#on singing

[thestargazerlily]

A PULSE. A BEAT. A SONG. LISTEN TO THE UNIVERSE SING.

@sketiana / @ getsoundrx on insta / What Holds Our Universe Together?, Lehigh University / Red Desert (1964) dir. Michelangelo Antonioni / This Bus Stop Was a Coral Reef, Once by Megan Arkenberg / Voyager Golden Record / @argumate / Music of the Heavens Turns Out to Sound a Lot Like a B Flat by The New York Times

[pityroad]

— On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong

[tea-ron]

Shake ya mmm... but watch yourself.

[bluekate]

vocal insecurities

So, for school I chose to record an original song. I wrote it and a friend of mine helped me produce it and everything.  And I achieved my goal of ‘being satisfied with the song’. Because I am, really. I’m satisfied with the song. 

It’s my voice that I hate. 

So many people say they love my voice. But all those ‘people’ are my friends. Okay, and one teacher. But all the people who say they really like my voice, are friends. And sure, some say “No, if it sounded bad i’d tell you” but the same people do have secrets from me (which is totally okay!) and have hid similar things from me before. I’m talking about things like:  “Are you sure this is okay?”  “Yes, it’s fine don’t worry. I won’t get in trouble.” Guess what, they ended up getting in trouble and it wasn’t fine.  Or  “If something about me is bothering you you should just tell me”  “No don’t worry, I will. I promise” Guess what, they were bothered by shit about me. 

It’s just, because those people have ‘lied’ to me before, I don’t believe that they’ll tell me if my singing actually isn’t good. I just don’t. And man to me, my singing sounds awful. I hate my own voice. 

I hate it. 

I know I have some gift to put emotion into my songs. But I still hate my voice. 

I hate it I hate it I hate it.  How in the world do people like my voice? Let alone love it? How the hell does it calm people down? How the hell does everyone think my singing is good??!! 

...........

I’m sorry for this long post. It just..... really bugs me.  Y’know how, on those talent shows, there’s always these really bad singers in the first auditions? And how, when told they’re really not that good, they say “But everyone always tells me I have a really beautiful voice!”? Y’know those people? Yhea? 

What if I’m one of them. 

[eternalspringofheart]

[exoticarmy127]

Hi!! I absolutely love your stories but I wanted to ask you if there is a website I can download your songs? I love your voice as well!! You're so talented >w<

hello! haha omg thank you so much! <3 Well it’s downloadable through Tumblr. There are tutorials online if you wanna know how. I have a soundcloud account and there’s a downlaoder for that site as well. So I guess you can downlaod it there :) 

https://soundcloud.com/kaye-allen

http://kayeallen-official.tumblr.com/tagged/songs

[exoticarmy127]

Hi Kaye, I'm sorry if this was random question. I just wanna ask how did you maintain your voice from being crack? Because honestly whenever I tried to sing, my voice cracked easily. Do you have any tips how to practice your vocal? Thanks. I really love your voice ^^

Hello~ 

Well… first off, thank you for loving my voice. <3 haha For me, it’s all about practice. My mom always says that if I want to sing better I’d have to practice practice practice. So that’s what i do basically, aside from writing XD

Voice cracking? Like your voice breaks? Well it must be because your voice is in no condition to sing. I do this sometimes too when I don’t take care of my voice. Taking care means not drinking cold beverages or eating sweets cause those stuff tend to destroy your vocal chords. 

So that would be my advice: to steer clear of cold beverages, or anything cold really, and sweets. As for practicing, try doing scales and sing from your diaphragm not your throat cause that can cause voice cracking too~ (not sure how to demonstrate that here but there might be some videos on Youtube :D) 

Hope that helped :) 

-KayeAllen12