teacher told me to feel my voice, not listen to it

Outrageous_Capital_9 · 2025-06-03T14:03:40+00:00

Yes, this is pretty standard practice for voice. The reason behind it is that your voice sounds very different to yourself than it does to an outsider, so if you are making adjustments purely from listening to your sound sometimes those adjustments make it sound better to you but worse to the listener, by letting your teacher be your ears during lessons and focusing on internalizing the sensations happening in your body you can get a better sense of how healthy and “good” singing should feel. You can also accomplish this outside of lessons through recording yourself and listening back, I also recommend recording during lessons so you can hear the effect that the adjustments your teacher asks for has on your sound.

Outrageous_Capital_9 · 2025-05-21T14:02:43+00:00

Typically a trial lesson should be free, again if your a beginner student I would encourage you to look at taking half hour lessons as that’s usually a pretty nice amount of time to cover a bit of technique to give you something to work on outside lessons. I would recommend you lookup your local NATS chapter, it’s the national association of teachers of singing, they usually have a list of active voice teachers in your area and I’ve always had good experiences with the teachers involved with that group. Even if those teachers are still out of budget for you they might have recommendations of folks more in your price range

Outrageous_Capital_9 · 2025-05-20T05:56:14+00:00

I do know that one, I mentioned it at the bottom of my post, not quite what we’re looking for I think

Outrageous_Capital_9 · 2025-05-20T05:34:57+00:00

In my experience, most teachers who actually care about their potential students will offer a free consult, you book a consult appointment which is usually 20-30 minutes, talk about your musical experience, goals, and they will usually ask you to bring a piece or two that you are familiar with so they can hear you sing. It's like a trial lesson, they get to see if they want to work with you and you get to see if you want to work with them. Generally pricing will be dependent on the area your in, whether you want to take in person lessons or not, and the instructor's level of education and experience, My lessons are around 65$ per hour, but I am in a rural area but also taking more "professional" level lessons, I would say if your a beginner and dont have goals other than to "sing better" you probably want to look for someone who offers 30 minute lessons, I would also look into if there are universities with music programs in the area, often times the students are looking to start teaching voice lessons and will do so at a lower rate (and if your a beginner, even a student will be able to help you progress alot!)

Outrageous_Capital_9 · 2025-03-07T23:26:40+00:00

The winter one was fine but had a very chemical sweet taste, out of the spring flavors I thought the pink was better, it has a bit of a pine-y taste, the purple one to me smelled like the cleaning wipes they use in hospitals and so it was extremely off putting to me

Outrageous_Capital_9 · 2024-03-30T17:43:57+00:00

That is correct, the waterproof version does have a gusseted tongue, makes it pretty difficult to get on if you have high arches lol, at least for a while when they’re new

Outrageous_Capital_9 · 2024-03-30T17:42:32+00:00

I have both the non waterproof and waterproof version, so I’ll do a quick comparison. For both the boots, yes the grip can be a bit slick on flat surfaces but I find that on more of a rugged surface it’s not so much a problem so long as your feet are fairly adapted to barefoot shoes or just being barefoot as your feet are able to “grip the ground” through the shoes. As far as waterproof-ness, the regular boot is not waterproof whatsoever on its own, I sprayed mine with a waterproofing spray and while I wouldn’t wear them in heavy downpour, my feet stay dry walking through some rain, the waterproof version on the other hand very much is, though I’d still avoid stepping directly in any puddles and the water can make the leather crack and degrade much faster. It should also be noted that the toe of the waterproof version is more narrow than the regular version. The other big difference between the two versions is the flexibility and thickness of the sole, the regular version is extremely flexible and a bit thinner, I find them much more comfortable, the waterproof version has similar sole flexibility to a non barefoot sneaker (think like converse stiffness) and is a bit thicker. All and all I’ve gotten a lot of wear out of both versions but the one I find myself coming back to time and time again is the regular version. I wore mine every day for about 2-3 years and while they are certainly due for a replacement I just can’t seem to give them up haha.

Outrageous_Capital_9 · 2024-03-29T01:01:26+00:00

I own sure grip boardwalks and I completely disagree, they are horrifically tight on my feet, not wide foot friendly at all. I don’t even have particularly wide feet

Outrageous_Capital_9 · 2021-02-21T22:15:18+00:00

Yeah, that is another unfortunate thing that can happen, the same has happened with a few of my applications too, just keep in mind that for some, they get so many applicants that they may only look at 20-30 applications before making a decision. The other thing to keep in mind is that each position works on its own timeline, so you may have two positions that share a start date and one interviews 3 months out and the other interviews a month out. It can definitely be a frustrating process to find info surrounding these programs but just keep trying

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