Respect !!!

The more important is that we have tools to work, to improve and to be free with our voice, but personnaly even if I'd love to have an incredible range, I think it would be dangerous to sing like someone else or to work with the main goal to sing like someone else.

I agree you. Everyone has to work within the genetic potential they are born with. Not everyone can gain super high notes. Some people with the genetic penitential can do it just like there are very very few people with the genetics to become top tier body builders. No matter how hard I train and what drugs I take, I will NEVER EVER be Arnold Schwarzenegger or Mike Mentzer, I just don't have the genetic potential for it. I can be a good looking well built dude with training and proper diet. Just because some baritones train to sing really high doesn't mean that they all can. I think it sets people up for failure and disappointment to say that everyone can do this or that if they work hard enough. Everyone can improve tremendously with a lot of practice though. Everyone can learn to be a good singer. Even if a person with a low voice can learn extend their range, to me it sounds crappy most of the time when they sing outside of their natural range. People should try to do whatever they want, but it helps to have realistic expectations. In my opinion, spending extra time learning to sing properly, emote, focusing on getting great tone, breath control, learning to sing harmony and/or play an instrument while you sing are much more satisfying endeavors than just working on range all the time. I think too many people automatically want to start working on getting a higher range before they learn how to sound good with what they already have, and it is a mistake. Please don't roast me for my comments. These things are just observations and opinions of mine.

If you've never sung in whistle voice it can seem impossible if you're used to singing in your lower range. But I've done it plenty of times and it's all about getting the cords to zip up. Right now I have to train to get those notes back, but they came easily. And naturally with training.

I agree that with training some people can do those things. What I am saying is that I don't think that everyone can. I am not knocking anyone else's method or theories. That is just my opinion. It is going to be a lot easier for a female to sing in whistle voice than a male bass singer. I'm not saying that it can't be done. I just don't buy into the idea that anyone can do anything they want with their voice. If you can't get within miles of sounding like Stevie Wonder, you probably never will. That doesn't mean you don't have a great singing voice.

The views of this commentator do not reflect the views of the author of Raise Your Voice or most of the great singers, and teachers on this board. They are merely my own observations.