Hey There: Although I am certainly far from the most experienced and knowledgeable person on this list, I will take eon part of the question as I am a lyric tenor male rock vocalist and am also trained and, therefore, sing correctly (for the most part! LOL) Well, I read where you said that "I am hearing all this stuff about relaxing your larynx and your soft pallete but if you would hear the music that I listen to, I don't think they do either" - actually they are! For instance, both Layne Stanley and Chris Cornell trained with Maestro David Kyle in Seattle whose students also include Geoff Tate of Queensryche and Ann Wilson of Heart. Also many of the current vocalists are baritones: Aaron lewis of Staind, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Scott Stapp of Creed, Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots, etc. so don't sweat it. Also, with proper training and register coordination, a baritone can sing just as high and just as healthy as a tenor. Just ask any SLSer! ;) And you are also scaring me very badly with this talk of stretching out and "making" your chest voice go higher. My teacher, the infamous Seth Riggs, always says "You should never make your voice do anything. You allow it to do what it needs to do." I know this may confuse you at this moment and why shouldn't it. You need PROPER vocal instruction with someone who both understands the mechanics of the voice and how to teach proper usage of them (particularly the registers) and that respects pop/rock singers. Now I invite the illustrious array of incredible pedagogues on our list to illuminate the more technical aspects for you. Keep on singing! :=)
Yours In Music, Denis J. Lanza Lead Vocalist - Infinity Minus One
-----Original Message----- From: bluesrocker4u_1@y...] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 3:01 PM To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com Subject: [vocalist] Question about Singing
How is it going people? I just have a couple questions about singing in general.. I have been reading this message board for a while and kindoff find myself getting confused by all of the talk in here. My problem is this. I am trying to achieve a higher range in my voice...particularly my chest voice. I just started this one class in school and my teacher told me that I am a baritone. I was very upset when I heard this because many of my favorite singers and inspirations seem to be tenor and can hit those notes that I have a problem hitting.. I can hit them fine, I just tend to start squelling and stuff when I get that high. I just wanted to know what it is that I can do. I know people say that you can't change what you are born with, but I really want this to happen...what lead singer are baritone now a days anyways...It almost feels as though my career is broken just because of my thick vocal chords:( Anyways, I want to get into the tenor range and become easy with that, but I am not sure what I need to do.. My teacher was telling me the diaphramatic breathing style and when I did that I could sing a M2 above my usual highest chest voice range (the G# above middle C). Anyways, to make a long story short, I was just wondering what I should work on or practice in order to get high in the range. I am also a pop singer and not an opera singer so I don't know if there are any differences between the two. If you could think of some of my inspirations, you would understand...Incubus, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains. I have no idea what head voice is and I just tend to falsetto on the high notes i cannot hit for the best of me...Is there any way I can stretch my vocal chords to make my chest voice higher? I am hearing all this stuff about relaxing your larynx and your soft pallete but if you would hear the music that I listen to, I don't think they do either..I was also pushing out when I was breathing in through my diaphram and my teacher told me not to push it out but to let in down when your breath is gone.. I don't know if Im doing it right on that either..Not that I want to imitate them, I just want to build some blocking stones from them and become a great singer like Brandon Boyd or Chris Cornell. Any help would be greatly appreciated on this problem im having. Thank you
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