Singing Guide: Natalie Taylor
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
Natalie Taylor is an accomplished alt-pop artist known for her unique vocal style, which is a combination of belting and breathy singing. Below are some practical tips on how to learn singing like Natalie Taylor.
Work on your breathing: Natalie's singing style involves a lot of breathy singing, which requires good breath control. It is important to learn how to breathe using your diaphragm to help control your breath and relax your throat muscles, which would enable you to sing more effortlessly. The Farinelli Breathing video tutorial is an excellent starting point to work on this.
Improve your articulation: Pay close attention to how Natalie enunciates her words. To get the same effect, you need to strengthen your tongue muscles. The Finger Bite exercise is an excellent way to work on your articulation.
Find your chest voice: Natalie has a powerful chest voice, which gives her singing a lot of depth and resonance. In her track 'Surrender,' Natalie uses a mixture of head voice and chest voice. The Chest Voice Explained video tutorial is an excellent starting point to finding your chest voice.
Work on your mixed voice: Natalie uses her head and chest voice interchangeably, giving her songs a lot of variety. To get the same effect, it's essential to work on your mixed voice. Watch the videos on Mixed Voice and Voice Break as a starting point.
Control your vibrato: Natalie uses vibrato in her singing to add a unique flavor to her music. Use the Beggars Bounce and Diaphragm Bounce video tutorials to practice controlling your vibrato.
To enhance your singing like Natalie Taylor, use Singing Carrots' Pitch Training courses, which include interactive vocal warm-ups, pitch visualization, and exercises for range and agility. To further improve your singing, use the Vocal Pitch Monitor, which takes your sung notes and shows them on a virtual piano.
Finally, it's crucial to focus on singing songs that showcase Natalie's unique vocal style and fit within your vocal range. Search songs on Singing Carrots by vocal range and genre to help find the perfect song for you.
Singing like Natalie Taylor takes practice, dedication, and determination. Follow these tips and use Singing Carrots' resources regularly to achieve your goals.