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Why does your singing voice feel trapped or stuck?
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2015
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Do you feel trapped inside a singing voice that doesn’t feel like it represents who you really are? I’m not just talking about how pretty the sound is. I’m talking about your singing voice revealing who you really are; courageous, confidant, authentic, free and totally alive!
Do you feel that way when you open your mouth to either speak or sing? Do you feel like you can’t express your thoughts or emotions easily? Not a lot of people do. So don’t feel alone if you feel like I’m talking to you.
Today, we are going to talk about why this happens, and some things you can do to get in touch with your most authentic singing voice.
Why does your singing voice feel stuck or trapped?
It’s my opinion that most people feel trapped when it comes to expressing who they really are. They may feel like they’re most amazing sound is in there somewhere, but they just can’t get it to come out! And I feel like there are 3 major reasons for this.
1. Overcompensation
2. Hesitation
3. Delusion
Overcompensating Your Singing Voice
Some folks believe that in order to be celebrated as a singer they have to push their voices way into the stratosphere. These people define being a good singer with sheer volume, and mimicking other artists who are known to sing in this way. Can you blame them?
Most of the singers to hit the spotlight in the past couple of years sing in this way. The problem with this type of singing is….it’s boring! The voice becomes so accustomed to that push that it can no longer make more refined, varied coordinations. It’s like conveying the same level of yelling for an entire whole song. There’s only so much of that your audience can take before they are secretly wanting to slip away for a bathroom break.
So if you feel yourself overcompensating, you’re going to want to play with dynamics. Can you convey the same amount of emotional intensity without getting louder? Try other elements of storytelling like rhythm, articulation, and phrasing to vary your choices. This will keep your audience totally engaged, because they don’t know what you are going to do next.
Hesitating Your Singing Voice
There are folks who want to sing, and have so much to offer, but they fear being criticized or beaten down if they were to truly allow their voice to soar. Maybe they didn’t get the response they were hoping to get that time they allowed themselves to truly sing.
They’ve since associated pain and humiliation to singing. You can probably imagine what this does to the voice. It develops a habit of drawing back quickly, and reinforces a belief that, “I can’t sing.” It can also cause a heck of a lot of tension inside, because the body feels it is not safe to release true sound. The body then will do whatever it can to keep the sound inside.
If you feel like this is you, the best thing you can do is yodel. I’m serious! Sabotage your sound. Go for the craziest, ugliest, nonsensical sound. Allow yourself to play without any expectations. The more you play, the easier the body feels about the releasing sound, and the more willing you will become to remain open to your most authentic voice. That willingness is the key!
Delusional Singing Voice
This one is tricky. Because I am sure that it happens to us all. You know that time that you felt amazing when you were singing? Christina Aguilera couldn’t top the riffs that you were throwing! Suddenly you may feel like, “I can do this!” So you record yourself, ready to be amazed at the play back. Then that hot red feeling of total disappointment washes over you as you listen to the recording.
This kind of tone-shock can be devastating! I don’t have enough fingers or toes to count the times that I literally ran out of the room embarrassed that I allowed myself to even think that I was that good. This is dangerous territory folk. This is the moment where mistrust happens. We learn to believe that we suck, and that we should just give up. We learn that we are not good enough. So we then try to manipulate the sound in order to be perceived as good singers.
Don’t punish yourself when this happens. I am sure it will happen at some point or another. Instead, shrug your shoulders; let go of the need to impress; and get back to the important part of singing - communication. Amp up the energy and intent about what you’re saying. Intent is the lifeblood of good singing. And usually, it’s what is missing when we obsess about the sound. We forget that we are telling a story. Get back to the basics. Simplify! Have a point of view and just express it.
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I use to can sing really good now it's like as I got older my voice is just like trapped.
