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Singing takes a lot of practice. I'm an ambitious person, and have always had this sort of dream (one that I'm fairly sure won't come true, but hey, I can hope) of being a famous singer.

Every day, though, I practice hard. I keep a sort of mental record of how my voice sounds from day to day, and I make note of how my voice sounds when I'm tired, when I'm awake, when I'm depressed, when I'm happy, etc. How I'm feeling makes quite a difference in how my voice sounds.

Doing breathing exercises has helped me immensely. The one that I do most is opening my mouth wide (not so wide that I'm stretching my jaws a whole lot, but the same amount that I open it when I'm singing loudly) and taking long, deep breaths, so that I can feel the air in my throat. Try to relax your lungs when you sing. Also, I've found that closing my eyes when practicing helps me to concentrate, because instead of focusing on the room around me, I'm able to focus on what my voice sounds like so that I can tune it up correctly.

Good luck.

I've done a lot of singing in the past (and mostly improved through help and comments from others) May i suggest picking a couple of simple songs and practicing them. Even if they're not what you're going to end up singing it will help you get to know your voice and control your pitch.

Also make sure you're singing in chest voice not head voice. I know that sounds wierd but I'll try to explain. The sound should be coming from your diaphram (big flat mucle below your lungs) not from your head or the top of your throat. That will let you support your singing and keep your voice from cracking or otherwise being funny about it's range.

Also diction is your friend, so try things like "many men and many women mining many mines" (someone can show you the tune -- it basicaly steps up untill you hit women and then steps back down ). Range is also important. So if you sing say "Do, Ray, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do" it's a good idea to start, say , as low as you possibly can, Sing up the range, sing down it again and then start it over one note higher. Continue untill you've gone up as high as you can. That will start to give you some idea how high and low you can sing while still supporiting the sound. (Aluminum, linolium is goof for that too )

Also if you're interested in singing it's a ton of fun and I encourage you to ask about opperturnities to sing (at your school?) and perhaps get advice from someone who can hear you and who knows what they're doing