Singing Success Vocal Technique (Archive #3)

lowering larynx

feeds@yuku.com (iwillsurvive) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:27:50 GMT

I've been doing the mum mums faithfully for quite awhile, and i realised that the reason why they aren't really successful is because of the high larynx.

Does anyone know of exercises to lower the larynx, or keep the larynx muscles from not moving, as i move up higher in pitch?

replacing the nays?

feeds@yuku.com (adambaritone) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:20:08 GMT

hey guys!
I've been away from singing for a while and started to work with SS again the other day!
so for some reason I tried to sing "KAY KAY KAY" instead of NAY but with the same nasty sound. It felt like the kays gave me a little more connection. so I'm wondering if its okay to replace the nays with kays fpr a while?

/ Jnas

Unsure how to practise

feeds@yuku.com (parafreak) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:07:33 GMT

Hello guys!
I've just bought SS, about a week ago. I've been busy, so I haven't started on it until now.
So, I've heard CDs 1, 2 and 3. But that's where I get confused on how to go about practising.
On CD 3 Brett introduces humming, liprolls and nays. Here's what I'm confused about:
Brett says to perform the exercises in the range you are most comfortable in and to not sing higher than you're comfortable with.
So do I just keep doing...

Strengthening Chest Voice

feeds@yuku.com (HypnoCarter) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:17:55 GMT

Hey everybody,

I'm a 16 year old male from Canada and have been looking over these forums for a long time now, but have never asked any questions before!

Recently, I have decided to fully commit to practising singing 5-6 days a week. I am starting off slow and I really don't care how fast I improve... I just want to make sure I'm developing my voice properly! One person on...

The edge of the.....

feeds@yuku.com (egoaudio) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:17:54 GMT

Earth! I found it it's really there! The earth is flat not round!

J/K. I'm really talking about the edge of my vocal folds. I've just today started introducing the edgy sound into my scales.... you know, that vocal fry sound. It starts out SO small but then I can turn it into a HUGE sound with so little air.

I've recently been working ONLY on stopping all strain in my voice. When doing this I was going into almost a pure head voice very early (Bb or mid C)....

Shaky voice in the higher notes doing mum mums

feeds@yuku.com (iwillsurvive) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:14:08 GMT

Hello and a very good day to you guys!

I've been reading this forum for quite awhile already, and you guys have been a big help in me improving my vocal technique.
so much so that i didnt need to post questions, because all them were already answered.

However, there as been a problem bugging me for quite awhile, i discovered always when im doing mum mums or no nos or foes or guh guh, my voice always shakes very badly as i reach the mix(please correct me on this...

Am I headed down the right path ??

feeds@yuku.com (blackeyed28) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:09:27 GMT

hello everyone,

i've been studying SS for a couple of months now and i don't think i'm achieving very good cord closure when bridging to head voice (daily scales of lip rolls, nay, mum, no - as on the SS CDs 3 thru 5). i feel like i'm making progress in bridging, ..but is this a waste of time if my cords aren't getting good closure ?? should i stop and focus on a correct head voice ?? or should i press on with these scales and closure...

The Dreaded "Head Voice" or "Falsetto" n00b post (with sound clip)

feeds@yuku.com (Sheepdog) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:55:20 GMT

I searched this forum and many others and found this topic comes a lot, but for some reason I'm still clueless mainly as to whether I'm in "head voice" or "falsetto". I've also heard many different definitions of the two, ranging from "they're the same" to "they are entirely different registers", or even "falsetto is just weak/uncoordinated head voice".

Mainly if anybody would be willing to explain this elusive...

Lip Rolls and Digastric Muscles = Arch Enemies, need help

feeds@yuku.com (Sheepdog) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:33:49 GMT

I've been doing Lip Rolls for a few months and have noticed some great changes in my mid to upper range (namely, not having to strain), but I haven't noticed any overall improvement in the actual highest note I could hit.

That is, until I read up about the Digastric muscles (the ones under the chin) and learned to not tense them when singing. Whereas I used to only be able to hit D5, I could now freely move all the way up to C6 (not loudly by any means, but it was...

