How To Develop Confidence As a Singer

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A question I've received a lot over the last 30 years is, “How do I become confident as a singer?”

First of all, you become confident when you experience something you did where you can see that you're making some improvement. When you acknowledge that, you'll start to appreciate it.

Then you're more likely to say to yourself, “Oh, wait a minute, maybe I really can do this.” And you'll start to feel more confident. I'm telling you, this happens.

It's not going to happen tomorrow—especially if you've been telling yourself you're terrible. But the more you see yourself improving, the more confidence you'll develop.

I'm going to give you a challenging exercise. If you do it long enough, you're going to master it. And as you do, it's going to change your mind about anything that you thought that you could or could not have done before.

There will be two vowel sounds I'm going to have you do this on. I'll give you a specific pattern, the way I want you to do it.

You're going to practice it over and over again. You're going to record yourself. You're going to listen to it. And you're going to keep doing it until you hear that you've mastered it and that you're perfect on every single note.

The two vowel sound are “ee” and a long “a.” I want you to think vertically. I want you to be able to hear everything staying in the same place. You've developed this internal hearing If you've been working with me for a while. Now you're going to rely on that a little bit in this exercise.
Follow along with the exercise at 2:42 in the video. You’ll be doing an upward arpeggio, but reversing the second and third notes. We’ll use “ee” on the first three notes, then a long “a” on the remaining four notes.

Remember to enunciate, and to listen. Don't push up on the higher notes. Let go before the highest note, and pronounce the “a” distinctly. Bring the lower notes up, so you don’t fall back in your throat.

You may not get all these things all at once, but as you practice, you will. And as you start to master this, you’re going to feel a little more confident. You may think, “Hey, maybe I need to go out and start really doing this. Maybe I need to really work on it and stop short-changing myself by not following through and developing my voice.”

Practice this for a while, then record yourself doing the exercise. A week later, practice and record again. Over the weeks, you'll see how much you've improved.

I guarantee that you will start to feel more confident and assured about what you're able to do. Let me know how it turns out!