classical singer (i.e, opera, etc) and singing is amazing. Really hard though (who knew that breath support would be so damn necessary and annoying?) I'm mostly singing some arie antiche and some arias from Mozart, Handel, Verdi, Spontini and Donizetti.

I'm considered a lyric soprano for now but my maestra thinks that in a few years I'll end up as a dramatic coloratura.

Ooo, singers' thread!

I'm studying to be a classical singer (i.e, opera, etc) and singing is amazing. Really hard though (who knew that breath support would be so damn necessary and annoying?) I'm mostly singing some arie antiche and some arias from Mozart, Handel, Verdi, Spontini and Donizetti.

I'm considered a lyric soprano for now but my maestra thinks that in a few years I'll end up as a dramatic coloratura.
Another classical singer! I'm glad to see someone else out there who is training like I am.

How old are you though, Gypsy? Usually people aren't classified that specifically until their late 20s at the earliest so I was just curious. :)

What pieces are you working on right now?

I'm seventeen but I did say that my teacher thinks that for now. Who knows? I might end up as a lyric soprano instead. :p

Or a baritone..:lol:

She says that mostly because I have a big voice (for my age, of course) and my voice is "heavier" than what is considered a lyric. Coloratura mostly because I don't have a problem with fast passages.

Alas, only the future will tell.

I'm working on:

"Lascia ch'io pianga"- Handel
"O Nume tutelar" - Spontini
"Ave Maria" - Verdi
and some other old italian arias that I'm too lazy to type up.

But no one them go very high. Thank God, high notes are amazing to hear but one has to be so concentrated when actually singing one (opening your mouth, no tension, etc) Then again we're screwed since we're sopranos, you're nothing without high notes.

Though secretly, I've always wanted to be a mezzo. :tu:

I'm seventeen but I did say that my teacher thinks that for now. Who knows? I might end up as a lyric soprano instead. :p

Or a baritone..:lol:

She says that mostly because I have a big voice (for my age, of course) and my voice is "heavier" than what is considered a lyric. Coloratura mostly because I don't have a problem with fast passages.

Alas, only the future will tell.

I'm working on:

"Lascia ch'io pianga"- Handel
"O Nume tutelar" - Spontini
"Ave Maria" - Verdi
and some other old italian arias that I'm too lazy to type up.

But no one them go very high. Thank God, high notes are amazing to hear but one has to be so concentrated when actually singing one (opening your mouth, no tension, etc) Then again we're screwed since we're sopranos, you're nothing without high notes.

Though secretly, I've always wanted to be a mezzo. :tu:
:lol: And then there are all the mezzos who secretly wish they had all of the notes of a soprano.

I'm mainly singing mezzo right now, but I've had teachers in the past who have been absolutely convinced I'm soprano. Then again I've sung second alto in choir since I was 14. My current teacher keeps saying that the mezzo is just a passing phase and that with my big voice I'm going to end up as a Wagnerian soprano! (Or something just as bright and dramatic...)

17.... that means you're prepping for the college hunt, right? Any places you've started looking?

Big voices unite!

I feel very odd sometimes with my voice, considering that all our international singers have medium to small voices. It's like the big voices disappeared from the face of the earth...or maybe the recording companies and opera houses don't have patience with them since they take longer to fully come into their prime. You can easily find a soprano to sing you a splendid Zerlina, try finding one who can accurately sing Lady Macbeth or Brunnhilde.

I used to sing alto in my choir. Before taking lessons I thought I would end up as a contralto or mezzo. Turns out I'm a soprano but I can sing pretty low (my lowest note is a F sharp below middle C)

Haha, my teacher also said that I would be able to sing Wagner in the future, however, I prefer Italian opera.:p

I'm actually considering finishing my high school and then enter an Italian conservatory. Or elsewhere in Europe.

Last weekend I tried out for All State Chamber Choir... and I made it! It's been a long time since a sophomore from my high school has made it, and I've broken that "curse", I guess! Unfortunately, my bf didn't make it (and he tried out, too! What a pity...).

I used to sing alto in my choir. Before taking lessons I thought I would end up as a contralto or mezzo. Turns out I'm a soprano but I can sing pretty low (my lowest note is a F sharp below middle C)

I thought I was an alto for most of my early teens, but ended up realising I was a soprano! I never quite made it to the top G in the Queen of the Night, though, so I'm not that much of a soprano! And I don't sing much classical stuff any more - there's more demand for folk music and pop.

