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Do you know loving the sound of your own voice definitely will improve the quality of your voice overnight?

Liking your voice is one of the most important items to work on but it can be many times the last thing on an ecstatic brand new singer’s “to do” list mainly because they are just stressed out by all the options they imagine to begin with. A novice singer is totally focused on virtually every note they sing, so even while liking your voice sounds simple in theory, it is very challenging to practice except when you put effort into it. Listening very intently and liking the sound of your voice is very important to monitor because:

* What exactly is perhaps most difficult to control is the voice in your head judging every note that the audience can practically hear which is projected while you are singing, thus diminishing your vocal performance.

* Consistently analyzing your voice quite simply takes you away from the pure essence and beauty of your voice because you’ve lost being in that moment with the song, which in the end is the same thing as being an observer of yourself in another Universe!

* You are going to tense up your body when you are paying too much attention to your voice, which of course leads to tightness in your vocal cords that will kill the notes and your singing performance.

Actually the key cause of stage fright and performance anxiety is this fact of being too stressed and tense.

Connecting yourself to the story of the song is definitely the initial thing one should do to really enjoy and feel the joy of singing. Concentrating on the story behind a song and attaching emotions that mean something to you personally rather than concentrating on your shortcomings (which may be real or imagined), will help you and your singing tremendously. Without regard to the genre of song you are singing, if you are feeling good, it is tough to tense up. Obtaining balance in your singing voice is an important thing to work on when singing for your overall conditioning, mentally, emotionally and physically.

On my own website I go over how critical a relaxed diaphragm is key to proper singing technique and will reveal the concept briefly here. Imagine the feeling of when or why you smile as you take a deep breath in, thus fully relaxing your body and your diaphragm (a muscle along the base of your rib cage) that allows you to harness the core energy you are creating now. Employing this same exercise and applying it to liking your own voice can lead to success just as it will also work on your overall singing as well. Singers have to get out of their analytical mind and more into their bodies, meaning to be focused on the present. So whenever you are focused on your daily singing exercises, remember this exercise we just tried and start to program “feeling good” as you take a breath, which we will now all call the “smiling diaphragm”.

Now that your diaphragm is smiling, you have to admit it is very hard to tense up when you are feeling this happy and good! Re-programming your subconscious to vary the path of how it used to do it, to a new and much better way always increases results. As you become accustomed to relaxing your diaphragm by incorporating the exercise of breathing deeply and smiling, you need to get used to really enjoying your voice as you will certainly get better at using your breath to sing. Delight in this very moment and every second you have, but primarily focus on this extraordinary new feeling of singing you will have. Your singing voice is a muscle and as with any muscle, if you continue to exercise you will get more vocal strength and ultimately fine control the more you do it. Eventually through this regular training, your voice is only going to sound better and better the more you keep getting this done. Judging your practice sessions is the worst thing you can do as this would only slow down your vocal development so please don’t do this and simply enjoy your voice since I know I most certainly will if you always keep smiling.

As you can see as a result of everything you read through, simply liking your voice will enhance your singing and make it fun as well. For more great tips, check out my website for some comprehensive singing lessons online and other singing tips in audio and video.