I get a headache after i sing, am i doing it wrong?

Answer 1

You may be dehydrated; drink more water.
You may not be warming up properly...do at least 10 minutes of soft humming or gentle singing to warm up your vocal cords before you begin to sing for any duration of time.

You may not be breathing properly. Your shoulders should not move when you sing, and your stomach area (diaphram) should get larger when you breath in.

Also, last but not least; is this during choir?
That headache may be a lead-up to fainting.

Remember to bend those knees! locking them up will cut off blood flow to your head, giving you a headache and causing you to eventually faint!

Answer 2

There is a few possibilities why this is happening:
1. could be dehydrated...try drinking more water
and 2. there might not be enough oxygen getting to your brain which makes people get headache's. I find this when I have an asthma attack, when your not breathing correctly, you get a headache from lack of oxygen to the brain.

Answer 3

Yes. You are singing only with your throat, and squeezing and straining your vocal cords at your throat, cutting off your air supply to your lungs and brain and preventing exhaling air from getting out.
You need to support your voice by opening up your throat and pushing your air and song out with your diaphragm. Start by deep breathing, deep breath in, and push the air out with your stomach (diaphragm), as if you are breathing out through a straw. Then add a vocal sound to this. Change the vowel as you do this "Hoo hoo hoo hoo, Hee hee hee hee, ha hah hah hah, Ho ho ho ho. Practice this for five minutes every day for warm ups, going up and down the scale. Then when you sing, focus on getting the sound out from your diaphragm, and not your throat.
You will sound much stronger and not cut the air off to your brain. A good vocal coach or instructor should be able to help you with this.

Answer 4

It's the bad singing that causes the headache.

Answer 5

Sounds like you are not breathing properly.