Hey Jaime or anyone else who knows: I was wondering, when Jim hits those D6s in the Nitro albums is he using whistle voice, or is that in head voice? A couple of years ago when I discovered Nitro for the first time I was determined to hit those notes and made it as high as a C6, but I couldn't hold it out for more than a second or two, and after doing this for a while I ended up blowing out my voice! But I didn't know about whistle register back then, and I'm wondering now if that's how it's done, or what.

nah its not whistle voice... Its all reinforced falsetto

Yepp i would say that too reinforced falsetto. He uses that alot for his high high range.

Considering I talk to Jim almost every other day, I can tell you it's NOT whistle. He does a lot like Halford by mixing it up in between full voice and a reinforced falsetto.

JV

Wow, that's pretty impressive!

Thanks for the answer.

Its all the same .... "reinforced falsetto" or "full voice" ... its respiratory velocity + sound production, placed inside the head register. Add soft contraction of the Aryepiglottic Sphincter to cut the timbre, and your there.

Hi Tim...

i know this is off topic but does anybody know how Jim's fighting career is going?

It is going FANTASTIC. He is really into his childred and I am gere to tell you that as they get older, they WILL be the top fighters in the world. They all live and breathe Jiu Jitsu.

i am anxiously awaiting the fighting debut of the heavyweight champion of scream. do you know if he plans on going to the ufc anytime soon?

I am bored and decided to post a sort of related post to the topic. Guys I finally managed to get my hands on "Proud to Be Loud." This song is like an anthem to all aspiring musicians and especially singers. If Jaime won't mind I can upload and link it here. Otherwise you can get a CD from http://www.rlsrecords.com/main.htm. The song proud to be loud is one of my favs now. I also ordered Vocal Power. Hasn't arrived yet, but I am expecting it to be great. After all, I expect nothing less from Mr. Gillette.

Stan H.

I don't mind, I'm sure Jim won't either. It's just one song;)

vocal power is actually the product that gave me hope that i wasn't a hopeless singer. lotsa bang for the buck...and its funny too

If you are still doing the exercises, try doing them as soft and as clear as possible-almost silent but no whispering. Just try it for a few weeks;)

Jaime are you talking about Vocal Power exercises? Are these the ones to be done softly?

Oh, and as promised here is the link uploaded "Proud To Be Loud."

http://www.box.net/shared/jjkk86zva6

wait i thought that that doing them softly was what i should do if i stopped progressing. if it is something i should start doing than my parents and neighbors will be very happy

oh and yes thats a pretty kickass song

Doing them softly can help you to prorgress regardless of the state of your voice right now.

awesome cuz i abused my voice over the weekend and it wouldnt be ready for loud exercises anyways