Singers: How to Practice Good Air Flow Management! (Hint: Don't Think So Hard)
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
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Too much air? Not enough air? Are you loud all the time? Maybe you feel like you can't get loud or powerful enough? Well, this lesson is going to be a huge help if you can relate to any of those questions. I'll also give you a simple exercise so that you can start FEELING how to naturally use air flow to your creative advantage!
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You really should have at least one million of subscribers, I just cannot understand why people don't know your (awesome) channel, you are the best "vocal coach" I have seen here in RUclips, thanks a lot and please keep going in that way.
Thanks! Channel is only about a year old :) and has grown a ton in the past 4 months! Spread the word!!
I agree!
Every time I make a new discovery in my voice, I revisit these old fundamentals videos and discover even more layers to the concepts and practices Chris explains. I must've watched these videos 20 odd times each, and every time I understand more and more layers. The fact these lessons are on the internet for free is absolutely incredible. If you haven't dived into his courses yet, DO IT! Do it and watch them over and over, I've never stopped learning new things.
Thanks Chris for the incredible content
This is great to read! Thanks for sharing how my content has helped you!
Chris. I appreciate the way you go about teaching. You break it down to sesame street level so anyone can understand and you do not have a know it all attitude, unlike other vocal coaches I have seen. I am learning alot from your videos so thank you
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching and subbing!
"More on this in my free vocal course...!" Yeah! There is and its well worth your time ;) Even more in the paid courses! You're a great teacher Chris I have learned a ton from you.
So glad what I'm doing is resonating with you!
I'm from Brazil and my English is horrible, but...
For a while I felt stagnant in my vocal technique and your videos are making me evolve a lot.
It's very difficult to find such good content.
I was frustrated with my voice and now I feel the doors unlocking.
thx!!!
Me trying to sleep Peacefully.
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When you sing in that falsettoey tune I think of Jeff Buckley, very cool content, Chris!
Never enough reminders of breathing correctly! Thank you!🤘
This is sooooo helpful. Thank you so much!!!!🔥
You've been a great help & inspiration ❤💞 I'm hoping to do a cover soon.
I feel that you're so good at teaching voice because you can feel into your body so well AND can convey the sensations verbally so well... Singing is a full-body experience...
Thank you for your constant great reminders of the fundamentals involved to improve overall singing techniques. You have implemented this since the beginning with these amazing tutorials. You are an incredible and humble teacher that flexes abilities in strength and not afraid to expose humility in the teaching process. Keep up the phenomenal work so many people are really appreciating what you do. Thank you again Chris
Never had vocal teacher to help me but watching your videos has helped me progress so far in my journey, keep it up man!💯
I can’t tell you how much I love these vids, Chris. Love the way you teach. You’re my go to. Cheers, mate.
This RUclips channel is amazing, filled with years of experience & knowledge, and you seem to be very genuine, unlike other youtubers.
Man, your videos are great!!
Thanks a lot, brow! 👊🏻🤘🏻
so much good info in all your videos, thank you!
I cannot thank you enough for these videos, as someone who has so much anxiety when it comes to singing, these videos help build my confidence so damn much. Thankyou so incredibly much!!!!
Thanks for these tips Chris, I should try to do this every time I warm up. I think it'll definitely help improve my support and help me sing louder.
AS I GET LOOOOOOUUUUDEEEER. Please. Make a meme out of this.
I've been blessed to work with some of the best vocal coaches, and your aproach is so different as it is efficient, ill deffinetly book some lessons with you, great video!
GOLD GOLD GOLD getting closer and closer to sing like my fav singer!
Thanks for confirming this and reaffirming some earlier lessons. If you listen closely, you can hear a lot of singers do this. Like when you said you can hear singers bring in fry right before they start to distort, that stuck with me to help me learn how a singer does what they do. Thank you!
Chris, I love you man. Thank you for your teachings.
Great video man, your tips are incredible!
You paint such a simple picture, thanks Chris! I need to book lessons with you before you blow up on RUclips and your rates go up!
Awesome video! As a voice actor, this helps a lot with controlling "extra" air. Especially with some of the "f" sounds.
The only forethought with this method is making sure that you don't have to go number 2 first...lol haha
Great video Mr. Liepe!
Another great Chris Liepe video! This really helps my support. What I love about you and your work is that you give us tools to finding the skills you are teaching. You teach our how to play around and discover. Bravo!! I never really understood support to the depth that I do now. Now the word "appoggio" finally makes sense. Thank you so much!
