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Jul 15 06 12:02 AM

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Lot's of little improvements here and there... that's great! You still have some more unlocking to do... and that is what this exercise is all about, taking your focus off the words and moving your focus onto other places that need attention before the words can be brought in.

I can tell you that whether you know it or not you are complicating the act of singing. You are making it a "special" thing that you do with your voice, but it's not. It's just singing.

I wish I could be helping you real-time, but I can't, so I'm going to keep making suggestions for encouraging freedom.

My new suggestion is to think outside the box... the best singing happens when we are not trying at all, so let your intuitive side fuel the singing, as soon as you're using your conscious mind you are setting yourself up for interrupting the freedom and therefore making you try. You are still trying to fit a standard. One of the main things that tells me that is that you have all the syllables in the world to pick from and you are sticking to two. I also hear you get excited at times and jump in to "help" the notes... don't! I've said and will say many times if sounding bad is what it takes to improve the voice, then you've got to be open minded to it. Do me a favor, record this once again but this time do not limit yourself in anyway, let the syllables pop into your head from out of nowhere and go along with them, don't question them or wonder which is best or which to stick to... encourage a diversity of syllables and not just a couple... that means you're stuck in a safe area... don't plan which syllables to sing, just let them pop out... keep the hips and shoulders lightly moving and sit on the "high note." It's a lot simpler than you think it is. Just go with the flow! Literally. It's going to get there, I know it. Let the gibberish begin! blah doo bah too la ga zo boo ke la tu mani mani poo yoo fee da chi ha teta too toh na na! Make it fun! Flow with your mind and body.

The moving hips and shoulders will encourage body flow (don't think too much about the movement, let it be more automatic) and the unrestricted flow of syllables will encourage the flow of the mind. You job is to stay out of the way of your mind... be a baby!

I'm excited to see how this will unlock your voice. I'm confident it will be the beginning of it.