Singing Lessons & Voice Training : How to Hear Your Real Voice

[bun223]

I hate my voice recorded.  I swear to God I hate it! lol... Only when I have really good recording equipment and it makes me sound like I have what I consider my trademark sexy alto and not Mickey Mouse do I like it!

[neetrab]

@Expertvillage - Dang... only 0:57 seconds? lol! And I was getting into it too!! lol!!

Ok. I see your other vids... I guess I'm off to see them.

[macktheplate]

No one has range of six or seven octaves. This man is not well-versed in singing to even be speaking in terms of "six or seven octaves". A professional opera singer has a range of two octaves and a half octaves MAX, and a working range of less than that. Most popular songs require an octave and a third (at most). I would be very wary of ANYTHING this man says.

[RoyaltyWORKS]

@macktheplate One person has a range of three octaves Marvin Gaye

[bun223]

@macktheplate yeah 7 octaves sounds physically impossible, I play the piano, and I know what 7 octaves sounds like. I give him credit for trying, though! He has other good points to look at.

[MrYungin11]

i thought i was good till i heard my self



[TheShelbieThompson]

so i sound like the recording?! ugh i need to stop singing. xP

[monkeyslapper65]

wtf not a how to video

[ygkay]

huh? i thought you was suppose to teach me how to sing??

[lordmassk007]

SUCKERS EXPERT FREAKING VILLAGE!!!! DONT CUT HIS VIDEOS OMFG!!!

[filiwian]

I tried this and I sounded as if I were drunk and half asleep.

[K7vibe]

@filiwian hahaha

[lizzieswe]

omg, i don't wanna do this...

[Moggers1990]

The reason it sounds different on an answering machine is because it's a machine. It's not gonna playback an exact sample of your voice - thats just common sense..

And please stop putting "How to.." in your title if you don't actually show how to do the act. Your just explaining what your supposed to be showing. Any fool can go Google that information.

[aymandk]

False,

Even if I sing with a microphone,

The sound comes from outside

But i still hear a good voice (while it's not)

[bazmataz59]

this is exactly my problem

[marycockburn1]

if someone cant sing at all i dont believe you can teach them if someone has no music skills what so ever its impossible it has to be in you from the start

i dont care what anybody says that is true

[Sir99Emo]

@marycockburn1 there was a quote "every child is an artist, but it whether you stay an artist when you grow up" or something like that...u can feel music cant you? u can hear the music right? u can hear n feel the beat right? u have a voice right? u can speak cant you? isnt that all the basic of music? its just that people do not know how to use them right! if singing can never be taught, then why is there still so many singing intructors?

[pabloernesto19]

Well, this is not "how to hear to your real voice" actually is "what happens when you hear to your real voice..."

[NumberOneJBieberFan]

I sound really good until i record it..... i sound like a dying cat with it record -_-

[GordonLevitt89]

I don't understand how this is supposed to help us when we don't get examples.

[MoreThanMaagic]

Thanks, I wasn't aware of it why it is like this. Thanks :)

[Arellapple]

I guess my voice sounds better distorted :D you should all join me in my head.

[sadsack987]

An answering machine is not a reliable source for judging the quality or even the realistic tone of your voice. Try a good digital recorder like Zoom or an equivalent.

[Gleekgurl]

I mean seriously it sounds like a strangled cat. I thought my voice was deeper. No one has my annoying cat voice:(

[Gleekgurl]

I hate my real voice, it's likes so high pitched and annoying -_-

[NumberOneJBieberFan]

@Gleekgurl same here..... i sound like a dying cat -_-

[rapedfeet]

"How to hear your real voice..." "Record it" Brilliant, so i just watched a 57 second video, explaining the obvious !

[Froggywonod]

If you really want to hear your real voice, grab your rock band mic or anything equal or better quality than that and plug it into your computer. Download audacity and record then start talking, listen, that's your real voice.

[deadwalker1234]

Actually you sound different on an answeringmachine or a phone recording (what ever) because the low-quality mics usually don't pick up low frequencies which come from your body when you talk. Decent vocal mics pick that shit up... usually.

