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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Re: Starting low...

Thanks, hopefully I'll see some benefit out of it. I am dedicating this whole week (a day off for rest this Thursday, after tomorrow's concert) to this one area. Going lower? Excellent. I want to go lower than D2...That's as low as I've ever gone! I love the timbre of my lower range, I don't know many men my age personally that have such a deep baritone. I believe you hit an A1 in one of your videos with a student (and an A6 at the top)I have actually started on a notion, and I am wondering if it has merit:

It seems that if I go really really low, my voice breaks into falsetto, like it's been blown apart, but if I focus on the note it broke into, and breathe very very relaxed, I can bring the low end up and I end up hitting the falsetto note, but two octaves lower (ie, I go low, rattle, break into an E4 in falsetto, then bring the rattling feeling back and bam, E2.) Have I stumbled upon some kind of crazy breakthrough?