Thank you, another timely video for me.
On day two of the free program, and watching these videos. Thank you so much for all the tips, tricks and lessons!
You’re welcome!
your are the best teacher ever it’s crazy
Glad I tuned in :-) Hallelujah Chris
Hey, my name is ROBERT PLANT and i love singing and playing Rock! Thank for the refresher. Great tips and advise mate! Keep rockin'
So I know that I have been commenting often but straight up from the bottom of my heart each one was inspired by actual events, major breakthroughs, real progress. Honestly I haven’t had progress like this in years; I’ve been at a plateau for quite some time, probably going in 2 years now… Until I found you. No BS.
So the main thing I wanted to let you in on was the last three years I’ve been doing Ken T. Vocal Academy. And I by no means aim to slander or make it sound like a bad program; just like any program it’ll work for some, and some not so much. So, for me, discovering you has quickly become a game changer! You’re able to make it make so much sense. Really looking forward to becoming a part of your class/group/online program.
Thanks so much for sharing and for commenting frequently! I'm looking forward to working deeper with you!
Hi Chris. This channel is amazing. I am enrolled in Ken Tamplin's course which is, admitably, a great course. However, you are on a complete other level. Your explanations are on point - especially regarding support. Keep doing what you are doing. Love from Denmark
Thanks so much!! I really appreciate that. (If you’re interested, I have a free 3-video course you might appreciate...linked on my RUclips videos.) Keep singing! :)
Well explained, you are a very good teacher 👍
Thanks man. My daughter leads worship and rocks out. Tons of natural ability. Not much training. My bad. 😅
your videos are something I can share with her...
she has a tendency to overbelt, when excited, or her mix is too low... and then becomes hoarse. I don't want her to have v-chord damage...
Same for ME! surprise 🙄😁
All the best,
Michael Francis
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I’m going to apply this on my screaming thank you
These are great tips thanks!
Messa Di Voce. So helpful!
You are awesome 😎 thanks
Is there a way to add vocal fry at a low voice volume? Thanks for the sweet video by the way!
Yes there is! Great idea for a video!
Thank you so much Sir 🙏🙏🙏🎉🎉❤❤
I have no idea what my neighbour on the second floor thought when he heard this tonight
and i am definitely not going to find out either
I'm not good at English. But you can explain very easy and great so many people can understand you without great language knowledge. Thank You!
My younger brother wants to learn to sing and scream like Awsten Knight and John Cooper
I was teaching him breath support earlier but he's struggling to relax and moderate his air
He lifts his shoulders when he inhales and blows too hard when he's using his voice
But he uses too much
I'm hoping Chris, (who usually has gold information) can help him grow in this area and protect his voice long term
Przez 10 minut jesteś w stanie zrobić z moim głosem to, czego inni nie byli w stanie ogarnąć przez miesiące czy lata 👏🏻✅😄
Thanks so much for this! Finally I find someone who understands what's happening to me. I've been taking voice lessons for a little more than a year and I got the breath support part down, but it still feels kind of foreign to me because when I see some people sing they seem so relaxed but when I sing it feels like I'm getting an ab workout. I also watched your video on compression and I'm a little confused. My question is how much bearing down and flexing is enough bearing down and flexing? My teacher says that the softer or higher I sing the more I need to flex, but it actually aggravates me when I'm literally about to get a hernia and he says I need more support. Whenever I squeeze more it just makes my throat and neck really tight and I guess accidentally makes me compress? But when I accidentally compress it hurts my throat and it feels like I'm swallowing my voice as I'm singing? Do you know what I'm saying? How can I bear down and flex while still sounding relaxed and not tensing my throat (specially while singing softly AND/OR while sitting down)? And is my "compression" actually compression or is it just me tensing up my throat as a result of my exaggerated support and confusing it for compression? What does compression feel like? Because it SOUNDS very uncomfortable like you're tensing up your whole upper body, specially your throat.
Also would it be possible for you to make a video on how to be more accurate when going up and down scales and intervals and just singing in general and how that whole thing works and how to practice it? I study music in college and I've been doing sight-singing and stuff, but even if I know the melody that doesn't guarantee I'm gonna be 100% accurate on every pitch (drives me insane because I can hear myself singing off-pitch yet I can't help it). I can kind of sing with accompaniment, but without it it's really hard. How can I improve that?
And real quick some ideas that I haven't seen you've made videos about: How to sing low notes, how singing sitting down is different than when standing up, and how to not run out of air so fast.
