THE VOICE CONNECTION
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Welcome to The Voice Connection Sound Off; a forum for users of books like Raise Your Voice, Melody to Madness, The Ultimate Breathing Workout, and Unleash Your Creative Mindset, as well as a place for Vendera Vocal Academy members to interact.

This message board was created so that singers could come together and "sound off" to help support each other during vocal development and the creative process of unleashing the creative spark that occurs when writing and producing music. Currently, myself and vocal coaches Ben Valen, Ray West, and Ryan Wall are here to respond periodicially to your questions, with new vocal coaches coming soon. But, feel free to help each other too:)

This board is here for you to ask questions about my and my fellow coach's books, videos, and MP3 programs, as well as offer others help with our vocal techniques. You may also post videos of yourself and your band to share your music and ask for critiques.

Please refrain from negative comments, profanities, spamming, and inappropriate criticisms of vocal methodologies, vocal coaches, and singers. All negative posts will be deleted and subject to banning without question. I will not respond to negative posts, because, as Mark Twain once said, “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” With that said, positive criticism is welcome because that is how you'll grow as a singer during the training process.


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Re: Vibrato training and natural vibrato

I could do pitch vibrato naturally long before I learnt how to do stomach vibrato. The thing is, pure stomach vibrato sounds a bit ****ty if you ask me. If your voice is free, it typically wants to drop in tone as you drop your support on each "iteration" of stomach vibrato. You can either focus to counter that, or you can exploit it by pushing it even further in that direction. The result is a pitch vibrato with simultaneous tremolo, which sounds much more powerful than just pitch. You can hear many singers doing exactly that, Dickinson being a prime example.

Re: Vibrato training and natural vibrato

Natural vibrato only comes when your voice is fully relaxed and and can resonate freely. The slightest tension with impede on it on slow it down to a wobble. Don't worry to much about it. Practice your voice placement and your proper jaw opening to create sufficient place for the voice to vibrate and it will come.

Re: Vibrato training and natural vibrato

Thanks for good advices. Maybe I shouldn't worry about this too much as I still have more critical issues like intonation.

Re: Vibrato training and natural vibrato

I don't mean to say that I have great vibrato, but to me, it's almost natural. I don't really practice it, it just happens when I sing.. it's a natural reaction when I sustain notes. But when I do the pitch vibrato exercise, it does warm-up it a bit well.