YouTube channel for someone with no experience to learn to sing?
December 27, 2022 5:54 AM Subscribe
I am interested in learning to sing. I have no experience singing and have never been to a singing teacher, except many, many years ago in elementary school. I'm doing this for fun. And because I have social anxiety and very little funds for this, I'd like to do it as cheaply as possible. I searched on Youtube for relevant videos and was a bit overwhelmed with the number of results. Are there any specific Youtubers who I should follow to try to learn to sing?
Cheryl Porter has several excellent 10-min warmups, and her energy is delightful!
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 8:20 AM on December 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 8:20 AM on December 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
Here's an article that could also help! I have it bookmarked for myself for later. It also references a Cheryl Porter warm-up like rrrrrrrrrt mentioned.
posted by OhHaieThere at 11:47 AM on December 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by OhHaieThere at 11:47 AM on December 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
On topic: The latter half of each episode of Backstage Pass with Eric Vetro has some interesting exercises. I keep wanting to sit down with each of those episodes and try to transcribe those into a form more usable for daily practice (recording them to the extent of my range, for singing along with), haven't gotten there yet.
Topic-adjacent: slightly in response to sklinsey's comment above: If you want to sing, sing. Figure out why later, when your voice starts to come into its own. I've been taking lessons for several years now, started in my late 40s, and so many awesome things have come out of working on my voice. I had some particular goals in mind when I started, I've maybe accomplished some of them, but singing its its own reward, and you can figure out what style you want to work on or what audience to sing for / group to sing with as you build vocal flexibility.
As a part of that: My impetus for starting voice lessons was to improve my square dance calling, but I've recently discovered the whole singing circle community, and: find a local singing circle. My wife and I go to the ones hosted by Marv Zauderer in Marin County, and I don't necessarily know how to find other groups, but if you search for "singing circle" or "circle singing" near you, you may find a resource.
The thing about song circles is they're usually sensitive to lower income participants (ie: talk to the host about pay what you can), the ones I go to have a huge range of vocal abilities, so there are other people going through your same journey, and people who might be ahead of you that you can look to for guidance, and it's a chance to hear and participate in harmonies and whatnot. Thus far, it being COVID times, they've all either been outdoors or had huge amounts of ventilation (I brought my CO2 meter and never got above 500ppm).
posted by straw at 12:03 PM on December 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
Topic-adjacent: slightly in response to sklinsey's comment above: If you want to sing, sing. Figure out why later, when your voice starts to come into its own. I've been taking lessons for several years now, started in my late 40s, and so many awesome things have come out of working on my voice. I had some particular goals in mind when I started, I've maybe accomplished some of them, but singing its its own reward, and you can figure out what style you want to work on or what audience to sing for / group to sing with as you build vocal flexibility.
As a part of that: My impetus for starting voice lessons was to improve my square dance calling, but I've recently discovered the whole singing circle community, and: find a local singing circle. My wife and I go to the ones hosted by Marv Zauderer in Marin County, and I don't necessarily know how to find other groups, but if you search for "singing circle" or "circle singing" near you, you may find a resource.
The thing about song circles is they're usually sensitive to lower income participants (ie: talk to the host about pay what you can), the ones I go to have a huge range of vocal abilities, so there are other people going through your same journey, and people who might be ahead of you that you can look to for guidance, and it's a chance to hear and participate in harmonies and whatnot. Thus far, it being COVID times, they've all either been outdoors or had huge amounts of ventilation (I brought my CO2 meter and never got above 500ppm).
posted by straw at 12:03 PM on December 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
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posted by kevinbelt at 7:00 AM on December 27, 2022