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: Medium & High grit issue

Thank you Christopher,I'll try that. Are you implying that for grit is a need to use full voice?

Re: Medium & High grit issue

Hi again,

No. If you can do full voice easily you just add grit to it.

You mentioned wanting to go 'high/medium'. To do that with strength you need full/mixed voice. Grit is just a breath and placement manipulation to distort sound.

If you can do grit you can apply it to whatever you want. The only issue is when you can't do the tone half and so when you apply the grit you strain and damage yourself.

To avoid this you train separately and when you attempt to combine them you first practice with a breathy falsetto to take off all the connective pressure.

Re: Medium & High grit issue

Thank you again, Christopher. Interesting view on grit "breath and placement manipulation". Can you explain it a little more, the way you see it?

Re: Medium & High grit issue

Thank you Christopher!