I thought I was an alto for most of my early teens, but ended up realising I was a soprano! I never quite made it to the top G in the Queen of the Night, though, so I'm not that much of a soprano! And I don't sing much classical stuff any more - there's more demand for folk music and pop.
Queen of the Night is an exceptionally hard piece to perform! I don't think it says much about your ability as a soprano that you couldn't get to the top notes-- there are few who can. Even in classical singing, a soprano is defined as anyone who can carry a solid C6 apparently. (According to Wikipedia at least! ;)) If you've got that, then I wouldn't worry about it. :)

Queen of the Night is an exceptionally hard piece to perform! I don't think it says much about your ability as a soprano that you couldn't get to the top notes-- there are few who can. Even in classical singing, a soprano is defined as anyone who can carry a solid C6 apparently. (According to Wikipedia at least! ;)) If you've got that, then I wouldn't worry about it. :)


Agreed.

The majority of sopranos can only sing up to a C6 or D6. And anyways, you won't find composers who demand more than a C6 (except for Massenet who demands a high G6 in Esclarmonde:p) Monserrat Caballe's highest note is a D6, yet she is considered a prima donna. Same with Rosa Ponselle.

Then again there are the prima donnas who had large ranges, like Maria Callas.

The Queen of Night is a hard role. Anyone willing to approach it should do so with a ten-metre stick. Okay, maybe not that much but not every soprano can sing very high.

The Queen of Night is a hard role. Anyone willing to approach it should do so with a ten-metre stick. Okay, maybe not that much but not every soprano can sing very high.
Exactly. There are sopranos who may not be able to sing anything higher than a C6 or D6, and there are mezzos who can sing the same top notes as many sopranos. It really has a lot more to do with where your voice sits and where it sounds its best. :)

Yup. I know some mezzos who reach high E's and some even high F's but they are considered mezzo because they are not comfortable in the higher regions of their voice. They are at home singing at a lower tessitura.

And also their timbre determines their voice type but I've always thought that at the end of the day, your range doesn't actually tell you what you are.

My maestra can only sing up to a C6 and on a good day, a D6. But she's still a soprano.

I wish I was in a bannddd!!! *wailllllllllssss!!* My ex is in one and they needed a singer but htey found one and I still go around singing trying to get him to say come join the band! LOL it's SOOO unfaiiiirrr!!! I think I'm really good at singing once I have th right songs!

best stuff for me to sing is:
Paramore - almost ANY of their stuff! and if i cant sing some of the songs well i still sing cause they are one of THE best bands in the WORLD! lol

Some Evanescence (did you know Amy Lee sings when breathing in AND out?! and she makes most of her dresses for performing and videos?! :O)

Err I can sings stuf like My Chemical Romance - some not all! - er Three days grace - I'm really good wiht some of their songs - um Avril Lavigne is easy to do for me (most) Kelly Clarkson..yer thats the end of this list otherwise i'll be here all day

I sing what I like which is mainly punk/rock/emo/indie-pop/some metal/heavy rock :D (intersting combo yesh? lol)

I would love to major in something like vocal performance, I just think it would be so much fun!

Anyways, I've always sung alto as well, and my range is between low E (albeit, uncomfortably...low G comfortably) and high A (high F# comfortably)

My voice is of the "belt it" quality :lol: which is between low G and the Bflat above middle C

Also, I'm unfamiliar with the numbers you guys are using...how high above the staff is a C6?

I'm not a bad singer- not great, but not terrible :]
I love singing! I mainly love slow pop ballads.

Also, I'm unfamiliar with the numbers you guys are using...how high above the staff is a C6?


it is the first C above the staff. two octaves above middle C.

Also, I'm unfamiliar with the numbers you guys are using...how high above the staff is a C6?
The numbers start with Middle C at C4. All of the numbers change at C from there so an octave above middle C is C5, an octave below is C3, and so on. All of the letters between the two Cs take the number of the preceding C. So a D right above middle C (C4) would be D4, and the B below middle C is B3.

Does that make some sense?

The numbers start with Middle C at C3. All of the numbers change at C from there so an octave above middle C is C4, an octave below is C2, and so on. All of the letters between the two Cs take the number of the preceding C. So a D right above middle C (C3) would be D3, and the B below middle C is B2.

Does that make some sense?

I dont know.. I always thought the high soprano C was C6 and that the F above that one( like in mozart queen of the night arias) is F6
according to you, the first C above the staff, is a C5 then??? I do not know if the human voice can reach up to a C6 then (well, probably it can, but I could not consider that singing!!!)

been singing since I was 2 idk why but i love it

I dont know.. I always thought the high soprano C was C6 and that the F above that one( like in mozart queen of the night arias) is F6
according to you, the first C above the staff, is a C5 then??? I do not know if the human voice can reach up to a C6 then (well, probably it can, but I could not consider that singing!!!)
I feel incredibly stupid all of a sudden. I mistyped my first middle C, which you correctly identified as C4, and that caused the rest of my post to be off. I'm going to go back and edit it so to make sure it is less confusing. :)

Sorry for that!

I was a choir director for 33 years. We sang mostly liturgical and classical style music although after I found John Tavener and Alan Hovhaness we did some of their music also. Eric Whitacre is a newer composer that I am very fond of. If you have not heard his choral music I encourage you to look it up or buy a CD. His Lux Aurumque is absolutely exquisite.

