There are scales in the members area for the videos, as well as scales in the ultimate vocal workout. The Isolation Method is a completely different approach to range extension. I am fine with people using scales and as I said there are some in the system as well as on venderapublishing.com as well as the Driven to prctice series at rocksource360.com.

Honestly, I got so burnt out on scales that I decided to create a unique way to develop the vocal muscles based on isometrics....and....it worked:)

Hey Jaime, just a quick question now that you mentioned Driven to Practice. Do you recommend we add that to the Isolation workout as well? Or is it a separate thing?

Drive to Practice was something Ben Carroll (RA) and I came up with for anyone with any vocal coach to use. They come in both low and high as well as major and minor. The way I've been doing them are really good to add to the Isolation exercises and I generally teach those scales to my students. However, I will be adding an article to the Library on RockSource360 for those who want to use them. But in case you add them, here is what I am using for the Major Scales:

1. Lip Bubbles
2. Lip Bubbles
3. Mmm walkdown
4. Oo-Oo-Oo slide-Falsetto
5. Mum-mum-mum-mum-mum…Full Voice
6. Wah-wah-wah-wah…Full Voice
7. Yah-Yay-alterate-Full Voice
8. Yah-Yay-alternate-Falsetto
9. Yah-Eee-Ah-Full Voice
10. “Mah-Nah-Wah-Yah-Ah”-Full Voice
11. On the AH sound= “Mah-Nah-Wah-Yah-Ah” -Full Voice
12. “Ma-Ma-La”-Full Voice
13. Mmm
14. Lip Bubbles


Its good for both warmup/workout before Iso exercises;)

Thanks that was really helpful!
I remember you sent them to me, but I wasn't sure what to vocalize over them. I was just doing lip bubbles and humming, and falsetto Es.

Yeah this version is much better. And we'll have much more difficult versions as we move forward;)

I have to admit that my pitch never really took off until i started practicing scales. even when i was using tuners to get my pitch right it wasn't carrying over into singing nearly as well as when i coupled it with scale work. because when you sing, you are essentially singing in a scale and changing key according to the chord progression of the song, so i basically run through major and minor scale in all keys very quickly everyday to keep me "switched on". it has helped tremendously with pitch, a guy who has in the past never been able to match pitch. play the scale on a guitar or piano and really listen to how it feels when you match it properly with your voice. i am now able to sing in pitch acapella by myself without accompaniment something i could never do in the past.

In my opinion scales are not really needed in RYV. The book gives you the knowledge of how to sing properly and how to smooth out rough spots, something like 400+ pages worth. Scales you can learn else where and apply what you have learned from RYV.

Lucky for us Big JV didn't stop with the book and gave us video and audio files.

Yep RYV was designed not to need scales. However, you can take techniques from the book and use them on any scales. I know lots of people who have successfully used my approach while doing Manning's and Gillette's scales. Choice is up to you. I personally do Voice RX and the VAM warm ups #5-12 every morning while running on a treadmill;)

I think #13 & 14 are harder to learn at first even on easy Lip Bubbles or Ahs;)