You have to use the voice you have and make the best of it. Remember to push out with your belly when you want to go loud and don't be ashamed of your voice or it comes out all weak and lame. I'm no singer by any means but when I try, I can go really loud and I can keep a tune. High notes can ruin your voice if you do it wrong so don't do it. Stay within your key.

Get some vocal training. A good teacher can help you extend your range. Believe me, when I trained for it, I could hit notes much higher than I can now. But, there will always be limits, so choose keys that are best for your vocal range (that might mean transposing music). I have known people who have limited ranges that have sung lead on songs. They may hand over some songs to others in the band, but everyone with a good voice can be a lead singer on some songs. Look at this clip by The Faces. Clearly, lead singer Rod Stewart has the better voice, but I love what the late great Ronnie Lane does to the opening verse. Ronnie's voice was never magnificent, but he could put it over well, with the emotion he put into songs.

If you are serious about being a lead singer, you should sign up for lessons from a qualified vocal coach. You will in time improve as you practice your lessons. In the meantime, you could still do a good job fronting a band if they will work with you and allow you to choose songs with a limited range, and then transpose the songs to a key that is comfortable for you. Try the song two or three times, and if it doesn't sound as good as you had hoped for, drop it for now and look for different songs that will work. Don't try to do songs that are right for other people just because you like them. What other people sound good on might not be right for you and you will sound awful. Keep looking for songs that are right for you. You might have to throw away 20 songs for every one you keep, but this is not as bad as it sounds. Also, let some of the other band members sing some songs. It will help their ego, and it will save your voice. Also, stretch out some of the instrumental breaks if the soloist is doing a good job. This way, you will not have to learn as many songs for a complete show as if you were singing all the time! But definately take some lessons. There are many things that will help you improve, but these things are hard to figure out on your own without the help of a good teacher.

I think you should go for it. Don't worry about being inadequate. When you get the lead, and I believe you will get it, you will know you are good enough. Good luck!

You're going to have to practice try doing the do a deer song

duh. take singing lessons.

This is a serious and well-considered answer. No. I assume you don't sing much or haven't been trained. If someone else in your band who had just picked up a guitar for the first time yesterday suddenly wanted to be lead guitar, what would you think? Technical considerations aside (not being able to play, difficult and awkward practice sessions, etc...), what would you think of them as a person? I can't speak to your personal reasons for wanting to sing, and I give you the benefit of the doubt, but I can say that to someone else it looks like you want to be the face and voice of this project. That will end with you getting kicked out or the band falling apart, and you may even lose some friends in the process. As for the high notes--stay in your range. Barry White and Johnny cash couldn't hit high notes either, and didn't need to. If you approach singing as something to be done in some correct fashion according to what you think sounds good, you WILL inevitably fail. Your music, as I'm sure you've heard a million times, is an expression of yourself. You have to make yourself vulnerable and put it all out there. To put it practically, sing in the shower, in the car, wherever you are alone and comfortable being emotionally vulnerable. Don't write a song, just sing whatever is on your mind in the moment. Don't think about the notes, just sing it however it comes, and don't be afraid if your personal style tuns out not to be what you want it to be. Whatever that sounds like when you do it, THAT is your style and your own personal expression of music. Practice it, hone it. First comes the expression, then comes sounding good, and last is having the audacity to do it in front of someone else. If you make it that far, THEN yes, you should sing in your band.

Is this a cover band or an original band? and what genre of music are you looking to do? If its an original band, you're in luck, because you can write songs in a singing range that is best for your voice. If its a cover band, some styles of music are more challenging than others. Just listen to a bunch of different types of singers as possible, sing along to them, RECORD yourself (for objectivity) and see which artists' voices most fits your own. If you're brave, you can put stuff up on You Tube of you singing karaoke style to some songs you'd like to perform and see what people think. Try a variety of styles and see what gets the best reactions. Some people will be jerks but some will be constructive. The melody for most pop/rock sticks within 7-9 notes max. Some songs/artists are "rangier" than others. If you do not have a very good falsetto voice, you do not want to sing Judas Priest, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Dio-era Sabbath, Zeppelin, Queensryche, Rush, Iron Maiden, Scorpians, Meatloaf, Skid Row, early Anthrax, etc as those guys belt well above a tenor high C. And keep in mind its not just about physically being able to HIT a specific note, its about having the same tonality/timbre in that note that rings similarly to the original artists voice. The best example I can make is when you hear female classical singers (who sing mostly in their head voice) trying to sing more pop/rock stuff (which is mostly in the chest). If they don't move that timbre to a lower placement, it will sound very very odd. You know, like old white ladies in church choirs trying to sing contemporary pop/rock songs. Its BAD. If your range is pretty limited, stick to basic singeable melodies in a comfortable range. 3 Doors Down type of stuff. Bon Jovi and Van Halen would not be good choices. LOL Remember, one bum note sung really badly can ruin an otherwise stellar performance. People will not remember anything but that uber-crap note. If you can't hit it, then don't do it. Or try a different key, if your bandmates are willing. This can be tricky though because guitarists will have their guitars tuned to specific tunings and generally grumble when you ask to do stuff in a different key. And it CAN really alter the sound of the song if you change the key dramatically, depending on a songs instrumentation (especially if you have any synth work that has a lot of brass instruments or strings like violin/viola, which have to be kept in a higher frequency range to sound "right") I use a freeware called Best Practice to practice along with before I agree to any song choices. You can raise or lower the key in half steps and play it back to see if A) it sounds "right" and B) to see if you can sing it better. Then if you know, hey, this song is much better for me to sing a whole step lower, just ask your bandmates if they are ok trying it a whole step lower (or whatever the case may be). There is always KISS. KISS made a fortune off of the same 4 chords and 6 note melodies. I would suggest at least some rudimentary vocal training, just to make sure you are singing properly. They will also give you some good direction on what type of voice you have (bass, tenor, baritone) and the type of color/timbre you have (if its darker, brighter, etc). You will end up blowing your voice out and causing damage from repeated vocal damage. If you are hoarse after singing, you've not sung properly. I can sing a 3 hour set (with 2 short breaks) of hard rock/classic metal and have zero hoarseness. If you've lost your voice afterwards or your throat feels raw, you've done it wrong. And investing in GOOD in-ear monitors is a must. Wedge monitors are not reliable and the human voice just can not compete with full amplified instruments. If you can not hear yourself, you will naturally force your voice to compensate. This causes vocal stress. If you can afford it, get a Sennheiser in-ear monitor system and get custom molded ear buds. Best investment ever.

go for it .. trying to have what some people call a "nice voice" is only trying to be someone else ... be yourself find "your " tone , look at lemmey from motor head ,,, do you think he gives a shit if he has a pretty voice .. ? throw it at em ,,, if it dont stick . fire it at em ;-) good luck . ;-)

Unless you get some lessons I don't see how you can be a singer at all, much less a lead singer. Who wants to hear you when there are millions of great singers out there already? Unless you have a great voice and are just being modest, don't bother.