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singingmatters
Великобритания
Добавлен 1 фев 2024
I help people understand their voice, so they can use it, better. This channel is for singers who know there is something they can do differently with their voice. Vocal coaching to fix strain and tension issues in singing technique. Understand your instrument. Use it, better.
You may have already heard a lot of singing advice. How much have you taken in?
A lot of what happens when we sing, is in our minds. The vulnerability of daring to sing, the feeling of being exposed. The confidence to sing, regardless of the fear of singing. The expression of oneself and the giving of emotion. All of this is huge when singing, especially when others are listening.
But learning how to sing, is far away from the emotions of songs and delivery. It is in the physiology of your instrument. It is in the mechanics of the voice. It is in getting out of the way. It's using your instrument how it is intended, so you can rely on it night after night.
Stop listening and start feeling!
You may have already heard a lot of singing advice. How much have you taken in?
A lot of what happens when we sing, is in our minds. The vulnerability of daring to sing, the feeling of being exposed. The confidence to sing, regardless of the fear of singing. The expression of oneself and the giving of emotion. All of this is huge when singing, especially when others are listening.
But learning how to sing, is far away from the emotions of songs and delivery. It is in the physiology of your instrument. It is in the mechanics of the voice. It is in getting out of the way. It's using your instrument how it is intended, so you can rely on it night after night.
Stop listening and start feeling!
How to Control Your Voice - try this !
This is a very commonly used exercise for singers and coaches which aims to really get control of your voice, by using the “G” sound as a way of feeling the stop of air flow and then trying to maintain that set up in the voice as you move to a vowel.
Please persevere with this and see if it helps you or changes something for you. Could be a game changer !
#howtosingbetter #singinglessons #vocalcoachingonline #controlyourvoice #breathsupport
For online lessons at reasonable rates find me at:
singingmatters.co.uk
Please persevere with this and see if it helps you or changes something for you. Could be a game changer !
#howtosingbetter #singinglessons #vocalcoachingonline #controlyourvoice #breathsupport
For online lessons at reasonable rates find me at:
singingmatters.co.uk
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How to Sing Better - Breath and Cord Closure Exercises
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This video is a conversation about breath control, breath support and breath flow, for singers. There are some really interesting discoveries when you try some of this stuff out. Give it a go! Lessons available online via singingmatters.co.uk #vocaltraining #vocalcoach #howtosingbetter #singinglessons
How to Sing Better - Use Your Head Voice More!
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.3 месяца назад
Today’s video is a discussion about living more often in your head voice to help the transition as you move up your range. How to sing better by using head voice more of the time. More of a portion of the sound has some head resonance, even lower down...and lower down you start allowing the muscles to hand over control, too. I used High and Dry by Radiohead in my demonstrations. Give this some ...
The Vocal Bridge - A Rocky and Twisty Road
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.3 месяца назад
A discussion about taking your time trying to travel along the twisty road of the vocal bridge. It’s fraught with danger, is much much harder to navigate than the rest of the voice. Careful you don’t fall off, and don't drive too fast! A fresh and detailed look at the trickiest part of your voice. #howtosing #singinglessons #vocalcoach #vocalcoaching
How to Sing Like A Stone by Audioslave
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.4 месяца назад
This is me combining lessons in previous videos, such as, Stop Singing Too Loud and the Creaky Door exercise, to work through, Audioslave’s Like A Stone. Here I’m talking about some of the key components of the sound and technique and how to find it while I tweak my own performance and coach myself a little as I read through the song. I hope it helps, www.singingmatters.co.uk #howtosing #singin...
Stop Singing Too LOUD!
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.4 месяца назад
Here’s me pleading with singers not to make the same mistakes I made by singing too loud, too powerful. I can’t tell you enough to back off, take some volume out of it, hold back, go light or any other choice of phrase. It may surprise you just how far you can go in this direction and still sound powerful: Book here for a 15 min VideoCall Consultation and I can highlight what your voice is curr...
Mix Voice Made Easy
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.4 месяца назад
Find Mix Voice with Ease using the awesome Creaky Door sound! It will amaze you how simple and effortless this can be and it’s actually all you need to help go right through the bridge and up into mix . Check it out! www.singingmatters.co.uk #howtosing #singinglessons #vocalcoach
Singing On Your Break - why you can’t do it…yet!
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.5 месяцев назад
A discussion about the ever frustrating part of your voice, the break. It’s the weakest section of your range, for anyone. Here are some ways to think about it so you can work out where the issues are coming from in your voice. www.singingmatters.co.uk #howtosing #singinglessons #vocalcoaching
How to Sing Better When Singing Covers - it’s hard!
