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: Open Throat

Cheers for the answers guys!

Sofus, yeah I'm starting to think maybe I'm not doing that much wrong tbh...I might be getting confused! I need a camera shot of Jaime's mouth / throat when he sings methinks!

Re: Open Throat

Are you doing the bullfrogs?

You need to do the bullfrogs, do the tongue pushups, and make sure that you are pulling the tension out of your tongue. When your tongue is tense, tht will do two things:

#1. It will cause your tongue to raise up really in the back when you sing A's or Ah's,
#2. it will draw your larynx up high.

I have been these exercises so long that I can drop my larynx literally all the way down to my breastbone!

Re: Open Throat

HuskyHarris,

I can give you a detailed explanation as to why this happens, but what really counts is that you are not feeling any hurt in your throat...so you are good to go