Sorry I wrote so much but I really really really need some help because my teacher, although he's good, doesn't seem to know the answer to my problems so it's up to me to figure it out. I REALLY want to learn how to sing. Thanks a lot :)
I always struggle with singing riffs. Please make a video about that.
Can we get a how to sing like Hozier video? I think the mainstream success he has had almost distracts from how great of a singer/musician he really is and would love to see someone who knows what they're talking about break down what he's doing.
chiris, i appreciate your skill and passion for teaching others. i own 2 of your courses now and watched and learned from countless videos of yours. one thing i'd like to see you take on is flogolet. there is very little info out there that i can find about it and the videos i've seen by other teachers haven't helped me, so i'm wondering if you'd have a relatable angle.
GREAT idea!
I come back to your videos just to hear them beautiful screams you do, wonder if one day I can do them since I have a really low voice and bad airflow as well :(
You can!!! Have you joined my free course linked in the description yet?
You sound like Bono
You’ve got great pitch
Dear Chris great content 🙏
Help is needed 911
sooooooo confused with diaphragm, solar plexus ,lower abdomen, amount of air expelled.
Keeping the upper body relaxed -getting the vocal folds out of the way and so on.
I’d appreciate some tips pls
My first advice for you is to stop thinking so much about body parts :) It can be daunting and paralyzing to keep visualizing how things are supposed to 'work'. Think... Poop muscle support and mask resonance! Just focus on THOSE two things for a bit and experience the sensations of simplicity!
@@devourthegalaxy7646 I cover mask resonance and placement in-depth in the first few weeks of my course Discover Your Voice. You can request an invitation at chrisliepe.com if you would like more info about it. Let me know if you have any questions after you get your invite!
My problem is learning how to sing quieter, I'm always belting 😂
With you on that one!
My problem is learning how to belt lol, I've tried a lot, do you have any tips? Sorry that this is 5 months later lol
Hey Chris! That is awesome... Can you please make a video about Tom Chaplin and Luis Miguel style of singing? Gracias...
Massively helpful cheers Chris! Still feel a fizzy tickly feeling adding compression to high notes and choke off? Any tips??
Most likely, you're not engaging your "area above your voice box" high enough.
I finally fully understand what "thinking down" is simply because he's the only youtuber I've heard say "poop muscles" XD. Its hard being self-taught
YESSSS
@@chrisliepe Thank You So Much!
please do dan mccafferty Chris. I really love your lessons, they have helped a non singer!
Chris Liepe is Steve from Blues Clues but in vocal coach form
I’d like to see a break down on how 2-D sings in the Gorillaz
Can you explain what you mean by "keep it flexed,"
Please make a video on how to sing like Chino from Deftones!
Chris, I've been wondering if you could touch on the type of scream Prince would do, kind of a longer James Brown scream. A good example would be on the beginning his song Temptation or that break in Darling Nikki. Do you have have any video/lesson (paid or not) on what could help me reach that.
Can you also do a video on the band Chevelle?
Can you please make a video on how to sing like Chino Moreno the singer of Deftones?
Awesome video man, does proper air flow management also make it easier to access our mixed voice?
Yes!
I’m currently on Chris’s (truly excellent) course and I’ve really struggled with mixed voice (for years tbh), I’ve just been through this lesson and carefully applied the teaching, and I’ve now learned that getting the airflow ‘dialed in’ is a massive key to getting mixed voice - in a way (I have found), you could say ‘get the airflow right and ‘mix’ will find itself’. I’ll be working on this continually now, and I wish you success with it too
@@geespar1 I'm actually already in the course, just haven't got the time to watch it. Thanks for the advice anyway!
How to sing like Spencer Sotelo, mayhaps?
02:02 sounding exactly like Zoli Teglas from IGNITE
Isn't compression also tension in the throat? And if yes, how to distinguish it from the bad tension?
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This works for screams too right?
I've got a quick question, I currently have an inflamed amygdala though I feel no pain at all, could this be limiting my singing right now ?
I wouldn’t think so, although I’m not an MD. :)
sometimes when I try to go louder, I feel the urge to cough. usually on this one crescendo excercise. quiet to loud and hold the note then decrescendo, 3 beats each. 3 ascending, holding, and descending.
Soldier1287 asthma
I cough when I sing BELOW the larynx. The best is to sing above it. Chris made a video about that. You can sing loud and crazy all day if you sing above the larynx.