Просмотров 8885 месяцев назад
A discussion about the pitfalls of trying to improve your singing whilst singing a wide range of covers. It's hard! This is an unedited and unscripted discussion style video.
How to Sing Without Tension
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This week’s video is a discussion about tension in the voice and some methods for working out where it’s coming from, or being able to even notice it in the first place.  I've put this out unedited, to save time. Stick with me. Hope it helps. #howtosing #singinglessons #howtosingwithouttension www.singingmatters.co.uk
How to Warm Up Your Voice and Why!
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.6 месяцев назад
A lot of singers who are new to voice training don’t really know why they are warming up. Or, why they are using a particular exercise. They dutifully play along and make some attempt to warm up but aren’t aware how to get the most from any exercise. This video is a discussion about warming up and how it’s about much more than just stretching the muscles. For online and in person vocal coaching...
Mixed Voice - What’s Going on - Removing Tension in Singing
Просмотров 12 тыс.6 месяцев назад
In this video I discuss mixed voice and some ways to understand what it’s all about. For anyone who feels like they hit that ceiling in their voice this will help. If you either flip into falsetto or feel you can't get any higher, understanding mix voice is the key! www.singingmatters.co.uk
How to Sing From Your Diaphragm
Просмотров 4,4 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Singing 'from your diaphragm' is one of the only things people seem to know about vocal technique. Often they don't know how to do it but they've heard of the idea way more than any other areas of singing. You will always have to come back to breathing when trying to work on the voice, no matter what else you work on, if you don't fix your breath control then nothing else will work. This video ...
Hi, I’m Calder, and this is a quick intro to my channel, Singing Matters.
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Hi, I’m Calder, and this is a quick intro to my channel, Singing Matters.
My biggest problem with the high notes at the moment: my larynx (as far as I know it's normal) moving upwards when I sing in my higher range, everyone says "keep your larynx low"... I'm trying but it feels like I'm working against my larynx's natural behaviour and that actually causes tension (as I'm forcing my larynx down)... any advice???
This is very common! It’s very normal for your voice to be fighting against any new habit. Because the old habit is so engrained. We don’t know how to control these things and they just get involved when they shouldn’t. There will be some musculature that is grabbing whilst you are lowering the larynx. All kinds of things could be going on and we want to remove all of it so it feels like you’re hardly doing anything at all to get the note out. Often people learn to lower the larynx but there’s still a grab and squeeze occurring. Look in the mirror and watch what you see down the side of your throat and neck . Think yawn, think open and relaxed as much as possible. There are some exercises to just get the cords working and only the cords! Currently other things are getting involved this is very common!
@@CaldersMusic thank you 🙏
Excellent video thanks man!
@@TimHmusic074 brilliant thanks.! I’m glad it helped !
This video is super helpful for understanding breath control. The G sound exercise is a simple but effective tool. Thanks!
didnt knew billy butcher sang so well,,, jokes aside that is a very handy exercise, thank you sir!
This is way harder than it seems. Great exercise, Thank you.
@@sebastianbisurgi9970 it can be tricky but it tells you a lot about what’s going on! Can really help get an understanding of using breath better . Hope it helps
Yes,, the concentrate on the feeling. Its really helped me get thru an hour of police songs more easily. Never heard this kind of advice before.. cheers!!
Man… I literally gave up on singing because of this. First: all of the three vocal coaches I’ve had were confused about my voice type and they would end up saying that I’m a “baritenor” because I can belt too high (C#5 / D5) to be baritone but also too full and loud to be a tenor. My siblings always mess around with me when I’m singing saying that I’m “Henry Aguilera”. So, I’m 28 and I just can’t do the mix register, it sounds pitchy AF. I used to like my belts because people would always be impressed, but that was before all the vocal coaches I’ve had said that above B4 my belts are just extremely loud… they would even tell me to pull the mic away… anyways… I can’t change the way I Belt. Mixing sounds so ridiculous funny to me. 😩
really amazing video, glad to see you back on here, thank you
Cheers ! It’s great people want me back! Love that .cheers !
I feel personally attacked 😅
😂😂😂 I apologise
@@singingmatterscalder😂
This is awesome. I got it down. Sorta😃. I got that humming and I can feel the resonance. This is great information. I’m trying to get Alanis Morissette “ You Outta know”. Now to apply it!!! . Thank you 🎵🙏🖤
That’s fantastic . I hope it helps . Remember to let go way more than you think , whilst also just holding that breath back. Great to hear!
