Some silly questions?

Can someone explain to me that what is compressed voice when I'm singing? Does it mean that I have to hold my breath when I sing..?

Thanks already!

yep that is compression. but just saying "hold your breath" doesn't guarantee you'll do it right. because if you do it wrong you'll actually just close off the sound in the throat whcih we don't want.

The easiest way to set it up correctly is with two exercises.

1. staccato AH AH AH grunts like in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1kjffaEdX8

Replace the UGH sound I do with a bright AH vowel (this was a very very old video of mine).

You are looking for a big resonant sound that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the throat. It should feel pretty easy to produce.

Now what you want is to go AH AH AHHHHHH on the piano, then siren up the octave.

2. another way to get it working is with the sustained SSSSS exercise Jaime has in the book. That teaches you to keep the chest expanded while producing the tone with the least amount of air (this is compression).

The basic concept is that you want to keep your chest expanded (this will happen if the air is being held back)

When you are doing the siren exercise you are compressing. When you do the falsetto slide that's with NO compression. that's the difference.

Hope that helps

Phil Moufarrege
Grow-The-Voice.com
Youtube.com/PhilMoufarrege

Thanks Phil!!

That helps a lot! :) My native language isn't English so sometimes I get confused about those terminology. :/