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  • The more I sing & try connecting to the upper range,I realize something."Thinking" about singing while singing (about high notes coming up,passing the passaggio,etc) makes it harder to sing well! Not thinking or worrying about anything concerning singing actually helps,which is really quite interesting. This may be why,when Ive asked great singers in the past how they do certain things,their answer is usually "I dont know"

  • What if you're a terrible singer?? aha Can you work some miracles? lol

  • when u get bored and you skip it too 3:23 ! lol!!

  • i have been looking for ages for something to improve my vocals because i love evanescence and i love singing their songs but my voice doesnt go quiiiiite high enough for some of there songs. any tips???

  • @MCRkilljoy1997 you can send me a sample of your voice to kentamplinvocalacademy(dot)com­/2012/01/upload-your-vocal-sam­ple for a fre vocal evaluation

  • I want to sing like a rockstar, like, really high!

  • hi im trying to become a good singer right now i do ok but im not really sure on how to imrpove myself or if i progressed , i also do dance of many styles mainly break and dubstep dancing but anyways i am just trying to imrpove myself and im wonderin if u could help me , my email is emiliosaenz20@yahoo.com

  • @RoboticOutKast you can send me a sample of your voice for a free evaluation if you like: send it to:

    kentamplinvocalacademy(dot)com­/2012/01/upload-your-vocal-sam­ple

  • Hi! PLEASE. PLEASE. Please... respond to this!!!!! I really need help with BELTING high, long notes. I'm 16 years old, and I've taken singing lessons... but my teacher never taught me how to 'belt notes.' -.- Whenever I try, my voice cracks. I'm starting to sing higher notes... but I can't sing CRAZY like Adele... or Lea Michele. Maybe give me a few tips on how to sing from the stomach? Or the diaphram??.. without straining you voice, or cracking. ALSO, making sure it doesn't come out nasily. :)

  • @chontelle20 you are welcome to send me a sample of your singing for an evaluation to: kentamplinvocalacademy(dot)com­/2012/01/upload-your-vocal-sam­ple

  • Ken, I have never seen a male sing such high notes!!! You are brill at singing!!! Do you do soul too?

  • @jessiejfan5601 I think of myself more of a soul singer than just a belting rock singer.. check out some of my stuff...you may like it... I have a youtube video on soul singing

  • Hey Ken.I know your a busy guy,but I was wondering if you could post up a quik list list of good equipment to record myself ?(I.E. mics,and whatever else thats needed to make a good quality recoding) Ive been doing your program for about 5 months now and want to be able to record myself so I can see how Im progressing.Thanks

  • almost looks like you're laying on the floor. :P

  • The main and only technique that can have you singing is maintaining the basic shape,The more you concentrate on the basic shape not collapsing you will soon discover the adjustment faster .

  • KEN--- PLEASE READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!

    Please do one of these videos for country music!

  • @countryxoxmusic I will...

  • @kentamplin thank you ken! :)

  • @kentamplin Do you not like country?

  • @HeatherHuffmaster depending on the country :-) I LOVE guys like Brad Paisley :-)

  • HEY ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS

    I HAVE A DEEP VOICE

    CAN U HELP ME

  • ill stick to my teach your to expensive

  • Ken, where are you located and what do you charge for one on one lessons?

  • @stoleyourcar1 all the info is on the ken tamplin vocal academy. com site

  • @stoleyourcar1 ok no offense, but at first when i read where do you live, i was like STALKKKER. but I get it :)

  • @kentamplin hi i'm wondering if you think any person can learn how to sing. my voice its good the think is i just do not know how to control it. people say i sing good when i sing i hear my voice fine but when i record it it sound terrible haha how embarrassing !

  • @Daro12081988 Yeah, I am wondering the same,if anyone can develop a good voice. I've always been told I can't sing.

  • @Shaysailor if you can make a sound you can sing. It's just a matter of technique and practice. Alot of people say don't listen to yourself sing, I think it's the best thing you can do, otherwise you won't know yourself what you really sound like. I've sung notes that I thought were perfect and powerful then I play it back and it sounds like i'm yelling. So I learn from that and maybe try and bit of compression, shape my mouth differently etc... You can learn alot by just doing that.

