How to Find Your Authentic Sound as a Singer

I want to jump right in today to a topic that so many singers stress about.

It's how to find your voice, your authentic sound.

I think we hear that language a lot.

You need to sound like you.

You need to lean into your true sound.

I very much believe that.

I find most vocal artists find more success when they really lean into who they truly are, how they want to communicate, what they want to communicate.

and what they truly sound like, their true voice.

But that's a really kind of big topic, isn't it? And I think it's daunting for a lot of people.

I hear so many singers say, I'm not sure what that is.

I don't know what is my true sound and what is years I've spent mimicking or singing in this style of band or in this genre because of job opportunities I've gotten.

So I want to jump into some tips and tools and tactics that you can play with today to help you find your sound.

I also want to preface this before we jump in by saying I feel the other thing that is daunting about it is people think, oh my gosh, I've got to find my sound and then that's who I am.

That's my sound forever.

And that feels, right, like really stressful, really limiting.

If you're being true to yourself, true to not only kind of the natural voice you bring, but where you are in your life, how you feel, what's important to you, that's going to change.

We change throughout our lives.

I sure hope that we do, which means very likely your sound, your style will change, or it can, or it doesn't have to.

So I always tell singers and vocal artists I work with that are worried about this topic, you don't have to decide the sound you're going to have and that you will never deviate from for the rest of your life.

That is way too overwhelming.

It's also likely not what you're going to do.

Very few of us just kind of choose one lane at whatever point we are in our lives and never change.

So no, we're talking about your natural sound, your natural voice.

And that is not something that you need to invent.

That's something you uncover.