Okay, now I'm going to pass on to you a little piece of wisdom that has been taught to me so many times by teachers and online material that it has turned into a preset mentality and expectation of mine.
You have gotta sound like you when you are singing!
"Duh," you might say, but you'd be surprised how so many people manipulate their voices while singing, to the point where they don't even notice it anymore. It's a little sad, to be honest.
Have you ever heard the saying,
"Copycats will never be number one,"?
Especially if that particular style you're trying to imitate was created or made famous by a great artiste, copying it may bring you closer to that singer emotionally, but it's going to be really hard to succeed as a singer that way. You have a unique voice of your own, a one-of-a-kind combination of your physiology, personality, predispositions, sense of style, habits, even a native accents etc.. Use it to chart your own territory in the music world! Don't trap yourself in someone else' shadow.
Let OTHERS copy you! Be the one leading the trend!
Still, while that's all well and good, how does one know if he or she is singing with their unique voice? That's simple. We have already covered that in our first post. If you're singing the same way you speak naturally, that should be your own voice that you're using. It's important that you get a vocal coach to help you with that, just to be safe.
It takes a little practice, but over time, if you have seen enough vocal lessons and heard enough singing from professionals with sound vocal technique, yours ears will learn to anticipate a person's singing voice from his or her speaking voice. I don't know how, but I'm somehow able to tell if a person isn't using his or her natural singing voice. My guess would be that if one is imitating another singer, apart from him or her sounding strikingly similar to the original, there tends to be inconsistencies in the tone as the singer goes up and down their vocal range. And of course, the sound of a strained or tense voice on top of that just confirms suspicions, lol.
Hmmmm, what do you think?
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