Just something that I've noticed when hearing my voice over different mics etc.

[Daia909]

Plug your ears and listen to your voice..?? It stays inside..? lmao ;D

[digitlymikey]

OMFG I totally agree I felt like I was gettin better recorded myself

and I was like what the fuck is this shit.

[s8tterererereresaasd]

@digitlymikey haha I did the same thing man. I don't like to hear myself talk. Its awkward.

[sirasy]

less words and more practical examples!

[theinvisibleman123]

WTF!!!!! how was that teaching us how to hear our real voice. thats bullshit man. screw it, this made me lose faith in expert village. i mean im sure some of their videos r reliable but if they can stand behind this than fuck it.

[TheBug1961]

Try cupping both ears and pushing them forward a little, or cupping one ear and cupping your mouth, making a channel to one ear. You pick up more external sound that way

[heathermcd89]

that is true. my voice is a lot higher and sweeter-soundingish when i hear it on an answering machine or some kind of recorder, but deep and not so sweet regularly. that's weird.

[AlseasonAnita013]

that explains a lot

[klajassie101]

is this a joke whats with the 1 minute vids?

[bobpick68]

@klajassie101

That's what I'm sayin. WTF?

[TheHotDale99]

aaah! 140000 videos in one channel???

[questions117]

Grr wheres the rest of the video? Thats not why i clicked on it! I alreadu know your voice is inside your body. Der.

[saroquitas11]

@questions117 agree!

[Simstyle12]

lol yeah when i record myself on audacity, im like damn thats how i really sound but to me i sound like Chris brown lol jk .

[GuitarM0use]

I hate practice, it takes so long!!! But if it wasn't for practice I wouldn't be able to do what I'm good at. Not that I'm saying I'm good at singing, but what I am good at I practiced it.

Oh wait, yall don't care. Ok, happy singing :), and remember to use your answering machine because its not the voice you heard in your head or whatever this guy is talking about :P

[Ifeelpurpleful]

You didn't answer the question presented? irksome

[Vanjal]

Can I record a professional sounding record on a answer machine ?

Does Guitar Center selling answering machines ?

hahahah...just kidding.

[MrPzRavez]

my sister sounds different on the answering machine/recording...

(im not my sister)

so... i hear her differently than from the answering machineee... weird...

[stephpyle06]

Actually the real reason why your voice sounds different in recordings is because technology is not advanced enough to be able to pick up every frequency in your voice. your ears however, are. haven't you noticed when you listen to someone else's voice on a recording they sound different too. this is why.

[bluefunk2]

Wrong, the reason your voice sounds different is because of 3 bones in your jaw that vibrate, distorting your voice to your ears. However, there is some truth to that.

[stephpyle06]

@bluefunk2 I wasn't stating that his description of why we hear our own voices differently was completely wrong. I was just addressing why one's voice sounds different in a recording than when it is heard in person. haven't you ever noticed people sound different on the telephone; thats why :) blessings!

[Rookerman32]

@stephpyle06 The reason why vocals sound perfect on recorded music than when singing live is becuase vocals are corrected through vocal processors.

[stephpyle06]

@Rookerman32 I wasnt talking about a recording being "perfect." I was talking about the general timbre of one's voice in a recording being different than when you hear it live. Obviously when the recording equipment is high end you get a better copy of a person's voice; however no matter how professional the equipment, nothing picks up sound better than the human ear. That is why we must be so careful not to damage our hearing by blasting loud music or not wearing ear plugs when they are needed.

[Rookerman32]

@stephpyle06 Have you read my comments about that?

[Rookerman32]

@stephpyle06 The human ear doesn't detect how good or bad a sound is better than a sound correction device, such as a vocal pitch processor, which gives feedback, in real time, on how good or bad a singer's vocals are on a computer.

