Singing Lessons & Voice Training : Fixing Vocal Breaks When Singing

[redbluegreenandwhite]

how does any of these videos help anyone when your just getting started its already over its like bad sex

[Paulionirichardsoni]

hehe woofie is woofie ;)

[THEMISSHARRISON]

omg can you show us how you do it ! No offence but yoouu needa stop talking and sing

[chicnini]

is this a WAIST?? really? hahahahaha

[moonharp]

OK... intro to exercise, but no exercise. That was pretty pointless.

[VinGraceFTW]

i effing hate expertvillage. they're no where near EXPERTS.

[efy1jesuslord]

how long can a person train there voice each day to avoid tiredness of vocals

[jakeyjazz]

It depends - if you're becoming tired quickly, it is because you're forcing your voice, and that's usually the result of bad technique. I sing about 3-5 hours per day at least 5 days a week (this is on average, not counting special events, concerts, broadcasts or tours) without getting tired. When training your voice, the general idea is to drink plenty of water, not to force it, and if your throat becomes sore, stop. Good vocal technique and taking care of the voice will increase stamina :-)

[marksualot69]

fukk expertvillage!

[tenlhundup1]

Hi Mr Meny; Thank for posting on you tube about vocal coach lessons. It really awesome and helpful.

[joeysixtysix]

Great teacher. I wish it wasn't cut up into 50 parts.

[Macbbeth]

He could give at least an exemple... :( He doesn't sing in the lesson...

[RocktheStageNYC]

Nonsense - the vowel or larynx position has nothing to do with vocal breaks. Incorrect breath support is what makes the voice crack/break/flip.

Lowering the larynx is good but its not the solution to fixing vocal breaks. Air pressure is.

[defeatedwyvern]

you're wrong too, vocal breaks are caused by our voice trying to protect themselves because they cannot continue higher, so instead it breaks into a weak falsetto.

[RocktheStageNYC]

@defeatedwyvern - close but not quite. Pulling up chest voice too high and then breaking into falsetto is caused by the defense mechanism of the cords and you break into falsetto. But that doesn't explain why voices break in lower volumes. THAT in caused by lack of air support.

[fishSG1]

@RocktheStageNYC He is into taking about breaks in lower voice he is talking about chest and head voice. He aware its a defense mechanism.

[RocktheStageNYC]

@defeatedwyvern - yes the vocal cords have a built in protection to stop damage BUT that can be cured by proper air support. The voice ONLY breaks if you grip the vocal cords tighter than you need to. If you are using proper air support there is not need to grip or tighten the vocal cords, they close by themselves naturally.

The cords can break in several spots some low, some high, not all of them for protection but lack of compression. Trust me dude I know what I'm talking about.

[defeatedwyvern]

@RocktheStageNYC Well I'm guess I'm wrong LOL, as you an experienced vocal coach told me. Lol how many months did it take for you to develop a high mixed voice bro?

[RocktheStageNYC]

@defeatedwyvern - my high mix only took a few of weeks to really get to where I liked it but that's coming after 20+ years of singing and years of training.

For a beginner or intermediate it could take 6-9months depending on your skill level.

[Lavizzle]

for all u nubs: "Woofy" means too much low end on the tone, and it also sort of sounds like a dog going "woof". Sometimes it is also refered to as a "dopey" tone

[NarutoFanBankai]

wtc is woofy?

[TheChristopherw1993]

hahahahalol wha da hell is woffy lol

[RainbowDash048]

this isnt music theory but still a great lesson

[snip84]

woffie? lol

[jaaaaaayynnee]

Perhaps he should demonstrate his vocal theories !!

[thandolakhe]

It would have been nice to mark in numbers but thanks for posting this.

[nikonnet1]

give as the ex. dude !!!!!!!!!!!

[diego17j]

wtf dude you give all the explanation but you dont do the exercise so this is a waist of time

[im4everskilled]

@diego17j the waist is a part of your body

[Fyeagass16]

@diego17j you do the exercise, you the one who wants to learn, em i wrong?

[DevilDante1992]

woffy wtf is a woffy

[nashcurt]

check out the singing success videos

[daisyher]

ahhaa wtfreekk is woffyy?

[jesseroggaa]

I think he's a good teacher. But Expert Village does all the editing for his videos, and they make it into a crapload of little ones that cut off before he gets to the point that he's trying to make.

[DavinaFaerie]

@jesseroggaa I agree, as does everyone else with all the ratings your comment got.

Expert village is absolute shit, but the teachers are great... Expert village just makes them look like crap by cutting out the main points or cutting the vid out just before they make the point.

