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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Am I getting the basics of GRIT right?

Hi, so I'm practising a lot from RYV, and grit has been the one thing that has been SO HARD for me to understand ; painlessly getting grit that is.

Anyways I'm gonna post this mp3 of me doing the grit exercise, and can anybody tell me if I'm doing anything wrong or if I'm doing it right?

Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks



I'm feeling all the resonance in the soft palate so I guess that's good? And I am using the power push so I think that's good as well?

Re: Am I getting the basics of GRIT right?

Sounds like you're on the right track to me. Hard to make a full judgement. Why don't you upload you singing a lyric with and without that grit attempt?

Here's my attempt at some grit. Not fully sure if I am doing it correctly, so some feedback would be great also. (The grit attempt is towards the end).