THE VOICE CONNECTION
SOUND OFF

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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Gillette's Vocal Power

I must say the most interesting video tutorial on how to sing high EVER! Jim's exercises are truly the KEY to raise your voice ... i mean wow. It is a mixture of the robotic sound (just pretend you are a robot to get the resonance) and the crazy wild smile. I am eating C5 and Alto D for breakfast lol. I strongly recommend this video for everyone out there. Get it !! It will strenghten your muscles behind your chin and will expand your breath capacity. Rock on !! Obviosly there is no magic pill ... you just gotta do the freaking xrsizes like 1000 times. Rock on !!

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Where do I get this video?

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hey val do u hv the practice guide??
i lost it nd i hv only the video can u send me it?

thanks

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and john u get it from www.metalmethod.com

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I dont have the practice guide ... just the video ... Its funny as hell ... Jim has a big sense of humor .. and a big range !!

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yea he does
so u just practice along with the video??

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Yeah ... I just folow what he does ... and it works like magic. I end up with a sore throat sometimes and my voice is dry. I guess i am either using too much air or drying the vocal cords when i take air with my mouth not with my nose. Jim's facial expresions are HILARIOUS !

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i have the program, its awesome. I mix it with RYV.

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That's great ... keep up my friend. I use Vocal Power , RYV and the ultimate breathing workout ... Together they work like magic :))

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The live footage on that video was shot locally when Nitro played a club called ROCKERS that was right on the ocean here in Jacksonville Beach, FL and I was in the audience.
Paul Bazzell(Ballsmell, as Jim called him. ) owned the club. I think that he and Jim were friends from the LA Music scene. Paul was a bass player who lived in LA for a while. I don't know if anybody has seen the 80's teen movie "Hardbodies" but Paul's dad was Sorrells Pickard, the old guy who sings the song "I don't f*** Fossils(For Free)"



Tim

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I love the sock exercise! How à simple sock in the right place can increase your rangehttp://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=SE#/watch?v=bH5gmbugmxM