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.
I like singing a lot, but it's so difficult to find a place to practise and sing 'cause i live in an apartment with wooden walls, so my neighbours may be disturbed by me... so it's not like i practise transcending tone at home...
I've been in that situation. If you are doing a loud transcending tone do it with your mouth closed. I would recommend this for anyone just starting out. I find with the mouth closed it gives a greater surface area for resonance. Giving you an easier time trying to find that focal point to which your resonance is strongest and most fluid.
Also remember the transcending tone isn't about becoming louder. It's about getting the crisp and thick tone. Such as going from a breathy soft tone to a strong thick tone but remaining at relatively the same volume.
I wonder what I can do to continue growing in song? What style do I sing in? Voice classification? And so on...
I'm not an expert but you sound more baritone.
I have also tried rolling my tounge up in the mouth and backwards, to help find the right tounge muscles for singing, as I can see all is and should be connected when singing.
I'm 22 years old, do I look younger?
I'm not entirely sure if your referring to the tongue push-ups or if you were moving your tongue to find the best place to sing. If the latter; your tongue should be in a neutral position with the tongue resting behind the front lower teeth. Of course the tongue will not always be in this position as you need to move it to sing words but it should in most cases be relative to this position(for clean normal singing).
From watching your video I see a few things.
- You raise your shoulders slightly when inhaling which would suggest to me that you are either tensing up for the next verse your about to sing or you are using your core/power push.
- You probably notice your voice starts to quiver when you go higher in the notes. Breathing with your core muscles will help a lot with this
As for singing that song, try singing it lightly and do plenty of lip bubbles and exercises through your passaggio. The song sounds like it is near the top end of your chest voice.
Well hope this helps!
