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.
Nice song! You've got a great voice, man!
Only I'll warn you--most opera snobs wont see it as you sticking it to them, since you don't sound remotely operatic on that riff ;). The reply you'll get is, "Sure you can scream out a G5, but can you hit it or anything below it with a full, rich sound and make it carry to the back of a crowded theater?"
If you want to stick it to them, you have to do what they're actually doing, but do it better 
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I'm not commenting on your vocal skill--I think you're amazing. I'm just warning you of the reply you'll probably get 
. To me there's no 'right' or 'best' way of singing since it's all subjective.
Fu$%ing nice!!!
I loved it! 
Ok, cool...if auto-tuning is what's going on there, you should make sure no one auto-tunes your vocals in the future, you definitely don't need it! It would be like giving Lance Armstrong training wheels.
I had another question I would love for you answer...what technique were you using at the time? In other words, I know you're into SLS, so were you doing SLS at the time, and if so, had you been doing it for a while?
I'm interested because I think it's cool to see if a singer's training method will actually reflect a great deal in their tone. When I heard your clip it really did sound to me like you were using an SLS sort of method...you kind of had that chesty thick upper range that I always think of when I think of SLS. But if you weren't using SLS, I guess I've got my foot in my mouth.
