THE VOICE CONNECTION
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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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More on screaming w/ false folds

Well, I am looking to develop a gnarly death metal growl and some raspy, Cradle of Filth-esque high pitched screaming. I looked into Melissa Cross' "Zen of Screaming"...What do you think Jaime? Heard of it? Worth it? I am afraid of spending money and ending up with her just giving me some SLS warm-ups and a primer on accenting harmonics, which I don't need.

That said, Jaime, I want to thank you, because today is another one of those breakthrough days. I'm having absolutely not trouble, at all, without warming up, hitting an A4 in ALMOST a full voice (It's a bit too early to try and vocalize that loudly right now so I don't know yet!) 7 months of COMPLETELY UNDEDICATED PRACTICE (I get busy...)with RYV now and I've increased my comfortable range 5 semitones and gained probably an octave and a half in my upper register thanks to the development of a whistle voice.