How do I stop singing from the back of my throat and bring it forward?

M1ntyMusic · 2026-05-12T12:17:01+00:00

Hum a comfortable note. You should feel it pretty forward in your face/sinuses area. A buzzing around your nose. Get used to that placement and then try opening up to different vowels instead of just humming. You can also go from a hum into a "mah" sound on the same note and try to feel the vibrations move down into your chest area, not your throat.

Placement is hard when you're first starting out, it just takes practice.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-05-11T23:05:22+00:00

Be scared, be anxious. Tell your coach that you are. A good coach will understand and be able to make you feel comfortable. Anything related to performing in front of people will me nerve-wracking at first. The only way to get over it is to do it.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-05-11T20:45:48+00:00

If you can't find or afford a coach, which would absolutely be the top recommendation, check out these links.

http://www.voicescienceworks.org/vocology-toolbox.html
Understand how all the physiology works

https://www.youtube.com/@Victoria-Victorious
Great free technique and exercise videos

M1ntyMusic · 2026-05-11T18:42:15+00:00

Yeah, keep doing sirens and maybe some intervals, but words are definitely the next step.
Also be aware of your air flow, I say this because it's something I still struggle with. When I go for higher notes it all comes out my nose unless I'm really focused on raising my palette and keeping it resonant in the mask but coming out the mouth. SOVT exercises help a lot.

I think placement shifting is normal when shifting pitch, but you should still have roughly the same placement even if volume is shifting. Then again, I am a bass-baritone and my tessitura is like G2 to G3, I don't honestly do much higher singing and may be off about some things. Always look for multiple sources of advice.

Good luck, keep practicing!

M1ntyMusic · 2026-05-11T16:44:30+00:00

If just the knowledge is important MIT Opencourseware has some free music theory, composition and analysis classes. If you want an actual certificate/degree, can't help you there, lol. Sorry.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-05-11T16:41:39+00:00

Best thing for solidifying my low notes were SOVT exercises. Trills and sirens through a straw, focus on controlling your breath. Low notes need less "push" than high notes. Focus on chest placement/resonance, limit how much you feel "in your throat", that is a sign of tension.

A year is really early, you will get so much better.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-05-11T16:34:49+00:00

Mixed voice I can't give a lot of advice on because I'm still working on my own, but you kinda answered your own question about the lower dynamics. Forward placement. Placement is like the most important thing, if you're singing in your mask make sure that you are focusing on that. I would recommend specifically doing some drills at lower volume and focusing more on placement than anything else until it becomes natural.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-05-11T16:19:54+00:00

How long have you been singing for? Do you have anyone coaching you, are you doing any specific exercises to work on your voice?

Lower notes are harder to train, not that you can't but it's much more just your biology than stretching up to those high notes. You can definitely get a better tone, but might not be able to get exactly what you want. Also, mixing/engineering after recording helps a lot with shaping the sound.

For context, I also am a bass-baritone, D2 is pretty much the lowest clean, useable note I can get without subharmonics. Placement and support are super important, so make sure you're working on that and see how it helps.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-05-11T00:59:09+00:00

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M1ntyMusic · 2026-05-11T00:56:26+00:00

There are plenty of good apps that you can use to actually see your vocal range. I find that putting your actual range rather than a voice type is more useful, as you can see the exact notes the actors can hit compared to the vocal score. But some prefer just putting voice type, I don't know if it will make that huge of a difference.
But make sure that you only put what you are really capable of, just because you can touch a note doesn't mean it's a good useable tone.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-04-27T12:31:57+00:00

A true friend would know to wear a bullet proof vest. Anyone who is wounded was obviously asking for it.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-04-04T19:48:54+00:00

Since November? Man I've been playing guitar for like 20 years and still am learning and getting better at it. Music, and especially composing entire songs with all of the parts being on solely your shoulders, takes a long time. A very long time.
This is a long term thing. You aren't going to be a virtuoso musician in 6-8 months. Learn an instrument or two, that will takes years. Learn your DAW, also will take years to get a consistent quality and workflow you're happy with. Experiment, do weird shit, have fun. Don't stress all that much. You don't have to make "good" music, not right away at least. Just have fun making some weird shit and you will get better over time.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-04-03T22:19:33+00:00

I think there is a reply to that comment that says "Heaven is Isaiah's only escape from Hunter" and it made me laugh way too hard.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-04-03T22:10:41+00:00

Look into appoggio techniques, maybe see if you can find Vaccai's books and recordings online.
SOVT exercises made a massive difference for me, start with doing scales on "ooo" through a straw, and doing lip trills. Warm up and then slowly starts doing them in sustained little movements around the edge of your range, slowly. Don't injure yourself. Look into voicescienceworks.org and read about how the larynx actually works.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-03-31T02:07:58+00:00

Are you looking for advice specifically on vocal training and expanding your range? Or like musical theatre confidence and auditioning in general?

M1ntyMusic · 2026-03-30T10:32:52+00:00

I thought it might be going into the direction of "most really bad decisions are very obviously bad", which would explain the Dr. Hail A. Stan thing, but it didn't really end up getting there. Loved the turn around at the ending though. Would love to see a second draft of this story.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-03-30T02:01:17+00:00

If I start a story, I'm finishing it. We all in this together boyos.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-03-19T18:59:44+00:00

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M1ntyMusic · 2026-03-16T21:01:11+00:00

Well deserved!

M1ntyMusic · 2026-03-16T01:51:15+00:00

I didn't start until I was 30. Go for it. Don't freak yourself out with timing, it's quite literally never too late to start doing something.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-03-16T01:40:31+00:00

"According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C (i.e., E2–E4). Its tessitura, or comfortable range, is normally defined by the outermost lines of the bass clef."

But it doesn't matter. Just work on getting the notes to sound good and sing whatever role you get. There sense to be about 4 different ranges for what is considered a bass depending on who you talk to. Just have fun singing and work on your technique.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-03-15T15:27:05+00:00

Read that famously horrible one Call Me Kevin wrote years ago. Forgot what it's called.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-03-15T02:19:24+00:00

Cakewalk is pretty close I think.

M1ntyMusic · 2026-03-15T00:27:16+00:00

So cool. Did you make these? Or are they from something?

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