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  • this sls singing is the ONLY way to do it right!

    try moving your hand down as you go up in pitch. just another trick to help.

    singing is a lot about fear of losing your voice when you go into the upper notes.

    when you go up think down mmm about 1 inch below your bellybutton.

  • this gives me hope when people laugh at me doing it, if it's good enough for michael then it's good enough for me

  • so awesome:0 thanks 4 posting:0 Epic:)

  • Wow! I found this by accident. I love Mr Riggs. Never thought I would hear them exercise together. Very cool.

  • all raid

    

  • Haha I cracked up it's sooooo funny

  • Ok I favorite this one. SO when is the NEXT TIME??

  • OMG i take these exact same same lessons!

  • Michael Jackson blowing bubbles :)

  • lol, now this is rare. ty.

  • Lol what I'd give to see MJ doing this up close.

  • ahahahha lol amazing is so amazing i love you mikeeeeeeeeee

  • 1.12 Laughs ahahhaa

  • I tried practicing with him but I kept cracking up on the lip vibration part. xD

  • haha the first seconds sound so hilarious xD

  • 3 octaves...Lovely.

  • although I've always been a michael Jackson fan and admire his voice as a youngster especially, this video shows that his voice became thin and nasally as he matured. Perhaps his many nasal surgeries played a part in him losing some of the fullness to his tone? I noticed also that Seth didn't correct Michael on some of the notes where he was forcing the sound and cracking. I thought that was the whole point of having the voice coach listening in!

  • @muskysnax I don't know too much about singers voice, the training and everything that goes with it. So you might be right in what you're saying. But I just wanted you to (if you haven't already) check out "Michael Jackson - stranger in moscow accapella" here on youtube.

  • @muskysnax Actually, he never lost the fullness in his voice. He changed his style of singing when he crossed over to pop. He still had that soulful fullness, it just does not cross over to pop music. :)

  • @TheNikkiDD i mean, listening to 'gone to soon', that is one of the most soulful performances i have ever heard in my life. so moving. i know what you mean though. however, michael has ALWAYS been a pop artist though. the only time he did traditional R&B was when the brothers were produced by bobby taylor. gordy moved them into pop territory within moments, then they were in the top 10.

  • @lumbia33 Maybe you're not sure about the definition of pop, r&b and soul musics, but Motown did not churn out pop stars during that era. Have you ever heard of 'The Motown Sound'? It was not pop. Maybe you are trying to say they became popular artist, but MJ completed the pop crossover when the Thriller album hit.

  • @TheNikkiDD hee hee... that's why i said "i know what you mean though." because i KNEW you were speaking more about genre than spirit. in terms of 'the motown sound' it's been well documented in interviews and books that gordy edged 'the motown sound' to be less about an R&B sensibility, and more towards catering to mainstream (white) america. this is what i mean about pop. technically, it was R&B though. this is why diana ross was put out front instead of florence ballard...

  • @lumbia33 Absolutely...we're on the same page :)

  • @TheNikkiDD i figured as much... all it takes is some explanation, which is hard to do on these sites which encourage few words. and i write A LOT, so...

  • @TheNikkiDD @TheNikkiDD so ultimately, it comes down to semantics, and our definition of 'pop' may be different. i am using 'pop' in an industry sense, as opposed to genre. for all intents and purposes, in an industry sense, michael has always been a pop artist. and in genre, limited to R&B' and soul, despite doing everything from jazz, standards, classical, etc. peace...

  • Respond to this video...  And, I think we are also talking about two different things when you say that the performance of 'Gone Too Soon' was moving and soulful. It was a soulful performance, but it is not 'Soul Music' (the genre), or R&B (the genre), it is considered pop music.

  • @TheNikkiDD yes we are talking about two things, for sure... you are correct. and with that, it is still 'soul music'. there's WAY too much in the genre of 'soul' that i don't consider soulful, so i try to limit my usage of the word in that way. yes, in genre and industry standards, it is 'pop'. but for me, it is soul. simply because it is FILLED with soul. much of the music at the time michael recorded this had no soul, despite being pulled in that genre. i hope i answered your question.

  • @lumbia33 ross' voice was fit more for the copa crowd. this is what gordy aimed his acts to reach. again, this is why i say pop. many a documentarian and motown act speak to this. acts were also told not to speak to political or black empowerment issues openly. when political records WERE released- prior to 'what's going on' and a few STEVIE cuts (plus the black forum label), motown was vaguely political.

  • @lumbia33 But, I do take issue with the 'R&B ghetto' comment you made. R&B has been associated with black people, but I have never heard that the genre of R&B music is rooted in or reflective of the ghetto. Blues perhaps, but not R&B.

