How to Improve Your Singing

Singers are a very special kind of musicians. While guitar players, drummers, and pianists rely on their physical instruments, singers have their tool inside them. Maintaining its quality is a special task.

You can learn how to care for your voice and get the best out of it. We've gathered the 8 best tips on how to improve your voice. Some vocal tips may seem obvious, some might be new for you.

Are you having cracks in your voice when singing? Does the throat hurt after singing? That's a sign you need to warm up (more) next time. Your vocal cords need a warm up, just like your body muscles before doing sports.

What is a vocal warm-up? A set of exercises which prepare the voice and body for singing or speaking. It includes the following:

No worries if you haven't done it before: It's not difficult and many people have recorded tutorials showing warm up exercises.

How deep or high you start, depends on the type of your voice. Make sure to warm up both, the chest and head voices.

How to improve your voice? By practicing! Just like every other workout, you need to train your voice daily. A short daily practice will make your vocal cords stronger. Day by day, your voice will become better. If you can afford, try to sing for a couple of hours daily.

Take care before important gigs and auditions: Don't overdo the night before. You need your voice smooth and rested when performing. Better sing just a little the day before.

When it comes down to it, if you're not happy with your tone quality, it's probably because of the way you're using your body to produce your sound. If you can learn to sing in a free flowing manner without anything restricting you, your natural tone will shine through and you'll sound fantastic.

When most people begin to sing they have the tendency to 'push' their voice. What this does is tightens up things, and engages the swallowing muscles. When this occurs you'll immediately loose a lot of your tone, because you'll be cutting off your air supply.