Good old chest voice question....

feeds@yuku.com (egoaudio) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:30:25 GMT

Hello everyone,

First post here. Thanks to all who assist in advance.

So here's my story:

Been singing for around 2 years. Picked up the singing success program around a year ago and have struggled until recently. I am finally giving in to my head voice. The deal is, I feel like I've lost my natural chest voice due to straining for the majority of the time I've had singing success... I can speak clearly and don't have difficulty with anything...

...::Singing Success Journal::...

feeds@yuku.com (thefirewithin) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:39:50 GMT

Whats up everyone!

I'm starting this Singing Success Journal to help keep me focused. I have had the Singing Success program since 2006, and have hardly used it. I'm the type of person where if I dont see the results immediately, I give up. Well, I dont wanna be that way anymore. So I'm starting this to help keep me motivated and focused on my goal: Perfect Singing!

I will put a video clip on here of my singing soon. It will probably be one of me playing around...

Vocal Tract shape and such...

feeds@yuku.com (s4m222) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:46:10 GMT

I was just doing the usual. Surfing and exploring, when i came upon this website they take a reed to make a quacking sound then attach different shaped resonating chambers to it...

essentially the resonators were shaped how the human vocal tract is shaped during certain vowels... im not sure if this can directly actually improve singing but this is very interesting to see this effect visibly

Time to FACE IT!

feeds@yuku.com (musiciano) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:18:34 GMT

So let's be honest with ourselves. The reason why you're not singing well probably has little or nothing to do with your physical make-up. If you've gone through puberty - and yes, even after puberty your body is going through changes, but sill - you are probably developed enough to sing freely.

Use common sense: the number one reason why you are stuck in tense, strained and locked up singing is because of your APPROACH. I can almost bet anything that you are not using...

What is this guy doing?

feeds@yuku.com (Balphaus) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:08:12 GMT

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6BT9Hhdang4

he has massive range, this video's not good but I can't find the better one I had before.

It's powerful but very femenine sounding.

Oh and I'M BACK, if anyone remembers me ahaha.

Abel's Journal

feeds@yuku.com (spidey009) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:27:46 GMT

My hour with my SLS coach was worth it. He pointed out exactly what I needed to work on. Here's the lesson I had with him.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qcager

Pitch - uncommon problem(i think)

feeds@yuku.com (vocalist1) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:40:27 GMT

Hey guys just got my ss and going to start doing the excercises tomorrow.

I got a kind of wierd problem when I sing. I've tried my pitch control using a kind of karaoke-ish program that shows you if you are in tune or not while you sing. The wierd thing is that when I sing i often go way out of tune,
HOWEVER when I just do a long "Aaaaaaaaaah...." all the way through the song I never miss a...

Can't seem to get my mix any chestier is it my voice?

feeds@yuku.com (chaosfayt) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:41:34 GMT

Heya been awhile, after all this time i still cant seem to get my mix to sound like an extension of my chest voice , it sounds completely off, and although its pretty on pitch, the tone is completely different , like listen to my normal voice and then where i go into mix for the "then i am still " part , its a completely obvious shift. How do i make it chestier

Sustained AAh

feeds@yuku.com (spidey009) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:58:22 GMT

Is the sustained AAhs done with head voice or mix?

I am booking with an SLS teacher.

feeds@yuku.com (spidey009) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:06:28 GMT

He's about 30 mins away from where I live, but I know it'll be worth it. Now I just have to figure out how to get there by transit.
He's lvl 2 certified btw. I have nothing to do this year, so might as well be proactive with it.
Wish me the best!

Is the Pharyngeal Voice the "key" to singing above B3 in the C4-A4 range...

feeds@yuku.com (confused) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:09:54 GMT

with ease (aka mix)...?

I'm frustrated because after so many lessons and after using SS, I can't sing crap (correctly) and I did practice. Doing mums and then trying it to apply it to songs seems impossible because mums is all freakin loud as hell and it also feels weak as hell. Am I supposed to train the pharyngeal voice (nay, witch's cackle) to learn easy mix? And I'm not even talking about a powerful or heavy or even a medium mix, I'm talking about a light to...