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      Nice to hear I was able to help
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      Well I was not really giving Bono any advice here... In fact I'm sure he already does a lot of scales on 'no' with his teacher... It's not so much about the consonant/vowel combo nor the volume but more about the intention behind the sound. I use all kinds of consonant/vowel combos with my student as long as he keeps that basic intention behind them. Yes you are right trying to hold back the volume is a bad idea, if you are a little loud that's fine as long as it's free not pushed or yelled... If you do it right you will feel connected to your body. Primal/emotional sounds are good tools for teaching voice.   What I find is that you need that kind of sound to experience any stability in your first bridge range and above. With time you can learn how to sing with less volume but from that full voice place.
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      Sometimes people get confused because they think that a stronger sound will result to more squeeze. This is not always the case. I don't teach much... but currently I have a student who tends to not engage enough of his voice (and sing too bright) and when he uses his voice like that it starts to get uncomfortable around D4 and he starts to squeeze a lot.   I'm getting him used to a strong/firm sound, you know the kind of voice you would use if you want people to really listen to you and pay attention to what you're saying? A good exercise for him is to say "no" like he means it. It has to be spontaneous/natural/emotional. Anyway with this sound he can vocalize and sing comfortably up to a Bb4. He even hit a C5 in a nice mix yesterday. The hard part for him is to engage his voice properly: if he gets into the proper setup for singing his mid's and high's open up. 
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    Are you guys hijacking my thread?
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    Of course not! But yeah this is not an easy song... I don't sing ballads much because I think they're hard as f$ck!
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    Recorded on my shitty laptop mic of course   https://app.box.com/s/kjjbhen8r73jw5pon3orul9jf1pdd7qj
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    I like the little wink at the end... Here's to you sir:     I think you should get used to vocalizing with a stronger sound in your chest voice. Getting more "anchored" in your chest voice will help your high notes.
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    Thanks everyone, I'll work some more on it today. Multi tasking is so hard!
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    It's not perfect but it was fun   https://app.box.com/s/bk9xxdp2ktvb5o1w81yfw0pz6w6wr7uk  
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    You sound great   I wish i could sing like that!
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    Nice to hear some jazz around here   Sounds good. I would suggest you practice the guitar part more (with a metronome) so that you can do it on auto pilot and just focus on singing.   Also you put too much reverb I would say.
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    Thank you sir!
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      Speaking the words to a song before singing them helps most people but pay attention you don't suddenly change everything as you start singing. You have a fuller, richer, rounder sound than what you are currently using. I really think most people would like to hear that. Also a fuller tone at the bottom will give you a fuller tone at the top and more powerfull high notes. It's about using your voice as efficiently as possible. Why sing with 70% of your voice when you can use 100%? Unless of course you like that sound in that case we're all good.   Keith Sweat sings very forward like you and he's one of my favourite singers:   I don't understand what you mean by approaching from the top or bottom... As I said before the way you currently sing may have helped you with your higher range I just think it might be time for you to move on.
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      Levine sounds like he's singing everything in an 'ng' or french 'on', 'an', 'un' kind of position...
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      Aravind, you are some kind of tenor I would say but does this really matter? What matters is that you learn how to use your own voice. It's deeper and fuller than you think it is.
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      I think you will get more once you tap more into your true voice! But yes you are right. A lot of tenors can get down to an E2 but that doesn't mean they have any real power down there...
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      Fans... lol   Thanks for listening Ron! yeah seems like everybody wants to sing rock'n'roll around here
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    Vamos a la playa?
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    Aravind this is good! Nice interpretation. You definitely need more songs like this.   Also a good thing about this song is you can learn to use more of your natural voice without worrying about things like range. To me you can still sound more "natural" on this but I'm just talking about your tone here. I would like to hear a deeper warmer tone. I know you have it but you've been hiding it from us
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    Here's todays cover! What do you think?   https://app.box.com/s/dl5lu5gect3qlv8m1fr6fk0srudgx58k  
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      I think it has to do with how big your cords are and how good your technique is.     Yeah I'm a little flat in places. This is a one take recording. I can't do a song perfectly from start to finish without singing at least a couple of flat/sharp notes haha   And I have no dreams of becoming a pop star... Singing at parties and stuff would suit me just fine! I'm a simple man lol
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    Posted a new take
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    Here's a little sample of me singing classical haha   Been taking classical lessons for a couple of months now. My apologies for butchering the Italian language   https://app.box.com/s/dxsjstg7x64twvlajutatnwtca7z8xkn  
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      I agree with Bono.   Aravind, I would love to hear what your lower range sounds like. Could you post something?   How you're approaching your lower and mid range is quite important for your higher range. A lot of people take the lower range for granted just because they speak there and can sing there easily but that doesn't make it correct... The small mistakes you make in your lower range will often turn into big mistakes by the time you get to your higher range.   Range is not a problem. Instead you should focus on quality. You need to get familiar with how your voice is supposed to sound like. What is "home base" for your voice. A teacher can help you with that.
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    Hey Aravind!   I'm not weaving in and out of falsetto haha... I sing it full voice compared to Chris Brown who does flip for the higher notes... I'm more at a medium intensity with some higher intensity in places but unfortunately it doesn't seem like the recording captures that especially the higher intensity...   Also my voice is light. I'm not Michael Bolton     If you wanna hear my falsetto listen to this: https://app.box.com/s/poqumunhfx8hxye5lwblsryl3pmi45af   @ 0:04 "you were there" that's my falsetto, @ 0:34 "over you" and @ 0:39 "to do" is falsetto as well.   Been singing for maybe 6-7 years now.
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