I used to have a light soprano voice , but as i turned older my voice changed and now my voice is simliar to this singer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-sormvP7yM

The songs i do best are:
Led zeppelin - Stairway to heaven
Blind Guardian - Harwest of sorrow
Rhapsody - The magic of the wizard's dream
Annie Lennox - Into the west

I LOVE SINGING!...I'm alright, but I don't really know what kind of voice I have. I was in choir up to fifth grade. :p I just sing along to the radio a lot.

im only 13 last year, a friend and i were singing in the school music room and a teacher come in. i thought he was gonna tell us off, cause we werent meant to be there but he was like YOU HAVE TO SING AT SPEECH NIGHT speech night is a pretty big thing at our school me and my friend sang All you wanted by michelle branch . people were cheering for ages!! at my first performance though i sang my heart will go on by celin (sorry cant spell her name) dion. i have always loved singing and i always will. My favourite songs are:
all you wanted
crushcrushcrush- paramore
my heart will go on
pictures of you- the last goodnight
it ends tonight- the all american rejects
and heaps more the list goes on!!!
good luck to eveyone with their music careers!!

I absolutly love to sing! I started in the whole choir thing when I was 14 and have been slowly improving every since. I'm in my school's big audition choir and I just made my first musical this winter. I'm a second saprano, but I can sing most parts if I try. My favorite songs to sing:

-On My Own: Les Mis
-Roxie: Chicago the Musical
-Boogie Wonderland: The Happy Feet Version :lol:
-Beyond the Sea: Celtic Women
-Valentine's Day: Linkin Park
-Pictures of You: The Last Goodnight

i'm such a weirdo i guess, because i love every kind of music except rap and hip-hop - i'm more about melody than rhythm i guess. I was raised on country, but I like show-tunes, classic rock, hard rock, alternative, southern gospel, church hymns, Christian rock, classical.

my favorites are seasons of love (RENT), phantom of the opera & music of the night (Phantom), here I am lord (dan schutte), be not afraid (bob dufford), it's your love (tim mcgraw), to make you feel my love (garth brooks), riot & pain (three days grace), and many more ...

I absolutly love to sing, but I'm having trouble with stage fright. I used to sing in church, but suddenly I just stopped(that was when I was about 9)and I haven't sung in church since. I don't know why, but I just think that when I get up there I'll make a fool of myself. Anyways for some reason I can't sing in front of my family. I can sing with my friends and to other people, but not to my family. I like to sing Pop, Rock, and Christian music. My fav songs to sing are:

See You Again-Miley Cyrus
Here's My Life-Barlow Girl
Safe-ZOEgirl
Song for the Broken-Barlow Girl
Unwritten-Natashia Benningfield
Start All Over-Miley Cyrus
Keep It Moving-Keke Palmer
All My Girlz-Keke Palmer

I absolutly love to sing, but I'm having trouble with stage fright. I used to sing in church, but suddenly I just stopped(that was when I was about 9)and I haven't sung in church since. I don't know why, but I just think that when I get up there I'll make a fool of myself. Anyways for some reason I can't sing in front of my family. I can sing with my friends and to other people, but not to my family. I like to sing Pop, Rock, and Christian music.
I completely understand hating to sing in front of your family. I'm a voice major, and when I go home for breaks, I won't even practice if my family is in the house! It puts a lot of pressure on me, I think, and makes me feel like I'm performing. It also doesn't help that I'm in a family of musicians, and they like to make comments while I'm trying to practice and learn.

As for stage fright, I think the best way to get over it is to sing whenever you get the opportunity. I sing in a choir at my church, too, and singing solos there has definitely helped me be a bit more relaxed. I find singing with small groups a lot harder than singing for a room of people I'm not really acquainted with, though. If you want to get over the stage fright, I just recommend you find some opportunities to sing for others. :)

I love singing, although I'm sure that ThePottyPotter will tell everyone that I BLATANTLY can't sing. I'm a performer, not a singer. I entertain, not enthrall. I get laughed at, not loved. Well, I get laughed WITH.

I performed "Popular" at the school's talenty-competitiony-thing with my friend who isn't TPP, and that was loads of fun, because I didn't have a microphone so no-one heard me, I danced around madly, sung my weird little head off, quite frankly scared a few Year Sevens at lunchtime when we did one last practice before going on, and HAD AN AWESOMELY AWESOME MOSHING BEAVERLY TIME!!!! Plus we came first, which was an absolute bonus! And I bet that my friend is still washing green from underneath her fingernails!

Awesome thread! I've been in a community children's chorus for nine years and we just had the last concert I'll be in a couple of weeks ago. :upset: I don't have a good solo voice - that would be my little sister :p - but a decent supporting voice for the choir, I think.

