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Hi Everyone! I am happy to be part of this forum/community. I am 53 yo and had been a full time Pianoman from approx. 1987-2005. Gave up singing to pursue my own business in the fitness industry. But in the last 2 years have discovered that i simply cannot live without singing (and playing music). Since training with the KTVA Volume 3 once a day every single day since 2 months ago, my improvement has been no short of phenomenal!!! I am simply amazed! Ken's knowledge is "mysteriously" amazing - I should know, I have been through many many "vocal coaches". Anyway, nice to know so many feel the same way as I do.
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a warm Welcome from Germany. Very good to have you here. I am 48 years old and joined KTVA 5 months ago. May I ask whether you started with Vol. 3 or whether you did Volumes 1 and 2 without being registered to the forums. From your profile I can see that joined the forum on October.
Regards,
Doc
thanks for clarifying that to me. I found your other discussion with the cool AC/DC cover, too. You deserve a honest feedback, don't you? - I would try not to rush through the Volumes.
I can see that you are a very experienced musician with a lot of great skills. That is very good and it will make some things easier for you (for example: pitch, understanding of scales, ...). But from the video I can see that you could improve some things - especially support. We are training muscles. This will take some time. Ken recommends 3 months for Volume 1. And I think he is absolutely right. I started to get the real benefit form Volume 1 in my 4th month.
And please be careful with the distortion. Your distortion does not sound like a relaxation - it sounds like straining. This could hurt your voice.
I hope it is okay to be that honest.
Regards,
Doc
So ...
I am on thaiboxing for 20 years. And I enjoy it very much. But it took me a long time to withstand a 1 hour training. And now, since I am 48, I have to work even harder to keep my fitness.
If you feel comfortable with your distortion it is absolutely okay. Form an outside it just seemed to be like straining. But I am not that experienced to evaluate this in detail.
Good to have you here.
Regards,
Doc
Ken sent me back to Volume one after I thought I was doing well in Volume 3. I learned more by going back. I have sent myself back a few times since then, just to review and make sure nothing was getting past me.
That's a cool video.
Regards,
Doc
I studied several vocal methods before finding KTVA, and though I thought I knew all of the basics of singing, I began to realize that just about everything I had "learned" in the past was essentially worthless, and that what Ken taught matters from the very most basic levels, and is the foundation of good singing right at the base level. Everything depends on the basic premises being right and solid. So you have to kind of leave all of your former "knowledge" at the door and give Ken your full attention, or you may have a few gaps in your full understanding or implementation.
You'll be able to make that judgement on your own. Just be sure you don't do what I did and jump to the conclusion that because I could do the scales that I was doing them correctly. "Oh, I got that. What's next" kind of thing. He's giving you gold from the very beginning.
Thought you would like to know.
A merry christmas to you and your family!
thanks for asking. I am well. We just bake cookies for the family. It smells so wonderful.
It is very nice that you come up with this feedback. I hope you did not mind that I wrote this quoted comment. It's just an occupational disease. I am concerned with the health of people.
Wonderful that you met Ken in a one-to-one lesson. Who else than him can (Ken) tell you what to correct. I wish you great success and will keep my fingers crossed for the "Australian Idol". I would be proud if one of my classmates of the higher grade would succeed in a challenge like that.
Good luck, and for you also a merry christmas,
Doc
Hi Doc, Re: Your comment "I hope you did not mind that I wrote this quoted comment"
Not only did I not mind, I really appreciate it! That is why I valued your concern enough to deliberate and to investigate. If I only took it as something I should "mind", I would have ignored it.
Please don't stop being honest. You are a credit to this community! No one should be upset by mere words. Wars have been fought over words. That is not only illogical but also harmful.
If I am insulted/upset by someone's words, it is only because I allow myself to be insulted/upset. It would only be MY fault.
very nice words - thank you. And great to have you here in the forums. Please keep posting your demos: they are very helpful for all of us. I learn so much from listening to other peoples demos.
And Victor, you are are really great. You have so much vocal agility. That is awesome. Work on that.
And: I am not your cousin, not your wife, not drunk, but I am still giving you positive feedback.
I wish you and your family a merry christmas,
Marco
please excuse if my english is not as precise as it should be. I am not a native speaker. I am german. By vocal agility I mean:
"skill, dexterity, agility, cleverness, adroitness, skilfulness, maneuverability, mobility, nimbleness, manoeuvrability, flexibility, movability" (That is what Google translator spits out when put in the german word that describes it the best).
But your suggestion "versatile" describes it the best. Yes, you are able to sing so many different genres. For me, and that is just my personal opinion, sometimes a tiny bit to much like a musical actor. But overall, I must say that I would proud if I were able to sing like you. You earned great skills, Victor. You are really good.
Marco