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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Matthew
Jul 4, 2012 - 11:13PM
Downwards Support?

Can anyone help me with the "downwards support" thing.
Whenever i do it, it doesn't help and it makes it harder to sing. However Jaime really stresses the importance of this so i think i must be doing something wrong.

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Kevin
Jul 5, 2012 - 12:37PM
Re: Downwards Support?

I found this article to be very useful: http://tenortalkblog.com/2012/04/28/control-your-breath/
Practice hard :)

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Jaime Vendera
Jul 26, 2012 - 11:00AM
Re: Downwards Support?

Then you must be adding internal stress (subconsciously grunting) to make it happen. I just did a TV show for Discovery channel where a team of doctors examined my voice. I registered in a whisper room at 128 decibels, after breaking three glasses. I then got the pleasure of having my throat scoped (yuk) while I did the glass breaking noise, then regular high notes, then some grit. Doc was surprised there were no signs of wear and tear and no signs of me over tensing the muscles around the cords. He attributed it to my downwards support.

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Skullsplitter
Jul 27, 2012 - 11:24PM
Re: Downwards Support?

Matthew,

Think about it this way.

Downward Support is like standing on Solid Rock. It is the foundation that your voice is on. It will help you stay on pitch, and it will help you keep from having a waver in your voice.

I've been working with a few local singers, one of which has been singing for 20+ years ,and he told me,"Dude- that's what has been missing the whole time!"



Tim

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oiselle
Aug 10, 2012 - 7:41AM
Re: Downwards Support?

Too much support is like not enough. How much support to use is equal to how high you sing and how much air you have left in your lungs. For example, if you end a music sentence ascending the scale, you will feel your support working harder as you approach the end of that sentence.

Use the example of blowing candles on a birthday cake or sighing to understand and engage your diaphragm correctly during singing. Good luck!

Val

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