3 Ways Shy Singing is Hurting Your Voice (& How to Avoid It)

Shyness damages everything! Voice, posture, health, life... It destroys people😢 Lets expand and start living!🤩

*Remove the root of what is making you shy: "Everyone!! Mother, Father, Brother, Sister - GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!"

Im definitely a shy singer when someone comes near or in my room i quickly stop is become a bad habit

This is me! Literally everything you said. It's been so frustrating and it's so hard to break the vicious cycle - you sing shyly so you hurt yourself, then you don't sing well because you're hoarse and hurting, so you get self-confident and shy about it (also worried that you're doing irreparable damage to you voice), so you sing shyly again...argh! 😭 I also wonder if singing in quiet head voice all the time can have this effect too? If I'm playing music I cannot not sing to, but I don't really sing because I'm really self-conscious about my voice, so I just sing in head voice very quietly and shyly - which can go on for hours! 😳

Shyness caused my singing to become very breathy after I stopped seeing my vocal teacher. I used your video on twang to learn how to counter that. I'm still getting used to hearing myself with a higher volume and more piercing tone (even when I'm home alone!), but I keep reminding myself that it sounds and works better this way, and I'm starting to feel more comfortable with that. Now I can get the right muscle memory from my practice. Thank you so much for your help, Ronja!

Shy singing can be caused by two things at least in my case 1/deep psychological problems like in my case, fear of appearing vulnerable and pushed to perfection as child 2/simply not knowing how to get my voice out of my head, here are some solutions that worked for me : 1/get the core of the problem, stop being afraid of being heard, I started calling out my brothers aloud eventhough they are not far, I get to hear my voice loud (speaking voice is the healthiest) without the fear of being judged, I had a small empty closet at home in which I used to practice in yelling and trying to sing scales, after that I searched a place where I can be loud outside my home, you'd be surprised how many people were willing to help, it can be in the backyard of an empty house (not alone) especially art schools they were so nice and one of them offered me their old storage room, it was old and and a little dusty but it was a safe space ,sometimes I used our treadmill, sometimes while walking sometimes just for its noise and it worked wonders. 2/ if you want to get out of your head then use noise beside you, either put on the song and just read the lyrics in your speaking voice to be safe, or the best option while training yell the word "hey" just imagine somebody is really far and you're trying to call them, it is sooooooooo liberating!!

Even I sing shyly whenever people are around me. But I really want to perform on stage as well. It's really difficult coz I suppress my voice whenever I am performing in front of people. It causes strain n when I push my voice out it cracks alot. I was wondering if you had any suggestions about it. Btw love your videos. They have been really helpful. And your voice is really beautiful!!

You are such a sweetie! Your videos are so informative, crystal clear and never boring to watch. This channel is way too underrated. Your amazing voice and teaching techniques earned you a sub! ❤

So happy you're active again :)))

Really appreciate your videos. Thank you so much for taking the time to make them. They are super beneficial to us aspiring singers.

Thanks for the video! Great that you're posting again! 👍

Thank you such a valuable information,💕 😇 (I do Humming alot I feel it's one of the wonderful practices to get comfortable in your own unique voice)

Thank you for the advice. For those of us who have some health issue and have little energy it just takes a lot more energy to sing loud. If i were singing loud i would have to take breaks all the time or only sing 30 minutes a day.

If I lived in a house, not a block of flats, I would be best singer in the world by now :P

Thank you I’ve been looking for a ytb like you 🥰

I'm excited

Tq fr making this video really imm also facing this problem.... U are the queen👸👑 of singing 🎤

Idk where i got the idea to become a singer! But, everyone surrounding me supports me, i think that was the biggest achievement i had!😁

Can relate a lot😂 I live in (studie lejlighed) here in Esbjerg and can't sing that loud because i was worried that neighboors could hear me😁

Just came across this vid and wow it really made me think (TY). I'm not a vocal pro but am a fan. I never even considered that singing at low volumes could damage your voice. What you said makes a ton of sense, but made me wonder a bit. Is singing shyly/timidly the same as singing tenderly at a lower dynamic like pp, p, or mp like in a lullaby? I guess it'd be great to learn how to go about doing that in a supported, non-damaging way. Is that even a possibility?