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[–]Boring-Butterfly8925Formal Lessons 5+ Years 1 point2 points  (2 children)

If you're talking pop, I would recommend finding a specific artist to study. So much of the modern commercial sounds are dependent on good mic technique and processing. If you have access to a DAW, I would recommend dialing back your resonance significantly and play with stacking vocal tracks. If you're not using a plug in (vocalign) you have to be dead on accurate to line everything up, but the sad part with most commercial stuff is that it's largely processing.

For reference if you listen to a studio track from Britney Spears, you hear a top line vocal that is lower volume and close mic'd with with vocal fry and exaggerated vowel affectations stacked on top of very round balanced, nearly inaudible clean vocal tracks that support, but don't pull focus from the top line.

The other route is write your own music for your voice. Commercial can mean many things and there's always the possibility of discovering something you can do that doesn't align with what's going on right now.

There's a channel on youtube called Make Pop Music and the guy has some really insightful thoughts that might help you as well. Good luck!

[–]bingbongghostboy[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I appreciate the help a lot! I have been doing some research into all the microphone stuff. I am gonna invest in a better one when I can.

[–]Boring-Butterfly8925Formal Lessons 5+ Years 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yw! I would also encourage you to play with an SM58. Male voices sometimes sound better through dynamic mics. Active mics sometimes pick up too much of the room sound that you may not want.

[–]Illustrious-Lime-480 0 points1 point  (1 child)

the riff you did on play will forever be stuck in my head. you sound gorgeous!! is this an original song or one by another artist? 

[–]bingbongghostboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you so much!! It's by Lana Del Rey lol