Robert Lunte

FELIPE, WELL DONE! SOUNDS GOOD... DON'T HEAR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE NAGGED... YOU DID A GREAT JOB...

Randy has been working with me for about 8 years. "Lights" is a song we train often at TVS.

Owen, impressive... your getting smart... this is cool to watch your growth. Hmm? Narrow vowels and agitate vocalis... try it... keep experimenting... I think we have fundamental strengthening to do and continuing on with your appoggio. BTW... can you duck into this other post from my new student... Ill bet you can help her well, given your perspective with TVS. Sure, I'm the coach and can help her as well, but the last time i was at this stage, was 27 years ago... and I didn't have the same coach and products you and Pam have... here is the link. http://themodernvocalist.punbb-hosting.com/viewtopic.php?pid=54870#p54870 Thanks TVS Team!

Thanks Rachsing, ... twang has been my best friend for about 8 years... there is nothing new about in my play book.

I get it and I did not think it was a 'little small thingy'... I'm familiar with Titze's straw demonstration, while inerctive reactance is taking place in this demonstration, I don't think it is the point of the demonstration. To learn more about Dr. Titze, click on "Interviews" and enjoy the exclusive interview I produced with Dr.Titze here for the members of TMV World.

... ok Rachsing... got it. You had to dig deep into the JOV for that one... but ok, I better understand Owen's response. The balance of pressure inside the vocal tract will move and/or manipulate tissue... not just tissue on tissue. Well that's my students for ya,,, their all real smart and get out there and 'get'r done' and become experts at this stuff... Now then, I'm going to get some "inertive reactance" game on with my stomach and go eat some waffles...

... Owen, I don't mean to bust your chops... maybe someone can make an argument about the vocal tract giving support, but to me, 'vocal tract' means "... an open tube or resonant space". Did you mean Intrinsic Anchoring? if you meant IA, then I think that is part of the "vibratory mechanism".

How does resonant space support anything Owen, its just air dude? great for tuning, but air doesn't support much..

Keith, physically, not much... but I think mental focus, it is a major league endeavor. He has trained with me for about 6 years. Ill invite Randy in and see if he can leave some comments and answer questions for you guys... How are you doing Keith?

Id say "light' to 'medium' light mass... this kind of singing 'floats' more... it leans to the lighter side, generally speaking.

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Hey TMV World Forum Athletes... here is my best friend, student and TVS Certified Instructor, Randy Loran singing "Lights" from Journey... This is in fact, 1 live take, no over-dubs... straight into the DAW last night in my studio in Seattle. Also, I might ad, he had a cold and his headphones were only playing in the left ear... ?! This is so good its sick... wow. https://thevocaliststudio.box.com/shared/static/rc1vsn5870xbqjwj9v2w.mp3 If you guys have any questions about this, let me know, or feel free to contact Randy on FB.

Uh... ya?!!!

Here is my friend and TVS Certified Instructor Sergio Calafiura from Cagliari, Italy singing a Depech Mode tribute. It is quite excellent. Love the, rich, "Theatery" low notes... and gorgeous bridging and M2 singing... Like Bruno Mars or Jeff Buckley.... Gorgeous. Ill be teaching with Sergio from November 24th & 25th. Anyone in Europe, especially Italy contact me or Sergio! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuN_HhzI2f4

Ron, your track had a lot of style and I can hear mechanics of your registrations, head voice work, twang, tone all in there. Your phonation package has all the right core elements to get through this tune. If you try another take at it... tighten up the cues on the verses. Keep the cool little falsetto embellishment and develop that. I think you might explore getting more aggressive in your M2's Ron. Not so much about twang, like most experienced students of singing technique, I think your compression is ok... but working on your larynx dampening so you can tune your formant better, modify your vowels a little bit to your advantage and ... get your appoggio game on Ron... There are two major sources of energy that support the phonation package; 1). the vibratory mechanism and 2). the respiratory system. We tend to neglect #2 in singing most often. What happens is students become to reliant on compression to carry them through the singing. It kinda works, but it makes you sound more like a duck. Ironically, Ian Gillan was actually a fairly quacky singer, and so a pinch more compression in this song makes it sound "Gillan-esque" which is ok... anyways... Get your respiration going and work on closing the vocal folds with more Bernoulli effect and TA in your efforts and you'll leap forward in your progress. ... I just added a big "Appoggio" section to 'The Four Pillars of Singing" with what I think are the four components to think about when training Appoggio": www.TheVocalistStudioStore.com 1). extrinsic anchoring 2). open throat tongue position 3). engagement of the intercostals and core 4). wind & release onsets inside of M2 are most favorable Hope this helps Ron... your doing great.. take another stab at it.. !

.... Well Ron... I do this 20 hours a week ... its not a competition... you did great... I particularly like the little falsetto embellishments you put in between the screams... something about them, caught my attention.

Oh shit, I'm sorry Ron... I didn't notice this was your CIT thread... guess I need to pull my head out... I think its great that different people are trying this tune, it shows balls. Ron nice work, I think it sounds pretty good... watch the cues a bit... that means, when you start/stop on the phrases... just a simple little rhythmic thing to pay attention too... Like the falsettos,,, they work. Your 2nd scream sequence sounds good. Pretty good whistles... Ron, sorry I didn't comment on your effort earlier... :/

Did Ron upload a version of this? Do you mean Rob or Ron?

Thanks Limelite.

Well, seems I missed one... Ill try more harder next time.

It is just a big open embouchure... nothing special there... and a hard hitting "attack & release" onset to produce flageolet. If you watch Ian Gillan , he does the same thing... you have to attack that top note pretty heavily... and it whistles... whistles do freaky things.

I have two strong teachers in France, Olivier TRONQUET and Stephanie DUMOUCH. www.TheVocalistStudio.fr www.olivieertronquet.com R

Forest you version of 'child of time' , good effort... on the 2nd scream sequence... bite down on the twanger.. you need more compression... squeeze more... on the 3rd scream sequence... you just have give it hell... use glottal attacks.

Hey, thanks guys... I try hard, I do my best... its NOT 100% amazing I suppose, but its probably up there by most standards. I was in the studio yesterday singing a ballad that doesn't have any screams like this and I got my ass handed to me... was very frustrating... but this is the 'sport' of singing... you just have to keep going, keep practicing, keep getting stronger and everyone can improve. Owen, I don't know if my F1 or F2 is amplified? Would be interesting to know... In regards to the distortion... this is a very good case study of what I have said before about distortion. More then any kind phonation, distortion is very personal. Some people can easily, others have to work at it more (me).. and everyone's distortion sounds a bit different... they are like finger prints... all cool, but all different... that is to say... good proper NOISE IN THE VOCAL TRACT distortions like this is... not tissue grinding. This may sound like tissue grinding, but its not... when I make this distortion sound, it feels very windy... it feels more like spit blowing in the vocal tract... its 'wet', 'open' and I believe my glottis is open just a little bit too, so its a bit windy... which is the way you want to do distortion... its not tissue grinding. For some reason, my distortion sounds 'evil'. LOL!!! I don't know why. It wasn't my intent necessarily, I'm not trying to do it that way... its just has this, wicked, evil sound to it... ok, fine... thats what God gave me for distortion, "... Rob gets the "evil" sound".. next! So as an artist, you have to kind of be aware of that. Be aware of the aesthetic of your distortion and then try to place it where it works best. Anyways, thanks for listening... I haven't heard Filepes? Would like to hear it?