Thanks for the insight ronws. I'm just now learning the technicalities of singing I've been singing on my own for a while now with no formal lessons yet but thats probably happening in the near future. ^.^ When Robert means "mixed voice" is dead is he pointing out that if you can bridge your passagio, there would be little difference between the registers of your voice and it will all sound as one steady tone no matter how high or low your voice goes?