Singing Guide: Avicii feat. Conrad Sewell

Singing Guide: Avicii feat. Conrad Sewell

Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources

Are you a beginner or advanced singer?

Avicii was known for his unique sound that combined electronic music with folk elements. Conrad Sewell sang one of Avicii's most famous songs, "Taste the Feeling," and was praised for his unique timbre and emotional delivery.

If you want to learn to sing like Conrad Sewell, here are some practical tips:

  1. Analyze your voice: Start by analyzing your voice, so you can identify your strengths and weaknesses. Singing Carrots offers a voice analysis article that explains how to assess your voice.
  2. Understand your voice type: Singing Carrots provides an article about vocal types, helping to understand the best exercises to your specifications. Voice Types.
  3. Breathing Basics: Excellent respiration is the key to great singing techniques. Check out Singing Carrots' Breathing basics article for more information.
  4. Voice Registers and Breaks: Understanding voice registers is essential. Know when to switch from one to another. Singing Carrots article explains about voice registers and how to work with breaks.
  5. Breath support: Support diaphragmatic breathing and master it with Singing Carrots' breath-support article and dedicate yourself to the Farinelli Breathing Exercise exercise.
  6. Open your mouth and throat: Opening mouth and throat will give your voice power. The article from Singing Carrots explains the importance of opening up when singing.
  7. Warm-up procedures: Warm up your vocal cords before you start singing. Try the humming warmup exercise and the three-minute Vocal Warm-up start, recommended by Singing Carrots.
  8. Song search: Explore songs that match your vocal range, whatever stage you're in, and find songs that you enjoy singing. Using Singing Carrots, you can search songs by vocal range, so you can choose for a song that fits your skill level.
  9. Singing course: For beginners in the singing world, Singing Carrots provides a comprehensive educational singing course which explains singing theory and practical tips.
  10. Performance tips: Singing along with a backing track can be intimidating, there are some tips for overcoming stage fright available in the How to overcome stage fright Singing Carrots blog post, and Tips for performing on stage.

To sing like Conrad Sewell, in particular, you should also focus on:

  1. Powerful voice: Conrad Sewell has a powerful singing voice, and his distinct timbre and emotional delivery are what make him stand out. Practice exercises that strengthen your vocal cords and give you more control over your voice, such as chest voice exercises like singing comfort zone, as shown here in this chest voice explainer.
  2. Articulation: Sewell has a unique way of articulating words that makes his singing sound effortless and emotional. Warm-up exercises like finger bite illustrate articulation exercises that we recommend from Singing Carrots article, where you can find more information on how to articulate words while singing.
  3. Emotion: One of the main characteristics of Conrad's voice is his ability to convey a powerful emotional message in his voice. Check out Singing Carrots' Singing with intuition, skills, emotion, and thinking article, where you can discover practical tips to improve your emotional delivery in your singing.

Learn more about this artist vocal range, voice type and repertoire.