I think I have hesitation, sometimes when Im singing and it comes the time to belt It goes inward because In my mind Im afraid of people hearing me for being too loud or that they might laugh or something, but it's just something thats inside my head but its hard to overcome it
I totally understand u coz I feel exactly the same
Vicious Cat i
Feel the same way too
Same
I feel the same way too
Be prepared that when you express your "authentic voice" (real emotions) that others may misunderstand, scoff, or even laugh simply because they are not used to you actually being yourself. Just stay calm and centered in your real feelings and they will quickly adjust to it and learn that in fact, you are not joking.
I'm the shy type who's ashamed of being passionate about stuff but my voice is naturally very loud which is why i developed a lot of hesitation
I just saw the title of this video and clicked it instantly! This has been my problem my whole teenage-life and up until now! I feel that my body won't LET me push sounds out of my mouth when I have to or want to... I have been a silent pre-teen, teen and young adult... Therefor my body has adopted my psychological mindset about singing or being loud, because I was bullied and started developing a "don't-attract-attention"-mentality... When I DO get to sing in front of others, or just sing loud, a wild energy builds up inside, and I start to shiver because I'm not used to this feeling :P I'm choking, but I feel like I will explode soon if I don't open up and sing my socks off! I want to sing rock and roll, and I have an enormous power inside, I feel... And it wants to come out! But my body doesn't know how :/ So I love your video, and I never thought this was a problem for others than myself!!
+Daughter Of Sekhmet Thank you for sharing your experience with me! There are so many of us out there that have associated danger to using our voices. Maybe we did at some point when we were free and expressive as children but whatever the case may have been, we learned that it is very dangerous for us to attract attention or to be free as a singer. That discordant energy of "Yes! I NEED to express myself!" and "NO!!! It's dangerous! People will laugh, or they will say awful things!" builds up inside. It can manifest in very physical ways for some people like feeling sick before a performance. But I encourage you to PLAY. As often as you can. Get back to that inner child that didn't care what people said, it never mattered. All that mattered was it was fun and it felt good. Get your body used to the feeling of relief as you play and sing. No one can take the sparkle from your eyes or the fire from your soul! If you have that passion inside to sing...then sing! You are meant to! Lots of love to you!
Oh, thank YOU for reading and responding! :D I used to sing all the time as a child actually... In kindergarden the caretakers requested songs from me XD But suddenly I just shut down and went quiet for so many years.
So now I'm getting back to my true self :D
Two saturdays ago I actually had an eye-opening experience.with my voice... I tried to sing with power, and it was loud, but I felt that it wasn't powerful enough and from the right place... the stomach... But then I tried and tried again until I found the spot! :P I totally chocked myself with this huuge deep voice that I hadn't known how to find, for so many years! So I'm really excited to explore it even more! It's as if I understood everything better after I had seen your video about this issue :D Thank you so much for your comforting words and knowledge
Charlotte S.H. I completely relate to your story! And I didn't know this was an issue others had either. We're here. We have an important soul song to share! I know this is a year old now, I hope you have had lots of further success! That feeling of-like you could explode if you don't sing freely is because you ARE a singer and that beautiful authentic voice needs to be shared! Good luck to you in your voice journey! ❤️
@@MadeleineHarveyVoice I had the same exact problem as Charlotte. It is a big problem for me, because I'm about to (and have to) release myself as an artist. Do you have any advice? I feel terrified to do it because I know that my voice can be so much better but it isn't right know.
Has anyone ever told you that you should be a therapist lol? Cause you'd make a perfect one :D You're very good at expressing yourself in a calm and understanding way.
Wow! Thanks so much! Sometimes my voice lessons are a mix of therapy and vocal technique...sometimes there's tears, sometimes there's shouting, but there's always singing! Thank you again!
Madeleine Harvey You're very welcome :)
Yeah man I feel so relaxed,i came down here to learn and,i watched
some,skipped alot,and I feel so bad like i could fall asleep,and I
generally have problems sleep at this time (this comes from batman for
15 years who take drugs to fall asleep).Not in a boring way,but its like
watching and getting massaged,dayum...I feel like if i massaged one
hand with other that would feel like mega good.I know!!!Your pro brain
massager,I wish you could speak to me and massage me at the same
time.Yeah that guy was really true.
