Bianca Varela
Was great to work with Bianca on her vocals for this. She is so talented!
You can download or stream this song Solo (I Need That)
Check out the video of us working on the vocals for this here
Sing Vocal Exercises with the Voice Most Natural for the Range
Vocal exercises work best if you’re using chest or head voice in the range of notes where the vocal cords sit in that voice type naturally. In other words, not pushing the chest voice into the head voice's range, or not bringing the head voice down into the chest range, but allowing the natural ranges. Then voice development and strengthening occurs where the natural ranges are to create a blended, connected, unified, and resilient voice.
Breaking Down Some of Ed Sheeran's Singing
Interstate Love Song
Scott Weiland was a great melodist and a true talent. I read on Wikipedia Weiland was able to complete his vocals for this song in one take. I know this is not the exact melody of the song and my phrasing is dragging a bit as it is from a long ago memory… I was about to mix a students lesson, and still had his mic set up so grabbed my phone and gave it a go! This was also one take.
Reacting to Sam Smith "Too Good At Goodbyes" live
Keren Lonstein
My very talented student Keren Lonstein with her original song “Sorry”.
Collaboration is Cool! (Song-work in Online Lessons)
Two super talented singer-songwriters Bianca Varela and Eli Elstad. Very different styles of music but I love them both. Working on the vocals on some of their original songs in online lessons. Before the recordings, before the production, this is a little behind the scenes. To hear Bianca’s finished released track go here.
Kayla DiVenere
The talented Kayla DiVenere with her original song “Justin Bieber”
Singing an Elton John song
Demonstrating Goodbye Yellow Brick Road on the fly after watching the Rocketman movie. The high note is a C#5 and I’m easing into it the first time it occurs on the word “blues” as I quickly try and remember where the melody goes but I do land on the right note! The second time around I know for sure where it’s going so I sing it more confidently. But it’s faith in my technique that allows me to confidently jump into an unrehearsed song. That’s the confidence we work on building in the lessons.
Online Lessons- Vocal Development
We’ve been doing a lot of online lessons the last couple of years! This is some clips of the first half of a typical vocal lesson with me, the vocal development half of the lessons where you can hear some of the very specific exercises we use. These are all useful for connecting the chest, middle and head ranges through the bridges and developing power and proper technique. The second half of the video Riley is working with an exaggerated vowel sound we use to get into and through the head voice and open that range up. The exercises we use are fundamental to good technique and vocal health. Featuring in order of appearance, Sophia, Kase, Riley, Eli, and Bianca!
Reacting to Sean Mendes "Dream" Live
Keren
The very talented Keren singing Reflection from Mulan in a vocal lesson.
Suitcase Love
Here I analyze and explain some of my own singing techniques used on my original song Suitcase Love.
The Exaggerated Lip Trill
In this vocal exercise I demonstrate an exaggerated lip trill which will help you sing higher and lower notes without straining, develop breath support, and placement of notes. This is also a great warmup before a performance. Download the exercise tracks below.
Julia D'Rozario
The talented Julia D'Rozario and her lovely voice singing Valerie in a vocal lesson. Notice the free vibrato as she sings in a relaxed manner. Julia is a soprano so this song is much lower then she usually sings as this is really in a male tenors range, she has a a nice bended tone happening.
Rock singing with distortion. Pearl Jam "Daughter"
I teach all styles but this style can be precarious for a singer! If you're a rock singer I can help you learn how to sing with distortion in a safe manner where you won't hurt or strain your voice.
Kelsey Peterjohn
The very talented Kelsey Peterjohn singing "If I loved You" in a vocal lesson. And I stopped recording before the high C!
Sing from chest to head register with power! The passaggio, Vocal exercises.
From an online singers workshop. Here I’m working with Ryan on singing with more power transitioning from the chest register into the head register. I explain the passaggio. The two passaggi (passages between registers) for male and female voices. I demonstrate the vocal exercise Messa di voce as well as diaphragmatic support to get more power singing in the head register.
Jonathan Englander
Jonathan working on Let Her Go in a vocal lesson for an audition