I want to take the time to talk about the little voice in your head. No, I’m not calling you crazy or anything, I am talking about the voice that you hear when sing. Did you know that what you hear when you sing out loud is not actually how you sound to everyone else?!?!? I know this sounds weird but let me explain.
It has to do with vocal vibrations and the way your skull resonates (I hope I’m not losing you). When you speak, the sound waves your voice emits makes your skull vibrate. When this happens, your voice is distorted (in your mind) and oftentimes sounds a bit deeper than it actually is. It’s similar to when you are at home listening to your favorite hit on the radio then you go to the club with all that bass behind it and it sounds a little different. At the club it sounds great, at home it sounds like it’s missing something although you can actually hear more detail than when at the club.
So, when you sing, what you hear is different from what everyone else hears when they listen to you sing. This is neither good or bad, it is just something that you must recognize if you want to grow as a singer. A good way to test this is to record yourself while singing and listen to the difference 
. I am modestly about 1000% sure that the voice you hear in the recording will sound different from what you thought you sounded like. I have had others try this same experiment and they were convinced that the voice on the recording wasn’t them when I played it back .
Once you realize this very important fact, I feel that you will make great strides with ear training and becoming a better singer. A great way to work on matching the voice you hear in your head with what everyone else hears is to record yourself while singing. This has a dual purpose. First, it gets you comfortable with the sound of your own voice which is VERY important if you want to be a confident singer.
Second, it allows you to review the way that you sound so that you can start matching your intended sound with the sound that you actually sing. It’s no different from what professional athletes do. Each week, they review “tape” of their performances to see how they actually perform in certain situations and not what their mind tells them that they did. With this knowledge, they make the necessary adjustments the next time so that they will have a better performance.
I honestly feel this will be a great thing to start doing immediately. Not only will it help you become a better singer but it will also help you tenfold with your singing confidence
Marcus
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