Deima Valdo Lol... yeah...
I agree. She can be a life coach for frustrated and depressed singers!
You are so right! My parents were always very anoied about music and sound in my house that all the time I was practicing since I was a little girl they asked me to stop or to keep it down, so I kind of got used to sing and play in a very low volume, which is a huge problem now cause I have lots of difficulties to project my voice and to feel self confient. And that's the biggest problem when I'm singing now. I have fine tuning when singing, which is very good, but can't project or breath properly.
Same thing here :(
OMG me toooo sooo me....and it's been bothering me a lot
I love your videos. I used to sing a lot, and truly loved it. I’ve had a stroke and now have Interstitial lung disease, so I don’t sing much anymore. I miss it terribly. I hope some day to be able to enjoy singing again.
The Moli's exact same story
There are so many people that sing loud and high because of singers like Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Celine Dion who all sang that way and made a huge impact on music in the 1990s. The thing about them, though, is that they naturally sang that way. They all showed an amazing sense of dynamics and never just stayed at 100% at all times. Now, there are people like Christina Aguilera who grew up listening to those three but never developed any voice beyond belting 100% all the time.
razrv3lc Christina's awesome tho 😂
razrv3lc And she's not just belting all the time (I love you, Porgy; Save me from myself; Shotgun)
#2 (hesitation) is me. And my wife tells me I sound "strained". And that it hurts to listen to it. Which ... obviously doesn't help. So ... yodel, eh? That ... sounds difficult. Self-consciousness is my biggest enemy.
I like the gentle way of explaining stuff you have, it's like hearing a lovely mom! Thanks a lot :D
+Gustavo Daniele That's super sweet! Thank you for watching!
I am a hesitant type and i agree with you on yodelling. i one day started yodelling when nobody was at home. it felt good.
Whenever I listen to my recordings after having delusion,I am like well this is not my day so I'll keep my mouth shuted up until the next day hhh,Thank you so much
I think we all go through that from time to time. But try to record yourself as often as you can. It's really great to listen back and make small adjustments here and there until you feel your performance is spot on!
What if you don't feel confident, and now your voice has constrained it's self to the sound of a stuck, tight vocals, slightly off tune , uncomfortable weak voice ? :(
This actually made me tear up. Ive been so stuck with myself lately and I keep punishing myself for it over and over again. Everyone tells be I can be good but it misses something. I keep telling myself why don't you sound like him or like her and its really making me depressed. I think I know whats missing now. Joy. I focus so much on being like my fav artist or sounding amazing and then I just purely hate myself because I can't and I end up sounding empty. I just need to have fun with it. And practice to become better. I forgot that it should be fun. So thank you for this.
Love this! Over complicating singing can make our voices feel so muddy. I really enjoy how you simplify the act of singing and bring it back to its roots.
I feel like more people should see this. The quality of the content and the way you explain things is over the edge, maybe you should invest in promoting your channel a little bit.
Thank you for the video!
Ivan Ageev
I want to keep her my lovely little secret, she is amazing!
If all singers ( good, bad and in between) know about her, I wouldn't stand a chance.
Barely managed to hold the tears when you started talking about hesitation and delusion - can't even begin to count the number of times I've hated myself for my voice/sound/singing. Thank you very much for sharing your videos and lessons, they've been making a difference in my life.
Just discovered you like half an hour ago Madeleine, and I've already had several moments of great realization hah. You are a beacon of light, you keep on shining!
I'm not a singer, but I need your help, I hear my voice clearly and loudly but people don't understand my words, they say that my voice is too quiet and low
I think i'm going to improve my pronunciation with your videos, Thanks Madeleine!
when im in front i feel carefree in my voice but when i sing in front of my mom its like trapped
Arabella Roxas nerves
I feel so relieved just hearing you out. I just didn't know how to explain that trapped emotion I kept feeling in my voice so I couldn't even ask of anyone to unserstand me. Im so glad I happened to just type something random and land on your video. Thank you so much Miss.
