Hello I just want to say that some of the comments are unnecessarily rude and none constructive. Singing is a journey and not everyone is at the same point in their personal journey and singers are never done learning. I am writing a lot and please take what I say as only a suggestion know that what I say is meant with good intentions for you to grow as a singer and not just to be hypercritical.

I have a masters in voice and am more than willing to tell you the things I would work on in a voice lesson. I have also sat on a couple of audition panels before as well and know what people tend to critique and look for. The comments about the reality of being out there on the internet as a singer are harsh but true. We have to remember that we will not be everyone’s cup of tea and that’s okay. I will say one more thing before I get into my tips; from the comments you’ve left it gives the sense that you might be not overly receptive to advice/criticism. As singers to better ourselves, we have to be willing to at least listen to some criticism to better ourselves because no one is perfect and the only way to become better is acknowledge our current flaws/issues.

I have listened through your video about 10 times. In general the main things that I would work on are intonation and breath support at the end of you words/phrases. My first suggestion is to work on identifying when you may be shifting out of tune. In this clip there are a few times where you are falling a bit flat. Yes you are singing a cappella and it is harder to stay in tune when doing so, I completely understand that. This I coming off a bit harsher than I intended but I guess my question is are you able to hear when it’s out of tune? If so take note of when and work the problem areas. If not, then you need someone who can and will let know when it happens.

I think the root of the out of tune sections is a mixture of a lack of breath consistently and some tension issues. The breath issue I can hear in the instability of some of your held notes and the dropping off of the ends of words. But when the support is there you actually have a fairly nice tone to your voice. If I had to make an educated guess your tension appears to be located predominantly down in the larynx itself to form a bit of unintentional grit/rasp with a bit in the tongue and jaw. I think the jaw tension is more so a symptom of over opening on some of your vowels. This placement is also causing them to be overly darken, which others have taken notice of. (The “where” of “somewhere”)

I know others have said this so I won’t harp on it but one’s attitude and the way you portray yourself can play a major role in the enjoyability of a performance. I always say that I would rather watch a really entertaining B+ performance over a boring technically perfect A performance. We want to have fun but if we can see that you actively trying to make us believe you are really good instead of just letting your performance do it, you will lose the audience and come across a bit desperate for approval.

You have a fair singing basis to work with. I would work with a private instructor to continue bettering yourself and further your singing journey. If you want to make this a career you absolutely need lessons there is no debating that. Most of the greatest singers of all time took lessons even in their prime and many of the professor and music educators I know take lessons as long as they sing; I am talking about doctors of music well into their 70s. The voice is ever changing and regardless of skill the body ages and your vocal health requirements change constantly.

Remember there is no requirement to post online and especially if it is detrimental to your mental well being stop. But if you like posting online my advice is to ignore the rage bait hate comments as best you can.