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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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oiselle
Apr 25, 2011 - 8:10PM
Re: Super duper high larynx !! Must read!

The larynx is neutral in the lower range in chest voice. Than to go into your middle register, it has to start tilting more and more until you reach your head voice for your higher register. You can achieve this with relaxation and and proper jaw opening.

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Val
Apr 26, 2011 - 10:34AM
Re: Super duper high larynx !! Must read!

Yeah , but the question is how do i relax the area when i sing. If i try some random note on yee i can see the constrictor muscles switch on. As i go higher i lose my placement cause my larynx is closing the throat.I think the main reason i strain is because of the larynx. I start with middle C and i feel it in my soft palate but as i go higher and i tight my belly i lose placement on which the brain reacts 'more support' , then i support more and of course i strain more. Btw i've always been cofused about this head chest voice thing lol. Just shoot it in the palate and make sure it stays there am i right? :)) Tnx and god bless!

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oiselle
Apr 26, 2011 - 10:09PM
Re: Super duper high larynx !! Must read!

you're thinking too much ;) You need to retrain your voice muscles into relaxing while you sing. This is difficult to do in a message board format. Let me know if you'd like a lesson :) I'd love to help you...

Val

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phil
Apr 25, 2011 - 9:13PM
Re: Super duper high larynx !! Must read!

I found the SLS stuff helped me quite a bit, scales on "mom" and "no" and "nuh". any dopey sound will make your larynx go down. The goal is to train this for a while, then when you sing, just sing normally and you're larynx will do what it needs to do whether that means going up or down or neutral.

Austin Jahner
May 4, 2011 - 2:31AM
Re: Super duper high larynx !! Must read!

This is going to take patience. Start by practicing your scales with a yogi bear type sound. DO NOT EXPECT PERFECTION!

Take your time, we're talking about a lifetime of tension here.

BTW, you'll never have a perfectly balanced larynx. That's BS, because of course it moves. But the goal isn't perfection, it's a general neutrality. So do the low-larynx exercises (yogi bear type sounds) to work in the opposite direction.

Also, try moving around while you do exercises. Move your head side to side, up and down. Change facial expressions, move your body around, etc.

The goal is freedom, so don't hold your body too rigidly while you practice.

Remember also, envision you're already above the note, dropping down onto it when you sing higher. NEVER REACH UP! If you find it helpful, bend at the waist as you sing higher in your exercises. Either bend forward, or to the side. Either way, break the association between a note that is pitched higher and the direction "up." It's a bogus association.

Cheers!

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