I already feel I can let my inner voice go loose just by forgetting my past experiences of others criticising me when I had an intrest in something or was learning, and dropping all expectations. I haven't even sung a note yet but I feel free (im at work).
You are fully right .Everything comes from pour thoughts and beliefs even our brocken voice.
Madeleine I wanna thank you for this message, when you talked about hesitation and delusion I almost lost it coz you described and explained me to myself. I can’t tell you how much relief I got from listening to this. I’ll be yodeling my way out of this funk🙏🏾 thank you.😌
8:54 .... completelely inspiring. how to be happy... how to continue with the mistakes youve made. how to be ok with the moment and all the things you are and are feeling.... thank you
Best Vocal teacher, I have heard till now...U express ur views in really nice manner, not bored for a single second
First up, thank you for all the great videos. Secondly, please make more videos! There's such a wealth of knowledge, and personal development in your existing content, and I'm sure I don't speak for just myself when I say we would benefit more as singers from your awesome teaching.
Tears. Thank you. You are an amazing vocal coach and so much more! I never even knew this was something anyone other than me thought about in quite this way or experienced it like this....and it's really therapeutic to know I'm not alone and that i can learn to let go of these feelings that have been unsupportive to me for years. I'm so over due. I want to rid myself of the fear that has inhibited my voice from fully being unleashed. It has been a really deep process for me up to this point, just to do freely the thing I have been so passionate about my whole life. There has been improvement, but still many challenges, mostly around my fears and anxiety for me. After hearing this, I feel even more optimistic that I can fully sing my most authentic voice eventually. Thank you so much! You are a voice Goddess! I Appreciate you! ❤️
Thanks for sharing all these amazing videos Madeline. We really appreciate all the time you spend helping us become better singers😘
You are beautiful. Thank you translating this genuine advice in such a clear, concise, and gentle way. Very helpful.
Thank you so much for filming this video. It is so encouraging. It's as if you knew exactly what I needed to hear. I am so glad I came across your channel. I have binge watched so many of your videos! Love them and you!
Thanks Christina!! I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to my musical family!!
You’re seriously brilliant ! 💕 ...And so real , warm and lovely. Thank you, love your lessons!
Oh my I love you! :) you're the best teacher ever! I feel like we don't have enough vocal teachers that include psychology to a singing process, I'm glad I've found your channel! I've had previous experiences with teachers that I didn't know how to explain to them these 3 factors or they just didn't understand it.
Amazing Madeleine, great tutorial!!!
Madelaine, thank you for teaching. You are inspired and continue to inspire others! Thank you for your energy and thoughtful videos. xo
Madeline, this helped me so much not only with my mentality for singing, but also my self doubts. I'm going to start to approach life in a completely different way! Thank you so much :)
+Pasquale perrone Thanks so m much!! I truly appreciate that!
Wow, this was so helpful! I'm excited to try out your tips and hopefully recover my confidence in singing. I miss feeling the joy that singing used to bring. I have an audition coming up and your advice is golden!!
Omg, thank you so so much! That's just exactly what I needed. God bless you!❤️
You GO GURL! Love your advice!!!! Beautifully "expressed."
What can I tell. You're just telling what I've been through. It's so true to start to truly love our body instead of pushing it just like when we riding a horse and hit him to go faster. Now I only try to get it whenever my body is ready and feels completely comfortable and relaxed. One more important thing I want to share here is to be humble and real. Since I started to sing like "anybody can sing" instead of proving that "I can sing" I improved my singing skills gently and quickly. Thank you so much! You're the best!
its really precious how you teach people like this, i love what you say and i love what you teach i use a lot of techniques you taught in different episodes, i really appreciate you made these available to you, thank you so much again and it is so positive to see people like this on broadcasting channels i love your positive energy fulfilling us, cheers mad
This is so true....the second problem really resonated with me. And I deliberately "unlocked, unrepressed" my voice without any psychological hesitation has already made a difference instantly!! Thank you so so much for these wonderful videos!!!!!!
