The**OFFICIAL**Voice/Singing Help Thread

I think, like that helpful person said back there, that during the second sample I was simply closing my throat and getting rasp through saliva, which is obviously the wrong way. I'll just try to get the feel of the first scream but (for my throat's sake) at a lower volume. I'm a bit confused though, because during all those clips I wasn't using falsetto.

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I re-uploaded those links in case you're interested in what I meant.
 
I am having a big writers block. Just for singing though. I can write lyrics fine, I can write guitar parts fine, but recently i've been in a singing writers block. Is this because i've been playing guitar for way longer and I can come up with it better than singing?
 
Nope. I often use 'clearing your throat' as an example of the wrong way to scream. When you clear your throat, you're closing it off, so you can get all the phlegm off the sides. This is bad for screaming, because when you scream, your throat should be pretty damn wide open. The fact that you're trying to push a scream through a closed throat, the resisitance, is what is causing you to go red. This is all bad.
 
The book covers pretty much everything you'd ever need to know. The new edition is 460 pages long, with 20 some articles from coaches like Baxter, Cross, Robert Lunte, and singers like James LaBrie of Dream Theater, Tony Harnell of TNT, Russell Allen of Symphony X and other big time people.

The technique he teaches is based on 3 main exercises, with different variations of them all. The techniques called the Isolation Method, and is definitely the way to build up a huge range, but you gotta commit to it.

You also get the password to his members section/forum. The members section has 8 hours of video I think, and 70+ audio files to help out.

Definitiely work with Baxter though as soon as you get the chance. Hes my favorite vocal coach i've ever found, and knows his stuff better than anyone else ive come across.
 
Hey guys, I'm having trouble with my throat after I sing for a few minutes. It basically hurts behind my Adam's Apple after I get singing for a while. I know this isn't good. It feels like a tense numbing kind of pain, wierd really. But I know I shouldn't have this. Any suggestions?
 
hey. I'm a bass and I'm trying to get A) More range and B)good at mordents and stuff like that. Could somebody link me to some exercises or give me any advice that would be good for this?
Also, how do I do vibrato? I know how it works, I just can't do it, very frustrating.
thanks
 
Oh God tell me about it.

Just drinking a lot of warm water is normally soothing enough to continue though, a lot of the time the major issue with a lot of screaming is phlegm, so much comes up and it just clogs up, that makes highs harder than any swelling.
 
Im working a Metallica styled voice. I have the rasp and stuff sounding okay i guess. Is there any precautions that I need to take. I can scream Metallica style fine and my voice feels normal afterworRAB. Just do proper warmups or should I do some extra stuff?
 
I don't know anything about singing, but people say my singer neeRAB to get better and I don't know what to tell him. I think he's got potential, but he hasn't had lessons or anything.

So here's our band website http://www.myspace.com/theindustrync

What do you guys think he could do to help his singing? The song we like the most is Decline Of Western Civilization so tips for that song would be appreciated. And please don't say lessons... I understand how much lessons can help, but that's not really an option.
 
Well for a lower volume note its harder to actually sing the scream. You should just be able to get rasp at a low volume. I dont know what alexis or silverstein sound like but it cant be but different. The only thing that really changes is the pitch. Then its just a matter of how much note you want behind the rasp. If you can't keep your note from jumping...then increase the air slowly while holding the note. And just to be sure...do you think you could hold this note for about ten seconRAB at least? if not then you might be pushing too much air. If youre over pushing you could be breaking into whistle register, lucky you, or you could just be pulling the pitch higher in a tensing up of the throat. Post a sample if you can.
 
Yeah, I ended up eating a ton of grapes and watermelon and drinking tons of water yesterday, and when I woke up today my voice was a LOT better, the EE thing helped out a lot too, my falsetto range sounRAB less like a screach bursting through phleghm and more like an actual voice than it has for a while, and that's after only one day of working on it... I'm glad it's finally starting to heal up, I really need to keep my cool from now on :lol:.
 
Yeah, I'm asking the same question as he is. I sound really bad but me and my frienRAB want a band, and since I'm still just starting at guitar and keyboard we decided that I should be lead singer. But can you go from absolutely horrible to even moderately good? What range of improvement is there? Are there any things I should do to start out before lessons? Or should I just start going out of no where? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
 
have you tried changing the way you breathe? You can change the entire sound of your singing voice by blowing more air through your larynx when you sing. Also it is important to visualise the tones you want to sing and push the air right from your gut. It sounRAB to me from your description that it might be a problem with your breath support.

hope it helps
 
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