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- Hi Ariella my
name is Mioschi (Mee-O-Shee) -I know it doesn’t look like the easiest
name to pronounce, and I’ve been singing ever since I was five. I am an
R&B/soul singer; some of the artists that I practice are, Regina
Belle, Phyllis Hyman, Anita Baker, Minnie Riperton, etc. Any who, I’ve
been practicing your first CD consistently for about thirteen days, and
I do feel pretty good about it. Although I’ve been singing since I was
five, I still have some questions regarding my head and chest voice.
-Although I do kn! ow the difference between the two and can also
somewhat blend them as well, I was wondering when or if I should allow
the head voice to just naturally come in…? Sometimes when I am
singing and going through the voice lessons on your first CD I can just
sort of wait and let it take, in a sense, thus more anticipated (hope
that makes sense) -while other times I can actually belt all the way
through an excercise, like the wees and hweets without even allowing
the head voice to come through. -Well, do you think that maybe I should
just stick to my first idea or the second? Also, the last thing I want
to do is scream, however, throughout some of the excercises it seems
that going high (but not falsetto) in head voice is comfortable,
however a part of me feels that maybe it could or should be
strengthened. I really appreciate you taking time out of your day to
answer this email; it means more than you know. Another concern of mine
is my breathing. I have been doing the breath excercises every single
day along with holding my breath as well (I’m at a minute and 18 sec)
however when I am singing, should my stomach be in the same position as
the ‘dyaphramatic breathing’ that you explain in the first cd, and
should my throat remain open (Surprise Party Breath) all throughout my
singing? -Also, how do you know when your vocal muscles are
strengthening? Thank you so much for answering. P.S. I’m going to
purchase the second CD today!
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Hi Mioschi,
I was glad to hear that you are working with my CDs. It sounds like
you very serious about singing which is great. You asked a lot
questions, and I’ll do my best.
First of all, Never Scream. Singing should only and always feel
comfortable. You are more then welcomed to take your chest voice as
high as is comfortable and then use head voice for the rest. You have
just started with the cds, after time, I think the head or chest issue
will reveal itself to you. For now, do what is comfortable and try not
to think about it to much. Use your vocal warm-ups as your “healthy
singing time”.
Regarding your breathing: the surprise breath position in your upper
palette is great to start off every phrase. It is for your breathing
in general. I am not sure what you mean by the position of your
stomach. Just know that your stomach needs to be active in supporting
your voice so that the muscles in your throat are not being strained.
Put the tension/support in your body into your stomach back and legs-
not the throat. Don’t think to hard about the process. Just continue
working through the CDs and your body will start to memorize the
correct connections in time.
Regarding knowing when the vocal muscles are strengthening: Just like
in any sport, you will improve your strength a little bit daily. You
should find you can sing longer without getting tired.
I would be happy to go into detail regarding your voice through my
Vocal Assessment program. You can purchase whichever plan works for
you on my site. Then you can send me your voice and questions, and I
can answer more specifically to what I hear you doing.
Sing well!
Ariella
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