When I was the Philippines, I get to talk with one of my friends about putting a band together. Well, it was mostly him that will be putting the band together while I was "booked" to be the singer. At that time I said yes. The next time he asked again, I said yes again. Only...this time I asked if my voice was right for the genre or not.
As far as I know, my voice was a soft and quiet one. I did sing some songs before that requires some slight "shouting" but never all the time. This time, his song influence are mostly J-rock bands where the girl had to kind of force her vocal chords to avoid using falsetto even though it's past her comfortable chest voice.
I was starting to worry because I did have problems with my own song when it was reaching a high note. I tend to always use the easy way out and use the falsetto. However, this time he said no. He told me to cover 3 song for him to listen and forced me to use my chest voice.
So I googled some "vocal training" posts online and found an exercise where I can blend my head voice and my chest voice. The guy even gave an example of himself doing a flawless scale where he blends the two voice without breaking.
In the end, I didn't really do any blending when doing the song but I did find some interesting facts about my vocal range. I never had to push myself to sing like that so I didn't know that I can actually reach the high parts. Of course, it hurts eventually and then I can't control my voice anymore but I find it comforting that the more I get to do it (with breaks in between), the easier and more comfortable I get to singing those parts.
It actually encourages me to start pushing myself to see how far I can go as a vocalist. Hopefully I get to train properly instead of slowly killing my vocal chords.
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