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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moshmetalvocalist
Sep 16, 2011 - 5:24PM
Re: getting burned out

oiselle
It depends how much time you have to practice. 30 min to an hour for exercises is plenty. Then work on your songs. Yu can also break down your songs and work on the difficult passages as part of your warm-up.

Val


Okay that means I spend enough time on vocal exercises...time ain´t the problem because I am a pupil and can take my time to train....but for the last few days I have had real vocal problems. As soon as I start to sing I have to clear my throat constantly because I am full of mucus. Yes I know that clearing my throat too often can be really damaging but if I don´t clear my throat I will crack and break on nearly every note. I also felt a decrease of vocal stamina the last days and realized how much of a chest puller I really am. I never realized it because I always cover it up with some pharyngeal..... what can I do to solve those problems, I am quite sure that I am overworked as hell!!! maybe I sing the wrong music. I am a hard rock and heavy metal singer and my biggest influence has been ozzy osbourne, but in the last days I realized that it might be the wrong singer for me because I LOVE to use my vibrato but singing ozzy with vibrato sounds soooo awfull......

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oiselle
Sep 17, 2011 - 9:27AM
Re: getting burned out

Well may be you are practicing too much. Listen to what your body is telling you. If you don't have the correct technique and practice long hours doing the wrong thing than you might be creating damage to your vocal cords as opposed to developing positive vocal habits. I'd be happy to help you with a lesson. We can point out what is going on and help you correct it. Let me know.

Val
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moshmetalvocalist
Sep 16, 2011 - 11:54AM
Re: getting burned out

capehill
Keep it fun and interesting. Variate, try other stuff. Some people exercise "only" by singing phrases of songs and it seems to work for them. Scales, sirens and "formal" exercises are boring but I believe that they can train balanced muscle memory.


alright man thank you! I listened to your advice and variated my RYV workouts, 3 days a week isolation exercises and 3 days a week grid, reinforced falsetto, witches cackle and vibrato!!!

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