THANK YOU MADELINE FOR BEING YOU! your videos have been very helpful and they're different! thanks for reminding me what singing is really about!keep it up
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your feedback! It's my pleasure to make these videos for the singing community. Can't wait to hear you sing!
OMG!!! This was a fantastic video! You totally hit the heart of my struggle. Mistrust of me! I wont deliver and when I sing I DO NOT want to NOT deliver!! "Let what comes through be good enough". I have to do this. I am going to listen to this more times for encouragement. Lifelong struggle of not trusting myself and feeling panic when I even anticipate the stage but feeling trapped because I know I can sing and want to share my voice but stay trapped in silence and hiding my voice because then the threat of humiliation is there. Ugh...I want to fight this and get free of it.
Miss Harvey, this video is excellent. The description of problems in becoming a good singer is abolutely on point.
Ugly sounds, let's do this. For real now, I mean, you can try your entire range by doing this. I can feel myself becoming more mature already. Find your boundaries and push them further. Thank you so much for this advice!
I feel so seen. I just found your channel and I must say you convey exactly what a singer is feeling and thinking so well. You’re amazing and you give me hope - Thank you
My god... Every thing you said is so true... you have no idea how connected i felt to you when you were asking those "have you ever..." ... Thank you so much for your kind words
This is what I was looking for!!! I had a bad voice trainer and I got depressed. At that time, I felt I can't sing anymore I can't believe my voice. You made my day today! Thank you!
Thank you so much for your great videos! I've been struggling with hesitation for the last few months and no vocal teacher I talked to was able to understand my problem. But with your vocal lessons and especially this talk I have hope again that I can overcome it and be better than I ever was. Thank you so much
Very good advice! I will try and apply all these.. Thank you for sharing! :)
Thank God I found you... 🎧🎶 The perfect lyrics for what I feel right now. I'm not singing though. Not yet.. since everybody else is sound asleep already. I'm really thankful for coming across your channel on youtube. It feels great just by listening to you. Thanks for making this and I hope you continue to inspire more of us. 😊😀 You're lovely! 😍
Found you today and got completely lost on your channel, Madeleine . You are quite amazing. This one really resonate with me and I have a bit of soul searching to do. :) Living in a house with people around at all times, where I am critical of even warmups and practicing lyrics I'm developing. I get neither praise nor negative comments about my singing but I feel as if they all judge me. In all reality I'm the only one judging me, overcompensating... yup. lol
Brilliant 💖🙏🏼 Thank you so much for sharing!
i love the explanation it is so right in the topic. it even makes a whole sense of expression
Another good video! This is really helpful to me! Thank you!
This video is so beautiful !
Its one of the best lessons ive seen online :) Thanks madeiline
WOW! Exactly what I needed!! Thank you! ♥
Yo, this video can be used for much more than just singing. Great video!
I really need your video at this point in time! Thank you.
again - brilliant - you can probably tell I'm now working through every video you have ever done :-)
I would like to reach through the phone into 2 years ago when this was made.and hug you!! I didn't know why I did this "alternate voice" and would be perfectly comfortable playing around with it....you have truly just impacted my whole life...you have no idea
Excellent.Pure zen.
I always feel this way when I sing so I just had to click on this video as soon as I saw it . I'm glad that I did because it is extremely helpful. thank you!
I am not a singer but i do experience some of these things with talking. I am more aware of them now. Thank you. Singing really is an amazing and powerful way of communicating. It's really helpful and i will be using that help from now on. Wish you the best.
