Members Howie22 Posted September 19, 2008 Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 I despise it - I'm overly critical. I hear every nuance that the average person wouldn't even notice - every shaky note, every pitch problem, every volume change, every poor pronunciation, etc. Wondering if this is a universal thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ToneGrail Posted September 19, 2008 Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 I don't mind the sound of my singing voice, but I despise the sound of my talking voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cherri Posted September 19, 2008 Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 I'm used to hearing myself. We use recordings of gigs as learning tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eeglug Posted September 19, 2008 Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 I'm not happy with it but have come to just deal with whatever results I can attain. I'm more used to/comfortable hearing my singing voice than I am of hearing myself speak on a recording, which I'm repulsed by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members search now Posted September 19, 2008 Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 I like some of it and a lot of it I dont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pmtrub Posted September 19, 2008 Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 The more I record myself and work through the things I don't like, the more I grow to like my voice. Knowledge and experience are power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bryan316 Posted September 19, 2008 Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 I've recently done my vocals for a 5-song EP. First time I could ever stand hearing myself. Live, I always hate watching the videotapes afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Howie22 Posted September 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 I've recently done my vocals for a 5-song EP. First time I could ever stand hearing myself. Live, I always hate watching the videotapes afterwards. Did the engineer use Autotune/Melodyne, or was it just the difference of recording in a relaxed studio environment with high quality mics? I actually don't mind the overall tone and sound of my voice, it's just that I hear the imperfections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SevenString Posted September 20, 2008 Members Share Posted September 20, 2008 I'm going to go against the grain here, and say that I like my recorded voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Music Calgary Posted September 20, 2008 Members Share Posted September 20, 2008 I like the sound of my voice on finished recordings which are well done -- other than that no. In particularly voiceover work. I'm getting used to it but for a time the sound of my ads was unbearable. In the past I did some radio ads for stations I listen to and had to turn them off during the day until the run was over because it just irked me. Irrational I know... Nature must have built in a dislike for our own voices for a purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZeppelinPie792 Posted September 20, 2008 Members Share Posted September 20, 2008 I like listening to myself when I talk, but I hate hearing myself on recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members search now Posted September 20, 2008 Members Share Posted September 20, 2008 I'm going to go against the grain here, and say that I like my recorded voice. You can sing then. Or you are tone deaf bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SBF3000 Posted September 20, 2008 Members Share Posted September 20, 2008 I don't like my voice until I hear it in the mix....when I am on. When I am off I want to give the microphone to Gibert Godfrey and walk away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SevenString Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 You can sing then. Or you are tone deaf bad. You pick... [YOUTUBE]cofwlYBXng4[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members search now Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 I dont like hearing my own voice. I do like smelling my own {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miket156 Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 I don't care for my tone very much, especially when I hear my recorded voice. I sound OK live, especially if I'm well rested and in "good voice". Some nights my voice is right on, other times I sing out of key a bit. That makes for a long night for me as well as the audience. Nothing are perfect. Mike T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members search now Posted September 24, 2008 Members Share Posted September 24, 2008 I don't care for my tone very much, especially when I hear my recorded voice. I sound OK live, especially if I'm well rested and in "good voice". Some nights my voice is right on, other times I sing out of key a bit. That makes for a long night for me as well as the audience.Nothing are perfect.Mike T. you dont like your singing but are willing to expose other people to it ,as long as you dont have to hear it? Thats cruel and selfish. I dont like being mean but sometimes someone has to be the prick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members search now Posted September 24, 2008 Members Share Posted September 24, 2008 I think you sing good and have a natural ability. You shouldnt lock your jaw like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SevenString Posted September 24, 2008 Members Share Posted September 24, 2008 I think you sing good and have a natural ability. You shouldnt lock your jaw like that. I'm not sure what you mean by "lock my jaw". My mouth is opening and closing, my jaw is moving so... Now Peter Cetera... THERE'S a guy with some lock-jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members search now Posted September 24, 2008 Members Share Posted September 24, 2008 I'm not sure what you mean by "lock my jaw". My mouth is opening and closing, my jaw is moving so... Now Peter Cetera... THERE'S a guy with some lock-jaw. jaw hung open loose,not clenched open like you are at the dentist ,I think the word was "fall' or something you were doing that on. You sing better than me so who am I to tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miket156 Posted September 24, 2008 Members Share Posted September 24, 2008 quote by search now: "I dont like hearing my own voice. I do like smelling my own {censored}." Smelling your own {censored} sounds more like the "Cruel and unusal punishment" you said that I do when I sing. You're a very strange person. Mike T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 311thewiser Posted September 24, 2008 Members Share Posted September 24, 2008 I think I sing ok, I love to sing but i wish my tone was better. My strength is in my range, vibrato, and ability to sing in tune. My tone could be better tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jersey Jack Posted September 26, 2008 Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 I hate the sound of my voice, but I've worked hard to desensitize myself by regularly recording and listening back to myself:) Now, it's not so bad, but it's taken a while. The fact is most people do not like the sound of their own voice--though some here express greater dismay at their speaking voice, the bottom line is that most of us are, well, repulsed when we encounter recordings of ourselves. It was always paradoxical to me that my recorded voice is what I really sound like and yet others don't hear it the way I do and routinely say I'm better than I believe myself to be. How could my experience be both more accurate and less accurate at the same time? Then I discovered the answer: I sound bad because I inevitably compare my recorded voice to the sound in my head, where internal bone resonance makes the sound richer. Because other people can't hear the sound inside my head, they don't have this comparison interfering with their judgment. Hence they don't have to deal with the immense drop-off in resonance that the singer himself has to deal with. So, because we are burdened with the comparison to internal resonance, we will always to some degree hear ourselves as worse than we actually are--even as we hear ourselves as we actually are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChordGirl Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 Then I discovered the answer: I sound bad because I inevitably compare my recorded voice to the sound in my head, where internal bone resonance makes the sound richer. Because other people can't hear the sound inside my head, they don't have this comparison interfering with their judgment. Hence they don't have to deal with the immense drop-off in resonance that the singer himself has to deal with. So, because we are burdened with the comparison to internal resonance, we will always to some degree hear ourselves as worse than we actually are--even as we hear ourselves as we actually are. Exactly. It's just like hearing your voice on a raw track as opposed to slapping some reverb and EQ on it. I used to HATE how my recorded voice sounded. Now that I can sing better and have gotten used to it, I am very happy with how it sounds~~So long as it's properly EQ'd. However, I recently recorded a song for another writer who thought it best to completely overprocess the vocals. I absolutely hate that recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Silverfox Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 At the moment: No, only when I growl In the future: Maybe I will improve, who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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