  • Ken Tamplin has the ONLY true vocal training course out there. Trust me, I've tried them all. Ken Tamplin is the real deal, watch your voice GROW, LITERALLY grow from his methods.

  • Í've been smoking for about 2 years, the only thing it's done is make my voice alot more raspy, how badly will smoking actually effect my vocal chords?

  • @lachlanmornard it will affect them quite a bit but it is still doable

  • @kentamplin Will it confine me to a smaller vocal range? If yes, will reducing my smoking extend my range?

  • @lachlanmornard ultimately yes it will diminish your voice. Quitting will give you better tools to increase your range

  • Is it true that you're born with a voice? Let say there's a person who can sing fine. Would it be the method he uses to sing that gives him a classical voice, or country, or rock.. jazzy.. blue.. w.e Or is he born with a certain type of voice? And if you are born with certain type of voice... does that means that you won't sound as good even if you learn it? Can Sarah Brightman sings like Simple Plan? Or Green Day sings like Il Divo?

  • @josva0012 without a doubt you can grow your voice

  • hey ken um i was wondering if someone has a bad singing voice is it possible to make there singing voice better?? or is singing a talent your born with

  • @ChaoticBun it's smoething that can definitely be learned

  • @kentamplin awesome thank you :)

  • is he gay lmfao or is that just how white people talk xD

  • @starstruckt it's how white people talk

  • Did you seriously just go up and grab an F#5 like it was nothing? lol. Interest peaked. I've been doing a lot with Brett Manning's methods, but still seem to have trouble getting power out of my head voice above high C without added tension most days. I will be considering online lessons with you soon... haha

  • HI KEN! Thanks for answering my question and i still don't get it. but i'll practice. i'll would like to add your video on facebook.

  • Hi ken! i recently bought your video cd and audio cd. i am confuse about the lesson. my question is should the your stomach expand or compressed when singing? pls.. help that what is happening when i try to sing.

  • @conradnav98 please contact us directly at KTVAInfo@Gmail.com so we can better help you. In answer to your question, think of your stomach like an accordion. It will fill with air first, and then you push down on it when you sing a phrase. Then Relax, and then take in air again for the next phrase. The stomach will protrude when you take in your breath, and collapse when you "push the air out" when you sing the phrase,

  • @conradnav98 please contact us directly at KTVAInfo@Gmail.com so we can better help you. In answer to your question, think of your stomach like an accordion. It will fill with air first, and then you push down on it when you sing a phrase. Then Relax, and then take in air again for the next phrase. The stomach will protrude when you take in your breath, and collapse when you "push the air out" when you sing the phrase

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  • Wow! I totally have a better understanding of what you mean with controlling the diaphragm but I still have to say that you have more talent than most guys because you're still able to hit those VERY high notes. Keep it rockin' n soulin', Ken! YEAH!

  • Hi Ken, I am a grandmother, sang in choirs when young, sang along with CDs, and have noticed some odd things with my singing voice. Recent research, shows me that my vocal cords may not be perfect, i.e., some damage. When I can, I want to have them checked. Glad to see you sharing, and hope my comments help, because I think CDs like Celine Dion's and Sarah Brightman's, should come with a warning label, "Don't Try This At Home; at least not without a vocal coach!" Best wishes~

  • @kentamplin , do you just do pop/rock, because i cant sing to save my life and i would love to learn how to sing pop as is bruno mars, rihanna and soul, adele, luther vandross etc.

  • @MrPressy9 Bruno Mars will be my next song demonstration

  • please help me..i understand my my voice...i have an r&b voice but my voice is somewhat high....i do runs that sounds goood but i feel like im using just my throat and not singing,,,,can i email you my sample.....whats your email,,,thank you

  • @JONNY45111 send me a sample of your singing ktvainfo@Gmail.com

  • going to start saving for your dvd's now , can't wait!

    ;)

  • i'd like to sing like bruno mars because i love how he can use his head voice so easily and it sounds so smooth. i try to sing like that and i cant get my head voice to smoothly flow like he does. Any tips?

