I love your videos! They are the first things I've watched that actually help me to understand what is going on physiologically. It's helping me on the warm up exercises but as soon as I try and sing the words of a song, everything tightens up again. Is there anything you can suggest that might help? Thank you!!
I'm so glad you're finding these videos helpful! My experience has been that people are hungry to understand how their voices work, but a lot of teachers think it's too complicated and will just confuse singers, so they don't talk about it. I didn't think it had to be that way, and so it really lights me up to hear that's been the case for you! English is such a freaking hard language to sing in, and there are lots of reasons why you might be experiencing difficulty with singing on words. It's hard to say without actually hearing/seeing you sing, but here are a few things you could try: 1. Gather as much data as you can. Sing on words, and instead of trying to fix the problem, try to observe what you are feeling in every part of your body. Are you locking your knees? Do you feel tension in your core? If so, what kind and where? Is it a rigid tension or a pliable tension? (Pliable would be good, rigid not so much). How about your chest, shoulders, and back? What do you feel in your neck and throat? How about your jaw and tongue? Even look at your cheeks, eyes, and forehead. Try to get really specific about WHERE you are experiencing negative tension. 2. Once you have figured out where the tension is in your body, you can seek out vocal exercises to help. If it's jaw tension, obviously look for jaw loosening exercises, but you might also try some pelvic floor work since those two parts of the body are connected. (I have a video on the pelvic floor that might be helpful). If it's core tension, try doing some simple yoga postures that involve twists. And in general just be creative and trust your intuition. Once you've identified the source of the tension, it's a matter of finding ways to move that body part so it can release. 3. This is tricky for people sometimes, but try singing the words, but remove all of the consonants. So you're singing on vowels only. If you sign up for my membership, you can submit two videos of yourself singing and get feedback from me for free. There's no commitment, so you're welcome to just send the videos and cancel if now is not a good time for something like that. But it would be easier for me to offer suggestions if I can see and hear you, so that's an option as well. Here's a link to sign up: app.arketa.co/ljdstudios/pricing/checkout/thqW1XaoDFoDP52e0eGq Hope this helps!
So technical your content. Thanks a lot
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Thank you for the video, great explanation!
So glad you found it helpful!
This was so interesting! Helped me figure out a bit of how/why I was straining so much or at the very least the probable origin! Tysm!
🎉 So glad it was helpful!
I love your videos! They are the first things I've watched that actually help me to understand what is going on physiologically. It's helping me on the warm up exercises but as soon as I try and sing the words of a song, everything tightens up again. Is there anything you can suggest that might help? Thank you!!
I'm so glad you're finding these videos helpful! My experience has been that people are hungry to understand how their voices work, but a lot of teachers think it's too complicated and will just confuse singers, so they don't talk about it. I didn't think it had to be that way, and so it really lights me up to hear that's been the case for you!
English is such a freaking hard language to sing in, and there are lots of reasons why you might be experiencing difficulty with singing on words. It's hard to say without actually hearing/seeing you sing, but here are a few things you could try:
1. Gather as much data as you can. Sing on words, and instead of trying to fix the problem, try to observe what you are feeling in every part of your body. Are you locking your knees? Do you feel tension in your core? If so, what kind and where? Is it a rigid tension or a pliable tension? (Pliable would be good, rigid not so much). How about your chest, shoulders, and back? What do you feel in your neck and throat? How about your jaw and tongue? Even look at your cheeks, eyes, and forehead. Try to get really specific about WHERE you are experiencing negative tension.
2. Once you have figured out where the tension is in your body, you can seek out vocal exercises to help. If it's jaw tension, obviously look for jaw loosening exercises, but you might also try some pelvic floor work since those two parts of the body are connected. (I have a video on the pelvic floor that might be helpful). If it's core tension, try doing some simple yoga postures that involve twists. And in general just be creative and trust your intuition. Once you've identified the source of the tension, it's a matter of finding ways to move that body part so it can release.
3. This is tricky for people sometimes, but try singing the words, but remove all of the consonants. So you're singing on vowels only.
If you sign up for my membership, you can submit two videos of yourself singing and get feedback from me for free. There's no commitment, so you're welcome to just send the videos and cancel if now is not a good time for something like that. But it would be easier for me to offer suggestions if I can see and hear you, so that's an option as well. Here's a link to sign up:
app.arketa.co/ljdstudios/pricing/checkout/thqW1XaoDFoDP52e0eGq
Hope this helps!
@@ljdstudios thank you so much for such a comprehensive reply. I'll certainly check out your membership.