This is useful for me. I sound terrible trying to sing the bridge in Weeknd - The Hills. I can hit all the high notes without tension, I can even do them full-bodied and loud, but I can't do them softly like the Weeknd does it.
I'm glad this was useful! With all the processing in that song, it's really hard to hear what he is really doing. I hear falsetto on the bridge and the compression and auto-tune etc...in the production squeezes out the breathiness that I think he is really using. Nothing wrong with that. But I could be wrong. It's just how I'm hearing it.
This is really helpful. One of biggest problem is over singing with tension in my midi range. I’m hoping these exercises balance that out. Glad you did this video because this is hardly ever addressed. Question: should we still be engaging support for light singing?
Great question! I should have addressed that in the video. My definition of support is engaging the anchoring muscles such as the neck, pecs, lats, and lower back. Abs engaged but not tight. The more intense belting type singing the more engagement. For this quiet singing, we aren't completely relaxed like a dish rag, but the support is very light almost relaxed. Too much engagement can cause the wrong kind of tension in my opinion. As far as breath goes, (which I separate from the word, support) it 's a very low pressure breath. Just enough to finish a phrase. Too much breath pressure and the voice gets strained and tight or breaks into breathiness. Does that answer your question?
“Dynamic range”- interesting! I learned something new… thanks!
This is useful for me. I sound terrible trying to sing the bridge in Weeknd - The Hills. I can hit all the high notes without tension, I can even do them full-bodied and loud, but I can't do them softly like the Weeknd does it.
I'm glad this was useful! With all the processing in that song, it's really hard to hear what he is really doing. I hear falsetto on the bridge and the compression and auto-tune etc...in the production squeezes out the breathiness that I think he is really using. Nothing wrong with that. But I could be wrong. It's just how I'm hearing it.
that’s a topic that has been on my mind for a while now. Thank you. I immediately subscribed.
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nice job thanks❤
Thanks, such clarity, not aspiring to become a singer but I tried the vocal exercises and wow!!!
This is really helpful. One of biggest problem is over singing with tension in my midi range. I’m hoping these exercises balance that out. Glad you did this video because this is hardly ever addressed. Question: should we still be engaging support for light singing?
Great question! I should have addressed that in the video. My definition of support is engaging the anchoring muscles such as the neck, pecs, lats, and lower back. Abs engaged but not tight. The more intense belting type singing the more engagement. For this quiet singing, we aren't completely relaxed like a dish rag, but the support is very light almost relaxed. Too much engagement can cause the wrong kind of tension in my opinion. As far as breath goes, (which I separate from the word, support) it 's a very low pressure breath. Just enough to finish a phrase. Too much breath pressure and the voice gets strained and tight or breaks into breathiness. Does that answer your question?
video starts around 3:35 😢