  • @NarutoUzamaki044 I will be posting some Bruno Mars tips very soon. Stay tuned.

  • Are ur lessons free or no

  • @codelyokoist I have many free tutorials on my site and in my youtube videos but lessons with me are not free

  • does this help you get a higher natural speaking voice?

  • @liljosephx yes but only for a few hours after warming up

  • Is it safe to use reverse phonation? ( Inhale) to sing high notes?

  • @codelyokoist that depends on your use of air and how much you "squeeze" off the chord to get the notes. Open Throat technique would still apply

  • I resent a different email, this one should work hopefully :)

  • I'll send u an email my email is zachmalloy@yahoo.com

  • kentamplin .?.?.?.? umm is it a problum if I dont know how I sing O_O I youse so many methed's

  • Whenever I'm singing for a long time by myself, I think I must forget to breathe in the middle because my voice goes flat about halfway through. There are a couple singing videos on my profile if that would help...

  • @tinkerbellerina134 guys, if you would like an evaluation, send me a link or a sample of your singing to ktvainfo@gmail.com

  • At about 3:40 I understood most of my voice problems

  • I have a question. I would like to be able to sing good, but currently I cannot sing to save my life. Do you think some people are just not meant to sing, or do you think I can learn how to sing?

  • how do i sing high notes?

  • @codelyokoist the first question back is, how do you sing? If you want to send me a samepl of your singing, you cansend it to ktvainfo@gmail.com

  • I like how you are able to climb through those octaves but can you stall or interrupt? like if I was to take that soundbyte and cut out a few spots, I don't want to sing it all in one note or even complete the scale... throughout the song I want to modulate and change tone along with octaves, say softer in some areas and stronger in others, like Tate and many others do when they perform, I tend to lose pitch and get lost, whats a good exercise to build on?

  • @nineball26 all you need to do is a youtube search of ken tamplin high range singing... you will hear me do it there

  • How can I locate my Diaphram. I am 20 and starting a little late in the game.I don't think im breathing correctly and i run out of breath when im trying to sing better. I think im singing through my nose and throat and not my diaphram how can i correct this?

  • I just saw this video for the first time and wow you have an amazing voice. I'm a 20 yr old girl i've just started to learn how to sing. been learning through others youtube videos and advice and im confused. i dont know how to locate my diaphram or the right breathing techniques. I wanna become a rockstar.lol so I'm also pickin up guitar and all that. im pretty bad at all of it though but i am trying. practice makes perfect. also i can't hold notes and they are very unstable.

  • @JBJenk00 it starts below your sternum (under your chest cavity) and goes all the way down to your groin... this would be total diaphragmatic support

  • i think i have an ok voice, but im a little tone deaf. i can sing when im listening to a song, but when i sing playing my guitar i sound awful. any advice?

  • @LOJO5000 you can send me a sample of your voice ktvainfo@gmail.com

  • i notice alot of people looking for training already sing and arent too bad to the untrained ear. im a drummer that always wanted to have a voice but i honestly cant sing to save my life. im deep and kinda mono toned.. any advice for someone who has 0 experience?

  • @50jofa you can send me a sample of your singing if you like ktvainfo@gmail.com

  • hey can u make a how to sing like justin bieber?! I can only sing high and not low and I've been trying to find a how to sing something like justin bieber but I can't find any tips or tricks with the voice to do it!

  • Ken man i need help i have a deep voice like the song elvira by the oakridge boys not really my type of music im more into 80's but i can sing the base to that song. And i want the range i had when i was lik 8 back can your lessons give it back? Because my voice isnt all that high but its not rediculously low. By the way im 14. If that helps an at all haha.

  • @trey8047 send me a sample of your singing ktvainfo@gmail.com

  • @kentamplin To be honest i dont know how haha

  • @kentamplin Ken can you go to my guitar lesson and here how deep my voice is you can here it i was really tired but thats so u can get what i sound like i might make a singing video but all of youtube will see it and im kinda scared to do that. But yeah.

