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: 2 more Youtube videos...SMOKE FREE!!! :)

seriously.... at least you used to be funny, now you're just lame

Re: 2 more Youtube videos...SMOKE FREE!!! :)

"Barefoot and pregnant"? I don't see anything wrong with neither of those things. If you're still trying to to hurt someone's feeling, it's not working. Hopefully must of us are stronger than that. I feel sad for you though; your life must be quite miserable. But just like you said, "nuff said". I'm not gonna waist anymore of my energy responding to your words. They will come back at you on their own at some other time. You can have the last word if you reply to my post again, but if I were you, I would save it rather than dig my hole further down.

Re: 2 more Youtube videos...SMOKE FREE!!! :)

Good job, Brandon! "Rooster" is a difficult song to sing right, and while it wasn't perfect, I've heard much worse from a lot of decent cover bands, so keep at it. Beautiful falsetto at the beginning of that, by the way. "Hurt" was also a good job. To me you sound a little like Gavin from Bush and the guy from Theory of a Dead Man. Not bad company to be in!

Re: 2 more Youtube videos...SMOKE FREE!!! :)

Thanks for all the lovely replies, everyone! I'm sorry it has taken me this long to get back to you all.

First off, I know that neither the volume nor my voice were perfect for these videos, but I wanted to give you an idea of what my voice sounded like when I was singing something OTHER than crazy Middle Eastern scales.

And to everyone who's defending me from Cobby's comments, I love my Cobby!

.....Besides, do you REALLY think I could be all that offended by a guy that William Hung could legitimately make fun of? ;)

Anyways, back on topic...Jaime, I understand your reasons behind the comment you left. I'll say this much...I haven't quit yet, but I've cut back significantly. The day that I'm COMPLETELY done with smoking, I'll post a bulletin saying "Remember This Day." That way I can put a video up in 3 months from then for you to comment on.

Again, folks, thanks for the wonderful compliments and critiques. I probably won't be putting too many videos online for a short while (maybe one more, just something silly I did) due to the fact that we're really starting to crack down and get to work on some original material.

Re: 2 more Youtube videos...SMOKE FREE!!! :)

You have a great positive attitude Brandon; good on you!

Re: 2 more Youtube videos...SMOKE FREE!!! :)

Brandon, some friendly advice: It's much easier to quit with Nicotine Lozenges, especially if they have mint. If you're a major smoker, get the 4mg ones. Forget patches, they only get rid of the need for nicotine, not the overall desire to smoke. Of course, nothing works if the person doesn't want to quit but I see that you do, as I did. Lozenges seriously help tremendously, I went from smoking 25-30g of tobacco a day (40-50 cigs, the way I rolled them) down to 5-6 a day in 2 weeks, then down to one or two per couple of days by the end of the month and then totally smoke free and nicotine free between the second and third month. That was 2 years ago now and I've never felt the need or desire to smoke since. Do not fall into the "I'm stronger than that, desire alone is enough to make me quit" trap, it is but it's so much easier and painless with the help of nicotine supplements.

Re: 2 more Youtube videos...SMOKE FREE!!! :)

You have a very nice voice Brandon. I know people with much bigger heads that can't do nearly as good as that. If I had any qualms, it was with the shoddy tuning of the drums...Those toms are awful. I liked Rooster a lot!