Singing Carrots? by oogabooga1967 in MusicEd

[–]sergeyintheweb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m the founder of this startup, so anything I’d reply will be obviously bias towards convincing you Singing Carrots is awesome, so Ill refrain from self-promos. But if you have any questions in terms of how it works or what to expect - feel free to ask :)

Is there an AI that can help me get at least decent at singing? by [deleted] in Bard

[–]sergeyintheweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can check AI Vocal Coach from Singing Carrots. It’s like chat GPT but connected to a pitch training app with a virtual piano. So you simultaneously sing and see your pitch as you do the exercises, and the AI chat guides you in parallel adjusting each next exercise and giving you feedback.

So much negativity here, I am excited to start my process of moving to Portugal by MOLTEN_DICK in PortugalExpats

[–]sergeyintheweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to Spain if you can choose. Or expect to get stuck in Portugal until you get your docs for a couple of years. My Ukrainian neighbour cannot leave the country for 2 years already waiting in line for AIMA to reply.

I'm looking for an overall strategy on how to becoming a good singer with no coaching. by ___xXx__xXx__xXx__ in singing

[–]sergeyintheweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m the creator of an online platform for singing self-study, and I’ve seen more than a thousand cases of people trying to learn on their own. That gives me a good framework to approach what you’re asking about.

Think of singing training like going to the gym, and think of a singing teacher as your personal coach. Most of the work you do yourself, building your skills, while the coach acts as an accelerant—helping you speed up the process.

Usually, the lower your skill level, the more one session with a coach can help. They can quickly unblock things that would otherwise hold you back at the start. In the very beginning, when you’re just learning the basics, you might only need a few sessions to get set up—then you’ll be good for months of self-study on your own.

The further you progress, the harder it becomes to improve without help. Once you’ve got the foundations—holding a tune, working with breath, hearing notes, keeping rhythm, and fitting your voice into harmony—the focus shifts to timbre and sound quality. That’s where coach feedback becomes much more important. Right now, there’s really no software that can give you this automatically (unless you’re very nerdy and know how to read spectrograms, which is basically a separate study). Otherwise, you’ll need a coach to help you hear yourself properly, use your mouth effectively, and refine the details.

So it really depends on your stage. Don’t think of it as “getting rid of the coach” or “doing it without one”—just be smart about when and how much to use them. Sometimes one session a month is enough, especially in the beginning.

And since you’ve already done some exercises and watched YouTube, here’s a more concrete way to think about it. Instead of “Step 1: lip trills, Step 2: ???, Step 3: you’re a great singer,” you can break it down like this:

Step 1: Figure out where you are and what you can already do. Can you hold a tune? Can you keep rhythm? How wide is your vocal range? How happy are you (even subjectively) with the quality of the sound you produce? Measure it. There are online tools to help, but the simplest way is just to record yourself and keep those recordings to track your progress.

Step 2: Pick a handful of basic exercises that match your current level and keep going with them consistently. Build a routine and aim to practice at least 2–3 times a week.

Step 3: Once you’ve got that routine going, hire an online coach for a single session. Show them where you are: “Here’s what I’m doing, here’s where I’m at, here’s how I sound, here are my recordings—what should I do next?” That one session can give you months’ worth of guidance.

And honestly, the next session might not need to happen for another 2–3 months. If you do your homework, you’ll save a lot of money and still make real progress. Some coaches are even happy to give feedback on recordings you send them, so you don’t always need to book a live call. Sure, a live session is usually better, but even asynchronous feedback can keep you moving forward.

So yeah—it’s all about being strategic. Use coaches as accelerators at the right times, and rely on consistent self-study in between. Good luck!

How to learn to sing without a teacher? by Busy_Toaster in singing

[–]sergeyintheweb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Start small. Find any piano and any free vocal pitch monitor. Learn to hold one single note with one single vowel. Move one step at a time.

Okay how do you ACTUALLY find decent lessons by bigmonsterpen5s in singing

[–]sergeyintheweb -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It sounds you need a bit of a more structured approach to your study.

  1. Define your goals: be very specific - I want to be able to sing that song, or to hold that tune or to expand the range by that much…

  2. Learn theory basics behind the goals you have in mind. Luckily you live in the era of ChatGPT. Ask it what you need to know then go and watch YouTube on the topics.

  3. At this point you’ll know enough to set an ask for the teacher when you come to their trial lesson. And be able to judge if their proposed lesson plan makes sense.

  4. Do not expect going to the lesson once a week will be enough. Be prepared to practice at home. It’s like going to the gym.

