James Lugo
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Vowel Modification Not Necessary (Classical folks weigh in)
James Lugo replied to aravindmadis's topic in General Discussions
Great job man. I've heard you sing this before. Totally in your wheelhouse. -
What Does Your Voice Say About The Vocal Health?
James Lugo replied to coreshanethi's topic in General Discussions
Man I would be very careful throwing out generalizations like that. There are as many factors to vocal changes as there are singers. -
Really excited and grateful to be a part of this Robert!
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My Voice is too bright From Twang. How Do I Darken it?
James Lugo replied to s334567pq's topic in General Discussions
I always find brightening and darkening your voice super easy. I don't view it from a technique angle at all, to me it's purely intention. Maybe that comes from years as a cover band singer and having to go from sounding like Bon Jovi to Muddy Waters to Paul Rodgers. I would not complicate things, see in your minds ear your voice and how you want it to sound and move that way. Another thing you can do is swing the pendulum to far the other way for a period of time and sing super dark, almost dumb sounding like some of that old Riggs stuff, the mum mum mum, goog goog goog, nu nu nu... etc... -
Looking for ideas for a vocal tip video series.
James Lugo replied to James Lugo's topic in General Discussions
Ok guys, I am finally on a roll now. The second video is up and I've also uploaded full warmup tracks for all registers, Baritone, Tenor, Alto and Soprano. Videos will be coming every week now, subscribe and like and hit me up if you have any questions: Workout tracks: https://we.tl/Fc2t6xaaFi -
Looking for ideas for a vocal tip video series.
James Lugo replied to James Lugo's topic in General Discussions
Thanks Rufus. I think it's gonna be a fun year of this. Worked on some lighting last night and installing an updated Final Cut Pro X on my new MacBook Pro. Gonna take some time and get better at editing. -
Looking for ideas for a vocal tip video series.
James Lugo replied to James Lugo's topic in General Discussions
Cool, Robert I'll watch them tonight. Here's Vocal Tip #1, Basic Warmups Pt1 P.S. I'll get the lighting thing together! lol -
Looking for ideas for a vocal tip video series.
James Lugo replied to James Lugo's topic in General Discussions
Ok boys and girls I just shot the first video, pretty fun actually. I'll get the lighting down but the content is there. I'm processing it now and will upload later today and post. Enjoy! -
What happens after the training is complete?
James Lugo replied to 2 cats in a dust bin's topic in General Discussions
That's the goal. Hell students surpass their teachers all the time. Just go out there and make some music and have fun. -
This pic just popped up on fb feed and I thought about this thread. This picture of Lzzy I see the internal fire that fuels a real rock crusher. Just an opinion intertwined with an observation.
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Yup, scary experiment. :)~
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For me the screamin rasp is way more then just technique. It's an internal thing, it's a statement. I could be wrong, wouldn't be the first time but I think it's easier to improve your singing then it is to sound like Brian Johnson if you sing like Steve Perry.
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Looking for ideas for a vocal tip video series.
James Lugo replied to James Lugo's topic in General Discussions
Man lots of off topic stuff. If anyone has any ideas for topics let's hear it. James -
The key is practice and don't be afraid. I can sing the EE vowel to the top of my range effortlessly. It takes relaxed compression and have fun with it. A prevailing theme I see around here is that everything is daunting. Things are as hard as you make them man. Sometimes a little old school 'belter's bite' may help. If you wanna know what it is hit me up.