How to Become a Good Singer

Edited by Jen-Ashley, KamiDesu, Nerual, Ranae and 14 others

Didn't you ever wonder if you could become as good as those singers on TV or on the radio, such as Rihanna, Michael Jackson, Cheryl Cole, and other entertainers? Didn't you ever think to yourself and say that they have such good talent? Did you wonder if you want to become a singer, or even improve on your high notes? Read this article to help realize your dreams!

Steps

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Go to singing clubs. It helps you to communicate with other people who're interested the same hobbies as you.
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Sing everyday, everywhere. Sing to your mirror or your dog! Singing everyday helps you to get used to it, and your voice starts to get better everyday. Hiding your voice keeps it dry. Consequently, your voice wouldn't seem comfortable when you sing out loud to people.
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Watch singing videos. Dancers watch other dancers, authors read other authors and footballers watch other footballers. That's how you learn and get better ideas, and sometimes you can steal a little bit of theirs. However, you need to twist them around and make them to yours so that people won't think your fully copying them.
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Write songs. When you write songs, it actually makes sense. You get what I mean? Randomly singing anything doesn't seem right. At least spend thirty minutes of your day, writing a song and singing it. The singers you see out there spend their whole day writing ONE song! Phew. So imagine you, not even using half your DAY writing a bunch of lyrics.
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Take warm-ups. For an example: Breath in, breath out. Hold your breath for ten seconds.
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Dont be afraid! Sing in front of a few people! This will build up your courage and sing better
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Make sure to practice!!! (AT LEAST AN HOUR A DAY)
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After a few practices, try to get advice from a professional.
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Be CONFIDENT and Sing your heart out!!!!!
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Play your voice like an instrument. BUT that doesn't mean you can hurt your voice! Keep it calm and slow. When you think your able to complete the hard bits, challenge your self.
The support also will also help you with:
- Pitch control
- Nice ending on all tones
- Tone improvement
- Relaxation
- Volume
Learn from other singers.
When you make a sound or sing a tone air comes up and your vocal cords vibrate. What your support do is that it stops the airflow so that all air won't come up at once. That's why it should be a resistance and almost constant. If you want to sing a beautiful tone you wouldn't want it to be very airy and end almost instantly?
Don't scream while singing. It just makes things worse. Sing the same volume like as if you're softly speaking to somebody.
Use your support. Put you hands against the side of your body just underneath your ribs. Try coughing or singing an SSS-sound. Feel how the muscles move your hands out. There your have your support which should be used in all singing. The difficulties with using your support is that it should be a constant resistance and not something you turn on or off. To understand this we have to understand why we need our support in the first place.
Drink a lot of water.
Don't be shy! All you're doing is singing. Nobody will laugh at you. People only laugh at the ones who are wimps, and aren't able to give a try.
Don't hurt your voice. A common mistake for those of us who haven't had a teacher when learning to sing, is that you don't get the technique right. The big difference between your voice and other instruments is that you can end up hurting your voice big time if you do it all wrong. You can think of it as in body building. Lets say a body builder wouldn't warm up before lifting a lot of heavy weights. That doesn't seem too smart. Now it's the same with your voice!
Improve your pitch and ear. This can not be forgotten or ignored. Many people don't train their ears because it might seem boring or hard. Ear training can be fun if you want it to be. The best singers in the world have great ears and that's why they can sing so beautifully. Ear training is all about listening and analysing. It's a good idea to do some ear training exercises everyday for 10 minutes or so and you will improve everything in both your singing and your ear. Trust me on this one. There are lots of great and free ear training sites too so don't excuse yourself by saying that your don't know how to do it.

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Warnings

Remember, not everybody is naturally a good singer. If you aren't, don't expect to be absolutely amazing at first. It will take a lot of work so be ready and determined and whatever you do... don't give up!