  • @TheNikkiDD hmmm... see what i mean by writing? you have never heard of 'the R&B ghetto'... all the 'ghetto' means in this case is compartmentalizing and limiting a people by way of genre. this is what a ghetto (in its descriptive sense) means. you have the jewish ghettos, the cuban and brazillian favelas... ghettos can be very limiting to one's sensibility. but also spark creativity- hence curtis mayfield, etc. R&B is actually rooted in gospel and blues...

  • @TheNikkiDD ...and this came out of the fields and ghettos. R&B came out of early rock n' roll... motown was also called 'rock n' roll' at one point as well... motown acts were part of the T.A.M.I show, the rock n' roll show. otis redding was also tagged rock n' roll... it used to be intermingled, because rock music originally came out of the church and blues. this is why i think 'soul' and 'R&B' is so limiting, and it ghettoizes artists. it's like 'race' music all over again.

  • @TheNikkiDD i hope, again, i have explained. symbolism is very important but a las, it doesn't always translate over on the internet- especially if someone is not familiar. peace...

  • @TheNikkiDD @lumbia33 and i agree that the complete crossover happened with 'thriller', but remember that the J5 did very well in europe and japan as well, despite not getting a lot of magazine covers(in the states particularly), due to their ethnicity. that was a major issue as well. and 'off the wall' did excellent, despite being placed in the R&B' ghetto by the industry. jones already worked in jazz and pop, so his production (and michael's appeal) worked to market michael to that audience.

  • @lumbia33 Of course!!! J5 was brilliant, but those were the 60's and 70's (hence the ethnicity issue), so no J5 never made a crossover, as such, but we can argue semantics all day as far as what we term a cross over. According to me, J5 did cross over but according to the industry, no. Jones was a composer so he was able to expose Michael to a lot especially production.

  • @TheNikkiDD right. exactly. i am speaking to the aim of gordy though. he aimed for europe, and they got there. he aimed for the copa, and the supremes and four tops got there. and the J5 was the biggest selling motown artist at one time. they crossed over into middle america. i'd say that's as crossover as you can get. the industry considered them R&B cats who crossed into middle america. michael learned a lot from his experiences, for sure.

  • @muskysnax he didn't correct him on everything vocally; but there were points where he would ask questions, knowing that there were certain parts michael was struggling with- it appears as if michael was practising due to a specific recording session- hence the mention of bruce (swedien). and in some of the pauses it was very clear riggs knew michael struggled with a few of the lowest (and highest) notes on the register. that said, his range is phenomenal. i know MY range is not that high!

  • @muskysnax it was very nice to hear his 'baritone', as he usually stays in a higher tenor on his recordings. listening to this for the 20,000th time, i just cowered, saying 'don't do it!!!' it just amazes me how high and low the man can go. he doesn't always find opportunities to utilize his full range. but you hear the range all throughout his music. from 'blues away' to 'childhood' to 'gone to soon' to 'you can't win'... i always love hearing where his voice goes in these rehearsals.

  • @muskysnax 'man in the mirror' is another song which displays his range.. 'she's out of my life'... his songs are actually pretty hard to sing, as the songs, even if he doesn't use the full range in individual songs, actually use a fairly wide range. having performed some of his music on a stage (and my range not being as wide as his) i had to lower the pitch, similar to how he's done live. the man is amazing, with one of the most- if not the most- amazing vibratos i have ever heard in my life.

  • i'm giggling..soorry, i can't stop laughing.. this is the kind of stuff haters loathe..

    and the fans LOOVVVEE..

    if the haters really hate our beloved Michael with a passion, then why waste their energy and annoy themselves by clicking on his vids, right?!

    Michael is all for L.O.V.E.

    i forgive the haters, i even pray for them..

    anyways, WE LOVE YOU MICHAEL, WE MISS YOU.

    another angel added to heaven..

  • During exercises don't seems him. aHaHaH.

    Michael, I love you so much.♥

  • During exercises don't seems him. aHaHaH.

    Michael, I love you so much.♥

  • Just listening to this makes me smile, thinking of Michael doing these exercises before a concert, He had an amazing range!!! WOW!! It sounded like he was really reaching for some of those notes, but once he was warmed up, there was no stopping him!!

  • WOW !!

  • Absolutely Fantastic.

  • his voice is amazing.....!!!

  • LOL! This is great! God, how can 1 man be sooo sexy & sooo adorable at the same time?!

  • WOW, this is great!!

    where did you get this!!!?

    He had a talented voice, beautiful

  • super voice ~ but sorry, no hotel room & not MJJ ;-)

  • i was listening to this with my jaw dropped and after i went to bed with his angel voice in my head and i was so happy inside. his voice makes me happy.

  • '94 was the Dangerous Era people not the BAD era...

  • wow i'm speechless at how versatile michaels voice was. there will be no other........

  • LOL i love dis!

