If you want to learn how to sing good or sing well ;-) there are a few easy steps you can take. Now realize that learning how to sing is a journey and you won't get good overnight, or even in months of singing. It could take a year before you see some significant results.
The first thing I'd recommend is that you find yourself a good vocal coach. Unfortunately, there are a lot of incompetent singing teachers running around and if you hook up with one of them, it will cost you more than your time and money. Training with the wrong teacher can delay and actually reverse your singing progress and potentially even damage your voice permanently.
So how can you tell the good teachers from the bad teachers? The first place I suggest looking for an excellent singing teacher is at your local university. Simply go to the music department and ask to contact the head of the voice department or some of the vocal instructors on staff. Then ask for a short consultation with each of them. They shouldn't charge you anything because you don't know if they're any good yet.
You're much more likely to find a fantastic singing training coach at a music school than from some flyer you saw on a light post, but even in this musical environment, there are some teachers who probably shouldn't be teaching.
When you go to meet each singing teacher, ask him or her to sing for you. They should sound pretty darn amazing. If they don't, that should really raise your suspicions. How can this person teach you how to sing when they clearly haven't figured it out themselves yet?
The number one test that you should put your potential singing teacher through is to ask them what they think about the position of the larynx (the voicebox) during singing. The correct answer is that it should always remain in a relatively low, stable position. If you ask them what they think and they look like they don't know what you're talking about, that's a sign that they haven't received a rigorous singing education and you should move on.
The other thing you can do that will cost you significantly less money is to use Singing Software to help you learn to sing from the comfort of your own home. Singing Success is by far my first choice because it teaches the fundamentals of singing and also a lot of other important thing like staying on pitch, singing with vibrato, breath control and much more. It's also the most widely used learn how to sing Software in the world and has been used by top celebrity singers like Keith Urban and Hayley Swift.
If you want to learn how to sing good, take some action today. Go visit that university or get that singing software and make today the first day of the rest of your singing life!
