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: Brett Manning and Jaime Vendera?

I know I can't really add anything since Jaime already told you what you needed to hear, but I can tell you why I LOVE his approach. I listen to a LOT of music, and a HUGE variety of genres. I started singing well before I'd ever heard of Master Vendera or RYV. I sing rock, hard rock, blues, soul, jazz, classical, adult contemporary, and sometimes even Middle Eastern style singing. I've noticed that my abilities in ALL of these areas have increased since using his method. His approach isn't based on stylizing you into a rocker. It's basically breathing techniques and range expansion techniques that go hand in hand with each other, so that you can utilize the fullest strength of your abilities in application with your prefered style(s). Also, since I am primarily a rock singer at heart, he has given me more appreciation for rock singing than I even had before. I now believe that rock singers who use correct techniques actually use MORE technique than your average singer who is trained in almost any other style. I know this reply isn't necessarily in reference to its original topic, but I just thought I'd give Jaime a shout-out on top of, hopefully, giving you some insight into what his methods have done for someone who isn't bound within the confines of a specific genre or two. Thanx for reading this anyway.

Re: Brett Manning and Jaime Vendera?

P.S. I'm the king of making errors, so allow me to correct a potential mishap. When I refered to myself as someone who isn't "bound within the confines of a specific genre or two," I wasn't trying to presume that you ARE. I was simply trying to imply that Jaime's approach is applicable to ALL styles of singing. I'm sorry if that last response was misinterpreted. It was my fault.