THE VOICE CONNECTION
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.


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Joethepunk
Jan 21, 2014 - 2:31PM
Just starting out (again)

So for various reasons I had to stop the first attempt at learning Jaime's method but now I'm back and ready to rumble with a new band in the works.

Anyway I have a couple of questions.

First of all is nasality. When I try to project into the soft pallet I seem to end up going nasal especially when I go higher in my range. I used the nose pinch test to help figure this out. When I try to sound less nasal I end up with a load of strain and discomfort which is obviously a sign of doing things totally wrong.

Secondly I was wondering if the method is good for all styles of music. My new band is a punk rock band and I'm guessing it'll work great for that. I do however also like folk music. Anyone had success using RYV for softer styles?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

All the best, Joe.

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Phil
Jan 23, 2014 - 3:08AM
Re: Just starting out (again)

Vocal technique is the DELIVERY MECHANISM for style. It gives you the freedom to sing.

Building style is about imitating your favourite singers. When you have about 4-5 influences you will absorb all the styles and become a new monster.

As for softer styles where you don't want to sing super soft but not belting either, it's about keeping the volume lower whilst the compression is the same so that you enter a lighter shade/mix. So this requires having a strong ability to shed the weight but not so much that you sound too weak.

Here's a video I did on it:

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

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

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Joethepunk
Jan 25, 2014 - 1:52PM
Re: Just starting out (again)

Thanks for that Phil. Very helpful and cleared up a few queries. Now off to check out that video.

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