Hi mate. Great video as always. I have a problem where I flip around C4 upwards unless I really "support" and squeeze. Any chance you could touch on a video about this please?
I would say watch any videos on mix voice and the break. Take it very very slow as you siren up and try to notice where things start grabbing. Very slow. Your head voice starts to blend way lower than we think,, we have to work out how to let it do that! There’s several vids!
Thank you
What sensations in your face should you feel when doing high notes with proper support? I managed to get a buzzing sensation in my nose and it seemed to work, but I can’t seem to replicate that now for whatever reason. Good video as always 👍
I found a gem in this channel. More power friend.
@@carolbanavva6225 hey! Thanks for this. I’m glad it’s making sense 😊
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Thanx for this excelent info mate... I'm trying to get back into singing after an illness which left me in a bit of a mess. If you get chance please check out my attempts at singing, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the great work, you make peoples lives better like a really laid back super hero 🙂
hi i have a sog on youtube call optimistic can you tell me if this mix voice belt
Thank you so much for this video, I'm starting my singing journey (right now I can barely sing at all) and your videos seem like the perfect starting point; one thing I'm not able to do is singing/talking without letting go of air, do you actually not let go of air at all?
@@Radior_ well, yeah, weirdly it’s good to almost imagine you’re not letting the air out at all. Obviously you are because it wouldn’t work without it but we need to retain it as much as possible, this is how singers can hold really long notes because they are holding it back, using support in the body and keeping the vocal cords nice and closed . I’m going to have a load more content on breathing available soon . Imagine how hard it is to sing well when you lose all the air in the first word of the line …
Great video. I am starting to believe that mixed voice basically "only" means being able to keep the vocal folds together at any pitch (as opposed to only being able to sing with cord closure in the "chesty" / speaking area) and without having to rely on a lot of volume to keep the vocal folds together. We are used to speaking and also shouting / crying which is actually not that difficult, even babys do it in a way. What are your thoughts on this view?
@@tobiaswolf6630 well I think I know what you mean. If when you get higher up you end up in falsetto , which is breathy and lacks cord closure, then this makes sense. It’s a little more than that tho as it’s also about retaining a little bit of the strength of chest voice. So you get a mix of both. It also relates to how it resonates in the body. Cord closure is a great place to start in a sense though. This creaky door sound maintains that closure throughout
@@singingmatterscalder I had forgotten about the other end of the spectrum - pressed phonation/ too much pressure on the vocal folds (?). Thanks again and keep up the great work.
Great talk/lesson. Sort of proves that often the best teachers are the ones that have been through the crap rather than the ones that had just done it right from the start, if that makes any sense. I heard once somewhere that Bach was a terrible teacher, because it (music/composition I dunno) was all so obvious to him he couldn't understand how anyone couldn't get it, so he was impatient and couldn't explain stuff haha. Sounds like you're from the north of England somewhere, the place I feel the most at home. Unfortunately I'm a long way from there and walk around upside down atm . haha Thanks and kind regards
Ah thanks so much. I believe this is true . People who have had to struggle are better teachers for it. I’m based in Leicester now but originally from further north, South Yorkshire . So yeah! Thanks for the comments and good luck with your singing. I’ll be posting lots more videos soon .
This is one of the MOST important advices I could ever receive! I really couldn't believe how agile my voice became when I finally tried to sing with less volume. Runs are a lot easier this way and it actually sounds more like singing with passion - I really had to ignore the fact that this advice sounded counterintuitive for me in the first place. It is definitely worth a try for everyone who tends to put too much power and pressure into his voice like I did.
This is awesome . Thanks so much for sharing and I dm do glad it’s helped your voice !!
This was the video that finally helped me understand the connection between my chest voice and the rest, and actually begin to APPLY it in songs, not just exercises. Can't thank you enough man, great content!
This is great to hear, I’m so glad to receive such comments. I’m over the moon it’s helping people. Keep it up, and remember it’s a moving target so it may catch you out and suddenly not be as easy one day. Feel your way through a warm up and reprogram the muscles, watch out for habits creeping in .
