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kiran

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  1. I bought pillars 2.0 in April and have been taking regular skype lessons with Robert ever since.. Pillars doesn't gear to any particular style of music. Among other things he trains your voice to bridge and connect your chest and head registers, extend range through building muscular strength and memory, develop proper resonance to achieve optimum tone etc... all of which are skills that are necessary to excel in any style of music. Learning from Robert has not changed my vocal style in any way, but only built on it giving me more freedom with notes, better control and a fuller tone. When we take lessons I'm told to choose songs that I like, and we work on them together. Also if you look on his youtube channel, he has recently posted performance videos from some of his students who are performing RnB, soul and pop music very well. So in short, yes I would recommend pillars 2.0 if you want to sing pop music
  2. It's working out very well for me. I started training with the four pillars in late april, and have since taken 10-12 lessons with Robert over skype (at least I think so, I stopped counting). My only experience as a singer was school choir and backing vocals in bands, so Robert has pretty much trained me from scratch. The workouts are pretty tough, but I'm gradually getting better and have started to like my voice more and more. The most noticable thing is that I seem to have added 4 or 5 notes into my 'comfort zone', and the tonal quality and resonance has improved. The four pillars program is very thorough and informative, but I think the lessons I take are an equally essential part of the training. There are several reasons why.. 1 - you avoid wasting time or injuring yourself by performing exercises incorrectly, 2- sometimes you need to be told the same thing 100 times before you get it (at least in my case), 3- I find the lessons keep me motivated. I'm enjoying training with Robert so much that I'm flying to Germany for one of his masterclasses.
  3. I chose the digital copy becuase I live in Norway and didn't want to wait for it in the mail or pay the massive import duties we get here. It's a big download, but I just read the ebook while I waited for the audio and video content to download. I did two things with the ebook, I printed it out and filed it, and then later put it on my iPhone so I can refer to it using a PDF reader. The digital version also came with DVD quality videos and also lower quality versions of the same files so you can store them on an iPad/iPhone or something else similar. So to conclude, the hard copy is probably nicer with a nicely printed book and discs, but the digital copy is very easy to use and organize once you've downloaded everything
  4. Oh and Paul shortino, that guy just seems to get better with age
  5. Don Dokken in his prime. I always thought he had a very distinctive and 'nice on the ear' tone and vibrato. I also liked the way he chose a more gentle approach to singing in a hard rock setting.
  6. Roy used to come into my work every now and then to buy stage clothes. He's a very nice guy and I once had a very long chat with him about music. I was quite surprised when he told me that he'd had no formal vocal training other than speech therapy to "calm down his voice after a long tour", as he put it. I always thought he sounded extremely well trained, but I guess there really are singers who manage to figure it out themselves.
  7. Thanks for listening Ron! I'm gonna try to record the whole Song tomorrow evening. I didn't intentionally change the vocal melody, so that is purely accidental. I didn't feel like I was straining, but I can't say I found it easy either. I tried very hard to modify vowels where appropriate, but at this stage I find it hard to sing totally relaxed when I'm focussing on my mouth and tongue position, and vowel modifications. But i suppose that's just a case of practising until these things happen naturally. I'm going to use this song for the next few months to monitor my progress, as the exercises and lessons are definitely giving noticeable results. Thanks again for listening, and I'll try to record a full version for you to hear! Kiran
  8. ahh sorry, first time using box.com this should work! https://www.box.com/s/d4f97adfa137f2e7358a
  9. Here is my contribution, a little bit of I dont believe in love.. https://www.box.com/s/d4f97adfa137f2e7358a Don't expect too much, I'm a beginner and this song is not exactly in my comfort zone I started taking lessons with Robert in April, and before that I had no experience other than singing back up vocals in various bands (guitar is my main instrument).. So even though it doesn't sound fantastic, I'm still quite happy because I couldn't sing this song at all a few months ago.. If anyone could give me some constructive feedback, I'd be really happy and would like to work on it and record a full version.
  10. I agree with this, which is why I stop my workout as soon as I feel tired. Because once my cheek and chin muscles start aching, i feel as though I have to push more air to compensate, which I think is counter productive. The tiredness comes from the fact that having a wide open embouchure and dampening the larynx are fairly new to me, and therefore require more effort at the moment. That being said, this tiredness I'm describing used to occur much sooner than it does today, so I seem to be making some progress
  11. I get quite tired after my vocal work out. I warm up and then spend 45 minutes doing octave sirens and bridging and connecting 2 a,b and c from Robert's programme. After this I don't feel hoarse at all, but i do ache in my cheeks and chin, and actually find light singing very hard. However after an hours rest the muscles are relaxed again and I'm able to sing far more comfortably than I could before the workout. I hope this is normal and healthy. I've been assuming that it's because I've only been singing a few months and I have a lot of strength and stamina to build. Maybe someone could give me some input on this?
  12. i didn't know that, that explains why i seem to get more phlegm during practice than during the day.
  13. I really enjoyed this Daniel! Thank you for making it!
  14. http://www.micheleluppi.com/ check this guy out. I'm not a big fan of his music, but his voice is outrageous! for example this is impressive and also a little funny
  15. Thanks for posting this! This bit of advice made an immediate improvement in my morning exercise routine. I'm unfortunate to suffer from asthma and rhinitis, so I have a tendency to force in too much air.. So being reminded to not drag in too much air really made the more uncomfortable notes in my range a lot less shaky than they sounded yesterday.. On a related note, do you any of you have any experience with breathing exercises helping alleviate allergy symptoms? I have rhinitis, which means that my nasal cavities swell up and on a bad day can make nasal breathing near impossible... However after my breathing exercises I do get temporary relief of all symptoms. So I was wondering if perhaps they may eventually cure the problem?? I'm doing Robert's exercises from the four pillars system for around 30 minutes a day.
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