Do most singers hate their voice?

"We don't actually dislike our voice, we only dislike it when we know it's our voice." Studies have shown how people don't mind their own voice when they don't realise it belongs to them. In fact, they even rate it as more attractive than other people do.
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Do musicians hate their voice?

Totally normal — and not just for singers, but most everyone. The first time someone hears her/his own voice on a recording, she/he is almost always shocked. It's not so much hate, but rather a certain ambivalence.
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Is it normal to hate your voice in recordings?

The discomfort we have over hearing our voices in audio recordings is probably due to a mix of physiology and psychology. For one, the sound from an audio recording is transmitted differently to your brain than the sound generated when you speak.
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Do singers hear their own voice differently?

It's because when you speak you hear your own voice in two different ways. Greg Foot explains all. The first is through vibrating sound waves hitting your ear drum, the way other people hear your voice. The second way is through vibrations inside your skull set off by your vocal chords.
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Do singers find their voice weird?

No, you can't. The reason for this is that when YOU hear YOUR voice, you are hearing it via "bone conduction".
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why do I hate my voice on recordings?



Is your recorded voice your true voice?

When you hear your voice on a recording, you're only hearing sounds transmitted via air conduction. Since you're missing the part of the sound that comes from bone conduction within the head, your voice sounds different to you on a recording.
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What makes a voice annoying?

In a paper published to the Journal of Neuroscience, it is explained how researchers found that being annoyed by certain sounds comes from high levels of activity between the brain region that processes emotion (the amygdala) and the region that processes sound (the auditory cortex).
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What's it called when you hate your own voice?

In psychology, voice confrontation, which is related to self-confrontation, is the phenomenon of a person not liking the sound of their own voice.
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How do I stop hating my voice?

Here are some of my tips to getting used to the sound of your recorded voice:
  1. Practice diaphragmatic breathing. ...
  2. Record a video of yourself speaking (or a few). ...
  3. Focus more on what you say, not on how it sounds. ...
  4. Learn to appreciate your voice — quirks and all.
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How do I know if I am a good singer?

Here are the 6 most powerful signs.
  • Singing makes you feel euphoric (out-of-body experiences) ...
  • Lessons and practice are really, really fun. ...
  • All you ever want to do is sing. ...
  • Singing doesn't feel like work. ...
  • You can take constructive criticism. ...
  • You have a student's mindset during the start, middle, and end.
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Why do I sound horrible when I sing?

Your voice gets resonance by traveling through your sinus cavities as you sing, which you'll hear as it comes out of your mouth. This gives a slightly false impression of the qualities of your singing voice when you're hearing it from a first person perspective, which is why your voice sounds different on a recording.
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Why do I hate my own singing voice?

“When we hear our own voice in a recording, it can often feel surprising and disappointing,” Birchall says. “We get used to the sound we hear in our heads, even though it's a distorted sound. We build our self-image and vocal self image around what we hear, rather than the reality.”
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Is your voice deeper than you hear it?

When you hear your own voice when you speak, it's due to a blend of both external and internal conduction, and internal bone conduction appears to boost the lower frequencies. For this reason, people generally perceive their voice as deeper and richer when they speak.
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Do singers like their own songs?

Musicians aren't always fans of their own music, and some stars even dislike their biggest hits. Zayn Malik has said a lot of negative things about the music he made while in the band One Direction. Madonna has said she would prefer to never sing "Like A Virgin" ever again.
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Can singers hear themselves?

When singers can't hear themselves over the band, it is instinctual for them to push to compete with the sound. In-ears allow you to listen to yourself clearly and feel less need to strain, often singing more accurately as a result and without risking vocal damage even when doing many shows in a condensed period.
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Do singers hear themselves when recording?

Performers in a recording studio will often wear headphones to isolate their voice from different sounds, ensuring that the performer can hear the other tracks/instruments they are singing with, without compromising the sound of their own recorded voice!
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What makes an attractive voice?

Your maximum resonance point is the ideal vocal range that makes you sound the most attractive. Women tend to force their voice in a slightly higher range to sound more appealing, while men tend to speak slightly lower. But forcing your pitch an octave higher or lower makes your voice sound unnatural.
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How do I get a nice voice to talk?

Tape yourself, and judge what you hear.
  1. Relax Your Vocal Cords to Sound More Empathetic. Once you're breathing well and you know how to create a more balanced sound, pay attention to how relaxed your vocal cords are. ...
  2. Adjust Your Pace to Make Things Easy for Your Audience. ...
  3. Think in Terms of Connecting with Listeners.
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Why do I not like my voice?

So when you hear your recorded voice without these frequencies, it sounds higher – and different. Basically, the reasoning is that because our recorded voice does not sound how we expect it to, we don't like it.
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Can you change your voice?

On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings." Or, go to Assistant settings. Under "All settings," tap Assistant voice. Choose a voice.
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Why do I sound like a kid?

If you sound like a child, it is most likely that you are not using enough diaphragm support to release your singing voice in a relaxed mode; instead you constrict your throat more, in order to squeeze out your voice.
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Is it harder to sing lying down?

Lying on the floor automatically puts your body in a great position for singing. Too many times, you'll see singers restricting themselves with a poor hunched posture. Bad posture can make you sound nasal, affect your pitch, and limit your singing range.
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Is vocal fry unattractive?

A study in 2014 found that although vocal fry, whether used by men or women, was judged more negatively than a normal speaking tone, women were particularly seen to be “less competent, less educated, less trustworthy, less attractive, and less hirable.” In another study, young women “fry-ers” were perceived to be “ ...
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Is vocal fry attractive?

While strange sounding voices might be more memorable because they are novel, humans find 'average' sounding voices to be more attractive. It is possible that speakers of vocal fry are generally perceived less favorably because vocal fry is accompanied by a dramatic reduction in voice pitch relative to normal speech.”
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