Comments on: Magic Techinque to Increase Your Vocal Range

By: Billy Chia

Billy Chia — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:18:58 +0000

Scott,
Hmmm…I have been using Seth Rigg’s “Singing for the Stars” and it has done wonders for my voice.

I also practice a lot - some weeks over an hour every day. I have found that even 15 min. every day is better than 3 hours once a week.

With all that said, I’ve been developing my voice since I wrote this post (about 5 months ago) and I still have a long way to go.

Much like playing guitar, or basketball - the right technique helps a lot but there’s no substitute for hard work over a long period of time.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:51:09 +0000

I have Brett Manning’s cds but my range barley increased and definatly didnt get two octaves overnight. Im wondering what I am doing wrong. He seems likehe knows what he is talking about but none of it seemed to work.

By: Billy Chia

Billy Chia — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:48:23 +0000

Daniel,
I use in ear monitors to sing on Sunday. I can tell you these make a HUGE difference in my voice. When you are listening to a floor monitor you don’t hear yourself as well you are hearing a blend of your voice from the monitor and all of the other noise.

I would go for option #1. Even if you don’t have in ears it’s great to record your voice to a separate track so you can listen to your singing by itself.

By: Daniel Watterson

Daniel Watterson — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:32:35 +0000

Hi there,
thankyou for publishing this.

I had a question re: your advice from Drew. When you say to put on headphones, as an alternative to hearing yourself acoustically, do you mean:

1. Your voice is played back through the headphones so that you hear your own sound reproduced (which I know can sound different and revealing if you’ve ever recorded your voice and played it back)

2. Nothing is played back through the headphones. Rather the headphones cut out the accoustic sound so that you hear your sound internalised. This I suppose might similarly emphasise certain aspects of the voice or vocal technique otherwise obscured.

So yeah, just curious which you meant.

By: nicole

nicole — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:33:29 +0000

I also stumbled across Bretts site last nighty and it was fantastic , i also got a 2 octave range increase , can’t wait to buy the cd .

By: worship1

worship1 — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:24:55 +0000

Sounds great Billy! I totally identify with your excitement. I was floored when I sang 2 octaves above my “normal” range. The exercises really do work and it doesn’t take years of tedious practice either.

Please, send out a shout when you start that series. Can’t wait to hear of your vocal journey.

Blessings

By: Billy Chia

Billy Chia — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:48:15 +0000

Cosima,
I ran across Brett Manning’s site a few days before I found your site. I noticed you have montazied links on your site to his. This is brilliant and in fact I might even put some here on my blog. He is amazing.

True Story:
Just like you I experienced a 2 octave range increase overnight by using Brett’s technique. I haven’t even ordered the CD yet but did this by simply putting into practice the free tips the Brett has on his site. The crazy part is this was last night!

I woke up this morning and started singing to my wife I was so excited. She noticed the improvement as well.

I now realize the information in this post here is a little misleading. I am hoping to do a new series where I will talk about my journey to singing better and talk about how Brett and others helped me.

By: worship1

worship1 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:51:56 +0000

I’m a believer in singing scales to strenghten your instrument, but I have to tell you that I’ve been singing scales for 40 years and singing scales never improved my range until I recognized and changed the bad singing techniques I had been taught. If you’re singing incorrectly you can’t improve your range.

About 10 years ago I came across a great method that changed my life, saved my voice and added 2 octaves to my range literally over night. Now, I know this sounds like I’m ’selling’ something so I have purposely left out any links for that reason.

Speech Level Singing or SLS has been used by trained professional vocalists to correct bad technique and improve range. Some names include, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Anita Baker, Natalie Cole, Bett Midler, Marty Goetz, Cheri Keaggy, Morgan Cryar, Mark Kibble(Take 6), to name a few.

Go ahead and type Speech Level Singing into your search engine. Look for Seth Riggs, (the guy behind the technique) and Brett Manning,(great teacher and example of SLS)… You don’t have to go to them because they have brought their technique to you through books and other materials. I used a book with CD’s and spent under $50 with amazing results.

…. let me know if you have tried or decide to try SLS. I’m very interested to hear what results you have.

Singing stronger, higher and better than ever at 50 years old!!!
Cosima

By: James

James — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:37:08 +0000

‘Tis true indeed, that practicing to a scale strengthens and increases your scale. On a entirely practical note, I always find the a few mouthfuls of a warm tea with honey a few minutes before singing helps wash away that Sunday morning tightness…

By: alex mclean

alex mclean — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:24:03 +0000

Here’s what I am doing to sing better