Singing is only as hard as you make it.
Don’t confuse that with me saying, “Singing is easy.” It’s not. It takes tremendous energy and the whole body has to participate.
For me, the first step in singing is: Get used to being loud. And get used to using your whole body when you sing.
Next step: Get “loud” under control.
Last step: Practice & Perform.
That’s about it.
We don’t need to be pre-med students to figure out that if something hurts, we’re not doing it right. We don’t need to have majored in anatomy/physiology to figure out that lifting 400 lbs. on our first day in the weight room is not an option.
But we do need to keep things simple. Make the “hurdles” physical, not mental. Incorporate the body into the voice first — not the brain. “Feel” pitch with full energy, you’ll never sing flat again.
Simple.