I keep subscribing to expert village accidently when I see good teachers from their original videos (& for that 1 second, only to realise it was expert village)-they ruin all vids... :0/

[Jewdacris91]

What the fuck is he talking about?! lmaoooo

[scumzerox]

rofl i was about to leave the same comment lmfao

[hippyanimalluver]

i learned sod all from tht im so confused

[Tiffanytriv]

he looks a bit drugged

[Lyntchina]

WAT THE HELL

[LaF1aca]

didnt learn a thing

[MalvinaCataDoarEu]

woffy sound sweet:X

[chicity88]

What the fuck is woffy

[kaydiexxo]

wofffy ?

[sashatwilight]

I didn't get it. o.O

[Crispeeee]

WOW you managed to set me up with hope for some actual singing but dragged it out into a monologue.. TWICE now ! should I click another link ? Third time lucky I guess

[RebelTrio]

jeez how can you learn anything in this freakin' short video......ts ts ts expert village never really worked for me

[NERDZKANDY]

Hey chubby =D Lol

[diesel828]

Dude sounds like he took one or two SLS classes and is suddenly an expert now. Pffffffft.

[PAULOcbi]

whats  SLS?? Im trying to find tips or hints on singing without payin fer lessons

[wAtErsEvEn480]

This guy talk, but nothing else..

[debstarcrazy]

James, come on - you are using the word 'woofy' as if its a technical term? What are you talking about here?

[lorrenn04]

These videos are BULLCRAP. The guy does so much explaining that he never actually shows you anything. He doesn't run through the scale and sing through it...NOT EVEN ONCE!!!

Is it just me? Or is the rest of this lesson posted somewhere else? What is the point? But then, what more can be expected from a 2:00 lesson on singing, I guess.

[Webarton]

moom is better than m-uhm, UH means tongue tension, focusing the lips on making the oo, and releasing the back of the tongue, is what he should be doing...

[Operaman41]

Are you people singers or musicalogists?? For a singer to get through a line/scale with out any bumps is a good thing and it is difficult at times and with some people.

[bigus]

there is only "flipping" because the voice is unsupported. good scale, bad vowel, and improper way to teach a good transition thru the pasaggio. other than a few key things this guy is great and knows a good deal about singing.

[twlightsfan12365]

his "wlofie" lolz ROFLZZZ

[GaryProVox]

Got it NunoMag! Thanks for taking the time to clear it up.

[GaryProVox]

There's a vary old voice teacher analogy that you might like. It goes something like this: "You don't need to be a watch maker to tell time. Just being able to tell time doesn't make you a watch maker."

I guess we can update that to computer!

[whaththeeee]

you're a jackass

[GaryProVox]

You have enough issues without me chimming in.

[whaththeeee]

JAAAACKASSSSSS

[GaryProVox]

Maybe I did misunderstand. You certinally do not need to know a lot about vocal pedagogy to be a great singer. Is that what you meant? I know many singers that don't want to know a lot about how the voice works because they feel it will get in the way. Thats why I Teacher does need to know these things.

[GaryProVox]

I hold both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Mucic Education and Vocal Pedagogy, I am clearly not stupid I am what you call an expert.

And if you actually cared about learning singing techniques, you would look to the experts, thats why we put in many years on education and research, to help the singing student become educated, not allow ignorance. If you want to cling to ignorance, thats your choice but plese step aside for the ones that want to learn.

[GaryProVox]

No, but you don't go to somebody that can drive when you need your car tuned up ar fixed!

[debstarcrazy]

It seems to me that you care a lot about teaching voice carefully and sensibly, however I have some questions you might consider. How do you reconcile the idea of low larynx when ascending in the range with the fact that the larnyx RISES as we go higher? It is true that we can lower the larnyx to darken the sound, but how does this help to bridge vocal breaks? Surely to we need to find a way to coordinate the muscle sets? Your thoughts?

[shakaama]

these videos are ridiculous. 70 seconds and he was cut off midsentence.

who makes these.

[GaryProVox]

Enough with over concentrating on the low larynx exercises. Step in to 21st century vocal pedagogy already. Your just yammering on about stuff you don't know about.

[jamesmeny]

Gary, I imagine you're one of those "hell and damnation-type" of teachers. Thanks for your comments, again.

[GaryProVox]

What's a "'hell and damnation-type of teachers'"

[rbdboy1]

Can someone please translate some of this videos to spanish or portuguese?

I would like to understand what he is saying but my english sucks!!

[xxXxxEmoKiDxxXxx]

mmm...

wuffy....

[tenaciousDwowzme]

thanks!! your allot better than most of these retards on youtube, but then again, then again, what can you expect from the internet? :)

[theJOSEfamily]

woooow not really helpful

[kennychesneyfan1]

i think he is very wuffy...