These are some of my favorite songs we've done:

- "Praise His Holy Name", a gospel piece
- "I'm Goin' Up a Yonder", another gospel song
- "We are the Music Makers" - this is an awesome choral piece
- "O Magnum Mysterium", classical
- "Ain't Got Time to Die", gospel
- "Sing Me to Heaven" - this song is just amazing.
- "City Called Heaven", gospel
- "A Ceremony of Carols" by Benjamin Britten - this was really fun to learn
- "Amor di mi Alma" - this is a REALLY good song in Spanish. It's just beautiful.
- a setting of "The Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carrol
- "How Do I Love Thee" - a modern setting that was also fun to learn
- "The Road Home", a really pretty and rich song
- And we sang the Messiah every year I was in high school. That was great.

Wow, I really got into this. Making this list was fun. :p

And I'm a big fan of John Rutter. He's doing a concert in the DC area this August - I can't wait. (There's a very small chance I might even be able to sing in the choir! I'm really excited.)

Wow that's a lot Jen!!!!!^^^^^^

I usually end up singinng the anthem for our school before an assembly and when we do plays or musicals in school then I get out with the singing role like when we did Lion King we actually had every song in there so I had to sing them... Maybe if I find it on youtube I will post it here

Oh and we did a Hairspray thing I sang I Can Hear The Bells lol!! :lol:

and :lol: SPEW I am the oppistie I can do solo wayy better than choir.

- "I'm Goin' Up a Yonder", another gospel song

Wow, I really got into this. Making this list was fun. :p


Goin' Up a Yonder!! It's like my choir's signature song, We all get really into it. Before every performance, we sort of have to remind ourselves to stay a little detached so as not to start crying.

I'm training as a classical soloist...and I'm in a choir. I love choir..as a matter of fact, I'm off to choir right now. :P

I absolutely adore musicals. I'm so excited, I get to see Les Mis this summer! *hums A Little Fall of Rain*

And David Brunner is my all time favourite choral music compser. :B

My current favourite songs to sing are:

1. Time is Running Out - Muse
2. Feel This - Bethany Joy Galeotti
3. Most of the Disney songs, for example Be a Man (Mulan), Prince Ali (Aladdin) and any other
4. In the Dark of the Night - from Anastasia

These are some of my favorite songs we've done:

- "Praise His Holy Name", a gospel piece
- "O Magnum Mysterium", classical
We performed these in my high school choir senior year, and they were absolutely wonderful pieces. "O Magnum Mysterium" was especially challenging and therefore (in my eyes) incredibly fun.
I'm training as a classical soloist...and I'm in a choir. I love choir..as a matter of fact, I'm off to choir right now. :P
When you say classical soloist, I take it you mean more along the lines of opera? What sort of pieces are you working on? (It's nice to find another classical voice in this thread! :))

My school's musical last year was Annie and I was Miss Hannigan. "Little Girls" was a very difficult song for me because it was focused around my vocal break, but I decided to just belt the whole thing ;)

I love singing. I take private voice lessons, and I mainly sing classical and broadway pieces. My favorites have been "Vergin tutto amor" (italian) and
"unexpected song" from song and dance. I liked that one because it ends on a G (above top line on staff) and it's held for like 8 measures. I absolutely loved it, because when properly supported its a truly amazing and draw dropping ending, because it sounds higher than it really is, because much of the song is in the lower part of your voice.
Im a soprano, so I like to sing as high as possible =)
As for singing for pleasure, I love singing So much better, from legally blonde the musical. I also love wicked, but I hate that both Elphaba and Glinda are pretty much alto parts.

I love singing. I take private voice lessons, and I mainly sing classical and broadway pieces. My favorites have been "Vergin tutto amor" (italian) and
"unexpected song" from song and dance. I liked that one because it ends on a G (above top line on staff) and it's held for like 8 measures. I absolutely loved it, because when properly supported its a truly amazing and draw dropping ending, because it sounds higher than it really is, because much of the song is in the lower part of your voice.
Im a soprano, so I like to sing as high as possible =)
Typical soprano. ;)

In all seriousness, I went and listened to "Vergin tutto amor" on YouTube, and it seems like a really nice little piece. Andrew Lloyd Webber is always fun to sing, too; I really liked "Tell Me on a Sunday" from Song and Dance.

You sound like you are doing what I started off with-- Broadway and classical. Do you have any plans to continue music through college?

I enjoy singing, I've been singing since i was little 3 or 4 i think, I've sang at a hotel in a group with other peers, it was amazing, I like to sing songs from Broadway shows, and what not. I'll be taking vocal lessons later on to get better at keeping my pitch and breathing right.

i love singing, I have an unusual vocal style and prerfer to sing emotionally, i was classified as an alto, and my range is rather large, like I can bellow out stuff really really like boy deep then go up to like whistle register if I feel like it, my fave song to sing is Insomniatic because I get to do that, I love singing along to pop songs and I make changes to songs to fit with what I feel is right for the music (hence Insomniatic)....I like singing all of my range and I'm rather fond of making my voice tone and timbre change alot, I can get really finicky about how I sing too, and I don't really do set solo's infront of an audience paying to come an see me, I just randomly start singing in public and hope people don't' complain! (Which they never do)

I absolutely love to sing.

