Voice instructors in Las Vegas? I'm just a hobbiest... [more inside]
posted by yoyoceramic on Nov 5, 2009 - 0 answers

Recommend some music like Bon Iver's Woods, Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek, Beardyman, and some of Jamie Lidell - which feature nothing (or very little) but the human voice modified by electronics. Augmented acapellas, if you will.
posted by phrontist on Sep 17, 2009 - 15 answers

Female singers with low, rich alto voices? [more inside]
posted by ms.codex on Sep 8, 2009 - 71 answers

I'm trying to find a DVD/watchable online version of a documentary I saw probably saw about five years or so ago about the history of the voice in popular music. I think it might have been simply called The Voice, and was probably shown on the BBC or Channel 4 (although I think it was American-made). One episode featured harmony groups like the Four Freshmen and the Beach Boys. With such a generic name, Google is failing to help me find any details on this one. Does anybody know what it was actually called, and where I can see this again?
posted by chorltonmeateater on Aug 15, 2009 - 7 answers

Teach me how to sing. Before I investigate an actual singing teacher, are there any online tutorials or guides that could help me learn how to sing better? [more inside]
posted by crossoverman on Aug 13, 2009 - 11 answers

Can you recommend a book on singing? [more inside]
posted by monkey closet on Jul 25, 2008 - 3 answers

I like singers with strange voices. I don't like novelty songs (e.g. Betty Boop) and I don't like "songs" that are so avant-garde that they're basically noise (e.g. someone screaming into a microphone). So I'm not looking for strange music. I'm looking for traditional (melodic) music sung by singers with non-traditional singing voices. Examples of what I like: Joanna Newsom, Leon Redbone, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Elaine Stritch. [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on Jun 22, 2008 - 106 answers

Wedding Music filter: My sister and I (both mezzos) have been tagged to sing at our cousin's wedding. This Sunday. Please help us find a song that is a) a duet, b) that we can both hit the notes on, c) is something we know or is easy to learn, and d) is not stupid. Does such a song exist?
posted by cereselle on May 15, 2008 - 15 answers

Jazz/Blues voice teachers in the Baltimore area. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have a little bit of classical voice training, but even my voice teacher from Peabody admits my voice is better suited towards the jazz and blues side of things. Unfortunately, she doesn't have any teacher suggestions. Do you?
posted by schroedinger on Mar 1, 2008 - 0 answers

Know any good songs arranged for double bass and female voice? Regina Spektor's Rejazz is wooonderful, but I'm looking for more "jazz standards"-y type songs. [more inside]
posted by Plug Dub In on Feb 7, 2008 - 13 answers

SingingFilter: When I sing in certain keys / registers, my head seems to vibrate, and more. [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Jul 20, 2007 - 8 answers

Can you recommend a voice teacher in the Bay Area? [more inside]
posted by scrump on Jul 2, 2007 - 5 answers

i sing. i have never been trained. it has been noted by a number of people that i sing very loudly. i have a question about proper singing. [more inside]
posted by radiosilents on Jan 12, 2007 - 19 answers

I'm a fourteen-year-old cellist and singer who experiences no trepidation in practicing the former—in our finished basement or otherwise—but who is intractably reluctant to practice the latter, either upstairs with the piano or downstairs. This is beginning to present a problem. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 21, 2006 - 19 answers

I am a bad singer, although I really like to sing; we are talking William Hung levels of badness. Are there any good books or online resources? Is it worth it to get voice lessons if I just want to not embarrass myself at church and at karaoke? And just how much singing talent is inborn?
posted by Jeanne on May 19, 2004 - 6 answers