izzle1989

He has very good technique for this style of music. I am a fan :-)

Great Job! Stay motivated and keep up the good work. If you want any specific details on how you can progress at a faster rate let me know :-)

Exactly! The only approval you need is YOUR approval. That is the most important thing to remember.

Well all I can say is take everything I say and everyone else including frisell with a grain of salt. Only you can truly figure out how to sing. Any description we give you will be different from what you feel. Just take the common points and make your own conclusions.

I have to agree with Keith. You are not really supporting or using good vocal fold closure within this song, but at 1:10 and 2:00 you sound really good. The technique you are using in these sections is the same technique you should focus on using throughout your range. Just remember that just because the pitch and dynamic level is different within this portion of the song does not mean that you cannot sing this way throughout the song. Just focus on using the technique that I speak of above throughout your range and your sound will grow and develop into something amazing! Keep up the good work :cool:

I feel the same way. Just do me a favor and remember why you love to sing. If you are a true vocalist it's not because you want to sound good it's because you have something to say. So the next time you record a cover I want you to really understand the meaning or the song and why the song was written. Then I want you to find that place within yourself that can really connect to the emotion of this song. We work on technique in practice when it's time to sing I want you to sing it like it will be your last time singing. Keep up the good work.

I look forward to hearing this Keith :-)

Haha Ron I will try my best to live up to expectations.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks for posting this great post Tommy! We spend so much time trying to critique others that we forget to enjoy the sheer passion, musicality, and the art. Sometimes we have to all be reminded to humble ourselves and enjoy. I really appreciate the kind words as I'm sure many others would too.

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I like it! It is a very demanding song that I would love to attempt. Send me the instrumental at izzle1989@yahoo.com Thanks

Okay I will take a listen to it. Thanks

You're welcome.

Eyes of a Stranger or Silent Lucidity are my choices right now. Do any of you have any suggestions?

I am listening to a few choices now. I will let you know which ones I like the most :-) Thanks in advance.

Okay Brother Ron I appreciate the encouragement I will get on it asap! Can anyone send me the instrumental?

General stretches and massages. I personally like to let my head fall backwards as if I fell asleep with my mouth open and breath in this manner for a few mins. Then I use my hands to gently massage the muscles of the jaw while maintaining the open mouth position. If the jaw is tight then the neck may be tight too so I massage the soft areas around my neck and shoulders. I feel that performing the NG exercise with a dropped jaw helps this the most. Hear is a great link. I hope this helps.

Cool I will do a cover asap! Just know I come from an R&B/Gospel background, but I will do my best to get the feel/capture this style of music. Hopefully I will post something by the end of the week.

You don't sound nearly as bad as you believe. I actually enjoyed this recording very much. I feel that you are doing a lot of things correctly and you will make progress with practice. The main thing I noticed was that your jaw seems a little close down/tense. Doing some work to solve this problem could really help you to release the sound correctly. There are other issues, but I believe this will give the most improvement to you voice as of now.

Well I'm am glad I could help Just know that the sooner you start to add more weight the sooner you will improve with lifting that weight. You will not be able to sing all of the pitches in your range with this weight yet, but if you take it pitch by pitch you will improve. I'm not saying that you have to abandon the head voice only workouts I'm just saying the only way you are going to truly have the control you want you will have to strengthen and coordinate both. They both work together and are never separate or we would not be able to make sound or change pitch. Good luck with your journey. If you need any help let me know! :cool:

I have nothing against Frisell or his methods because this does make alot of sense and has been proven to work. You are a fine example on how much improvement that can be made by doing this, but the "head voice musculature" is the same musculature that we use for the other areas of our voice too. The CT muscle tilts the larynx which causes the vocal folds to stretch and thin. Regardless of whether we are in "head" or "chest" voice the CT controls the changing of pitch. This way of training will work to an extent, but you will never become strong or coordinated enough to sing those same pitches in a chesty way if you are always lifting half of the weight. I didn't want to give a detailed comment because you have been making great progress, but at some point you are going to have to start to add more weight.

This is a warning sign. If your chest voice is losing power you will never be able to sing a chesty/fully connected tone. Make sure you perform lots and lots of chest voice work if not you will always flip into a disconnected head voice.

I did find it very heady also, but he has come very far from what I heard from him a couple of months ago. I didn't want to give any tips that could potentially deter him from his goals.

You're welcome