Hi,

In my everyday practise I finally understood how to feel the sound on the pallate and that made me able to expand my range and volume. That is great for rock songs, but I found it was quite hard to sing my other favorite songwriter, more contained style, with a diction closer to that of the spoken voice, if that makes sense.

After some experimenting I discovered that I can sing those songs much more easier by doing something like compressing the sound below my throat, not taking it to the pallate. Also I feel more tension in the abs, and even I feel the lats, which I don't feel working when singing the other way. I don't feel strain with this approach as long as I don't try to sound the same way as in the other one, because this one has somehow a different nature.

To make it more clear, some sensations in this way of singing can be described as (but the actual physical mechanism may no match them) actively forcing the larynx to drop, high subglottal pressure, sound being generated in the stomach, etc.

So, are they valid techniques to be applied to different styles? Or have I splitted the ONE technique into two pieces so I'm always doing it bad?

Some clues on it would be VERY appreciated as I'm quite confused about it.

Sounds like you split the correct approach into half, which isn't correct. You should feel it in the palate AND those lower abs, and it works for ALL styles;)

Thank you, Jaime! I'll try to make both work at the same time.