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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Re: vocal help

Thank you Melanie and Jaime,
I will try to hold back on some the air and bear down on my voice to get a cleaner tone.

I guess what I was confused with is that I wanted it to sound freer rather than pinched and I reasoned that adding more breath would rid myself of the pinched/strained sound. I guess I was wrong.

So if my cords are better connected then I will have less strain?

Re: vocal help

The breathiness is not a bad thing if you want it for coloring, but overusing it, especially when going for the high notes, at least on your examples, sounds more like you're forcing a bit more air to sustain those high notes. It can still be breathy, but you must learn to finesse it;)More connected cords doesn't necessarily mean less strain, because can can also squeeze in the surrounding muscles and tighten too much. The bearing down is to help control air-flow release (breath control).