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Well, I'm a musician - Guitarist and pianist - and I'm quite good (So modest XD). But to be able to sing along side that would be amazing. The problem is, my voice is terrible. Anyone got any advice, cause all I can see on the internet is go to a singing teacher, and to be honest I dont want to do that until I can at least sing a little. Any advice, anyone? Would be appreciated.

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Honestly, a vocal teacher is the best way to go, especially if you're not familiar with the basic fundamentals (i.e. breathing, pitch, etc.). Even a single lesson can really open up your voice, but like any instrument, you need to take many lessons to really fine-tune your voice.

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Dont worry, I'm never using auto-tune. I'm normally a fricking metal artist; metal artists dont use fricking auto-tune.
But I'm doing acoustics more regularly, so I'd prefer to have at least some singing to back it up. If you really suggest a singing teacher, then I should probably do that. I just, well, dont want to. XD Dammit.

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Either a singing teacher or you can just do natural vocal excersises. Practice singing from the diaphragm and breathing practice. Since you can play instruments, use those to just help yourself with tuning. Warm up your voice before singing to help with strain. Even a couple of scales a day helps with your voice. You can try to stretch your vocal range with ascending or descending scales too. If it sounds bad, carry on. Improvement sneaks up on you. You just have to stick at it, and be mentally aware.

That's my advice, basically from my general singing and piano experience.

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[quote name='Gue'O VK' timestamp='1351530928' post='6056464']
If you dare use auto tune, I'll find you.

I'll throat f*** you.

Then I'll leave you hoarse.
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you been busy on the internet

anyway you can't be good at everything get a vocal coach or something, maybe just stick to being on the sidelines

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[quote name='.Rai' timestamp='1351553216' post='6056811']
Either a singing teacher or you can just do natural vocal excersises. Practice singing from the diaphragm and breathing practice. Since you can play instruments, use those to just help yourself with tuning. Warm up your voice before singing to help with strain. Even a couple of scales a day helps with your voice. You can try to stretch your vocal range with ascending or descending scales too. If it sounds bad, carry on. Improvement sneaks up on you. You just have to stick at it, and be mentally aware.

That's my advice, basically from my general singing and piano experience.
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Mostly this. However, how you perceive your voice is different from how everything else perceives your voice. So, I'd recommend that you find a vocal coach. Maybe your school's choir teacher, maybe someone in the area.

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[quote name='GodWynn' timestamp='1352150584' post='6061504']
Mostly this. However, how you perceive your voice is different from how everything else perceives your voice. So, I'd recommend that you find a vocal coach. Maybe your school's choir teacher, maybe someone in the area.
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School doesn't have a choir, let alone a choir teacher, but it does have free music lessons (asides from the GCSE courses I'm doing), including singing. Might give it a try.

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Your school has free music lessons? Dayum, that's great.
But like people mentioned before, look for a singing teacher. Singing with the wrong technique can work for a while, but it will strain your voice and degrade it at some point.D: So the safe way is probably to take regular courses and be studious.

Also, most people who show up at their first music course are terrible and a few of them can't or are just learning to read notes. [s]Or like me, you stop doing music and forget about almost everything.[/s] Maybe you will meet some off-the-bat talents here and there, but you're definitely not the only one with an un-developped voice. So far.

If you're really scared about what you're going to sound like, look for individual courses rather than choirs.

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