Choosing The Perfect Song
- Practicing Variety
- The Qualities Of Your Voice
- Genres
Have you ever been to karaoke and had trouble picking a song? Have you ever been anxious to sing a song that you feel you know?
Choosing the right song can be easy if you understand your own voice. Different songs will teach you different vocal techniques.
You want to ask yourself: What song capitalizes on the qualities of my voice? Song Choice can be relatively important for auditions.
This is where knowing the genre, and understanding your strong suits as an artist come into play.
Practice Variety For The Perfect Song
Have you ever been requested to sing something by someone and got anxious when you weren’t ready for it?
You thought about the many songs that you could sing but then remembered all the hard parts. This made you tense up and second guess your ability to sing.
Practicing a variety of songs will help you get past this fear. You want to practice fast, slow, soft, and powerful songs.
Doing so helps prepare you for any song that may have those same qualities. Your flexibility will be what grows you as an artist.
The more you have exposure to, the less you are to feel uncertain when singing or choosing a song.
The Qualities Of Your Voice
How do we know what songs sound good for our voices? Ask yourself if you have a soft voice, or if you have a loud voice.
There is nothing wrong with having soft vocals, it’s what you do with those vocals.
Everyone has the ability to sing. But not everyone spends the time finding what their voice sounds good with.
When choosing a song to sing, think about the qualities your voice already has and choose a song that fits.
For example, if you tend to have a soft voice, generally, it’s easier for you to sing soft songs. If you use a lot of power, it may be harder for you to soften my voice.
Remember, If you have the 5 fundamental things of a song, you will always sound good.
There are many vocal skills a singer can have like: belting, riff, and breathing control.
Compare those abilities to singers that have similar qualities. Then pick a song that showcases your ability to mimic those techniques.
Genres And Energy
Genres are important as they separate music into categories. These categories also help tell us what kind of energy the song will have.
When choosing a song you want to be able to keep the right energy. Your stage presence will reflect your energy so picking a song that matches your vibe will overall be in your best interest.
The more relatable you are in the song the better. If you find your voice has more RNB style then sing RNB songs. If you feel your voice is light and has more flexibility with POP. Sing Pop music.
Choosing a song is only hard if you don’t know where to look.