i want to become a singer but don't know how to get started?
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How young are you?  Will your parents help you by letting you take voice lessons?  A vocal coach can help you with strengthening your current talent and abilities and help you with your weaker areas.  Even those who are famous and great singers have/had a voice coach...There's always room for improvement!  :)\n\nIf they can't or aren't willing to right now, try joining the school chorus or church chorus and auditioning for solo parts.  You can also try talent competitions in your area.\n\nDo you have a Playstation 2?  If so, get Karaoke Revolution I, II & III.  I have them.. not only are they fun.. but you can practice a lot of songs and get graded on your performance... and see where you need improvement or where you're excelling.
568379
It takes alot of work and you have to already be able to sing soprano naturally.....i can hit them but it was after voice lessons, practice and training....if you want to hit those note i suggest you find a good vocal coach. it's not really something someone can teach you in this format
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You start from the bottoms, Rags to Richs.\n\nJust play in local concerts, sing the national anthem, any chance to show off your voice. People will start to relize your good talent, or your not.\n\nJust go out and do it! prove your better then 50 Cent!
530214
Hiya.\nWhat you should do is get some of your talent onto tape or CD!  Make some of your own songs up, or sing ones that already exist.\nBacking music is also good, but the record company listening to it wants to hear you, wants to hear versatility and depth.\nThen when you are done, get the address's of about 10-20 record labels and send off a copy of your tape/CD to them.  The more you send to, the better.\n\nGood luck\n\n\nPS:\nYou can get their address's from the Internet by typing in Sony record label etc.
878127
You do have talent.  To develop, get with a local band and practice.  It's way different than karaoke.  With the tech, just takes practice.  The tougher part is working with others.  If you can survive an instrument player or back up vocal who can't stay in pitch, you can go pro.  By survive, I mean make it sound great anyway.  Working with pros means being skilled enough to stay with them through chord and rhythm changes.  It only comes with practice.\nGreat look too, by the way.  CUTE!!
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When I was very young, I practiced with a tape recorder. When I was fourteen, my Father bought my Mother an organ for their anniversary. I learned how to play it out of the instruction books that came with the organ.\n\nAt a flea market in Crosby, Ontario, a year later, I bought an old guitar for twenty bucks. I took classes with my Dad at the after-school program, and I practiced night and day. Within two months, I had passed the teacher.\n\nNonetheless, I was not a great guitar player, or a great singer. In Grade 13, I became enamoured with the blues, which I heard on late night Sunday radio.  I began to work at learning this style, and had started a bar band devoted to the blues within a couple of years. Though I was not a great singer, I had vocal range, and I worked at singing, too.\n\nWe got on the radio basically because our bass player was a promo hound - would not take no for an answer. At this point, I had become the group's sole singer. We started to explore beyond the limitations of blues by listening to, and then playing, things from the Stax/Motown era.\n\nWe got a horn section, and started playing some Tower of Power. We scrimped, saved, and planned, and stored up enough money to hit the studio, which we did in 1993. We put out a CD that year, recording the bed tracks in my parents' barn, and doing the horns and vocals in the studio.\n\nIn terms of developing vocal chops, here's what you do. Record yourself singing - a lot. Be a harsh critic of yourself. Don't give the recordings to a friend to judge, as they will feel they have to pump your ego - assume that everything you hear that makes you cringe is a real problem, and then work at it.\n\nVocal lessons can help as well - especially if you do not think you are a great judge of your own skill, an objective outside opinion helps. Plus, they will teach you how to breathe and read music, pretty useful skills for studio recordings.\n\nIn terms of business success - hustle mercilessly. Don't take no for an answer. Promote yourself constantly.
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I wan to be a singer/actress.\n\nIm working on it too.lol.\n\nA couple of years doing that hopefully and then family.
999400
I am a singer and you are taking the wrong approach its not that easy. Most record execs. Don't listen to no solicited material. Because you have one song a demo consists of 4 if its a good one. You  also must have a acapella track on there...You must have a photo some lyrics to include with your song. YOu must know what you are doing.
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aside from taking singing lessons, you should look up information on breathing techniques.  Learn warm up vocal exercises and scales.  All of these exercises will help to strengthen you voice.
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You have a great career ahead of you, go to any recording studio, make an appointment and they'll set you up. Never give up. Hope this helps!
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Learn how to sing well. :)
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If you want to sing in a band, but are afraid of getting up in front of people, that's your first problem.  I had stage fright in elementary school, but got over it quickly once I started a band and now can get up in front of anyone and do my own thing.  But that's just me...\n\nI would suggest to you (if you think your voice is bad) to try singing on your own when you're in your house alone, and then maybe in front of a mirror (I guess it could be your audience...).  Then once you feel confident in your singing voice, go somewhere (like a karaoke bar) where nobody knows you (maybe a few towns away) and sing there, and see what response you get.  They'll either love you or they'll hate you, but either way, you probably won't have to see them again after that night.  Keep doing that (where I am there are places that have karaoke nights at least once a week) until you feel comfortable singing in front of family and friends.  That's the hardest part, because you actually care what they think.  But, after getting up in front of complete strangers and singing, you'll probably be ready to be in a band and get up onstage and sing there too.
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It is always nice to get advice from people with experience. One thing though, try to be yourself. With a lot of pratice, you can find that unique sound in your voice too. you write as if you are pretty young. Please get as much education as possible and pratice your sing while you are going to university. Your talent will be perfect when all this is done. Trust me! \n\n\nI was trying to be a singer when i was in my teens, waste my time when i was to be getting education. I regret not getting that level of education. I went back to evening college and now have my own studio. now I am getting some attention. I think this is the right time for me to get me singing career going because my talent is way better than any other time in my life.\n\nJust keep practising at every chance you get.
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Well...you have to be able to sing...and if you can't sing, eh...try something else.\n\nPersonally, I've accepted every offer I've been given when it comes to music, even if I wasn't too excited about it. I've done opera, musicals, simple party performances, and other stuff...
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If you really want to be a professional, you need to approach your training like a professional.  Hire a good coach and follow his or her instructions meticulously, including all the practice and exercises (scales, tonals) for at least as long a period as suggested by the coach.  Also consult with the coach on health issues; what foods to eat and to avoid, what vitamin and mineral supplements, how much sleep, etc.  A real, professional singer uses the throat hard, and must learn how to care for it.  And no more screaming at ball games!  Learn to applaud instead.
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Firstly you'd need an Instrumental version of the song(s) you want to sing to. Either official or MIDI file (Midis are basically polyphonic ring tones). Then you'd need to have a microphone connected to a good recording program. Sound Recorder (bundled with Microsoft Windows) is good but only records for 60 seconds at a time. I tend to use Audacity which is great for these kind of things as you can insert the original music you are singing to and pressing the record button plays the music while recording you singing. When you play it back, both the original music and the voice will play. Audacity is spy ware and virus free so no worries about that. If there was then I would be in trouble. The link to download it is below under my sources. Under the plug-ins tab you can also download a free mp3 encoder to export directly to mp3 and share the embarrassment with friends and colleagues ^_^
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Where in Northern CA are you?  \n\nIt's not enough to have a good voice, you have to have some training to do V/O.  Take a class or two; they'll also help you set up your demo CD.  \n\nSubmit the demos to agents; they're the ones who will get you the gigs.\n\nGood luck!