I also want to apologize to Sofus if my earlier post seemed harsh;) I'm always open to learning and always excited about it. Seeing those videos doesn't change the way I teach grit but it does open one's mind to many alternatives of possibilities;) So Sofus, email me at venderaj@msn.com, I got a little present for you. Email me too Jens and John King, because i have to tell you something besides that you both are doing an awesome job on here!

I never could quite understand how you do grit. The only thing I can manage to do is a breathy vocal fry... kinda like what Byran Adams does. But I don't know I'm really using the 'false folds' to do that, I feel like the rasp comes from my palate rather than the cords.

I saw your videos about grit again to remind me on how you teach it jaime.
YOu describe pretty much the sensations one would feel when using the falsefold distortion.
Seams to be spot on for that :P

never doubted your methods for a minute Jaime. You don't need to go to all this trouble to prove yourself, the fact you can sing the way you do proves your methods work. and the fact all the people you train get the results they do prove they work. proof is in the doing, anyone willing to seriously try your methods will see results. I've stuck to your book for over a year and have seen great results, i'm still not at the level I want but obviously high skill takes high time and high practice, results will come slowly and definately.

Thankyou for doing what you do

I just watched that video... and I'm wondering, when they mentioned that you shouldn't tighten your lips when using grit/rasp, how DO you tighten your lips in the first place? In fact, I just tried it, and I can't really tighten my lips up for any "leverage". The jaw, yeah, but not the lips.

Phil noone has ever doubted jaimes methods...
This is more or less science based, as there are many ways to create distortion by manipulation the folds both false and regular aswell as the vocaltract.

So I dont think for a second that jaime wants to prove himself, probably more out of intrest. Who doesnt wanna learn new approaches and ideas? As jaime is a teacher it's important to be able to tackle things from diffrent angles.

The good teachers and singers constantly learn, the bad dont :P

Oh I hope I didn't cause confusion. It wasn't to only prove my methods; it was done for more understanding. And I am so glad Sofus posted those videos. I've always believed that th falsies do affect or manipulate the tone but I've never seen such a wonderful video of them actually slapping together. That's why I am waiting on Sofus to email sonI can send him a gift for his wonderful contribution to this board:)