I want to know if im a good singer but when i record myself on my cellphone i sound so different?

Can anyone give me ideas? lol i know what a silly question to ask right.

Well, cell phones aren't the best recording devices out there :P

Neither are webcams, regular phones, or anything for *talking* into. It doesn't matter if your talking voice is beautiful, just understandable.

Now singing... see if you can borrow someone's karaoke machine, and find a blank cassette somewhere. (Yes, they still exist!) Record yourself on a tape with a proper microphone, and see if that sounds nice.

(A cheaper, quicker, non permanent suggestion- put your fingers in your ears. That blocks out any vibration through your bones and skin that might make your voice sound different to yourself than to the rest of the world.)

It might just be your cell phone. Sing for someone, then play your voice on your cell and ask if it sounds the same.

that's what happened to me. don't use cellphone. record it on your camera or digital recorder or just plain recorder. it'll sound so much better! you could ask someone else but they rarely tell you if you sound bad.

When you record yourself on any device, youre going to sound different. A. because of the device, and B. because half of the vioce you hear when you listen to yourself is inside of your own head.
Your best bet would be to ask an honest person their opinion.

this happens to me a lot. something about the cell phone thing makes you sound different. even a lot of good singers, when you record it on a cell phone it probably sounds worse or DIFFERENT.