I was just wondering, how do singers like Dio, Cornell, Jorn Lande belt stuff out so loud and powerful? What's the secret behind it? Are you basically shouting but adding a crapload of support?

I'm far from being an expert, but unless i'm missing something, i'm pretty sure it's all in the support. if you take your correct abdominal breath, and squeeze harder according to the needs of the note you should be able to hit high notes without feeling it in the throat. as jaime says on the video with jonathan spencer, you should never feel it in the throat. feel it below in the chest, or above in the head, but not in the throat. if you feel it in the throat it usually means you were lazy on your support. seriously it's all in the book, you may need to re-read it. i found myself getting slack ont he support, and once i re-read and re-practiced it my range shot up from a c5 to a D5 on the day, then a week later a f5. i am far from being able to use these notes in singing as the mouth shapes (consonants and vowels) make it harder but practice fixes that.

Thanks a lot, Phil. So you're basically shouting rather than "singing" but using more support? I always thought that's what it was.

i don't know. i'm singing. it's just you need to push harder with the abdomen more to reach higher notes, in order to prevent the strain in the throat. if you don't support enough you'll be "shouting" from the throat. seriously, go through the breating and support stuff again in the book, try to sing notes, you'll instantly see how much fuller and easier they are, low, mid and high, it's all easier, support is the key without it you'll never hit high notes.

Isn´t RYV a book devoted to belting?

So how would you define "belting"? English is not my native language so the word doesn't say too much to me. Example song would help.