Don't know how to sing in "my" voice

[Littlepiggiesinblankets]

I can sing as in, I can hold a tune. But I basically copy the original artist very closely. So I sing completely differently depending on the original artist. Pitch, intonation, everything. Sometimes if I have my headphones really loud, I think I can sing in my own voice, as that's what DH says.

I see so much about unmasking and I feel like I have masked so hard my whole life in some areas that I don't even who I am: so how can I unmask? And I guess the singing thing exempflies my issue.

I mainly sing in my car, so it's not a big deal really. Just thought someone here might be able to make me feel less alone!

[Littlepiggiesinblankets]

@Septemberbeginnings

I've been thinking about this a bit more. I mimic people in real life - accent, vocabulary, rate of speech delivery, some mannerisms. Sometimes I'm very aware that I'm doing it

I'm very good at singing in foreign languages as I find it easy to reproduce the different sounds, although can't actually learn another language no matter how hard I try (despite being bilingual which is supposed to help with learning other languages).

I mimic too when talking. I am actually linguist by profession, but I struggle to remember a language I don't know much of - I sort of have to plough through loads of learning before I can remember any of it. Like until I can make sense of it as a whole, it remains a mystery. And reading is way easier than the rest as it's like cracking a code.

Languages were definitely a special interest when I was younger. I suspect that's because I struggled to communicate so badly that I thought learning languages might help me figure it out. Sadly, it turns out that I have just different ways of masking depending on what language I'm speaking ...

[TheSecondMrsMoorcroft]

I’ve a good voice and am an excellent mimic. Also good impressionist. I think it’s very common in people on the spectrum.

Just enjoy your voice! 😊

[Septemberbeginnings]

I've been thinking about this a bit more. I mimic people in real life - accent, vocabulary, rate of speech delivery, some mannerisms. Sometimes I'm very aware that I'm doing it

I'm very good at singing in foreign languages as I find it easy to reproduce the different sounds, although can't actually learn another language no matter how hard I try (despite being bilingual which is supposed to help with learning other languages).

[Littlepiggiesinblankets]

I'm glad to hear there are other people out there feeling this! It's another one of the things about people would think was "weird" about me.

I do indeed enjoy singing most in a choir and I used to do a mean impression of cartoon voices when I was little too :)

[glossyglossy9]

I do the same. I don't even know what my own voice is. Tony Atwood has a YouTube video about autistic women and girls saying how well autistic females do this. Copying the artist.

[Septemberbeginnings]

I'm a singer and singing teacher. The best students I have are those that mimic well. If you think of a choir, each singer listens and blends their voice to the voices of those around them. Some people, despite being good singers, aren't able to do this and stand out like a sore thumb in a choir.

I'm a classically trained singer but can sing in contemporary and musical theatre styles now after lots of work listening to and copying contemporary singers (trying to undo my training in a way).

Have a listen to Christina Bianco. She's a vocal impersonator. She's just done a run of Little Voice in the West End. Her mimicry is spot on.

Maybe we'll see you on the next series of BGT 😉