Short demo in order to solve my problem
ryker
Pro Posts: 80
When I'm doing the vocal 1 workout I can reach the high C and I feel NO dryness or scratchy feeling. But after singing about 3-4 minutes into a song that has notes in the F-G# area my voice starts to feel dry & less resilient. In response, I've tried 1) Brightening my tone in order to maintain cord closure-if that's a wrong idea then enlighten me to why the bright tone. 2) increasing support- I know you can't have too much support-I'm still working on developing the proper way of support. I get annoyed because I can only sing for a short amount of time and I sacrifice the energy of the song by dropping the key of the song in order to preserve my voice. This demo is really short and it's probably the 7th take. I'd appreciate feedback and tips.
Any ways that I can prohibit that dryness and increase resilience? It's also hard to maintain a bright tone consistently-any tips? I'm really concerned because I don't want to ruin my voice and permanently damage it. YIKES! Also I appreciate all the support and immediate help from the KTVA moderators. You all are amazing! Thank you!
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Joseph
Pro Posts: 260
A few general comments
I think we all suffer the same phenomenon, i.e. able to hit killer high notes in exercises, but struggle an octave lower when singing songs. Obviously those exercise are designed for open throat, nice vowels, nice vowel mods. As soon as we sing songs, we get tangled up in choosing the wrong vowel sound, the wrong vowel modification or tripping up on consonants and combinations of vowels/consonants. So in short, i would recommend, making notes of those phrases you are having problems with. Breaking them down into syllables and working out what is tripping you up, then make the changes to your phrasing so that you
1. gloss over consonants
2. choose vowel sound we like (AH, AA, EE, OH, OO)
3. know what vowel mod you should be on, particularly if you are in the passagio
Now with regards to your song sample. I dont have the xray ears that others have in this forum, so take this advice with a grain of salt.
I'd love to hear you sing the start of this song like you mean it, i.e. with more 'ping'. The start of this demo sounds like you dont want to disturb someone sleeping in the next room, which means you are singing softer, and probably sacrificing support which you need to 'drive' the song. So, yes more support. Your lower notes waver a bit, and i think it's due to lack of support.
Now, Your higher pitches are beautiful. Love it. Ping Ping Ping. I love the clarity and tone. Nice. You have shed the weight and lightened up. I dont know the song nor the melody, but my first impression is that you nail parts of the melody, but let down the song in other parts where you don't seem to be 100% sure of what the melody is, so you slide/slur through some notes/phrases.
But all in all, i think you're terrific. I dont hear the problems you refer to above. Again, i dont have xray ears.
Joseph
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highmtn
Administrator, Moderator, Enrolled, Pro, 3.0 Streaming Posts: 15,386
Support does not mean pushing more air, it means managing the air you push, and, for the most part, holding back the air.
When you are successfully supporting, it will be as if your diaphragm is connected directly to your vocal mechanism.
The diaphragm is the engine. It drives the Voice. Don't try to sing "from" your throat. Sing "from" your core.
Hold it. Control it. Extrude it in nice, thick slabs of vocal tone, so thick you could cut it with a knife.
Bob
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