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Re: My current singing without having any vocal coaching before. I've just joined to KTVA as a new stude
I think my voice has finally responded to Ken's Vol 1 vocal exercises. Here is a sample. Billy Joel's Always A Woman To Me.
I stopped daily singing of too difficult songs and kept on going with the vocal exercises. It didn't take long after that I noticed that the exercises are feeling better. Now I'm convinced it was a mistake to try to learn how to sing just doing songs. Especially lower notes feel easier to be produced. My range may not be as good as before but I think I must gain it back by training Ken's scales.
Mod
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Re: Cover: Say Something - Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton (Technique critique)
First off congrats on the performance!
It takes guts to preform! I still am too scared to even do karaoke so props to you!
In terms of technique; making sure you develop a really strong foundation will help you when nerves take over. So just keep focusing on diaphragmatic support. Sliding scales are great for helping with pitch (when I get nervous my pitch is out of wack) and some riff and run style scales where you have to stop and then start in the scale is great (I think there's a couple of these in volume 3) this can help with pitch finding as well.
Keep up the great work. Guitar skills are great man! Wish I could do as well as you!
It takes guts to preform! I still am too scared to even do karaoke so props to you!
In terms of technique; making sure you develop a really strong foundation will help you when nerves take over. So just keep focusing on diaphragmatic support. Sliding scales are great for helping with pitch (when I get nervous my pitch is out of wack) and some riff and run style scales where you have to stop and then start in the scale is great (I think there's a couple of these in volume 3) this can help with pitch finding as well.
Keep up the great work. Guitar skills are great man! Wish I could do as well as you!
LindseyBean
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Re: Ventura Highway cover
As long as the tone is good to listen to and you continue to develop it, then male or female comparisons have less meaning. When I listen to this its still a masculine sounding voice but sung with a bit of tenderness and emotion. You sound like you are doing what you should with your voice, the song would sound very different with alot more belting chest, maybe post a sample of something where you attempt this.
Wigs
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Re: Sining is in the front of the mouth?
@ingenting Hello and I hope you are having a good day! There is a lot that goes into singing properly with good technique. Ken cover's all of this in the course and honestly it's really great information in a very structured and ordered manner to help you grow the parts of your voice you need to in the proper order. In my opinion the course is worth every penny and you should consider purchasing it and joining the KTVA family!
What ever you choose to do I hope you discover your voice and the enjoyment you get from using it!
What ever you choose to do I hope you discover your voice and the enjoyment you get from using it!
Chris82
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When I practice high notes for a long time, I feel my vocal cords... "hook"
I don't get hoarse and during or after workout and I avoid get to the point where my voice cracks.
I stay on the edge before the crack, but when I stay too long on that limit I feel this... "hook" and I cough. It's the second time this happen since I started the workouts (I started two months ago). Then I stop the workout immediately and stay a couple days not doing the workouts. I don't get hoarse and I don't feel my voice tired... I'm just afraid something worse could happen if I continue to do the workout.
I suspect this is because my voice is dry... I drink water every 5 exercises and chew gum during workouts. But the room is very hot so I leave the fan on and I think that might be affecting it. Maybe I'm not holding air enough... I don't know. What do you guys think? Could it really just be dry voice?
I stay on the edge before the crack, but when I stay too long on that limit I feel this... "hook" and I cough. It's the second time this happen since I started the workouts (I started two months ago). Then I stop the workout immediately and stay a couple days not doing the workouts. I don't get hoarse and I don't feel my voice tired... I'm just afraid something worse could happen if I continue to do the workout.
I suspect this is because my voice is dry... I drink water every 5 exercises and chew gum during workouts. But the room is very hot so I leave the fan on and I think that might be affecting it. Maybe I'm not holding air enough... I don't know. What do you guys think? Could it really just be dry voice?
DonaldWinston
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