I learnt how to sing using ChatGPT for the past 2 months and I think it's been quite helpful (no singing experience or teaching + recording included + want honest feedback asw )

Hey everyone, first time poster here just wanting to share my singing journey, I have listened to music all my life but it was only a few months ago that I wanted to take it more seriously, I think I've always had pretty good instincts for music and delivery, but have never actually had any singing or musical experience, be it choir, learning an instrument, performing, etc.

I'm a 20 year old university student so can't really afford to take singing lessons which are quite expensive so I have resorted to experimenting with generative AIs (mostly chatgpt but a bit of claude and gemini as well), attaching sound recordings and having them analyze my voice, obviously I know they aren't able to actually tell whether I sound good but I think they can for the most part accurately gauge whether I am on pitch, am stable, if i have good timing, etc.

Throughout my conversatons, it has helped me identify that I am probably a tenor with a lighter leaning voice and find songs and singers that match and compliment my vocal profile, given general but still very helpful advice like: what chest voice, head voice, mix voice, falsetto is, their differences and how to execute them, whether a certain song or part should be sung with more chest connection, head voice, etc in a very understandable and executable way, help me realise what proper singing technique is or should feel like: that it should feel effortless, not strained, more cognitively demanding than physical, etc. It has even helped me find my natural voice where I can distinguish between what sounds good in my head and what actually sounds good to others or in recordings when a month ago I didn't realise I was singing in a higher voice which made me sound hollow, thin, airy and cold, teaching me about chest connection, engaging with my body like an instrument.

can't figure out how to upload my sound recording so i converted it to an mp4 file (singing ends at around 15 seconds, rest is empty)

Technique is probably far from perfect, I can definitely notice that my breath control is lacking, and it sounds a bit shaky. I also was having a bit of fun recording this but I am fairly confident that I sound relatively clear, tonally consistent and overall executed the part pretty well for a casual beginner.

I know a lot of people are quite hostile and feel quite negative against ai, and it probably still isn't a replacement for an actual teacher, but for on demand, specific and directly relevant feedback within a given context, that is also free, I can't think of anything else that can do what it does.

Perhaps I would have had similar or better results, researching, reading articles, books, watching videos, or learning in a more conventional manner. But I think this was a pretty fun and interesting experiment that may be helpful for some.

Any questions or advice are welcome of course, am willing to record or share more if any are interested.