Part 1: training sound
Learn how to sing. This is the cornerstone of your career as a singer. Although some performers with average singing level have made achievements in the singer industry (some of them are still successful), only those who are highly skilled and constantly improve their form and ability can gain respect as singers. Try different styles of singing and find a genre that really suits your voice. Try to know your range, what your voice is suitable for, what is easy for you, what is difficult, and what genre will make your voice tired. The good news is that all this can be done in the shower. When you realize your starting point, you will find that you have made a lot of progress.
2. Take vocal lessons. If you spend enough time, the vocal coach will turn you from a "cat called spring" into a well-controlled loud voice. If you keep practicing (and your coach is competent), you will find that your voice has improved significantly in a few weeks. This is very important to improve the sound intensity and overall quality; And if you can't pronounce it correctly, compulsory practice will damage the vocal cords. Inviting a vocal coach can theoretically prevent this from happening. If you can't afford to take vocal lessons, you can try to follow some vocal training tutorial programs at home. After all, these programs can teach you some basic principles of pronunciation skills. You may give up singing lessons for financial reasons, but you should know that most coaches will train students in a specific way, which is often established in the first few teaching days. Once you know how to achieve the result you want, theoretically you can practice it by yourself.
3. Learn to read music. American singer FantasiaBarrino can't even read music, but she succeeded-but it's rare after all. If you are going to communicate with professionals, reading music is the key to success-because it will make them take you seriously. So, join a band, take relevant courses and constantly improve your music theory skills. When you reach the highest level, people will want to compose music and accompany you. You have very little practice time and need a solid foundation. I can read the music and give you these.
Now that you have spent all your energy and time studying music, it is not difficult to master a musical instrument. Singers are usually ordinary and worthless, but people who can sing, play guitar, piano and drum at the same time are rare and "priceless".
4. Learn from the singer you admire. However, mere imitation is not enough. You must be creative to create your own sky. How does your favorite singer sing? What is their signature style? Don't think of this as a simple copy-think of two or three things they do well and start a combination. Besides their music, perhaps studying their lives will also help your career as a singer. How did they become professional singers? How did they reach the top of their careers step by step? Most importantly, what can you learn from it?
Part 2: Develop like an artist
1, used to be a performer. If there is only a radio, a singer may be just a singer, but in today's era, you have to be an artist. When you leap onto the stage, you should have enough confidence to hold your audience firmly and let them stay in their seats to watch your performance. How do you gain confidence? Practice, practice, practice again, and seize every opportunity to perform! Even a small thing like singing karaoke will give you time to perform in front of everyone. Take part in auditions for talent shows, sing in the open air at night, join a choir or troupe, and you will be better at it as long as you do everything you can sing in front of people (maybe you will meet someone who can help you! )
Find your own style. Try different singing styles and different types of music, find a style that suits your personality and present your best voice at the same time. You must want people to recognize your voice when they hear it. If they can't distinguish your voice, you might as well do something else. Embrace what makes your voice unique. At first, you may feel that the clean and jerk in your voice is not good, but there is absolutely no need to overcome this problem. You should use it as your advantage. Adele's voice is foggy and slippery, but it is very distinctive; Amy. Winehouse's voice is a bit rough, but it is very distinctive; Justin. Timberlake has a nasal sound, but it is also very distinctive. Whatever you are now, keep it up.
3. Create your own works. Start writing at once-you need to constantly spend time and energy to improve your song writing skills. When you are ready to submit your works to producers or similar people, you can filter out your best works and eliminate the less excellent ones. Sooner or later, you need to write your own songs. If you are not so good at composing music, you might as well start by writing lyrics. Once you have created the lyrics and tunes in your mind, you may meet a friend who likes playing guitar to help you play them. When you earn a million dollars, you can give him a 3% profit on this song, or you can invite him to dinner now.
4. Become famous in the community where you live. Everyone starts somewhere, and the easiest place to start is your hometown. Even if your hometown is a small town, there are opportunities to strengthen your professionalism, but opportunities will not come to you. You need to create your own opportunities. Join the local theater. Many singers have modern dance skills, and singing and dancing on the stage is very cool.
Low-key performances in cafes or bars. If you can play musical instruments (or have a friend who is willing to cooperate with you) and are willing to spend a little money on performances, there may be one or two cafes that are willing to invite you to play some soothing background music occasionally. You may just play to fill your stomach, but-this is just the beginning! If it seems a little scary, let's start from where the live music is played and join a band that is performing a special performance. Ask them if you are allowed to sing a song or two-if you sing well enough, they will remember you and your relationship will only grow by leaps and bounds. Can you say this is a substitute?
5. establish contact. Start your career by uploading your work on a video website and let your friends record your performance-the higher the quality, the better. Create Weibo, MySpace, Facebook and Twitter accounts to promote your songs. You need a group of fans who understand and support you, and your first album can sell well! These things will be very useful when you start making promotional materials. If you can't be found online, you have almost no sense of existence. Build your online image and make sure that people who may be searching for something "similar" to you can find you.