  • Ken i need you! please i love to sing and i think im an ok singer, music is all i do and i want to have my voice the best it can be. i also wanted to know if you can help me find out my vocal range? and help me expand it. i love private lessons, so tell me what you think man.

  • @rockemsockhoebots send me a sample of your singing ktvainfo@gmail.com

  • KEN i need your help, music is my life!! i was on music since my grandpa Al passed away, my grandpa passed away when i was 14, and he helped me start to sing at the age of 8, he always helped me he improved me, but when i lost him, i lost my voice, i lost everything, my family is tearing apart. got out of a recent 2 year relationship, and im at an all time low, but theres a canadas got talent thing coming up, and i need advice, i have a video on ,my page of me singing. please help me improve1/2

  • @OLiiVERSTOKEDD send me a sample of your voice ktvainfo@gmail.com

  • @kentamplin i sent you the voice sample.. im scared of showing my voice though.. it has been a very long time... i also have covered 1 song on my youtube page. maybe you can check that out and show me whats wrong.. i just need help on this.

  • Hi Ken! I'm a singer and never had any voice lessons! How do you belt high notes like beyonce or whitney houston (for example: a high F in your chest voice) without cracking??? What excersises can i do to help achieve that? And how do I achieve vocal technique???

    Also, if you have the time, go to my channel and watch my videos and if you have any tips for me please feel free to tell me :)

  • @ErickaGuitron I went to your channel, if you want to send me your e-mail address I can give you a vocal evaluation. I don't like to do it in public for privacy reasons.

  • The whole time im thinking to myself 'damn i gotta go to that website!!'

    XD haha

  • ken not that it matters but ru gay?

  • @77jchc nope, not whatsoever. Happily married for 27 years.

    I think that people mistake being nice for being gay these days.

    I never before realised how prejudiced the gay community must feel from haters here on the internet.

    For me I can shrug it off because those that know me, know me as more of a man's man.

    But I have more compassion on black people and gays now from the judgers.... :-)

  • this helps:)

  • yup....YOU are the answer to my problems...

  • I need some help. My voice is sounds good and all, but I can tell I need help. I really want your help cause you are very good at singing. Can you help me?

  • @lalalela100 if you want to send me a sample of your singing you can...to ktvainfo@gmail.com

  • WHOA! That E was amazing

  • Hi, I'm 15 and I love to sing and I can tell that somewhere in my notes I'm missing something important. My mom tells me that I have the potential, but I need guidance on how to use my voice properly. When I record myself singing I can definitely hear the potential but it suddenly gets mixed in with a few off keys. Can you help me?

  • @Jistify send me a sample of your singing

  • I have a deepish voice but whenever i sing its sounds a little nasal and i can't hit high notes, how do i improve those?

  • @Finchel4eva I woulod need to hear your voice

  • hi i'm 18 years old and i've been practicing and trying to learn to sing heavy metal vocals mainly operatic style vocals my singing voice is so weird if i sing just normal i have a low voice and it's too low but if i sing an octave higher it sounds like a teenager it doesn't sound like a man...maybe my vocal chords just aren't fully developed yet?

  • @shawndixon13 send me something to listen to ktvainfo@gmail.com

  • Argh dammit i want you to teach me to be a better singer but i'm poor -.-

  • i wanna sing like BRANDON BOYD from INCUBUS!!! if KENT or anyone can help it would be amazing :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD­DD CHEERS

  • hi i have a very low voice.. when i sing and open it up i can get to about mid range then start to fade out and it gets to a push and eventuray cracks.. id like to be able to expand that range and hit high notes but with a little bit of rasp to it how do i go about doing such a thing

  • @23BillyBADASS you are welcome to send me a sample of your singing to ktvainfo@gmail.com for an evaluation

  • hi im 14 and love to sing but i used to sound ok but now i sound tone deaf and i think its from smoking am i right? and i have no clue where to start can you help me?

  • @TheJudeb123 you are welcome to send me a sample of your singing for a free evaluation to ktvainfo@Gmail.com

  • @TheJudeb123 be smokin on that shnickelfritz huh? lol jk

  • @TheJudeb123 WHY THE FUCK are you smoking at 14, dipshit

  • Hii i used to have a very good range but now im visiting my grandparents for a year and they dont like singing so they dont let me practice and now i feel like im losing all the control and range that ive worked hard to have . Do you have any advice to help me get it back ? I will send you a video of my singing but it wont be great quality because my camera is bad .....