[NumberOneJBieberFan]

@stephpyle06 thank you, so im actually really good at singing. cause i sound realy good and then when i record it i sound like a dying cat -_-

[stephpyle06]

Actually the reason why you sound different on an answering machine or a recording is because technology is not advanced enough for a recording instrument to pick up every frequency in your voice. Your ears were made to decipher every frequency. Have you ever noticed that when you listen to someone else's voice on an answering machine they sound different? that is why.

[chrisdotwynn]

I've always noticed that I do sound different on my answering machine. I always have to re record it,lol

[vanaalovee133]

i really vant beleive that because if youu record yourself on a handheld device such as a phone you sound different than using a microphone on stage because if that were true most chicks would sound like guys and i am pretty sure that i dont sound like a dudee

[looi117]

i agree with girlpump35, are you sure that what i record on my phone or the answering machine is my real voice, because it sounds pretty awful to me :S

[xWishing4Hopex]

@looi117 yeah same here aw poo my voice to others must sound really obnoxious

[josh4kicks]

@looi117 omg alot like me!!

[seanemm1195]

@looi117 remember that your real voice is natural, a recording is a digital play back and picks up the natural reverberations of the room so it is also different from your normal voice, but if you have acess to decent recording equipment you can hear it a lot better, and recordings normally sound shady, just have confidence ;)

[xxxthoughtlessxxx]

@looi117 I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE!!! XD

[MistaTamilan]

@looi117 Probably not, because there are other factors effecting the recording like shitty built in microphones, electrical noise, ect. that distort that sound

[imadey0utube]

Outside voice.

[djthirst815]

mobile devices use a smaller file while recording which means smaller file less quality same with video i say try to record yourself on a mic an compare to your hand phone

[fullonfatty]

hay,

i was just wondering if you start singing lessons and your alright at singing can u train yourself to have a good voice or do you have to have a naturaly good voice

get back to me

[Jimmydots1992]

@fullonfatty everybody can learn to sing well only a part of singing is genetic

[JJack887]

My voice is rather ungodly deep for someone my age, and I'd like to know how to make it even deeper if that's at all possible. I know, it sounds weird, but I like people getting a kick out of my voice.

[JazzyMan1990]

Ask Tay Zonday for some tips

[JJack887]

Haha, maybe, maybe. He has a low register, but I think he exaggerates his voice just a little.

[JazzyMan1990]

Lol yeah it does sound like it sometimes

[Misael407]

im tondeath

[FinCups]

what do you do if you know you have a great voice but you don't like your own voice when you hear it?? What do you do also if you have a phlegm problem in your throat?? any tips??

[pinsandneedles13]

careful what you eat before you sing. no milk products or nuts it best to not sing at all if you've just eaten and lots of water helps

[mannydeguzmanjartist]

You cannot tell if you had a great voice if you don't like what you hear, unless someone else has credit your good voice. If that's the case. try changing your singing style and sing the songs you loved to hear and internalize. Also, find songs that's best suited for you. Once you get carried away by your favorite song, then you'll forget how you sounds like and concentrate more and focus on the song. This is called INTERNALIZATION ot "inner bright smile". All thjngs were dictated by your mind

[RocktheStageNYC]

the better way to say this is:

we hear our voice before it leaves the mouth vibrating in the holes in our skull and then a split second later in our ears after we speak. These two combined sounds are what we perceive our voices to be.

Stick your fingers in your ears and speak. That bassy, muffly sound your voice makes is not heard by other people (only we hear that) and why our voice sound so much thinner on recordings.

[diamonddonut]

LOVE your tips.

[thandolakhe]

I was also shocked to find out that how I thought I sounded like was not what people are hearing. I always didn't understand why most people were intimidated to sing with me , they always said everytime I perform before them, they just feel like they are not singing at all, I'm not so Great. I wish I could hear what people are hearing, I can hear the recording but its not what I hear in my head. BTW , I have a single album out called Nice & Slow by Lydia Mamsie Tsosane so check it out guys .

[cwantstobeloved]

yea

[Fr3shChriS13]

its this true

[elliedelia]

i just cant sing at all tbh.

