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joereece

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  1. Hi Rob, Thanks for taking the time to respond! Really appreciate that. I'm digging up more info on pillars and it seems that I missed a lot of great features haha. Some really interesting stuff! You're obviously doing something right if you're presenting info at the AVF Symposium. Good luck for June! I read somewhere that pillars 2.0 was updated with even more cutting edge technical info which I find really interesting so that's another plus. I just have 2 questions that I have been thinking about quite a lot recently. I know I've been asking a lot so please forgive me! 1. I know that a large proportion of people who use pillars tend to focus on rock and similar styles. I'm quite interested in musical theatre and pop. I know this question has probably been asked before but...once I learn the techniques is it easy to throttle it back a bit? It's just that you see all these people who can "belt" out a huge song yet when it comes to a gentler song their voice just can't seem to manage it? I don't mean to disrespect pillars at all as I've heard the results and still fully intend to buy it in the future. 2. I've never really felt that my falsetto is relaxed and easy to sing in. My voice seems to tighten even though people say that falsetto is very easy to use. My falsetto almost feels similar to pulling chest most of the time apart from it's in my upper register. (It's not the exact same just the same feeling of tension/push) I'm just worried that if falsetto and adducted head voice are in the same place would this affect my progress? Would pillars be able to do anything for that? I realise the second question is probably too difficult to answer without diagnostics and so on so no problem if you can't answer it. I really appreciate all the info this board has provided me with! Thanks very much, Joe
  2. Well I've read a number of posts on here including some really helpful ones from Steven Fraser which all discuss the raised/lowered larynx argument. My understanding is that if you raise your larynx (voluntarily or otherwise) without engaging any constrictors then it's perfectly healthy. The problem seems to occur when you haven't found a way to sing on a raised larynx without first disengaging the constrictors/tension that appear to almost be coupled with the raising of the larynx in beginner singers
  3. Wow workflow sounds amazing! I think that's what most people struggle with when learning to sing, way too many directions to take! Very much looking forward to pillars now haha! Thanks again for the info!
  4. Thanks jonpall, will definitely try out those ideas. I do have one question about the larynx/constrictors. I know that twang tends to raise the larynx and I have nothing against a high larynx configuration. I'm interested to know how you can tell if the constrictors are engaging and what exercises you can do to combat that. Some people have suggested the mum and gug exercises but I'm not trying to stop a raised larynx, simply the constrictions that can sometimes arise. Thanks for your help.
  5. Ahhh makes sense as it definitely feels like that! Although I thought the vocal cords weren't directly affected by twang? I think I may have found that post thanks! Thanks, well if it doesn't I can just wait to buy pillars!
  6. This is all really useful stuff so thanks for recording it all. The reason it's "quack" on the siren is because atm when I twang in the upper register it's either all or nothing I'm not surprised my diaphragm might be out of whack, I'm a beginner who has real problems with support. I am slowly working on that though I think I understand the closure bit, I've decided decided to read up more on theory instead of practising as I want a clean slate to start from when I finally get pillars. Making the light closure sound seems difficult at the moment but I'll keep working on it! Not at all! The clips are great, really useful thanks! Any idea why it hurts to twang/quack on the siren? I'm in between jobs at the moment but it's fairly high on the priority list. Thanks for your help!
  7. Thanks for the response Keith! Yeah falsetto is a real bane... I've got a fund set aside but just working on it whilst I save up :)
  8. Hey, Am I using twang in this clip? (I know it's very low quality, sorry about that!) https://www.box.com/s/cfb839c2c651d6b39ceb If it is I think I have been doing this automatically for a while now. I seem to do it naturally to increase volume. Please forgive my choice of phrase to display this, Lulu's "Well" is where it seems to be most pronounced. It's like my trigger phrase for what I think is twang. Just listened back to the clip and it doesn't seem as pronounced as I thought it was. I can produce more of it but it seems to go very nasal. Also I can't seem to bring it into my upper register without strain? If I try sirening up with it I can carry it up but it goes very ugly and it seems to hurt my throat a fair bit so I've only done it twice. https://www.box.com/s/af1a02b7553517f90295 It just seems like I won't be able to use my upper register+twang in any songs as it wouldn't sound good? I realise Robs four pillars program actually works on stuff like this so I'm not asking for any freebies I just want to know if I'm going in the right direction and how I can avoid damaging my voice when doing stuff like this? Thanks very much for reading this and I appreciate any help you can give! Cheers! Joe
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