Learning how to sing isn’t really what most people think it’s about and it’s definitely not genetic either. Do you feel like you’re starting too late? I think this might help.
You can definitely learn to sing even if you’re 30 years old or even older. It is a matter of putting in the time for practice and doing it consistently. Understanding music theory, training your ear, and having lessons to help guide you will make sure you succeed in your endeavors for becoming a better singer.
I hope you’ve found a little bit of hope and you are able to understand how it works a little bit. Now I am going to explain all of this in a bit more depth.
It’s More About Practice
The thing that matters the most even if you’re starting at 30 or beyond is the time you’re willing to dedicate to practicing. It may be 15 or 30 minutes a day but it needs to be consistent and not something you just do on weekends.
It matters because that’s the same advice I’d give someone starting at 14. We are still humans, and how we learn to sing will be the same.
You need to know the same things and there is no special knowledge about singing that ought to be taught that you should be aware of or some wisdom that you get from practicing so much that sets you apart.
No, it’s much simpler than that.
A good steady and consistent habit of singing will take you farther than anything else in your singing life.
Isn’t that something? Who knew relying on yourself would be the best thing that could happen to us? I sure didn’t.
So I hope you’re just as relieved on hearing this and the fact that it is not your age that is holding you back but your ability to put in the required time.
The more you do the more you’ll improve and even then you have a limit of four hours after which practice really starts to have more negative returns than positive ones.
Understand Everything
So, if you’ve developed a habit of learning new things, I would hope you have, I would like to introduce you to two things that you ought to study alongside your singing journey.
Music theory and ear training.
Music theory and ear training are how we make sense of everything around us in music and how we’re going to understand everything there is to understand about the things you’re going to learn in singing.
They are important because they are also used universally and are the language spoken and understanding understood by musicians all around the world. You don’t want to miss out on that.
You also need to understand that these are the skills that will harness your singing powers and translate them to other things in your musical journey especially when it comes to composing and understanding other musical structures.
In short, I’m saying you can use it for your own purposes.
It’s Limited
Neither music theory nor the things that you have to learn about singing are vast or huge.
They’re limited.
They don’t keep on going and are something that you can definitely master if you are, just like singing, consistent about it. Nothing to worry just trying to make you a whole musician not just someone who does one thing and can’t do the other.
We definitely don’t want that.
Have Goals
Having goals, even in music is important.
It’s alright if you don’t have everything figured out but as you go along I would like to tell you that as you move on your musical journey you will start to shape yourself and start to realize what kind of singer you want to become.
Maybe, you’ll never sing metal so you will obviously never practice for it and maybe all you want to do is sing pop so that is what you’ll end up doing.
But if you already have a goal in mind of what kind of singer you want to become, strive for it and practice things specifically related to it because it will allow you to stay focused and make progress in the areas only you think is important and not waste any resources, especially time on things you don’t want to learn.
Though, I would recommend that you check out the resources provided at the end of the article will teach you how to sing well, and I am sure you will use those techniques regardless of where you learn from to progress as a singer but there are quite a few important reasons I chose an online course for you to learn from.
Benefits of Online Courses
They save you time, and money, and the barrier of entry doesn’t exist.
See, we’re all busy, I am starting music-related businesses and trying to get a lot done and I don’t have time to go to a class, I get free at odd hours and I need something that will allow me to learn singing at my own pace.
I know I am not the only one.
They save you money by being a fraction of the cost of someone charging you for private classes.
And you don’t have to be at a certain level to meet anyone’s expectations, sounds good doesn’t it?
It should because I really want everyone who’s trying to learn something to harness this and value the times that we’re living in, the time for mass knowledge being available to us for as cheap as it is.
100 years ago, you’d have to go a long way to find someone to teach you in probably another country and they could reject you too. Imagine that.
So regardless of what age you are if you want to sing, you should, don’t wait.
Nothing Holding You Back
So, there it is, your age has nothing to do with your ability to sing and you ought to be able to plunge right into the great things that you can learn about singing.
But with age comes many responsibilities and taking on another thing can be highly time-consuming.
That’s why I will cut directly to the chase and present to you, online courses.
You can check out this one which is the one I prefer for everybody. ‘The Four Pillars of Singing’.
Robert Lunte is a great teacher you can get to know more about him here. And if you’re looking for his whole catalog you can check it out here.
You wouldn’t need anything else and just focus on practicing the things that he is teaching. All the best and I know you’ll be a great singer one day.