Over the years, I've sung as anything from a first tenor to a fist soprano. I'm not quite sure what my range is anymore as it has been years since I've done any real practicing, and as such I've lost notes at the bottom and top of my range.
Most of the time, I just sing along to fun things like my favorite songs, but my absolute favorite things to sing are hymns and classical pieces. Especially when I can combine the two, such as O Magnum Mysterium and Miserere.
Like any typical soprano, I like to sing as high as I can for as long as I can. :lol: We're a bunch of show-offs, really.

I do, however, have a horrible case of stage fright. I refuse to even sing while my husband is home.
I guess I've become self-conscious since I realized my highest notes have gone away (I worked very hard for two years to gain E6!). I do very much still like to sing, and I'm hoping to (someday soon) get back to doing it. More than just singing in the shower or while doing dishes.

Like any typical soprano, I like to sing as high as I can for as long as I can. :lol: We're a bunch of show-offs, really.
:lol: it's true. I guess I'm technically a soprano but most of the time I have coloratura notes as well, so it's fun to use those.
But I have stage fright, too, so if I have to sing in front of people I can't do all the fancy things I could do in rehearsal, which is unfortunate because if I have to sing something like an Italian aria the ornaments are the fun part. Oh well, maybe I'll get over it someday.

I have the same problem - I just haven't learned to let go in front of people.

Well, except I seem to be fine in front of complete and total strangers I know I won't see again. I'm good then. :lol:

I'm 18 years old and I never did have any training. This year is the first year that I've had a music class since 8th grade, when I was 14. However, I've always loved singing and I really love Classical music and Opera. I can do any part, pretty much, however my specialty is first soprano or second soprano. My favorite things to sing are:

1) Danny Boy - Celtic Woman
2) Ave Maria - Celtic Woman
3) Adoramus te, Christe (composed by Gasparini)
4) Queen on the Night aria (from the Magic Flute by W.A.M.)

Some of the more contemporary songs are:
1) Should've Said No - Taylor Swift
2) Our Song - Taylor Swift
3) Joleene - Dolly Parton
4) Fighter - Christina Aguilera
5) Black Horse and a Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall

I sing pretty much anything. I'm not picky when it comes to song choice. But I have been known to get tired of songs fairly quickly after singing them a few times.

I have the same problem - I just haven't learned to let go in front of people.

Well, except I seem to be fine in front of complete and total strangers I know I won't see again. I'm good then. :lol:
I agree. That way if you mess up you don't have to face them again/they probably won't remember you anyway.
I once had a crowd of complete strangers, but then they had a camera on me so that they could make a dvd. Ugh. I will never bring myself to watch that.

I could perform for free, actually I have, I am the girl who breaks into song whenever and wherever she can, and usually nobody complains so I must be good at it...my range is huge, I made it huge, over the period of maybe 4 years, I just largened it, and now I can go from, very very alto low notes to super high pitched, like, bird notes!....I have whistle register in my range too!...I love singing, sometimes I lose myself in it, and its the most beautiful thing ever (Besides, playing guiter, acting, piano, drum, dancing <3 <3 <3 <3 <3)..and everything that's creative!

I have the same problem - I just haven't learned to let go in front of people.

Well, except I seem to be fine in front of complete and total strangers I know I won't see again. I'm good then. :lol:
It is so much harder to sing for people you know than in front of an audience you can't see! We have what are called "master classes" in the music school where everyone from your studio (who has the same teacher) gets together and a few people sing the rep they are working on. It's terrifying to sing in front of just those 20 peers in a small studio compared to singing on a stage for people you can't see.

I have a lot of problems with stage fright, too, but I recently did a big project for my vocal pedagogy class on stage fright, and an article I found in the NATS Journal of Singing has been incredibly helpful for me. I don't know if anyone's interested, but here's the list from the article:

Ten Suggestions for Managing Performance
1. Preparation: feelings
Singers should make sure to do a mental check of their feelings before a performance situation and note when their performances are best in correlation with the emotions.

2. Preparation: Consciousness of body-mind signals
Performers should be aware of signs of anxiety in their bodies and have a built in body-mind check before performances to help manage feelings of anxiety.

3. Reducing mental anxiety: Change the appraisal
When a singer enters a performance situation, she immediately begins to worry about three things: "the demands of the situation, the ability to cope with these demands, and the consequences of not meeting these demands." When a person gets into these negative thought patterns, she produces a higher level of anxiety and, as a result, performs poorly. Singers needs to practice more positive self-talk before a performance with statements like "This audience is here to enjoy the concert; let's give them something to enjoy" or "I'm performing my personal best. I don't worry what others may think."