  • god he is so adorable and sexy all in one grrr Michael grrr

  • haa haa lol this made me laugh so much ,, he is so cute warming up his voice lol xx

    he sounds so sexxy cute && funny lol xx

    i want him so bad right now lol x

  • LMAo he sounds so Funny ! Omq Makes me wanna Hump Him ;]

  • omg hha haa wen i read your comment lol made me laugh x , ,this video made me laugh my head of i nearly pee'd my self lol x

    but he sounds so cute and sexxy lol x sorry random saw your comment had to comment on it lol x

  • BAD ERA KNOWN AS Stephanie's ERA. OH MY GOD HE IS TOO FinE Aww HE SOUNDS so CUTE MMMM LET WARM YOU UP Michael.

  • Michael at the beginning "I'm Ready" I can Listen to MJ All day...

    soooooooooo CUTE!

  • Who is responsible for this picture?

    Anyway yes davidnashley1985........... AGREED.. lol MJ is sooooo cute and always making me smile! LOL haha.

  • LMAO! MJ sounds so Funny/Cute

    Worming up his Voice...and What Picture? lol

    This one is from The "BAD" Era! OMG...

  • yeah but i never seen this pic before.

    it looks artistic.... who is responsible for this?

  • OMG! I have seen This Pic. MANY Times... Idk I think It could have been Released like That..

    I do know MJ is Artistic.. But idk..

  • Haha Kute

  • ok,i like the first part. it's cool.!!

  • Laught out loud! Wow this is hilarious... Gotta love Michael, beautiful man!

  • its funny and cute! i should try it. mciahel r.i.p and u rule keep practicing in heaven

  • thts ace. god his voice could go dep lol.

    if this wasnt michael ii wud not of listened to it. he is such a perfectionist. love forever x

  • great vibrato

  • If it wasn't Michael - we wouldn't be listening would we? As with everything else - perfection. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall. RIP Michael

    L.O.V.E. to all MJ fans

  • I miss u Michael! Thank you for posting. Where did you get this one? Do you have more?

  • This is sooo cute..!!...!!he is soooo talented....he sounded cute when he said "Nope thats mainly it"

  • cutie

  • Neat! Thanks!

  • It could only be Michael that you could listen to going up and down the scales and be totally absorbed, would we listen to anybody else? You can hear him breathe I closed my eyes, it felt like he was in the room. We take it for granted that he could sing, but he was a perfectionist so it makes sense he would have a voice coach to tweek the best performance. What a genius. But he cant resist doing that little qiver at the end of a note, listen to the scales after the lip humming, it is so Mchael

  • This is so wunderfull to hear!!

    Michael was soo cute, beautifull, talented, sweet.. I miss him :(

    He was the best we ever had..

  • Michael, we love your beautiful voice. When I am listening this, I close my eye and I saw your lips.... I will miss you forever.... Cry"

  • this is great!!!!!

  • this would sound terrible for a normal person but with michael its perfect and increadably beautiful i to would so buy this if it came out

  • Wow...that's from D.S....is a cold man!!!

  • OMG that is wat u call can sing

  • lol. i love it.

  • this video is so funny

  • love it!

  • XD lol Michael is so qute

  • So cool love that :) God bless you all

  • only true MJ fans would listen to this, love it, favorite it, and listen to it again

  • Angel is singing. It just take you breath away

  • I am gonna die lol

  • x D !!!! 5****** lol.

  • Hey will dich zwar nicht nerven möchte dir aber sagen diese ein ähh Tapsi010fan nervt findest du dich schreibt mir ja schon zwanzig NACHICHTEN!

  • HEY ich bin ebend ein FAN!Man

  • Guten tag! Ich lerne Deutsch jetzt. Ich bin auch ein Michael Jackson fan!! <3 <3

  • Michael is the heavens voice, so beautifull <3

  • gorgeus,adorable,cute,funny!

    everything michael was!

    RIP

    luv ya 4eva

  • oow he is so so so so cute

  • omg michael forgive me but its hilarious....

    your voice is amazing...

    love you and miss you more each day..

  • WOW, What a voice. When he's training, it sounds so beautiful. I wonder If I'm the only female to be turned on right now??? lol

    R.I.P MIKE!

  • ahahah brrrrrrr!

  • we do this in our chorus class it cool to no were not the olny ones who do this and i think its cool even he hast to do warmups it feels like he is singing in my ear love him and miss him.

  • lamo

    oh i need that

    miss you mj

  • so nice.

  • Is that Michael flapping his lips hahaha

  • this is great!

  • If they say why why tell 'em that's human nature : )

    Love this video!!!

    Its funny buhtt good to hear from michael <3333

  • Are you nuts ?

  • when i hear this it sounds hes next 2 mii singing

  • this makes me giggle like a little girl<3

    hahaha.

    i love his voice, it makes me shiver just hearing it. i could listen to this all day. when i listen to this with headphones on, it feels like hes singing in my ear. mmm, love you michael<3

  • lol, this is cute!!!!!!

    rest in peace michael jackson

    btw, this is what I exactlly do in Choir class, XD

    It feels great when you're done tarining or warming up your voice. It feels great, and your voice feels relaxed.

