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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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Re: Question regarding inhalation sensation

Inhale through one nostril.

Pay attention to how your mid-to lower back expands when you inhale. Hold those muscles in that position open. Don't let them collapse like they normally do when you naturally exhale.

Your diaphragm and lungs work like a pump, making sue that the internal pressure and external pressure are constantly the same. You inhale, the diaphragm drops down, pushing the lower organs out of the way so that your lungs can expand; when it reaches the bottom, it acts like a spring and it naturally pushes back up forcing the air out of your lungs, which in turn then refill again, and together they act like a pump or bellows that empty and refill automatically.

What you have to learn to do is keep the diaphragm from quickly pushing back up.

Most so-called "natural singers" (Read as untrained singers)are holding the air back with their vocal cords, which applies stress to the vocal cords.

So you have to learn to hold the air in your chest by learning to control the diaphragm. That is how you "hold the air back" with your chest.


Tim