[StunnaHard123]

people just practice and prcatice.Trust me

it really works.You may think you sound really bad recording but you actually dont you just have to get used to that.You hate your singing voice recorded because your so used to the sound you hear from your head.Just keep recording your bad voice and you will get used to that and youll

start saying yay i can sing but remember practice is the key to all of this

[dangokagome]

@StunnaHard123 what i dont get it . i have practice many times but my voice wont reach up D: when i try to sing high notes my voice breaks dammit

[Berdolan]

@dangokagome

how old are you and what's your gender

if you're a 11-18 year old boy, it's normal

if you're a 13-17 year old girl it's also normal

[07SURESHOT]

@StunnaHard123 hey i'm 16 and my voice is alot deeper than it was when i was younger. back then i could do high notes but now can't. do u have any tips? also i've heard myself sing and i hate my own voice. but i sing for people that i know can sing really well and everyone says i sound good but i don't think so at all

[18StephM]

@07SURESHOT that is like exactly how it is for me i record my voice or listen to myself sing and its like ewww but when i sing in front of people theyre like wowww u sing amazing .... just sooo weird

[07SURESHOT]

@18StephM exactly.

[Sir99Emo]

@18StephM one reason... YOUR RECORDER SUX.. lol

[TheRejoice7]

@StunnaHard123 thank you so much. I'm an aspiring musician, trying to make it my living, and Ive been getting really discouraged lately because everything I record sounds like crap to me. the guitar is fine, my cajon usually sounds amazing, it's just my voice...but that comment really inspired me to keep trying. I practice almost constantly, except when I'm at school. so that's no problem, haha. but thanks!

[tecneon]

I have herd myself - I sound like a guy TT^TT

[stormgirl101isme]

that is not true noone sounds that way

[KuraiFamon]

Lol! go to shower and cover your years lightly from between your ears and eyes... Or plug another ear, and then sing. Sometimes recording makes it even worse if you dont have good equipment.

[Marcus80233]

my problem is that

all the reordings, sound

differnt from each other.

one sounds really high

and the other deep!!!!

I have no hope

[AmiAmorada]

These videos are making me cry. I can't sing and I really wish I could. I haven't cried this hard in a while... :'(

[capo1990]

Hi AmiAmorada. Don't give up.. learning to sing can be a painful process for many people. I myself have been bugged by it. I suggest you buy Seth Riggs Singer's Advantage Vocal Programme. It helps. check it out on youtube =)

So know that somewhere out there in the world there are ppl who feels the same, if that helps =) All the best to your singing goal!

[Roboterm01]

if u want something practice as hard as u can to get it

[sharpielover103]

lol me too

[iekeikea]

when I recording it, it's like i'm singing through my nose or like i have a cold or something

can i do something to get that away?

[luuvsinging]

im a little bit nervous now ..... :S

[CELEBRATeDisco]

I always think i'm doing just fine.

Until I hear the recording.

0.0

[sutekine]

i feel the same way. when i heard tha tthe recording is how i really sound like i cried :[

[liltimmylewlz]

THANKS THIS HELPS ME SING ALOT BETTTER

[Slipkyes]

hahahaha super lol on the comments! Funny thing

nicolashrv has the "fatty's" videos in his favorites though

[OrangeMg]

That is so depressing! My voice sounds so bad when I'm recording it! Does that mean that that is the way it actually sounds?!? I'm so sad right now!

[linxqin]

me too, my friend told me that i sound totally different when i record it. i dont know why.

[jamesmeny]

It may be that they way you are hearing yourself is affecting the way you are singing. Try taking the earphones off when you record or, at least, only cover one ear.

[mradaChris]

Good idea. I have to hear myself to record. Also I think I sound horrible at times when I sing but others say I don't! Also a recording cannot pick up the overtones in your voice so it is best to get a coach to help you develop the technique that sounds good, whether you believe it or not. Basically you can't always trust your hear when hearing yourself.