[sarahkimlover]

wuffy ... whats that about??

[iMissNintendo]

lol ya thats a new sond to add into your scale

[Baker3939]

his wuffy. lol

[stepsclub8]

is it really helpful?

i wanna be a good and soon better singer....

can someone teach me....

[1Hinata9]

lolz if u find someone tell me!

[HavaHeartHolly]

Is That Like The Only T-Shirt He Has?? He must be poor. LoL jokes

[ugotitbad5]

no this shirt is what he's using for all the videos which he's doing at the same time probably.

[TouchTheWind]

this is very helpful. What notes are you playing? so I can do this myself in different keys/ranges.

thanks !

[Tiptonsm]

wuffy

[thekaliko]

I wanna make whuffy.

[awilsonator]

(it would be helpful to put the lesson number in the title)

[shadowtig3r1]

yea fuckin ftso shut the fuck up retard can u sing? NO

[popstardj2]

my voice has changed a lot since a year(im 16)

my singing used to be very very good

but now i find that its slowly gettin spoiled

and also my throat hurts whenever i speak for more than 20mins

can any1 tell me wat my prob is and how i can fix it?

[regullick]

Your voice is breaking. Give it a while and things should improve.

[lastat23100]

i use to sound like the dude from greenday but i fucked up and started smoking and thing u know to help me

[regullick]

Stop sounding like other people and find your own voice, that's always a good start! And keep practicing, and try to stop smoking, or cut down and don't smoke before you sing! Even if you are nervous!

[Rielosche]

I'm trying to learn about repairing your voice. To much screaming with a mix of a bad habit of smoking = disaster... you get the idea, anyone have any decent links on what I can do to help repair my vocal box ?

[fo0fighter1592]

i don't think your voice box wil ever be better

smoking kills!

[zyruemusic]

REST YOUR VOICE BOX sometimes!!! Thats your answer!! Nat King Cole was a chain smoker yet had a GREAT voice as well as numorous vocalists that smoked cigs!!! HOLLA!!!

[x360rockshard]

yea like corey taylor...

[Rielosche]

Hey, thx for your reply, I guess the same thing could be applied to the fact that I've come back from BCT for the army, and I was sounding off with my voice box insted of the "Dog-bark" that I learned to do after I lost more of my ability to sing..

[zyruemusic]

I think boot camp might actually helped in your situation.Running cadence helps singing because it builds wind.Hum your song to keep stress off the vox cords and you will find your singing is richer.Go check some of my vox on NIGGY'S MILK by hitting my icon to see what I mean because boot camp helped my singing. HOLLA!!! JUDAH

[mizufc]

2 much talkin... get on wit it awready

[punkrokr526]

i know right.

[TylerClark122]

Hartio Sanz from SNL???

[IsaacIsaiahMusic]

Too much woffle, get on with it!

[xNiggraxPleasex]

it helped me alot guys.. i am 14 and my voice somtimes cracks when im doing this it has minumized after watching this a few times

[nicolashrv]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

PLEASE!!! SCALE?!?!

Are you insane!?!??

You are playing the C mayor arpeggio up, and the G7 arpeggio down!!!

Two arpeggios doesnt make a scale!!

HAHA!! Wooffy!!

Oh!, Wooffy..Oh!, Wooffy...please tell me do!!

The more I check your videos, the more I have the feelling you are just trying to make some money out of the poor idiots American Idol candidates!! HAHAHAHAHA!! Now I understand why they say they have vocal teachers!!

With you I understand why they sing so bad

[jamesmeny]

Your reasons to teach must be more valid than mine because you have the direct connection to the God of voice and I don't. Hmmm. Again, my lessons only strike a chord to those "purists" of vocal and terminology. and Again, I don't teach religion. We'll have to agree to disagree. Thanks for your comments, though. Best.

[nicolashrv]

You dont teach religion, either you teach music, or singing.

And hope you understand we dont need God to tell us how to sing, we follow the hard work and guidelines of the real singers who had been learning the same way for 200 years, and always improving themselves in what teachnics can allow them.

You just need to get a teacher and read music theory books.

Problem is that you dont want to do all the hard work a real prof singer must do to sing good and properly.

[Iliketoheadbanggg]

scale or not, its a good exercise.

[xNiggraxPleasex]

i agree with you and thank you. you know im not quite shure why they are watching all these guys videos if al they are going to do is put him down. anyways. u are right they are wrong.

[jamesmeny]

Thanks for your comments. Please feel free to continue to watch all of the videos.

[xXMiniMoeXx]

I completely agree with u, dat is the most messed up scale i have ever heard, i was wtf!!! How do u expect anyone to just sing that, its all over the place!!!!