  • I lift heavy weights 3 times a week. I like to stay muscular and in shape. I've heard that lifting weights is bad for your vocal chords/singing because of all the tension in the neck muscles. I've read a few information about the topic and it doesn't seem like there are any good news about it. Is this a myth? Is it something I should lose sleep over or is it not a big deal? Can the two co-exist with eachother? I mean, I guess I've never seen any singers who lift a lot of weights.

  • @deminn it can be, i teach anti stress exercises in my Volumes on the web site to overcome this

  • Your talking voice is EXACTLY the same as Alans from two and a half men!

  • I love to sing, and it sounds good but I have trouble with finding my head voice and my stomach muscles also tense up when i sing, What do I do???

  • @whateverIwant2watch you are welcome to send me a sample of your singing to ktvainfo@gmail.com for a vocal evaluation

  • whenever i sing high my voice starts to shake ....so now i can only sing mid and low range. how can i sing high?

  • Wow!

  • hey! i love to sing! and do it EVERYDAY, however.. when i sing i feel like im pushing and squeezing, and i just dont feel like im doing it right, I LOVE to perform! its all i want to do, but i just feel like there is SO much more to my voice then i am using, i have never had a voice lesson, and know NOTHING about proper vocal technic..will your program teach me to have a wonderful voice like yours! please reply.

  • @flyyourkite95 you are welcome to send a sample of your singing for a vocal evaluation to ktvainfo@gmail.com

  • I really wish I had enough money to take lessons with you. I am classically trained but need some pointers on how to adapt to more of a rock tone. I just need to figure out some exercises... I feel like it can be hard for my female voice to get rid of some of the vibrato and get into more of a raw-ness. Anyways.... I wish I wasn't still a student :(

  • I LOVE U!

  • Yeah, I start feeling really hoarse really easy. It's the tr-hoof. Are you full of shit? I would say naaaaay.

  • he can sing

    

  • i lost my rage some how ... i use to have it nice but i lost it some how... i need lessons agian

  • DO This Really Work Because I Dont Wanna Feel Played !!

  • @cutieCakesish if you're skeptical don't do it. It won't work fo you anyway becuase your heart won't be into it.

  • Question: After years, I've finally got a decent mix and head voice going on, and the transition is fairly smooth, once the old vocal cords are really warm, but I've really been trying to work on singing smoother and softer like Steve Perry in "Open Arms". The problem is that I can do it well in the lower octaves, and decent in the upper octaves (like a falsetto thing), but there is absolutely nothing in the middle. Is it possible w/o too much compression?

  • @MindPetrol yes you can over compress your voice but usually that happens in the higher registers of your range. It's the mid section you are describing that is the most important part of the voice. YOu must work the upper mid chest register of your voice or risk losing both your head/falsetto and your lower mids over time.

  • Hey :D

    I just wanna say that I think you have an amazing voice and you are really inspiring to me as a young singer in a rock band.

    It would be really great if you could check out the videos of me singing with my band and offer any pointers cause I have very little singing knowledge.

    Thank you very much any help would be really appreciated.

    We are epilogue2011 on youtube and our most recent performance put up is the Disturbia/Empires.

  • @paigeone16 please private message me and I will give you a vocal evalutation

  • Very cool. I'm a first time viewer of YouTube. I think I'd like to take vocal lessons with you, I'm going to look up your website. Thank you for taking the time to create this business for yourself. Everybody can sing, and everybody wants to be a singer. Great line of work.

  • @DW99able I don't understand your question

  • i wanna learn to sing, i think i can sing but i can't do it very loud and for very long, i need practice but i should know how to practice the right way

  • hey will u check out my videos and tell me how im doing?

    im 15

  • Hello. I would love for you to check out my vids and give me some pointers! i would greatly appreciate it!

