Does anyone here have any incredble success stories about their singing?

I ask because I've been practicing a lot (with the help of RYV) and while I do see some results, I have been pretty frustrated with my progress so far, and i'm mainly just looking for some inspiration...

Anyone who went from not being able to sing to being a total singing machine? From singing zero to singing hero so to speak ?

Well I would like to say the exercises work but there is no short cut to becoming a singing monster it takes consistant work and patience. most see improvements in 6 month increments, it takes thousands of repetitions for your muscles to retain and become a natural instinct.When people say things clicked overnight for the most part it is because of repetitive good habits... remember practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect so due dillegence is a must

Awesome response Matt !!! ;)


JV

Thanks! I know it takes tons of practice, but lots of times it seems like people who have success have been singing their whole lives, albeit with poor technique, no training, etc. Don't get me wrong, I do see improvements and i'm still working, Its just very rare that I hear about anyone who goes from not a singer to a singer with awesome ability (a la Jim Gillette).

BTW Matt, thanks for that advice on the "Frustrated" thread! It helped a lot, and I'm definitely overcoming my bridge ever so slowly.

Cool Man, if your going throught the exercises and they are giving you a hard time in spots those are the areas that you need to slow down and concentrate on smoothing out look to release tension in the throat, facial muscle, and more specifically your tongue...the second strongest muscle in your body next to the heart... if your tongue is not relaxed it closes the back of your throat and palatte and absorbs sound and pushes down on your larnyx causing a false sense of strength that cause you to push harder than you have to and will make it hard to access the mix.
Alot of times we go through the exercises and try to sound our best and skip over the subtle adjustments that are going on as we move through the scales .
I'm guilty of it every day the tongue is easy to look over cause the tension slowly creeps into play and we need to find neutral ground while vocalising with exercises... so when you sing for real you have a starting point of refrence you call always go back to. think of it like this Foot ball players don't just go play a game without preparation they work out all week, stretch, practiice, the plays then on sunday they beat the living shit out of their bodys in the real game...the exercises are the strength and stretching preparation before the real game