Your video's are clear, concise and your methodology of teaching removed so much of the confusion that some other channels had left me with. It's like now - I finally understand what they were all TRYING to say - but their information always left me with a big weakness in my singing while I focused on such specific aspects of my sound (tension, lack of intensity, silly amounts of nasality, squeezing like mad etc). I have been way too good at pulling my chest up to notes higher than my bridge and managing an excess of tension to squeeze out these notes with distortion etc, to realise now that that's WHY I don't like my singing. Past couple days I applied your methodology as best I could and got amazing results today. Effortless range but power and resonation with it, sooooo much less tension and so much more freedom. Better and more intimate singing when I want to (always SUCKED at that), more or less air in the tone when I want to, more or less nasality (but I still have a lot of that when I go for high notes beyond C5). Anyway, I can't thank you enough for your videos man. It feels like you don't hold any information back from us and genuinely just want us to discover what you did to become better singers. Cheers! <3
Even my scream sounds brighter and more intense if I sort of apply the same 'free' feeling to it and ditch the silly amount of force I was using before. Fuck yeah dude!
This is awesome. If I had written the most ideal response I’d like to receive on my new RUclips channel, it probably wouldn’t have been as good as this. It really does make my day, honestly, coz I just really hope it makes sense to people. Yeah, I am so keen to see people improve and take on these things and try to understand it all. There are so many pieces to the puzzle. It’s very confusing, sometimes contradictory, and plain weird to get our heads round this stuff at times. The absolute best of luck with your singing; this summer I’ll be able to put a lot more content up and some other courses and things I’ve been wanting to create. I hope it continues to help… all the best
@@singingmatterscalder Thanks so much man! Another sick practice today. So happy with my range now. I hit a D#5 today and it sounded 'pretty', not like a squeezed out siren, nor did it have to be weak. I can slip up into old school rock-like wails really easily from there and it'll take some practice to master, but it feels so good. Yeah, I think everyone's journey is going to be completely different, you seem to have in mind two majorly different approaches to singing, for those who sing too soft, and for those who sing to hard, and I was always both of these at the same time! If I wanted power I was pushing and squeezing too much. If I wanted to be intimate I would flip far too easily into an unsupported falsetto I couldn't get back from, and no amount of crying, lowering/raising the larynx, or diaphragmatic control was helping me solve it but your approach in just a few vids has really guided me into the 'middle ground' I've been searching for, where it all seems to come together. Legend! I hope your channel gets the support it deserves in the near future. I'm sure it will! I will recommend you to any friend interesting in learning to sing. Cheers.
this is great mate thanks
Thank you
Do you find lip trills any good?
Absolutely! They are a great warm up, used by singers from all walks of life. Tree can tell you a lot about how your voice is functioning, including breath control and support, but resonance as well. But it’s the ‘semi-occluded vocal tract’ element of lip trills and other such like exercises that gives the vocal cords a little bit of air pressure from above them as well as below that they really like! it’s a great warmup used by all sorts of people… seems like some weird load of nonsense but it’s actually really really useful
Here's a question: I tend to have any easier time singing strong and on pitch towards the top of my range (say, C#4-G4), but as soon as it gets a little lower and less "intense" things tend to sound really "weak" and I have a much harder time with pitch. I tend to go flat slightly on those mid-rangy notes, and my higher notes are often closer to pitch. Any thoughts would be great!
Here's a question - obviously at some point you are going to run out of range and it's going to feel "hard" to hit something. How do you know what the top of your range actually is? If it keeps feeling free and easy as you go up, you'd think there would never be a limit, but obviously there is.
Yeah there is a limit and you can tell the cords are stretched to their maximum and you are allowing the voice to go right up into head … you can tell it’s reaching its peak and there aren’t really any notes accessible but you’re not straining for it still!
What I'd love to hear is how to sing with expression and even grit while feeling relaxed. When I focus on feeling no tension at all, my voice tends to sound weak and expressionless.
Good! Ha ha. If that means you’ve removed any tension then great! First things first. Singing comfortably , always good! So it’s about bringing those textures in in a comfortable way … you could try two three or more levels of intensity . Sing one note , very light, light , medium, then compressed. Try to bring in a stronger core closure gradually! Get used to the different levels available to you, making sure to sing all without strain. Try that sort of thing. Take one word or phrase and sing it incrementally more compressed . Experiment with that a lot . Within one line you can then choose to create dynamic between the words and not sing everything exactly the same .
@@singingmatterscalder a video on healthy compression and the difference between that and strain wouldn’t go amiss! Thanks so much
What books do you recommend for singers? Great channel
Been singing in a soul cover band, coming from a more metal/rock background, I was kinda strugling, this is great and was a great help
Nice one. 👍 I like your channel and videos !
Thanks for this !! Glad you like it 😊
phenomenal. Idk 292 views, but I'm just commenting to say I watch your stuff, and even though I don't press the like button, I really like your videos btw i dont care the length of your vids, I watched/listened till end
Thanks so much! Hey I did really well on a couple of early videos but overall I’m really pleased with my new channel. I’m just about keeping it ticking over and much more to come. Thanks again. Do click like 😉
You don't press the light button?? What are you scared you're gonna get tracked? Smash the light button!
