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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SOS MAYDAY!! crappy voice, debate tomorrow !!!

HEEEEELP.... I do not know what has been going on with my voice all this time, but today it sounds reeeeeally bad and it hurts a bit when I talk!!!

basically these are the issues:

- the thing that I asked before... i kinda go into vocal fry when i am speaking in my chest voice and I seem to be unable to control it

- my nose is absolutely obstructed... not by mucus or anything... it is just closed :S

- it is overall not resonant :S

i'm not sure if I can be helped, but I loose nothing by trying :(

thx

Re: SOS MAYDAY!! crappy voice, debate tomorrow !!!

It must be related to technique...

I don't know what to suggest for the debate tomorrow...get lots of rest, drink lots of water etc...

But for long term, if you don't have a good seasoned teacher, try to get one. It's easy to read about using proper technique...identifying if you're doing something wrong by yourself is HARD! You must ensure that you are doing everything that you can to not damage your instrument...

Re: SOS MAYDAY!! crappy voice, debate tomorrow !!!

I don't wanna state the obvious, but could you possibly be getting a cold or another infection?

Re: SOS MAYDAY!! crappy voice, debate tomorrow !!!

is it really that much of an issue for debating? i mean i dont think they are going to judge the sound of your voice just the content of your rebuttals and so forth. or am i just mistaken?

Re: SOS MAYDAY!! crappy voice, debate tomorrow !!!

Well, that's what you would think, but you and I both know that even though it's not "supposed" to be taken into account, your overall impression has a huge impact on how good your "argument" is. Having a full head of hair, a well-chiseled face, an athletic physique, and certainly a powerful, resonant voice adds weight to ANY argument

Re: SOS MAYDAY!! crappy voice, debate tomorrow !!!

Yeah, it would affect your self-confidence too..