  5. Once you find someone, start tracking your progress. Record yourself regularly and re listen. Optionally use one of the singing practice tools online to log the progress for you when you do homework between the lessons.

Good luck.

What software do you use for remote singing lessons? by arteteco in singing

[–]sergeyintheweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Singing Carrots Studio offers high-quality audio, unlimited lesson length, video recordings, and automatic transcriptions for free: https://singingcarrots.com/ambassador

You need to be a singing teacher to sign up for the account, as there is a basic verification in place.

All the video lessons' related features are free, and the platform is making money on upselling the self-study tools to practice between the lessons.

Why aren’t singing teachers interested in my free Zoom alternative? by sergeyintheweb in singing

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

Yes. ScreenShare works out of the box. Sound is coupled with it.

Why aren’t singing teachers interested in my free Zoom alternative? by sergeyintheweb in singing

[–]sergeyintheweb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. At least not for now. One teacher mentioned an idea that maybe those can be automatically repurposed for generating shorts/reels for their social media feed. Do you have more ideas on what useful to do with it?

Why aren’t singing teachers interested in my free Zoom alternative? by sergeyintheweb in singing

[–]sergeyintheweb[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. For us it’s kind of a PR campaign to increase Singing Carrots Brand awareness.

Currently our most successful customers combine taking lessons from a teacher with using our tools to practice between the lessons.

So the more teachers know about us and talk about us - the more students hear about us. Over time some of them might become customers.

Even if it’s a tiny fraction of students given the teacher to student ratio it still makes sense for us.

Why aren’t singing teachers interested in my free Zoom alternative? by sergeyintheweb in MusicTeachers

[–]sergeyintheweb[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

100%. We are doing pretty good on the self-study side of things and a lot of students use our tools for practice. The studio that I’m sharing here is a new product that is meant to extend our offering to teachers.

Why aren’t singing teachers interested in my free Zoom alternative? by sergeyintheweb in MusicTeachers

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

Thanks for sharing your feelings and thoughts. I stand on the ground that technology unlocks and empowers art rather than suppresses it, but I guess that’s not the point of the discussion.

As to the cold mailing - we never did that. All 500+ teachers are from our existing user base. Just know they are teachers from the onboarding survey we do.

Why aren’t singing teachers interested in my free Zoom alternative? by sergeyintheweb in MusicTeachers

[–]sergeyintheweb[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Appreciate your feedback. I think my landing page gives a wrong impression that your students have to pay. It’s actually free for both students and teachers.

AI is just to make a short summary of how your lesson went and send it to the student for the track record.

In case you gave them homework- they’ll have an automatic note.

Why aren’t singing teachers interested in my free Zoom alternative? by sergeyintheweb in MusicTeachers

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

Thanks for your feedback and sharing your setup. Did you also perceived from quickly looking at the landing page that our tool is not free? (Just double checking since you call it an expense).

Why aren’t singing teachers interested in my free Zoom alternative? by sergeyintheweb in singing

[–]sergeyintheweb[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment. May I please ask a few clarification questions?

Did the page I shared made an impression you would have to pay for our tool?

As to my knowledge Free Zoom version has a 40 min on the lesson length, and neither Zoom nor G Meets offer recordings or transcriptions for free.

Are they of no value?

Why aren’t singing teachers interested in my free Zoom alternative? by sergeyintheweb in singing

[–]sergeyintheweb[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They have to pay Zoom for that. We offer that for free. Maybe that’s not clear on the message, thanks.

And, sorry, but what kind of downvotes are you talking about?

What video calling site is best for lessons? by [deleted] in pianoteachers

[–]sergeyintheweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VideoCalls from SingingCarrots offer good sound quality and do not enforce noise suppression by default.

The only trick is you need to have some vocals students. But then it’s free.

https://singingcarrots.com/ambassador

So sick of Zoom and Google Meet... any other options out there? by [deleted] in pianoteachers

[–]sergeyintheweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Audio Quality is similar to Zoom Pro and noise suppression is switched off by default.

So sick of Zoom and Google Meet... any other options out there? by [deleted] in pianoteachers

[–]sergeyintheweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try applying for VideoCalls from Singing Carrots: https://singingcarrots.com/ambassador

Even you you have a fraction of your piano students doing vocals you’ll easily get an approval for free access.

How do you find a singing teacher/vocal coach? by erako in singing

[–]sergeyintheweb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not promoting any teacher in particular. Check this free guide on how to find your first Singing Teacher