He really is insane, and if not insane, then full of shit, i mean all he did was talk, he played the "scale" twice, i mean that is not gonna help my singin.

Waste of my time.

[nicolashrv]

Besides, the real meaning of singing a scale, its that there is some logic on it, and you dont have to work as hard as with a melody.Therefore, you use it to pay more attention on other more important things like the phrasing or the air support, or the volumen and air change during the low to high pitchs notes change.

He never explained nothing of that, just to do things that "seems" logical, but are totally oposed to the basics of theory.

Not to mention the total stupidity wrong names

[doesntmatter01]

noob hes completely right that scale is a singing scale

[GaryProVox]

Lets be fair. He is playing a scale. It's an old tried and true scale, and yes it is based on the I-ascending and the V7 descending, but it is still a scale.

[nicolashrv]

To call that a scale on a theorical ground, you can say he used a scale consisting only of C-E-G wich is really unusefull on the theoric ground..and if you presume the scale includes also the G-D-F-B its really nonsense to have a scale without the 6th..but this is pointless....cos he didnt invented new music theory, cos he is a fatass ignorant.Its like those morons who never studied, and think they created a new chord by playing a G7 with the 4th...their ignorance makes them think they are great

[ckamerick]

......whaaat? This isn't about music theory, this is a freakin vocal exercise. This comment is totally irrelevant to the video.

[rauooma]

may i ask you something ,, haw can i sing in a very high voice ?

[azpmoksuhgf]

does he ever end up singing ... ??

[LuckyStarLovee]

man i just wanna sing!! ur not very helpful right now!

[bajankitten101]

i think that everyone can do anythinthey put they put there mind to :)

[1roxmysox]

dude i thought he was gonna teach you to sing not talk talk and blab away!! ugh

[Allenbass7]

wuffy is wuffy

[operawhore64]

Oh yea.. now lets all shove our larynx down and shove them there and then let them move to change pitch..

To stop breaks you need to start from a relaxed position and stay there as you move to pitch to pitch...

on Oh like in the word home is much better..

oo as in MOON is great but causes a lot of problems if not done correctly.

listen to Prices or Bjorlings OO vowels impecable...

[SopSarah]

Dude ... you're calling it a "scale" but it's an arpeggio ... have you studied at all?

[EltheForgotten]

Formally it's known a an arpeggio but it's more commonly called a scale. Its all the same thing.

[SopSarah]

Oh dear ... the fact that you consider something that leaps to be "the same thing" as something that moves by steps is quite concerning. This difference is covered in the first year of music study. I hope that visitors to this page who are serious about singing better will go and find an instructor who has some study behind them.

[jamesmeny]

I know it's an arpeggio, but Berkley claims that, even though it breaks technical rules for the definition of scale, that this is a scale and it even has a name.

[jamesmeny]

Berkley school has a name for the arpeggio and they call it a scale even though it breaks all the rules of a true scale. So, I use that name, too. Sorry that the terminology bothers you. Just remember that these videos were meant for the general public that doesn't have the knowledge that you have and just want to learn how to sing. They don't care that we call it an arpeggio, scale, or Monster exercise "x." Thanks for your comments, though.

[GaryProVox]

There is nothing wrong with calling it a scale. It is well withing the definition of a scale. It breaks no rules of what a scale is. In fact, an arpeggio implies that it is only one broken cord played once then repeated. So it is more correct to call this pattern a scale.

[IcecreamAl]

these exercises are from Seth Riggs and Brett Manning...not very original...

[jamesmeny]

Brett Manning was trained by Seth Riggs as have most other "commercial music" voice teachers. If they didn't get their training from Seth, they've read his book. Seth was trained by others but put together a method that seems to work very well. I, too, studied personally with Seth Riggs for years, along with some other noteworthy teachers such as Bill Neill, Richard Miller, Jo Estill method, etc....

[jamesmeny]

I studied personally with Seth Riggs for years as did Brett Manning. Seth also studied with teachers in his past. There is not much that is original anymore, it's just a matter of time before a teacher creates his/her one exercises as did Brett, who I also personally know, and myself did. If you know if a voice alchemist, please let me know. I'd love to find more things that work as well as Seth's stuff does for most western commercial music. Thanks for your comments.

[ariel21gemini]

some ppl are being very mean...

HEY!! fat or not he is giving sum great advice. so giv him some credit..

=|

[Drigzy]

whats is the point? grow up

[aidyanimal]

u r a fuckin legend lmao

[LingNaiMueng]

Oh. From America. How surprising...

[tinaecfan2]

i thought he did good. really

[lollol44]

do somethink

[dfrench80]

if your saying woofie i want your woofie but if your sayin whoopy we should make it

[charlesprinceofswing]

you still didn't do anything!