How to add more lower/chest voice soudn to head voice

Brianhoneycutt

Hi Everyone,

Anyone got any good tips or exercises for getting your head and mix voice to have a little more lower end to them?

I am singing along to some H.E.A.T songs, and one of their singers in particular, Erik, has some stuff that I can sing in head voice OK but the way he sounds seems to have more lower end blended in or just overall isn't just as purely head-voicy as mine.

Like I sound closer to Geddy Lee and he sounds maybe closer to Dio but higher if that makes sense?

I signed up for KTVA recently with the $1 promo, so can access those vids if that helps.

thanks!

Terence

Well done on taking advantage of Ken's $1 offer. That gives you access to a mountain of information!

Short answer to your question: it's in the course so enjoy getting started.

Longer answer: you've asked a chicken and egg type question with the assumption that we start by adding chest to head. We can and do, but that's not what comes first.

We start with chest as the foundation. As it gets stronger, and we're singing on top of the right supported foundation, small glimpses of head emerge at the top of well-executed arpeggios. When chest is on track and quite well developed those glimpses of head voice become more sure and natural. Only then do we carefully start to put head-voice-only workouts into our routine.

Cutting out a few steps to keep it short, when you're head and chest are strong enough, you'll be able to swell head into a more chesty mix (and back again) as you're hearing Erik do.

Kluverto

Hey, I’ve had a similar issue, especially when trying to sing stuff that’s a bit more powerful in the higher range. One thing that really helped me was working on blending my chest voice into my head voice more smoothly. I’d do these "ng" and "mum" exercises to sort of bridge the gap between the two. Also, focusing on resonating in the mask area (around the nose and cheeks) made a huge difference in adding some depth. It took some time, but I noticed a big improvement in how full my head voice sounded.