4. Reducing mental anxiety: Imagery
Mental rehearsal of the pieces for small periods of time before a performance can also benefit a singer. This follows the same idea of positive imagery that is used in sports or business; a person pictures himself or herself doing well and performing the pieces to the best of his or her ability.

5. Reducing mental anxiety: Ratio breathing
This relaxation technique is a concentrated breathing exercise. The singer inhales on a determined number of counts (like 4 or 6 to start with) and uses positive self-talk; on the exhale, one doubles the number of counts (so there would be 8 or 12, etc) and pictures herself performing well.

6. Physical anxiety: Relaxation work
Singers should experiment and decide what reduces their physical tension prior to a performance so that they are in a relaxed state. It is difficult to rid one's self of tension during a performance so it is best to go into it as relaxed as possible. A relaxation routine might involve stretches or a series of breathing exercises, etc.

7. Physical anxiety: reinterpreting feelings
"Many singers find it difficult to rid themselves of the feelings associated with physical anxiety and the resulting arousal. However such feelings can be reinterpreted as positive and helpful (e.g., as a sign of readiness and eagerness to perform) rather than viewing the physical symptoms as potentially harmful to performance. Interpreting increased heart rate, nervousness, worry, or butterflies in the stomach as excitement and challenges to perform can aid the singer in accepting the symptoms as useful, not negative. Combine this approach with self-talk and reappraisal work will aid the performer in achieving an ideal performance state."

8. Raising the level of arousal: Inspirational music
Some people find they have difficulty raising their level of arousal to match the performance situation so suggestions eight through ten are geared towards them. A performer who needs to raise her level of arousal might listen to music she finds especially inspirational before a performance that is not on the program to help make her more ready to sing.

9. Raising the level of arousal: Physical exertion
Some amount of physical exertion can help increase the arousal level. Activities like running on the spot can get one's heart rate up and create a level of excitement.

10. Raising the level of arousal: Activating cues
"Some singers who thrive on pressure can get nervous if they are not feeling anxious. Such performers can use 'activating' cues. This use of cue words or phrases may be a partial solution for singers if they need energizing prior to performance." Such activating cues might be "Come on! Let's go!" or "I love this kind of pressure!"
I hope this helps some of you! I know that this list has been working well for me, and I especially find that the seventh suggestion is very useful.

It is so much harder to sing for people you know than in front of an audience you can't see! We have what are called "master classes" in the music school where everyone from your studio (who has the same teacher) gets together and a few people sing the rep they are working on. It's terrifying to sing in front of just those 20 peers in a small studio compared to singing on a stage for people you can't see.

I have a lot of problems with stage fright, too, but I recently did a big project for my vocal pedagogy class on stage fright, and an article I found in the NATS Journal of Singing has been incredibly helpful for me. I don't know if anyone's interested, but here's the list from the article:

Ten Suggestions for Managing Performance
1. Preparation: feelings
Singers should make sure to do a mental check of their feelings before a performance situation and note when their performances are best in correlation with the emotions.

2. Preparation: Consciousness of body-mind signals
Performers should be aware of signs of anxiety in their bodies and have a built in body-mind check before performances to help manage feelings of anxiety.

3. Reducing mental anxiety: Change the appraisal
When a singer enters a performance situation, she immediately begins to worry about three things: "the demands of the situation, the ability to cope with these demands, and the consequences of not meeting these demands." When a person gets into these negative thought patterns, she produces a higher level of anxiety and, as a result, performs poorly. Singers needs to practice more positive self-talk before a performance with statements like "This audience is here to enjoy the concert; let's give them something to enjoy" or "I'm performing my personal best. I don't worry what others may think."

4. Reducing mental anxiety: Imagery
Mental rehearsal of the pieces for small periods of time before a performance can also benefit a singer. This follows the same idea of positive imagery that is used in sports or business; a person pictures himself or herself doing well and performing the pieces to the best of his or her ability.

5. Reducing mental anxiety: Ratio breathing
This relaxation technique is a concentrated breathing exercise. The singer inhales on a determined number of counts (like 4 or 6 to start with) and uses positive self-talk; on the exhale, one doubles the number of counts (so there would be 8 or 12, etc) and pictures herself performing well.

6. Physical anxiety: Relaxation work
Singers should experiment and decide what reduces their physical tension prior to a performance so that they are in a relaxed state. It is difficult to rid one's self of tension during a performance so it is best to go into it as relaxed as possible. A relaxation routine might involve stretches or a series of breathing exercises, etc.

7. Physical anxiety: reinterpreting feelings
"Many singers find it difficult to rid themselves of the feelings associated with physical anxiety and the resulting arousal. However such feelings can be reinterpreted as positive and helpful (e.g., as a sign of readiness and eagerness to perform) rather than viewing the physical symptoms as potentially harmful to performance. Interpreting increased heart rate, nervousness, worry, or butterflies in the stomach as excitement and challenges to perform can aid the singer in accepting the symptoms as useful, not negative. Combine this approach with self-talk and reappraisal work will aid the performer in achieving an ideal performance state."

