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Jul 1 08 9:31 PM

Honestly I don't think there's a better way to point anyone with that type of question in the right direction. Maybe you have something to add... something you think would be a better pointer.

I want to add that I'm sure when David Phelps was really young and starting out, he too wondered how his favorite singers did what they did, he probably wanted to do it too. I'm also quite sure David Phelps still CAN'T do what his favorite singers do because he is not them! He can only do what he can do, not what others can do. That he can sing as high, and maybe even higher than his favorite singers, yes, but that he can do exactly what his favorite singers do, no. I'm sure there came a point in his vocal journey where he gave up on trying to be like his favorite singers and just stuck with what was natural and immediate to him. The moral of the story is, enjoy your favorite singers but don't try to be like them.

Jolly is right and kind of backs up the point I am trying to make, there's nothing special about singing high other than it takes a greater amount of coordination and skill to achieve (both of these things take a lot of practice and time).

Lastly I want to add that the observation that "It almost seems instead of getting lighter he almost pushes down for the C sharp at the end ?" is simply an observation and you'll never really know exactly what's going on unless you are the singer. For experiential reasons I wouldn't use the word "push," it tends to condition the mind to overshoot and miss the coordination. Secondly, you can observe all you want and we can say all we want about "how he does it," but it's all going to come down to how you get to the point where you can do it! We can write a PhD on a C sharp, but it's not until we gain the coordination through extensive training and practice that we have any use for it! I suggest you skip the beginner's tendency to be way ahead of yourself and realize where you are now and step by step develop yourself into where you would like to be!