Vocal Liberation

01/05/2019

New breakdown of how to sing "Get You" by Daniel Caesar.

A breakdown of some of the technical, stylistic, and musical elements of "Get You" by Daniel Caesar. We cover full voice, falsetto, flips, phrasing, dynamics...

10/23/2018

Brock is a singer I've worked with. He has had an amazing 5 week transformation. He went from struggling to sing C4 to being able to sing F4's in songs with good volume, stability, and consistency. All just in 5 weeks.

Brock's singing transformation over the course of 5 weeks in one-on-one Skype lessons. For one-on-one Skype lessons, visit http://www.vocalliberation.com/sin...

10/21/2018

Just did another crazy livestream yesterday. 7 hours of analyzing singers (maybe a good 40+ clips), showing how the mixed voice works (with your calling out voice) as well as basic principles about how to open your mouth and sing your vowels. (Very important stuff for mixed voice.) This livestream featured mostly female singers, but towards the end, we did start talking about male singers a bit.

More on how the mixed voice actually functions and sounds like in its various stages of development, complete with lots of video examples of singers. For one...

10/16/2018

Just did a livestream today on why singing is so hard to learn, especially if you're studying by yourself (or even with a teacher sometimes).

All about why it is so hard to learn to sing, especially if you are trying to self-teach. For one-on-one Skype lessons, visit http://www.vocalliberation.com/...

10/07/2018

If you missed today's livestream on how to sing "Beautiful Day" by U2, here is the recording of it. Skip the first 15 minutes due to some technical glitches with YouTube freezing.

I will be singing "Beautiful Day" and then giving a break down of some of the key technical points in it, including the low notes, high notes, the vowels, an...

10/01/2018

So I ended up doing an epic 7 hour livestream! 4+ hours was just me singing, taking requests from people. The first 2 hours deal with the details of building the mixed voice, the difference between chest voice and head voice, and more. In case you missed it, here it is.

09/28/2018

Just a reminder about tomorrow's MIXED VOICE Livestream tomorrow. It will be at 12PM US Eastern Time. Use the following link. Looking forward to seeing you!

All of your questions answered about the mixed voice. What is it, how to find it, how to control it, how to strengthen it, and more! Click here for more info...

09/26/2018

I'm doing a livestream on the MIXED VOICE on Saturday, September 29th, at 12 noon Eastern Time. (Find the time in your location here. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180929T110000&p1=404 ) The livestream will be on my YouTube.

I already have a general outline of what I would like to cover, but I really want to make the content more relevant to those watching. If you intend to participate in this, could you answer the following questions? It would help me a lot.

1. What have you tried thus far in order to develop your mixed voice?
2. What are the struggles you're still having with your mixed voice?
3. What questions would you like to see answered about the mixed voice?

Thanks!

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

08/25/2018

This clip of Marcus Scott singing with Tower of Power is a perfect example of what correct singing should look like and sound like. He gets it all right.

Notice he doesn't have any excessive face or neck movement when he sings. He keeps his chin down, always looking DOWN towards the mic , not up, as that lets the throat and neck stay relaxed. You never see him taking big breaths -- he doesn't take in much more air than he would use for calling out to get someone's attention.

All of his vowels are spot on. Everything is great here -- his intonation, rhythm, and range. He has gotten everything down to the bare minimum of what is necessary to sing well. Definitely a piece to study.

Aug. 13, 2018 | Felix Contreras -- When the 10 members of Tower of Power were in place behind Bob Boilen's desk, strategically positioned around the band's f...

05/26/2018

Why you don't sound good when you sing! Explained, complete with real life song demonstrations from a learning singer!

The reasons why you don't sound good when you sing and how to correct them. Featuring a student singing Kenny Lattimore's "For You" with my line-by-line comm...

05/23/2018

Thanks to Adam Mishan for giving me a shoutout in his vocal transformation video! We worked together from 2012-2013, and then a few lessons from time to time thereafter.

Full Videos 1:55-2:02- https://youtu.be/Inc5nPz8VJk 2:03-2:08- https://youtu.be/XJi6wPG24ik 2:09-2:15- https://youtu.be/O18qtoR3TuM 2:16-2:23- https://youtu....

03/30/2018

So I was just recently interviewed by Carl Wehden. We covered lots of things from how to choose an appropriate voice teacher, to vocal cord compression and how it will feel, to how vowels influence your voice, on to the differences between vocal methods (and choosing the right method for YOU).... Lots of good stuff.

Check it out and in the comments to the video, tell me the biggest takeaway points for you!

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