8. Raising the level of arousal: Inspirational music
Some people find they have difficulty raising their level of arousal to match the performance situation so suggestions eight through ten are geared towards them. A performer who needs to raise her level of arousal might listen to music she finds especially inspirational before a performance that is not on the program to help make her more ready to sing.

9. Raising the level of arousal: Physical exertion
Some amount of physical exertion can help increase the arousal level. Activities like running on the spot can get one's heart rate up and create a level of excitement.

10. Raising the level of arousal: Activating cues
"Some singers who thrive on pressure can get nervous if they are not feeling anxious. Such performers can use 'activating' cues. This use of cue words or phrases may be a partial solution for singers if they need energizing prior to performance." Such activating cues might be "Come on! Let's go!" or "I love this kind of pressure!"
I hope this helps some of you! I know that this list has been working well for me, and I especially find that the seventh suggestion is very useful.
thank you, this does really help

My best songs are,

Miley Cyrus-The Climb
Venessa Hudgens-Say OK
Demi Lovato, This Is Me

But I'm not too good at singing. :lol:

I sing pretty well... I think... I can sing most stuff, but usually not stuff sung by guys... Besides Tokio Hotel... As long as the song isn't too slow or really fast, or... just... really "breathy," I can sing it... Yup.

They always tell me I'm a pretty good singer,
my only problem is that I'm scared to step on the stage
in front of thousands of people.:lol:
Of course, I'm working in it.

My best songs ever written have been:

1) Double Life (this one became a hit between classmates)
2) Letters Not Delivered
3) Why Didn't You Say Good-bye?
4) She's Gone
5) Venom

And the ones I best can perform:

Tangled Up In Me/ Skye Sweetnam
God is a Girl/ Groove Coverage
Immortality/ Celine Dion
My Heart Will Go On/ Celine Dion

Most of them from Tatu:
All the Things She Said
30 Minutes
Malchik Gey
White Robe
Not Gonna Get Us
All About Us

I've been singing all my life. like in the bathroom, everytime I have an ipod in my ears or sometimes just for fun or when a movie is on with a song in it that I know. I always had to sing at our school pep-rallies and assemblies and I guess I really do like singing.

The songs I can sing best are:

No Air- Jordan Sparks and Chris Brown
Love story- Taylor Swift
One step at a time- Jordan Sparks
No one-I forget who sings it
bleeding love- Leona Lewis
All those dysney songs like the ones from mulan and trzan and little mermaid and Lion king especially.

I don't really care what song it is but voices like Jordan Sparks usually bring the best out of me.

[QUOTE=sirius_lee_G;5271941]No one-I forget who sings it
QUOTE]


Do you mean No One by Aly & AJ?

I've just got back into singing after a break while I was at Uni, I have a concert coming up where I'm singing Irving Berlin's gorgeous classic 'Blue Skies' and I can't wait!

I've been singing in a band for a few years now - my range isn't the widest (even for a guy) but people often tell me I sound like Layne Staley or Sully Erna, who are like my idols. Therefore, I'm cool with that.

My best songs are:
- Big Empty (Stone Temple Pilots)
- Would? (Alice in Chains)
- Champagne Supernova (Oasis)
and I can belt out a pretty decent Smells Like Teen Spirit at times if people ask nicely.

I have been studying singing for 2 1/2 years now. Classical singing. I am using Parisotti's Arie antiche 1 and 2, a book for Alto by Peters which includes selections by HAndel, Bach, Pergolesi, basically baroque stuff. Then I am also doing some Mozart Arias/lieder for mezzos. I love baroque music, specially Vivaldi, but I'm light years away of singing any aria composed by him.
Right now I am working on expanding my high register, not very particularly fond of singing high notes, but apparently I'm a light mezzo and my teacher told me a light mezzo must be able to sing a high C :S

I think I have a crappy voice, even though I love singing. I think I'm very tone deaf, which is why I have never taken up any instrument. But still...I love singing very much.

I sing in choir at school and I think it helps with stage fright a lot if you're singing in a group. Thing is, most of the songs that we're singing at the moment have extremely high notes that the girls have to hit. I can't hit them. At all. I'm good at singing like in between the high and low notes and singing some low notes, but when I try to sing as high as... say Evanescence's Amy Lee can sing, my voice breaks. I barely know any musical terms even though I'm in choir, so... I dunno what kind of singer I am... or what I can sing... :whistle:

