I am always singing in th bathroom. It is the only time i have not been too embarrassed to sing.
Lol me too. Bathroom singing is a widespread phenomenon.
I have been told that I sing so loudly when I am in the bathroom that people cannot even hear the TV.
That's really funny! A lot of people sing in the shower because the hard wall surfaces, often tiles or wooden panels, and lack of soft furnishings, create an aurally pleasing acoustic environment.
I have noticed that. Now I know why that is. I feel like I sound like I am in a concert hall.
Yes, the multiple reflections from walls enrich the sound of one's voice.
I love ythe sound of it, and it even makes me sound like I can actually sing!
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This habit was reported (with an attempt of explanations) centuries ago. For example, Ibn Khaldun in Chapter 1 of his "Muqaddimah" writes:
The bathroom singer is an ironic reference to mediocre or amateur singers.
Jon Anderson had tiles installed in the studio, to simulate the echo effect of one's vocals in a bathroom.
This effect was not used only by singers. Paul Simon wrote:
"Weird Al" Yankovic in fact in 1979 recorded his first single,
"...I really am not a musical theatre performer. I'm more an R&B singer and have been doing that my whole life. My mother is—well, was—also an R&B singer, in New Zealand...I was too busy wanting to sing backup or doing studio work singing chorus stuff, and singing backup for Gladys Knight in Vegas." Further, after her run in "Hairspray", she stated that she "...didn't know how to live in that world..." and so for several