Joxotic5

Well I went for the behringer b205d and its working well for me, much more confident with the backing vocals now I can hear myself better. Now everyone else in the band wants their own one too!

I'm definitely going to get one of these monitors and give it a go, we haven't got a full band rehearsal until middle of january now so will get christmas out of the way and then order one in the new year. There seems to be a few clones of the Behringer/Mackie ones out there, had a look at the Studiospares one which is the cheapest, there's also a Studiomaster one for £139.99 and now Gear4music have brought out their own version (subzero) for £129.99. Just need to decide which one to go for! Will probably be the behringer because of the great reviews and recommendations. The tc helicon one looks great but it maybe does more than I need.

Thanks everyone for the replies

Thanks I'm not giving up, I'm enjoying giving it a go, just been finding it frustrating not being able to hear myself - have decided to get myself a little monitor, been looking at the behringer b205d as it seems to have great reviews, will keep keeping on!

Thanks everyone, will definitely try the earplug tip, I should wear them anyway really. Good to know it's a common problem and not just me, will persevere. Might just get myself a small monitor anyway and see how it goes, might be fine

Hi all I haven't posted here much before but have been an avid post reader and have bought some great gear from some of you before . I'm looking for any advice re singing vocal harmonies and being able to hear yourself at gigs and full band rehearsals. I'm in a 4 piece covers band and about a month ago I agreed to having a go at singing vocal harmony backing vocals along with our guitarist (male) and main vocalist (female). Their old bassist sang and they want to get back to having 3 part harmonies. I've not sung in a band before but have been getting on ok at acoustic rehearsals, the guitarist gives me a harmony line and I've recorded ourselves singing so that I can practice at home too. I've been getting more confident the more we practice but the problem I'm having is hearing myself when we rehearse as a full band, I cant seem to pick my vocal line out of the pa speakers. At rehearsal we dont use monitors, just the main pa speakers, I can hear the other two fine but not my own voice. Everyone else says they can hear me though, do you think this is just an experience thing and it will get easier over time? The other two in the band have been singing for years. Also I cant hear my voice in my head to help pitch my notes as the overall volume of the band is quite loud. I had my first go at singing at a gig last weekend and again I couldn't hear myself. We had one monitor in front of the main vocalist to share, also the guitarist placed the pa speaker in line with me so that I would get some side spill of the vocals. I felt it was pot luck whether I was hitting the right notes though and didn't really enjoy the gig. Afterwards friends said they could hear me and my vocals were fine though. I've said to the band that I'd like to get myself a small monitor to help hear myself but the guitarist seems very against it, he said he's worried about adding extra volume to the stage volume. Do you think this is reasonable? Do any of you have a seperate monitor for yourself? I've been looking at small ones as we never have much room for gear, even the ones that can attach to mic stands. Any advice would be great, whether about monitors or how to practice hearing my own vocal lines. Thanks.