incessantmace

Thank you for the quick and detailed response Robert!
I've been training with the 4P for about 3 to 4 months now, I'm not entirely certain as to how long.
What helped most is that Pillars explains clearly how the voice works without alot of ambiguity. The abundance of excercises is also great, as I have a good work ethic if I may say so myself, but before Pillars I had no clue on what or how to train my voice. I always thought I was born with a flat, dull voice that couldn't sing high but now I'm actually starting to be able to listen to my own voice.  
Knowing that I have a good training program that works motivates me, as I'm certain that I'll become better if I just keep at it.
 
I'm recording with a Line 6 UX2 hooked to my PC. Vocals through a Rode NT1A. 
 
I understand what you mean with a gaggy, heavy sound. I've been having trouble with that for a while and it's actually a lot better now. My voice was just underdeveloped when I started and I had bad, lazy speaking habits. I don't know if my native language (Dutch) has anything to to with it, but I've been working really hard to get a more quacky, edgy sound to my voice, but it's just that my natural voice was the exact opposite of twangy when I started. So it's taking a lot of work.
When I do the excercises in the FBR I mostly train in edging vowels like EH and AE, doing them as quacky as possible. But when I sing songs I still slip back into old habits I guess.
Are you saying that I should shade more into edging vowels when singing this song, or do I misunderstand?
 
 

Thanks Ron!I appreciate your comment. I'm not really trying to sound like Layne consciously though I sure don't mind the comparisons. I'm working on singing less heavy. It's a lot better already. I've always had bad speaking habits. A very lazy, throaty speaking voice which I think is something that's delayed my progress a little.
I think there is alot less twang in Dutch speaking when compared to American voices and the accent from the area I come from kind of contributes to the lazy and throaty speaking.

Thank you for the quick and detailed response Robert!
I've been training with the 4P for about 3 to 4 months now, I'm not entirely certain as to how long.
What helped most is that Pillars explains clearly how the voice works without alot of ambiguity. The abundance of excercises is also great, as I have a good work ethic if I may say so myself, but before Pillars I had no clue on what or how to train my voice. I always thought I was born with a flat, dull voice that couldn't sing high but now I'm actually starting to be able to listen to my own voice.  
Knowing that I have a good training program that works motivates me, as I'm certain that I'll become better if I just keep at it.
 
I'm recording with a Line 6 UX2 hooked to my PC. Vocals through a Rode NT1A. 
 
I understand what you mean with a gaggy, heavy sound. I've been having trouble with that for a while and it's actually a lot better now. My voice was just underdeveloped when I started and I had bad, lazy speaking habits. I don't know if my native language (Dutch) has anything to to with it, but I've been working really hard to get a more quacky, edgy sound to my voice, but it's just that my natural voice was the exact opposite of twangy when I started. So it's taking a lot of work.
When I do the excercises in the FBR I mostly train in edging vowels like EH and AE, doing them as quacky as possible. But when I sing songs I still slip back into old habits I guess.
Are you saying that I should shade more into edging vowels when singing this song, or do I misunderstand?