[jepetoelcagon]

its different the voice that you hear that the voice that you produce, the voice you hear when you record its your real voice... that's the way the people its going to hear it. you can actually put your hand on your mouth pointing to you ear like a phone to tansfer the sound to your ear so you can hear your real voice.

[animalsrkool258]

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[whisperr33]

lol at the comments on this vid...

[nicolashrv]

He is right about it!!

HE HAS NO IDEA HOW STUPID HE SOUNDS SAYING THOSE THINGS!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"!

[jamesmeny]

Since being educated by you I now know how stupid I sound. In fact, I'm going to let all of my clients know so that they can drop me and go to you for your expert training. I'll tell them to watch your videos and learn from you since your way is "the only way." My voice God. I will say 50 Hail Mary's and work on surgically removing my fat ass from the chair. Thanks for your comments!

[nicolashrv]

NOO!! dont tell them that!! You still have LOTS of money to make out from poor naive people!!Thats your speciality!

P.S. Hail Mary's are a serious thing, I now see that not only you take the "singing" with no respect for the safety of others, but also you take religion with no respect.

Seems you are a poor atheist who only worship money.

[JaviVS]

u are stupid

[nicolashrv]

No, YOU are stupid, and a superb IGNORANT.

A really dangerous combination!

[JaviVS]

WTF?!?!?!?

u are the fucking idiot that is insulting someone just because u want

and im the ignorant? go fuck urself, stupid.

[nicolashrv]

First, I didnt told him stupid just because.He is stupid because is ruining people's voice with his stupid and unsafe "teachings".

Second, YES, you are an ignorant, because instead of find out a little more about singing, you just came do defend him just because I said he is stupid.

Third, that you are telling me to go to do, I dont have time, since I spend all the time doing that to your mom, and she loves it.

Dont keep posting, because we know you are an idiot, dont become a SUPER idiot.

[JaviVS]

ok now u are an ignorant cuz saying u fuck my mom

u are only a stupid idiot like so many people

and NOW dont keep posting, u bitch

what are u? some kind of super proffesional at singing? do u sing opera? so post a video making your super sing, Mr. You are all posers, I'm the best

[nicolashrv]

Someone who do that to your mom is not an ignorant, is just someone who doesnt request much of a woman.

So at the most, is someone with very bad taste.

You dont need a superb singer to recognize this dude is teaching very very bad things for the voice to do.

You are just another "I masturbate too much cos dont have a partner" shmok, and defend this fatty, just because both seems to have the same amount of sex per year : ZERO.

[JaviVS]

ok you just answered u are a SUPER idiot like u bitch say calling someone fatty is of ignorants. sure u have so many sex in a year huh with ur dog, a toy, your hand, a chicken, your mom...yeah, because you like so much fucking moms. u should go to a moms house and fuck all the moms in it. u sucker i wouldnt fuck ur horrible mom even if she was the last pig in the world...oh sorry; woman. oh and you are insulting urself; you have very bad taste, and you are an asshole

[javieracing]

LOL

[jamesmeny]

Nicolashrv! Hey, thanks for watching all of my videos and for your comments. Keep it up!

[nicolashrv]

The fact I watched it doesnt mean I agree.

I actually wanted to see how low you can fall, giving such bad advises, and showing your lack of musical education.

Is not something to be proud.But you show your ignorance as something good....you need a shrink, seriously!

[AlysonStonerRulez]

ew you are some fat sick freaky bitch nicolashrv!!!!!

[nicolashrv]

by those stupid words......I know you are fat, and with a complex about it.

go to a gym and stop washing your teeths with chocolate cakes, maybe you will not die of a heart arrest at 25yo.

and if you all want to learn to sing, then go study with a real teacher, not watching stupid tv shows, and stupid youtube idiots who just want easy money from naive and ignorants

[YouToad]

I sound pretty much the same really

[SYTYCDLuver]

my voice sounds alot higher recorded. that what i hear

[saloneffects]

Yes, I find that my voice sounds a little bit higher when I listen to it on tape

[seven7years]

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