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phudgeonphudgeon 2.0 PRO Posts: 2
Hi everyone! I just started on my lessons last night, and I thought I'd introduce myself, since I might have some questions and input here on the forums down the road. I'm Paul, and I live in Virginia. Up until recently I've just sang privately, but it's a lot of singing. I sing in the shower, sing at home, sing on my almost three hours of daily commuting, etc. I say up until recently because I've been having a lot of fun with using the Smule app this past month, connecting with other people doing duets. I don't do any performances or anything. I just have a passion for singing and decided to put some time into growing my voice.

After the first few videos, I can already tell that I'll be glad that I put in the time. I would have never consciously thought about modifying vowel sounds to reach certain notes. I think I do it to a certain extent without thinking about it, but I can see how being mindful of these kinds of things can really have an impact, and help to do things with my voice that I couldn't do before. I'm looking forward to continuing along in the course, and I'm really looking forward to growing and connecting with other singers.

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  • VocalityVocality 2.0 PRO Posts: 1,606
    Welcome @phudgeon to the KTVA Course and forum from the UK, this course will vastly improve your voice, take your time especially on volume 1 and you won't regret it. You should now be able to get access to the student part of the forums here's the link

    https://forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/discussion/6859/how-to-get-access-to-the-ktva-student-areas-of-the-forums#latest

    Vocality :)

  • phudgeonphudgeon 2.0 PRO Posts: 2
    Thanks for the tip and the link, Vocality. I thought that I had already completed the student access e-mail step while following the instructions after purchase, but it looks like I just requested member access to the forums. I wouldn't have noticed that I was missing stuff if you hadn't pointed it out. It's good timing because I already have a question queued up.
  • Edukator99Edukator99 2.0 PRO Posts: 57
    Welcome Paul! I just started here about 8 weeks ago as a beginner and I definitely feel I'm improving. Looking forward to seeing you around the forums!
  • highmtnhighmtn Administrator, Moderator, Enrolled, Pro, 3.0 Streaming Posts: 15,047
    Paul, you are right about the vowel modifications being the natural way to get to higher notes. We do naturally modify, but most people need to be taught about them so that you can remember to incorporate modifying to help make singing easier.

    Sometimes we have to be shown the natural way to get from here to there.

    We're glad you're here.

    Bob
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