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Jan 2 10 11:03 PM

Just because someone doesn't explain things in your terms doesn't mean they are not a good vocalist. There are good singers out there that just know how to sing and just by fooling around and practicing have figured out how to do things correctly. Most singers out there probably can't tell you the names of all the muscles involved etc. Also a lot of singers have not had formal lessons. Don't assume ignorance on technical terms means they don't know what they are doing.

Actually, Jaime Vendera sings full out, that is what he is known for. In fact, Jesse and Brett say that Jaime is "pulling up chest healthily."

And yes, if you spread too much you will lose compression. What you want to do more is open the mouth vertically and narrow the vowels. If you want to sing fuller your mouth needs to be open more. Then once you figure out the compression from this position you can work on how wide you want to open your mouth if you want more of a "splatty" sound. But you need to figure it out for your own voice because everyone's mouth is shaped different. I have a small mouth (like Pavarotti) compare my mouth to Yolanda Adams or Rachelle Ferrel. They have HUGE mouths and can get away with the spreading a bit more because of it. Of course though you don't want to go ultra spread. But the rule to think of is, the fuller the sound the more narrow the mouth. It's not as dangerous to spread if you aren't singing that full out. Also, you will want to spread a bit more as you go higher like C5 and beyond.

And remember too there are different degrees of technique. Someone can get away with having ok technique. And some people figure out how to work around it etc. But just because this is the case doesn't mean they are doing things right. Like John Foreman does use compression but its not exactly right, and I wouldn't copy what he does, but he does have that squeeze. Make sense?

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