My voice

[Nick]

Well, I've had A LOT of insecurities in my life and I am REALLY paranoid. I got that from my dad. Anyways, I used to be really short but I've grown. I used to have really nerdy hair but I fixed that. My looks are still a little sketchy but I think I'm okay.

My biggest insecurity now is, as you may have guessed, my voice. People have always told me it's really high(I'm a late bloomer - Just turned 16). Recently though I haven't heard as much about it. So I recorded my voice on my computer. I find it really difficult to judge myself on it even though I don't think it's -too- bad but idk. My voice reminds me of someone...

Anyways, if you could listen to the attachment and tell me what you guys think that would be great.

KTHXBYE

- By the way, it's the story of The Tortoise and the Hare.

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[RMO]

Speak slower, much slower. Take pauses when speaking to accentuate what your saying. Breathe in through your nose and fill your belly like your blowing up a balloon and then breathe out at a steady pace.

A vocal exercise that works really well is to hang off your bed from your nipples so that your head and neck are hanging off the side of the bed then turn your head to the left. Then tighten the muscles in your neck and lift your head u to your chest with just your neck, no abs, 15 times. Turn your head and do this on your right. Do this 3-5 times a day and you will notice a real change in your voice. This is becuase you dont use your neck muscles so the muscles that control the vocal cords unconsciously tighten and heighten your voice, so when you work out your neck your voice drops becuase your vocal cords loosen allowing more air past. It also makes your neck look really good.

I have some PDF's on speaking and the like if you want them.

The article on speaking is really good on the forums, this is a great exercise
highschoolpuas.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=blanguage&action=display&thread=991

remember to breathe with your nose and make your resonator in your diaphragm( like your belly) rather then in your throat.

[ridiculous]

Seems perfectly fine to me, it's not high at all.

[sharkoffs]

Just work on your vocal skills, all part of the game my man.

Speak nice and slow, like you want people to hear every single word you say.

I could tell you a secret to making your voice sound deeper even though it's not that good for you...just smoke man

[Sye~]

Im going to try that exercise. Do I need to lift my head up to the bed, then down to my chest 15 times?
I can do way more then 15, is that a good or a bad idea?

Could you also send me some of those voice PDFs you have. I can't seem to do the vocal exercises in those amazing threads we have on the boards.

[RMO]

alright first off, don't smoke, I think sharkoff is joking but smoking is not really a viable option, it will just fuck your voice in the long run.

The exercise is your laying on your bed, but your upper torso from your nipples up is hanging of the bed. Then you turn your head and make the muscles tuant on the side you turned and then you list you head up to your chest without the use of your abs. You do this 15 times, then you turn your head and do the exact same thing on the other side. It isnt difficult to do more then 15 thats okay, but if you do it 5 times a day I recommend keeping it 15 reps at least for the first few days.

The exercise on the forum is very hard to actually get till you practice with your voice, I'll see about posting the pdfs and you should go to wikihow, or howcast or whatever you use and look up singing and speaking exercises. shit like unique newyork.

but in general talk very slow and take pauses between importnat parts. Also imagine what your going to say your going to sing it, but when you actually say it just speak it, but add emotion and feeling to your voice.