Gentlemen, after your voice changed as an adolescent, did you ever find your singing voice again?

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I used to enjoy singing in church choir, but after my voice changed, I never felt comfortable singing again. (It doesn't help that I dropped out of church not long after my voice changed, so there was no chance of having a choir director work with me.) I seem to always sing off-key now, though it may be largely due to anxiety about my voice. I'm sure I could learn to sing again, but for now I have lost my singing voice.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

i found a new singing voice. Jon Anderson became Gene Simmons.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Peter Brady to thread.

― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

A few days ago I recorded myself singing along to a song for the first time in years, and when I listened to it again it all sounded horribly off-key and garbled. It was a depressing experience considering how important music is to me.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:59 (twenty-two years ago)

You have just described the tragedy of my life. But how to get around it? I plan to play only noise-rock, so all I have to do is scream. But if only...

― poop (poop), Sunday, 18 April 2004 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

if i don't practice constantly i lose my vocal strength very quickly, which is indeed depressing. hence practice.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Sunday, 18 April 2004 22:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I was a bit disappointed when I was no longer able to hit the high notes in Erasure's "A Little Respect".

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 18 April 2004 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

All that seemed to happen in my adolescence was that I got hit lower notes as well.
Then suddenly, in my late 20's (after years of abuse, it must be said) I suddenly lost access to / control of the upper register of my voice.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 19 April 2004 10:00 (twenty-two years ago)

i sung a bit of tenor (tho' really i'm more of a baritone), but I know EXACTLY what you're getting at, RS. The voice was never the same again. It's actually uncomfortable now to sing for long periods, although I can still hold a tune perfectly well. sigh.

― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 19 April 2004 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I couldn't sing before (parents' evening, when I was 10: 'he just sits there and croaks along'; teacher in front of class: 'maybe you'll be able to sing when your voice breaks'). I can't sing now. It would be unfair of me to sing in front of anyone.
Although I caught a man walking through the park today with headphones on singing extremely out of tune. It didn't help that he was singing very loudly, didn't know most of the words and English was almost certainly not his first language. It warmed me to think that other people sing as badly. But they should do it alone.

― Canada Briggs (Canada Briggs), Monday, 19 April 2004 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

It seems like the better I get at playing various instruments, the worse I am at singing, so I just don't do it too much anymore.

― webcrack (music=crack), Monday, 19 April 2004 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha am I allowed to post to this thread?

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 19 April 2004 14:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I couldn't sing AT ALL as a kid, and I can't sing now. I can only sing in tune even some of the time through sheer determination (and I have gotten better from when I used to simply refuse to do it), but I am just not a singer.

(x-post, NO.)

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 19 April 2004 14:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Aw.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 19 April 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

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