Any hope for an older singer?

leevee

Just wanting your opinion on whether i am trainable or not! I have been a musician for a while, but only started singing as a solo artist in restaurants and pubs 10 months ago, at the tender age of 59! I don't rate my singing as great, and get away with a lot of sins by disguising the vocals with tone and effects when singing live! I'm not sure if my voice is trainable at my age? (Talk about a late bloomer! lol) Anyway, let me know. I have put up some tracks on reverbnation, my best in my humble opinion being my own original, "wakeup"....the covers aren't that great 😞
https://www.reverbnation.com/leevee/songs

HuduVudu

Hi leevee,

I will turn 50 near the end of the year. I have been working the KTVA program for a little over a year now. I have seen dramatic improvement in my voice. I am not the only one on these forums that have experienced this, and there are many that are near my age of both genders. In fact I think older singers are far more teachable because they understand the work and effort that must be put in to achieve real success.

That said, you do have some limitations as an older singer. Singing is very very physical, and therein lies the limitations that you can expect. You are going to take longer to build your voice especially if like me you started late. Making those muscles and getting the nerves coordinated to sing correctly just doesn't happen like it did when we were twenty. We don't recover from workouts like we did when we where twenty, and we have a much harder time recovering from overexertion type mistakes.

But I think you probably already knew this stuff at the back of your head, so this is just me telling you what you probably already knew.

BTW Welcome to the forums,
Shane

Klaus_T

"wakeup" sounds really cool. I think the other stuff is solid too.

you know what Ken likes to say: a singer is someone who has the guts to be a singer.

I am 38 and also "already" have those thoughts about age. but I try to just put that aside because you can't change it anyway. it's negative thinking and it just distracts you from what you really want to do. the time is now. would it be better to start the program at age 10? yes, but did I do it then? no. so it is kind of irrelevant.

as long as you are alive, you are still trainable

leevee

Thank you Klaus and Shane - you guys answered my question and confirmed that my doubts about me progressing at my age were silly - age is not a factor - yes, i have to work harder at it than than younger guys, but i know i can do it, and "make music the last thing i will ever do!"

doc_ramadani

Hi @leevee ,

I am Marco and I am 48 years old. I will turn 49 in July. I started Singing 9 months ago.

I listened also to "Wakeup" - very, veeeeery cool vibe. Good pitch, very good musical feeling. Hey, man, you definitely will grow if you work on your voice. Klaus found nice words:

as long as you are alive, you are still trainable

A very warm Welcome form Germany,
Doc

leevee

thanks Marco :-)

wilf

The answers yes. I'm 63 and have been singing in choirs off and on for 8yrs. Keep with Ken's training and you will continue to improve.

Emanuele

Hey,

hello from Italy!

Please let me share a wonderful quote from the book "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron.

-Do you know how old I will be when I will have learned ...? [put the skill you would like to learn].

Answer: the same age you will be if you do not start.

Hope it helps

Furious_Phil

Ahoy @leevee !
Your voice sounds pretty good to start with, so this training will only enhance what you have and keep your voice healthy and strong going forward.

leevee

Thanks guys - i appreciate the kind words and encouragement. :-)