How can I develop my soprano belt without upsetting the neighbours?
Coming from a classically trained background, I cringe at the very thought of “soprano Belt”. If you are truly passionate about learning how to sing, then you should commit yourself to learning how to sing properly. “Belting” is compensating for lack of a good vocal technique. The rare exception is when a broadway piece calls for a specific style outside of the singer’s regular vocal repetoire. But even then it is approached and handled carefully so as to preserve the voice and subsequent vocal career of the individual. Otherwise, you face vocal nodes and an unfortunately short career if you are any good, and absolutely no career outside of high school musicals if you are only a little good. The music industry is a brutal and often unfriendly world where the friend you have one week is the enemy on stage in the part that you should have had the next. But then again, there are no bonds like the bonds of those that have performed together and if music really is in your blood and soul, th
