6/28/2023 0 Comments Growly notes changing characters![]() There are many biological and environmental factors at play that will affect your voice (body type, hormones, musical exposure). The difference between vocal style and vocal rangeīefore we delve too deep into the diversity of vocal styles, we should first talk about “vocal range”. When your musical ear grows, you can start to pull pieces from all the singers you gravitate towards. When you broaden the scope of your musical world, you can begin to find a place you fit. Once you begin your process, it’s time to start listening to some new music! While in school, I’d bring my own songs into my lessons with my teacher and say “It was inspired by so-and-so." My teacher would always encourage me to bring my lens a step back who influenced my influences? You go back far enough and most, if not all, music goes back into 20th century Rock n’ Roll/RnB. If you’re not sure whether you or your child is ready to begin learning to sing, check out this article to learn the best age to start singing. What music gets you excited to sing? What are the songs you sing along to in the car? The process of learning to sing is long and difficult, one that I’m still on, so you need to find the reluctant joy in the practice. The most important place to start your singing is from a place of joy. Rock, as a genre, is full of so many diverse vocal types that no matter what path you might follow, it’ll lead you somewhere underneath its umbrella. ![]() As vocalists, we limit ourselves to what we can do by keeping ourselves from exploring our instrument. ![]() Personally, I began as a classical vocalist solely because someone told me once that I could “make a career out of it if I wanted to”. Singers will always put themselves into a box when they first start. Over the past 6 years, I’ve had many beginning vocalists come into my studio telling me “they can’t sing” or “I'm a *this* kind of singer”. “Everyone can sing, but we all need to find out what makes our voice unique,” is something I repeat ad nauseam to my students.
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