  • @snugbne send me something to listen to

  • @snugbne You have a nice tone to your voice. Decent pitch (but it could use a little help). You also are singing quite a bit from the nose. My suggestion is, get better diphragmatic support first. This will help with pitch power and stamina. Second, learn about open throat technique, this will help you with the nasal issues. This would be a good place to start. I have a dvd series at the Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy. com that will help you with this.

  • @kentamplin Thank you! =) Do you suggest plugging my nose well i sing? lol

  • @snugbne no, you need some air form the nose, just not a focused pressure like you have now.

  • @kentamplin oh ok i see!

  • @DW99able I just check out your Marley cover. I would recommend starting to focus on your pitch. I think you have a great energetic personality. This is where I would start. The I would learn about good breathing support. Start there...

  • @DW99able do you practice singng his songs? send me a sample of you singing

  • @DW99able again, not sure what your definition of good. Mine is Areath Franklin (popele today thing of voices like Adele who is a lot like a white version of aretha franklin). Aedel has been singing for many years studying aretha to sound like that. She has also take vocal lessons to help you imrove and susatin her voice. Thse are the places I would start. Get familiar with singers you like, sing their songs, get some training and develop your own style.

  • @DW99able that depends on your definition of good and that depends on your defeinition of aweful

  • hi, my names sara, Im 14 years old and ive been singing since i can remember. would it be too much trouble to send you a video of my singing and you could give me your imput? thank you so much!

  • @AllYouNeedIsLove26 send it along :-)

  • Sorry to Judge like that. I was just saying in a stupid way that you are a very hyper person and you are very hard to follow. And no I don't do drugs :)

  • @montrealdrum it's all good...no worries...I had a few people think I was gay because I try to be a nice guy and I accidentally smacked my lips on my intro singing video. I'm actually practically a homophoebe (the opposite of a homo :-) But people need to make comments... The internet reminds me of driving. People cut in front of other people off all the time without thinking twice but they would never do that in a grocery store. I guess they feel safe hiding behind the internet or their car :-)

  • how much coke do you do?

  • @montrealdrum I don't use drugs. I hope you don't either. It almost killed me when I was younger...

  • Hey I'm Robbie, I'm 18, and I think I need to find my singing range. Whenever I'm trying to sing to a song I can't hit any notes at all and I was just wondering what can I do to help this?

  • @Ifyb321 send me something to hear you sing

  • Hi Ken My Name Is Majestic Im 16. Im not a bad singer my voice is okay i just have an airy voice is that normal or is that something i need to fix? I know i have what it takes to be a great singer my mom is an amazing one. I guess i just get scared and i dont push is there anything you think will help? thanks

  • @MajesticSumter airy voices have a hard tie growing. Because of the amount of air that passes across the chord, it tends to dry out the chord much faster than normal and inhibits regenergation and putting elasticity back into the chord. I would teach you a certain type of compression that would give you both a brassy bright sound and you can still use you airy sound as desired...

  • @MajesticSumter you should try out for the next star or american idol next year

  • Wow, Great voice, I want to sing so bad I get worked up and start crying... Im a 21 year old female, my fiance can sing, and sometimes it actually causes problems between us.. not real bad but still. I couldnt carry a tone if it was back pack. Do you think ill be able to teach my self to sing?

  • @BMULANAX send me a sample of your voice

  • will trade cool jigs on the geetar for vocal lessons : )

  • @geoff877 :-) I actually play the guitar about as good as I sing :-)

  • Hey ken, Im a 16 year old singer with a voice similar to Eddie Vedder and David Lee Roth (all my friends say i sound like vedder) but i can hit high notes like Milijenko Matijevic or steelheart if you know the group or his singing but my voice after a few high notes like that starts to dry out or i just cant do anymore without my voice cracking or anything. Is there anything you recommend that could help my voice do that.

  • @ibanezbassman1 send it along, I'll take a listen

  • Im trying to do some john mayer styled music how would i train my voice for that? plz reply back thank you

  • hey can u put up a video of voice exercises ??

  • Hey ken, do you think I can send you a clip of my voice and give me an honest opinion. Thanks!

  • @dvlsfan9 yes, send it along