25 Female Trying To Find My Genre.. any help?

[Jade8971]

just another song i am trying out in another genre... opinions?

 

Nora Jones - Dont Know Why

 

 

John Mayer - Free Fallin

 

 

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[Gsoul82]

Well, you could always learn to sing whatever genre you want, but on these recordings, some of your inflections sound country-esque. I'd say, based on what you posted, I could hear you singing country, folk or pop just by continuing to do what you did here.

[KillerKu]

thank you so much!! this means a lot. yes  my dad isa professional guitar player for around 35 years. ive always sang since i was very little... i was in a bad car wreck as a baby and had a lot of family issues and was always in and out of the hospital as a kid so music really was my outlet for emotion. i think im just struggling i feel lost like i dont know what genre i belong to... i love indie folk and piano but i hear id do well with a swinger or jazz type singing... but i just dont really care for jazz

 

 

To be tidy I'm moving this quote here. I don't think you have many genre limitations. When I preferred At Last it is partly dynamics in the voice and might be influenced by my own preference for for jazz.

 

But I tend to enjoy dynamics in singing, with a bit more soar and roar here and there, so it's a tastes thing. I can't usually listen to say, a whole Nora Jones album as she is so low key, although her voice is nice in lower doses. She's really successful however so there are plenty of people that do. That said your cover here, I like, as it sounds like there is just a bit more oomph or engagement which I can relate to.

 

Again, John Mayer isn't one I can listen to that often cause he is often near whispering a lot of times, I don't get much 'tension, unpredictability or excitement' in his singing style. I like his guitar playing and have more interest in that, but as a singer he lacks dynamics and a rousing quality that excites me as a listener. You do sound good singing those songs here though. All of these genres you are doing pretty well as best as I can tell.

 

To try to get some perspective, on the far end of the musical spectrum there is a guy that is always low key. Always gives a soft, delicate, fairly predictable performance. Always uses the same tone. He's the best selling instrumentalist of the modern age: his name is Kenny G. Listening to his music is nearly torturous, and I'd take John Coltrane with his roaring fire, dynamics, unpredictable musicality, boundary pushing adventuresome free spirit, his willingness to break free from conventions, societal expectations, and so forth on the same instrument any day. But most people wouldn't. Kenny G outsells Coltrane on such an astronomical level it's impressive. 

 

To be clear I'm not saying when I hear you, it's unpleasant, cause you aren't 1/10th as bothersome as Kenny G. You sound good, your voice has a nice timbre, you don't sound like you're phoning it in. But you need to think of the big picture, I have minority tastes in music. Your most successful genre may not even connect with me much. Nora Jones and John Mayor outsell a lot of artists I'd prefer to listen to so if you follow your heart and sing what you really believe in as best as you can, it's better than boxing yourself into something that just doesn't fit for you. Only you can really answer what your genre(s) will be. If there is a technical hurdle in any of them, you can train your voice to overcome them. Voices can be pretty flexible in my experience.

[ronws]

You are choosing the genre by the songs that you post. And how does a singer choose a genre? Because they want that genre.

 

For example, some of have suggested that you can only sing rock if you sound raspy and strained. But the abilities of Rick Emmett and Geoff Tate would say that the clean voice can do rock, also.

 

Pat Benatar and Dee Snider were classically trained singers who chose rock and roll.

 

Ronnie Milsap started out in classical, went to rock, then made a career in country music.

 

So, only you can answer the question of what genre you are to sing.

[Denise Salmon]

Just keep on singing and after a  while you'll figure it out. It could be hard to choose, but they say you should sing from the heart