Thank you very much.
Thom Yorke is why I sing almost exclusively falsetto around friends and family. People care way less if something is connected than you think. They just want to hear something pretty.
Yes! Thom Yorke has also been a huge inspiration on my singing too. Made me experiment with my falsetto a lot more
This is exactly how I was to sing 80s pop 2 nights a week for a few years. I start mixing down at a A3 which makes everything much smoother.
This helped me so much. Here I am on the treadmill doing the vocal exercises 😁. I felt NO tension in my throat. Thank you so much. One day I will be taking lessons with you. I just really suck right now. I do have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. My voice is so hoarse right now. I heard a lot of singers quit because their voice just isn’t the same. I’m determined to just have a pleasant voice. I won’t ever sound like I did 30 yrs ago. What kind of microphone is that? If you don’t mind me asking. I’m going to purchase one. Been watching videos and my head is spinning. Thank you for this video 🎶🎸🎵🙏❤️🎤 .
Amazing 🙌 that’s very promising . Sorry to hear about that . Good luck with it
Ah brilliant “ thx sir great lesson :)
I’ve really enjoyed your content! Any tips on the super mediocre cover linked below? I’d be happy to do a lesson ruclips.net/video/Bl-hMGlxElE/видео.htmlsi=aYscF5OAxZGyQEf2
your videos are absolutely incredible. thank you a million times!!!! a pure blessing. thank you! wow! and I am sorry to hear that you had to go through all of this. And I hope that with time and practice you will return to your voice without any permanent changes. best
Thank you so much! It’s great to receive comments like this and I hope it helps and makes sense. See you on the next one!! good luck with your singing
Bloody brilliant, thank you, just out of curiosity where abouts are you based in the UK? Would you be open to singing lessons one to one?
Hi Tim, yeah for sure, I’m based in Leicester: I also do online lessons wherever in the world! you can find out how to book here, singingmatters.co.uk/contact/ I offer a free 15 mins consultation chat as well, to see if we can work together. All the best with your voice!
Thanks I’ve been loving your videos, do singing straws and singing with lip trolls accomplish the same thing or no? If not, what is the difference?
Very similar principle. They are both ‘semi-occluded vocal tract exercises’. They create a little bit of back pressure with the air, as it’s being restricted from escaping, it’s kind of building a little air pressure in the mouth so the cords get a air pressure above and below .
Nice 36:20, the damn flip. Arghhhh.
Good luck being heard over blaring instruments with this approach. Honestly, if you're doing rock or any high intensity genre, classical training is your friend.
In ear monitors! And they must turn down. I didn’t mean to suggest I was dissing classical vocal training at all! It is indeed your friend .
Awesome tips man. Really helpful stuff
Very few people can make this highly nuanced topic as clearly understandable as you can, it all just makes perfect sense and yet is presented in an informal, relaxed way. I’m now going to force myself to loiter on and around those pesky bridge notes, rather than just rapidly sirening through them as quickly as possible! 🤪
Brilliant Graham, thanks. I hope it helps. Yeah, taking time gives you a chance to feel the adjustments you are making . Good luck
Definitely a rocky road... I am guilty of trying to drive too fast and going off the side, too. Great video as always :)
love how practicing with baby noises still makes you laugh to yourself
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I also have his 2 courses of Kevin Richard’s, really good exercises.
Yeah they are really good. Been using them for years on the way to gigs . Just became my main go to exercises
@@singingmatterscalder also he has really good mixing voice exercises there. Minor mine specially helps a lot.
@@ARTEMIYNIK Aha yeah, minor mine!
Really fabulous hands on explanation of this very elusive topic. Like having a one on one lesson! Thank you so much for the great work. You are so sincere in your effort.
@@farazardnazeem541 Thanks so much!
I've said it before, and I'm going to say it again because I appreciate it. You are so considerate with helping us understand what's going on with the voice and great at thoroughly explaining it. I've watched a lot of music teachers online and they all say great stuff but they always seem to leave out nuances here and there. You seem to make sure you're explaining this and that and how this and that affect this and that. You come off as very relatable and bring up what you felt when you were learning to sing. Which helps understand the struggle and is comforting.
Thanks so much ! Well, I just can’t help it. It’s how my brain works. I’m glad it helps ! And something drives me to find a way to break down what students need to grasp in detail. I don’t know! Thanks 🙏