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.
I swear I answered something like this from you or that sounded very much like it before.
It sounds like you are abusing your bridge or break. The sound should be for the most part clean. You're like grinding on the edge of your voice--see my slide for an example.
Start lower where the tone is more pure and clean and go up keeping the clarity of the tone constant overall. I don't think you're training any muscles and are just wasting your time if you practice like this (nevermind possibly damaging yourself).
Hope that helps
So let me get this straight:
1. Start at a lower pitch where the tone should be cleaner.
2. Not go as high up in pitch? Given that point, when will I be able to proceed to higher pitches?
3. What should I be doing differently technique-wise?
I don't know how, but I always end up with more questions than answers, outside of singing as well. I could just be overthinking it
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