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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Re: strange voice after vocal workout

Sorry it took so long for someone to reply! The facebook page is much more active than the forum.

It's 1 of 2 things or both -
1. A support issue. Even in something as delicate as falsetto slides if you are trying to be too loud with them you are forcing too much air through the open chord and causing drying/chapping of sorts and the chord is straining against the force of the breath, which is why it's "tired" after your session.

2. Post workout fatigue. You're using the muscles in a new way and purposly working on strengthening them - ever do 50 sit ups then feel how sore your muscles are while they adjust? - luckily the chords bounce back much faster than abdominal muscles!

Keep an eye on your support, keep it light and controlled until you build the muscle - Don't worry about volume at this time, exercises are NOT how you sing anymore than a squat is how you walk - it's just a method of building muscle and adapting the muscle to /position/technique

If this doesn't help you then post an audio track of you doing the exercise so we can hear what you are doing and maybe help you out - REMEMEBR you also get FREE Critiques from Jaime, if you record the exercise and let him know what's happening he'll be GLAD to help you out! We're all here for you and your success - even fellow students like myself.

Re: strange voice after vocal workout

If you feel hoarse that is a sign of tension. It might be minimal but is still affecting your voice. It could be anything from eyebrows rising to rising tongue to sending in too much air and drying out the cords. Try to go back to the exercise and figure out what it might be. Good luck!