Not the Best Singer? Here’s How I Make My Voice Shine!

For any of you curious enough to look a bit closer, let’s be fair ... my voice ain't the best. For example, I can't riff and run up and down the scales to high degrees like some people can super quickly flipping back and forth between many notes all at once. I just can't do that.

Plus, my range is quite limited in terms of how far reaching each note I can get to is. My voice can be naturally quite high and quite low when speaking but while singing, there are plenty of notes "there" that I can't hit from "here" and in plenty of cases I can’t hit at all.

So, what does that mean for me in terms of my artistry and what it means to Follow Your Art? I have to use whatever my voice is capable of (taking into account what my voice is NOT capable of) and maximize that to whatever degree is possible wherever and whenever I can.

To use an analogy, let’s say I'm fat. There is lots that I can’t do about that in the immediate future. It just wouldn’t make a difference. But … because this shirt makes me look a little more trim, maybe I start wearing shirts like this one until I'm in better shape. Beyond that, if I'm trying to attract a particular partner or kind of partner, I'm going to make sure, across the board, I smell good. I'm going to make sure my nails are trimmed. I'm going to make sure my state of mind when engaging with people is at least as good of one as I can get where I'm smiling and feeling good and that might make you smile and feel good when you're around me. More attractive. You get that?

I want the pros of who I am and how I show up to outweigh the cons of the limits of what my voice is capable of from the stage. This doesn’t mean my voice isn’t capable of a lot it is. I want to make it even better.

So not only that, but my presence on stage has also got to be in tip fucking top shape. Again, it's about maximizing whatever assets are at my disposal. I don't have to be capable of what the other guys and gals can do. I just got to take what I'm good at, embrace that, and fundamentally create a space where this has an even more powerful effect on the audience listening. That in place, it’s safe to say I'm not here to play the other guy's game.

One final note: this is NOT about making anyone else look worse. This is about amping up how effectively, at the end of the day, I come off to anyone from the outside looking in during my vocal performances because I may not be the best … but you can bet, as a wise man once said, “I will NOT be outworked. Period.” Something to think about.