Sexy Beast

I wanna know what my fach is... I want you to show me...

I wanna know what my fach is... I want you to show me...

I wanna know what my fach is... I want you to show me...

Just for the record: Singing Success is not SLS it's a vocal program. Studying with an SLS teacher is not the same as using the Singing Success program. There's nothing wrong with goo, gee, mum, or whatever exercise you may label as SLS. It's how you do those exercises that counts not the exercise itself. That's why you need a teacher. And that's also why I personally don't believe in vocal programs.
Yes there are a lot of bad teachers out there, some SLS some not.
"Speech Level" doesn't mean you have to sing with a low volume and no support... It's more about not pushing and reaching up and down for notes... There's nothing wrong with singing big as long as you do it with good technique.

Maybe it's time to get a real teacher?
Yes there are a lot of concepts out there. People loooove concepts and fancy words... You think there's some magic ingredient you are missing when in fact you simply need to train the fundamentals correctly: air, muscle, vowel.
 

I would bet on the opposite but I might be wrong.

Maybe it's time to get a real teacher?
Yes there are a lot of concepts out there. People loooove concepts and fancy words... You think there's some magic ingredient you are missing when in fact you simply need to train the fundamentals correctly: air, muscle, vowel.
 

Sorry can't help you there my exercices only work for fish...

Sorry can't help you there my exercices only work for fish...

Sorry can't help you there my exercices only work for fish...

Sorry can't help you there my exercices only work for fish...

You don't need to do that. Just imitate your favourite singers
 
Your SLS teacher doesn't teach you that? I do it intuitively so I don't understand all the science behind it but basically the vowel is your resonance and you need to tune it to the pitch and the intensity you are singing. For instance a closed "oo" vowel and an "ee" vowel need to be opened a little for the mid/higher range unless you wanna sing softly. If you don't do that you will end up squeezing. "ah" needs to be closed down a little more like an "uh" if you want to stay in a "mix type sound" as opposed to a belt... Listen to your favorite singers you'll hear them doing it!
 
 

Hey Bono, as always you sound very good and I think I can hear your higher range is getting better!
What I really don't like is how you modify the vowels on "love" and "sung". I know a lot of SLS teachers teach that but I think it sounds weird... Go more towards an "uh" vowel not a round "o". Listen to your favorite singers: are they modifying to a round/closed "o" vowel? I think not.

You don't need to do that. Just imitate your favourite singers
 
Your SLS teacher doesn't teach you that? I do it intuitively so I don't understand all the science behind it but basically the vowel is your resonance and you need to tune it to the pitch and the intensity you are singing. For instance a closed "oo" vowel and an "ee" vowel need to be opened a little for the mid/higher range unless you wanna sing softly. If you don't do that you will end up squeezing. "ah" needs to be closed down a little more like an "uh" if you want to stay in a "mix type sound" as opposed to a belt... Listen to your favorite singers you'll hear them doing it!
 
 

Just think whatever you need to think to produce that coordination

Well I was pleasantly surprised with this! You're still singing too forward but this is in a better direction. Listen to how you are singing: "Too many bitter tears are raining down on me" @ 0:22. This is the correct approach for this range. I have never heard you do that before. Can you sing the chorus like this?
You also need way more legato under your voice. For that you can sing the melodi on any semi-occluded exercise like the straw, lip rolls, v, z, you name it... and keep the same feeling when you are singing the words.

Hey GSoul I think you should work on keeping a steady airflow when you are singing. For this you can use a straw + glass of water, just the straw, lip rolls, tongue trills, any kind of semi occluded really: "v", "z", etc... So for instance: sing the melody first with the straw, then put the words in.
I'm saying this because your voice is very shaky.
Also you should practice the song more because you are changing keys for the chorus. I don't mean going a little flat like most people are when singing acapella, I mean you are modulating to a different key.
And I agree with Denis, you should do some Barry White, you know, for the ladies
 

Hey GSoul I think you should work on keeping a steady airflow when you are singing. For this you can use a straw + glass of water, just the straw, lip rolls, tongue trills, any kind of semi occluded really: "v", "z", etc... So for instance: sing the melody first with the straw, then put the words in.
I'm saying this because your voice is very shaky.
Also you should practice the song more because you are changing keys for the chorus. I don't mean going a little flat like most people are when singing acapella, I mean you are modulating to a different key.
And I agree with Denis, you should do some Barry White, you know, for the ladies
 

You don't want to hold back the air. What you need is a proper balance between airflow and cord closure.

Hey Pekka, you are overdarkening your voice in places. Don't try to sing it like Michael Bolton, sing it with your voice. Also your tone and pitch are very inconsistent. That said, I think you will be able to do that song with some practice

Hey 8tor,
Good voice but those higher notes need more work. Basically you are trying to bring your speech vowels up into the higher range which simply doesn't work very well. I hear a lot of splatty "ah" vowels and your ee's and oo's are very tight. A good teacher could help you clean that up. Or you could listen to recordings of good singers and copy their vowels.

It is nasal most of the time but you are right as you go up into the E4-G4 range it gets even more nasal. I never heard you speak so I don't know if there's anything wrong with your speaking voice. Your singing voice needs to be deeper from what I just heard. Once you found your natural singing voice/sound you need to be able to keep the placement consistent. That means you don't let consonants, vowels, words, volume/intensity, range change the basic sound of your voice... well unless you want to for interpretation and artistic reasons. There's nothing wrong with coloring your voice as long as it is a deliberate choice.

I would say the one you did @ 0:22 is best.

Elvis,
 
Have you tried the same scale on semi occluded exercices like lip bubbles, tongue trills, 'v', 'z','ng', straw etc...? Those will be easier for you at first than open vowels like "ah". Also you don't need to go so high with this. A lot of people want powerfull high notes like C5+ and are unaware that they have problems in the C4-G4 area... They can hit the note but it doesn't mean they're doing it right.

Then you don't have a problem with bridging!