My music teacher says I have a lovely voice. :P

~spook~

My music teacher says I have a lovely voice. :P

~spook~

I have been studying singing for 2 1/2 years now. Classical singing. I am using Parisotti's Arie antiche 1 and 2, a book for Alto by Peters which includes selections by HAndel, Bach, Pergolesi, basically baroque stuff. Then I am also doing some Mozart Arias/lieder for mezzos. I love baroque music, specially Vivaldi, but I'm light years away of singing any aria composed by him.
Right now I am working on expanding my high register, not very particularly fond of singing high notes, but apparently I'm a light mezzo and my teacher told me a light mezzo must be able to sing a high C :S

Well, most of the people here are pop singers for what I see,
yesterday I had a terrible singing class, my teacher made me sing Dido's lament, which has a high G (second G above middle C) , a note I have never sung before, and of course, I sucked at it.
I have reached the high A while vocalising, but of course singing is not the same as vocalising!
We have not worked on expanding the lower register. I have always been able to sing the low G (below middle C) since I used to sing alto at choirs... I have reached lower notes while vocalising at home but we dont work on that, I wonder why.....

I absolutely love to sing! One of my favorite hobbies. I was in choir for three years but quit because I was told I suck. Stupid me. Now I just practice on my own, and post videos of my singing on YouTube whenever I have time. If you would like to hear my singing, search DisneySinger12. :)

I absolutely love to sing! One of my favorite hobbies. I was in choir for three years but quit because I was told I suck. Stupid me. Now I just practice on my own, and post videos of my singing on YouTube whenever I have time. If you would like to hear my singing, search DisneySinger12. :)

I listened to one of your videos. I tried to listen to my immortal, but i couldnt hear the voice just the music.
Ok, I like your tone of voice, you sing in tune, it's very good.
My advice; all the notes should be sung on one line, on the same line, you can't change you mouth for each note, there for example this part, "A Whole New World" I think it says: "unbelievable sights, undescribable feelings" you change the placing of the notes in some parts and put accents where there shouldn't be. Remember to sing on the air, just one line for all the notes, the voice must flow, don't think of notes going up and down, just one line... and about the last part of the song, with the higher notes, remember that higher notes are not sung like lower notes, you have to open you mouth a little bit more, they sound a bit strained, but the high notes should be free, with a lower jaw....

Thank you so much, Imsomniatic for giving us the list of helps for stage fright. I have never suffered from it, I guess I am a big ham, but some of my friends fight it constantly. I get on stage and just do my thing. I hope you don't mind that I copied it.

I love to sing...I'm only thirteen, but I hope to be in something like a musical or something. But yahh.... My favorite songs to sing are:
nearly everything Avril Lavigne,
Into the ocean by Blue october,
Evanescence songs( all the ones i know)
Dixie Chicks's Cowboy take me away
Ready to run by (idk who sings this one)
and things like that.

I love singing too!
I'm actually just getting over my fear of singing in public. I'm singing Collide by Howie Day at my school's coffee house. :)

I am a lyric soprano (although my teacher tells me that I'll be a coloratura!) with a crazy range. I'm more suited for opera, but I've been in plenty of community musical theater. Some of my favorite songs to sing are:
Quando m'en vo- La Boheme
Porgi amor- Le Nozze di Figaro
In quelle trine morbide
I'll Know- Guys and Dolls
You'll Never Walk Alone- Carousel
Poor Wand'ring One- Pirates of Penzance
Vilia- The Merry Widow
and just for fun: The Worst Pies in London- Sweeney Todd :)

There's plenty more that I can't think of. I'm hoping to get involved more during college. But so far my schedule doesn't allow for much more!

I've sung in a couple of bands and I used to be in my school choir. I usually sing at my guitar concerts too, people seem to love it. I love plying guitar and singing my own songs :)

Music is my passion.I sing pop and rock.My favorite was Jackson.


Top Female Jazz Musicians (http://www.ranker.com/list/30-fierce-women-of-jazz-from-yesterday-and-today/konnoisseur411)

I love to sing and I often post cover songs to my YouTube channel which can be found here (http://www.youtube.com/user/SailorSaturn1994?feature=mhee). I'm not the world's best singer, but I love it. I sing mostly in Japanese, but you can find some English and Finnish songs as well.

I love singing. It's my major in university. I like to do acoustic versions of popular songs and make them my own. If you want to hear me sing my YouTube channel is here. (http://www.youtube.com/user/savannahmary)

Does school choir count?

I have just started singing and I love it, being able to move so freely on stage is great for me and being able to interact with the public is the part i like the best! I have great fun doing it both live and in studio!

I've been singing on and off for...well...more years than I care to remember.

For the last 9 years I have been a lead vocalist for a low-key (we've never attempted to make it 'big' or break into the music business in any significant way as we have all been satisfied in our day jobs) orchestral indie rock band. I'm also a co-songwriter for the band.

I mostly sing while I play the guitar. It's not as much as passion for me as writing songs, but I love expressing myself through singing :) People tell me I have a good voice, not great, but there's always room for improvement. I plan on taking lessons, I'm good at finding the right note, but I need practise. It's hard to sing good while playing the guitar.