Part 3: Go up a flight of stairs
1, give paid performances regularly. This may mean many things-joining a band, singing in a local cafe, performing on Broadway or a cruise ship, or even recording commercials-and your goal is to make a living as a singer. Let go and do it! At first, you can go to entertainment places to investigate which local bands are there, contact bands or places that advertise on billboards and job advertisements, and look for singers, backup singers and the like. Doing so may mean that you will move to a big city. An artistic career like a singer may not have room for development everywhere, but it may get better opportunities in big cities. Think about it, if it looks promising, consider moving!
2. Buy equipment. First, you need a microphone. Secondly, you may benefit from investing in the sound system-not all places have this, and they will tell you, "If you can bring your own sound system, we will definitely invite you." Don't miss the program because there is no perfect system (it will cost a lot of money to rent it constantly). With your own equipment, you don't need to rely on anyone. You can also consider buying some recording equipment for your home. If you mix well and the studio quality is good, that would be great. You can update videos on the video website every week!
3. Make your own recording CD. At this point, you hope that you have had enough contact with the music circle, and you can find a better recording studio and a few acquaintances to help you record some songs. This recording is always very useful-you can send it to the record company, upload it to your personal online portfolio, or just play it when people are trying to prove that you should give up singing. If you can't afford to rent a studio (which may be quite expensive), it will be very convenient to have equipment at home. As long as you master the relevant skills, there are many free software online that can also make music. Whatever you do, don't be satisfied easily. You think it's good enough Your burning CD needs the best lighting effect to highlight you. The more professional you sound, the more money you earn.
4. Hire a broker. If you want to send your demo to a promising record company, you need an agent. Larger companies don't accept "uninvited things", such as music works of ordinary people without agents. Technically, an agent can be anyone, but the better your agent is, the more opportunities you have to perform. When it comes to working with an agent, make sure that your agent believes in your music and will not exploit you. A good broker can only make money if you make money, and he sincerely believes that this will happen, which is why he/she signed an agreement with you in the first place. You can find brokers on forums through the Internet, and even a friend of yours may be trying to enter this industry.
5. Send samples of your work. This is really not what you should do, but what your agent should do. You just need to constantly improve yourself, sell yourself and do your best to perform every performance well. I hope the project will get bigger and bigger, and then one day you will get a call from Mr. broker saying that you signed a record company! Hooray! You can find the contact information of many music companies online. The smaller the company, the more open it is to all kinds of content, not just the record companies you have heard of.
You may also want to send promotional materials to give people an intuitive impression of your overall feeling and get all the necessary information. You can do it yourself, but having someone (experienced person) to do it for you may benefit you a lot.
6. Improve your appearance. Now, you have almost reached the pinnacle of international reputation, but who are you? After all, LadyGaga is not always LadyGaga. You don't need to change yourself, but you need a clear shape positioning. Without a clear positioning of shape (and feeling), there will be no definite audience. Your agent or consultant may have a serious opinion on this issue, and if there is a record company, the record company may also have an opinion. Seriously consider any suggestion that makes you make a major change-if it is later revealed that you once wore a pigtail and burst it at will, you will regret it.
7. Promotion, promotion, promotion. As a singer, you don't have much rest time (except that this job doesn't look like work). Seek every opportunity to turn an ordinary day into a profitable day. If you don't have time to go back to your home to rest, you have to stay in the car for one night, so leave it to fate. Get your family and friends involved in the promotion process. They can not only recommend you to their family and friends, but also become great T-shirt billboards, groupies and communicators.
Just because someone hasn't called you doesn't mean he's not interested in you. When you enter a restaurant without live music and go to the auditorium in the off-season, ask them if they need you to perform. Opportunity may knock at your door or open the door for you.
Practice, practice, practice again. Whether it's singing in the shower or singing to grandparents, you should practice. If you don't practice, you will never make progress.
Find music that suits your voice. There is no point in singing classical music, opera or rock and roll if you find the range uncomfortable. If you are uncomfortable when singing, your voice will become tense, which will never be solved.
Drink more water, stay away from smoking and excessive drinking, and keep your voice healthy.
Find happiness in singing. Nothing attracts people's attention more than seeing a person in his right environment. If you love singing, whatever you sing will be a wonderful performance.
If someone offers to help you make a record, don't say yes at once. Make sure you know this person and this record company.
Realize that it takes time to improve your voice and voice, and it takes longer to convince others how great you are.
When choosing karaoke music, be clear that you need to attract the audience within the first 30 seconds. Don't pick a song that can't be at its best at a decisive moment.
If you want to be famous and go out without paying much attention, dress up to avoid your fans.
Don't eat too much food before singing or auditioning, it will make your voice strange and you may have a stomachache.
Warning: You will face many rejections in your career path. If you know you can't handle this problem well, maybe you can consider other options.