    Rest In Peace Mike :]

  • hahaha! its really funny- thst dude in the back...mj so talented

  • was he doing the thing with his lips like babies do in the beginning? lol

  • Well, they should release this as a single, LOL-I would buy it-might make number one, lol.

    Could you imagine all the Michael haters having to put up with this at # 1 in the charts, LOL. I have actually been able to smile at these thoughts; it has been all tears for so long & again, earlier over something else about him. My next sudden bout of sadness/tears, may arrive in the next hour or tomorrow; I have become familiar with this erratic pattern over the last few months :(

    Bless him!!

  • 2:48 "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah­-ah-THANKS!"

    Adorable!

  • damn he could sing really low! he had such amazing range.

  • just those sounds coming out of him....makes me feel sooooo good

  • wow, what a hard work...

  • wow this is awesome. thanks so much for sharing this!! i love it :o)

  • does anyone know what song he's talking about for the "its a cold"?

  • Stranger In Moscow.... when you're alone and it' cold outsides...

  • He is so adorable!!! Oh wow! This makes my day! LOL!

  • Listen to lyk 2:34 you can hear him say thanku!! its soft though so listen close!♥

    Love You Mr Jackson. I Miss You

  • Stranger In Moscow.... when you're alone and it' cold outsides...

  • oh, I didn't even think of that because it sounds so much higher and he says it's a cold instead of and its cold but you're probably right.

  • wtf isthat bbppppppppphhhhhhhhh sound him LMAO how adorable

  • Awesome... Michael you're the best))))

  • hahahahahhaha

  • Very interesting, I'm not a voice major, but I am a pianist and its just amazing, sometimes we forget just how much of a talent he was in SO many areas of his art. simply amazing

  • I love to listen to this. Wish he was still here with us cos today he could have been celebrating his birthday with his kids. I miss you Mike and I love you!

  • cute! thanks for sharing.

  • bwahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

  • lmao lmao! I LOOOOOVE THIS!

  • That's so interesting ! Thank you !

  • dang his voice could go really deep! I didn't know that

  • wow! thanks for posting this video, its so interesting to listen to the genius master his skills

  • OH!! this made me laugh!! wow ... voice training can really be funny ... i couldn't stop laughing in the begining .... wow MJ has such an Amazing voice!!

  • i love this! i can train like michael!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol! rest in peace michael

    from california usa

  • I love this so much cause I sing and you totally have to do these techniques to warm up your voice. So cute.

  • LOLOLOL, how could he do the first minute without losing it? I'd be laughing way too much! All of it is funny, wish there was video...

  • i know right just imagein mj sing that crap its beautiful.

  • yes, i would have loved to see his lips during the frist bet,

    that would have been soooooooooooooo cute

  • so very awesome .. so that's the secret of his voice huh? .. :D

  • Im having kinda naughty thoughts about the first 1:22secs of this video!! LMAO!!! XD

    R.I.P. MICHAEL JACKSON!!! :'(

  • haha!!! oh my... lol :]

    ~L&M you MJ~

  • lmao

  • Right there you can here how deep he was studying and experimenting and working. Everything had to be perfect, and it was. Mj you are my life!

  • why did he have to die amazing person

    god sent us an angel named michael jackson ...now he is gone :( xx

    <3 <3

    i would give him my life xxxxxxx

    luv u

  • it's so difficult !!!!!! he was an amazing singer ! RIP Michael, we love you

  • LOL!! mommomomomomomomomom mom! LOL!!!! LMAO!!! Hilarious! SO CUTEEEE!!

  • lol @ the random "ah ah THANKS! ah la la..."

  • hahhahaha the beginning rasberries!!!! hilarious i love and miss michael so much!!

  • LOL do the rasberries actually form a part of vocal training? Hahaha

  • this is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • omg i just got chills..it makes me feel like i was there!. ahh his voice is so amazingly flawless<3

  • my mom me i have an obession with this man but i cant help it!! i feel like im right next to him listening to this

  • Wow...with my headphones on it felt so close and real...thank you so much for sharing!!! I love you Michael!!!

  • GOOD JOB MIKE

    R.I.P

  • PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

  • heis such a talent and i love him sooo much!!!

    forever love michael!!♥

  • such talent such range!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • :) *loves

  • such a brilliant voice

  • this is when someone has natural talent!!!

  • GENIUS!

  • MY OH SO FAV

  • i freakin' love this

  • MJ is my favorite singer of all times, and this post is such a treat.

  • Wow, his voice can be so low. He is capable of singing anything!!! Amazing!!!

  • Such a wonderful voice!!!!