I agree with you she should be a therapist. your very good..
well that's the nicest thing!!! Thank you so much!
love from INDIA..thank u so much for explaining exactly what I was questioning myself from several years..I'll definitely apply everything what u have said..though d cultural aspect is totally different but d psychology of human being is always same no matter what d country is.. gratitude for u..💓
hey Madeline! just wanted to say that you explain things in a way that is so easily understood, all while doing it in such a soft spoken and gentle way. Sometimes when watching singing technique videos, the teacher seems to be almost forcefully bombarding you with technique after technique and it can be quite overwhelming and frustrating. But when I come to you channel, I know I've entered a peaceful play of support and friendly encouragement, and I truly thank you for that!😊 If you havnt already, can you please film a video on how to sing high notes with power without straining the voice? thank you so much and God bless!
+Gillian Dsouza Thank you so much for your kind words! I will be putting together a video on "How to sing high with power" very soon, so be sure to check back often. I'm so glad you enjoy the channel! I can't wait to hear you sing!
I think I have all of it From Hesitation - overcompensation (it was more of a joy being able to free yourself from a imaginary cell and wanting to express more) and now to delusional. I must say the delusional was very much spot on, about the voice not delivering the expectations that you have set for yourself and trying hard to change and mimic other voices that you might think that sound good). You gave me a clear mind of what I should do right now( delusional part really kills!) Great video!!
I needed to hear this ❤
Exactly what I am going through at the moment. I'm working on finishing an EP album and I've finished the songs but singing them just is not the way I
Hear it in my head...and then I start worrying and crying because I don't sound like my favorite singers and it's just a lot and enough to make me quit. But this really helped me a lot.....you've just earned a new subscriber and if I make it in the music industry be ready to get the biggest shout out ever given. Thank you so much.❤️🎶
This video is still helping people after seven years. Thank you. 😊
This is a problem that I have been dealing with for years. Thank you so, so, so much!
I feel ya Dark Angel! This is a struggle I believe that sensitive artists know too well. I hope this video was able to help connect you to your voice. It would be a shame not to share your light! ; )
really nice videos. thank you so much!
You're absolutely amazing!!!!
This is very helpful and I needed to hear it. thank you.
+Asheley Hicks I'm so glad you liked it! Lots of love!
Ummm..I have all of these x)
But it's so refreshing to hear someone talk about it, most videos are more about technic and I think this is just as, if not more importaint to bring awareness to.. so thank you for talking about it :)
You are a good soul. Thanks again for all the videos and awesome instruction.
+Christopher Chausse Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I love Madeline ❤
Thank you!! SO HELPFUL!!!
My voice always sound scared and nervous. I feel like something more is there. I feel like it's so strong that even I can't handle it yet. Like a weapon
Thank you for this amazing advice
Love you Madeleine Harvey❤️
omg i was gonna search for this type of vidoe coz i feel like my voice is trapped . omg tysm . i just got it in my feed tysm for making this video
You are amazing!
I love this look! Your hair looks 👍
I absolutely love your lessons ❤
Hello, i am from kerela... even yet i choose ur channel for studying.. Vocal technics.. it s really nice and ... The way of presentation crystal clear to every one... ur A unique one i ve not ever seen like u.
I am all off these but this is so helpful thank you so much :0
Thank you for sharing!
I thought i have to slit my throat haha, thanks for the advice!
Thank you,you have no idea how much you just helped me❤️
Thank you , inspiring lesson :)
My voice literally feels trapped like when I sing its hard to get a sound out (I used to be good at singing)
I miss you so much. I feel so much connected with your videos. Hope some day you come back.
This has been unbelievably helpful to me.
If I had known what kind of video this was going to be I probably wouldn't have watched the whole thing, I was looking for some kind of technique or exercise, but I think you're completely right and I just haven't spent enough time playing with my voice to be comfortable with it. And that's totally how I learn a new instrument, instead of starting with scales or etudes or something, I play around first and see what I can do and how it works. thanks for this.
I feel that my nerves make me over compensate. I practice singing the right way, but in front of an audience...I belt out! I really need help with this!!
Deya Patterson SAME
Thanks this was really good
4:05 totally parted away from that . thanks for reminding .
thanks this was great