Good healthy eating contributes to good air flow, especially fruits.
I don’t have a problem maintaining airflow. But how do I reduce it? I feel like I consume too much air in a sentence (compared to other singers)
_As you explained Chris ....I tried to do that(inhale and tighten the abdominal muscles) ....but I can't feel any difference when singing with that breath support and singing without that breath support and after trying 5 minutes on my lower muscles have a little pain feeling ....I think I can't use that breath pressure on my singing .... How to deal with it !?😶_
Practice the breathing and support engagement for awhile without singing... don't try to do both and get used to it!
Hey Chris 🙏
So, the intensity of our abdominal flex should be consistent, irrespective of how much louder or aggressive or quietly we are singing right? Correct me if I'm wrong please 😅
When you're dialing in the feel.. YES... once feeling where the support/sensations come from and are able to use the right muscles, there WILL be different degrees of "flex or push" but for starting out, make things a constant.
@@chrisliepe alright then Chris, thank you 👍😁
Hi Chris. Is it normal to feel some discomfort above the vocal chords after singing with compression
I think of it as "heat"... it shouldn't be uncomfortable, but 'used' and engaged. Ease into it and this should be the case for you too!
Hello Chris , Im new to your channel . I have a question , Everytime I listen to my vocal recordings, I always sound so wobbly . Is it because my voice is still not that strong ? Does it have to do something with my airflow ? , plesse help me . Thanks
Airflow and support! Join my free course linked in the video info and I'll help you get these dialed in!
So when you say your sending energy downwards and upwards, does that mean the downward focus is engaging support and the upwards focus is voice/breath originating from the downward energy/support?
Exactly right!!
@@chrisliepe Thank you for reassurance haha. I was a bit confused at first until i started to experiment with it.
Hey Chris I can't seem to get the online Free Voice Lessons... I've tried subscribing before and it let me into the "recording one" but not the vocal lessons. Now everytime I try to resubscribe the email never comes through...
end me an email to chris@mymusicalvoice.com and I'll put you in manually. Just leave a little note in there about it so I know it's you :)
😊
I wanna buy this course. I'm a little scared, I don't know if my baritone voice can get an improvement. Somebody told only tenor voices are the best for singing.
I’m a baritone. :)
I think what they mean is a tenor has the most applicable range. Mezzo/sopranos can’t go that low (exceptions don’t apply) and bass singers can’t go that high (again with exceptions). But that is definitely not true at all. Some parts of singing don’t have to do with vocal type at all. Agility for examples. Vibrato. Tone. Resonance. Etc.... (someone please correct me if I’m wrong)
This is classical Messa di Voce exercise, right:)?
Yes!
Ok yeah the advice of poop muscles plus compression is really useful. If I understand correctly, trying to poop pushes the air up your throat, and you manage all that airflow with compression?
How often should you compress to manage airflow? All the time? Or can you just try to poop? Also, how MUCH should we poop? Because if I do it too much, I can't place my voice correctly and thus pitch problems arise
How MUCH should we use it is the correct question to ask.
Don't think of compression as an on off switch, but think of it more as a knob where you can have 0 to 100% compression. There is no correct answer to how much we should use, Its a matter of balance and what sound you're trying to achieve with the compression.
So if your focus is in the buttom that means your not singing through your nose or even not using your mask when you sing your completely singing through your buttom right?
You are doing all these things while learning to focus your mind intensely on support!
This may sound stupid but, by flexing abdominals muscles do you mean pulling inward like a stomach vacuum or pushing forward like when you are squatting, OH pressing etc? These muscles feel like can be pushed and pulled anywhere and I'm confused.
Not so much inward... DOWNWARD. Don't focus on in or out.. .Just like pooping or what happens when you gag. Join my free course to really dial this in!
@@chrisliepe Thank you for reply. When I do pooping motion I seem to push out a little bit, that's why I asked. This questions is really approaching in weird zone :D
Does it takes time to not being exosted, when working on support ? Do you met absolutely "like" no air pass at all? Thank you by advance for your answer 😊
Yes it does take time! And mindful practicing. Be sure to join the free course linked in the video description for more ways to practice over time so you can dial things in!
@@chrisliepe OK thank you very much for the feedback, I'll clic on the link.😊
Should I inhale through my mouth or nose?
Both!
2:50 in case some people need it
Hey Chris, I've heard you mention again and again "holding back air" and "letting a little air through"... but there are 3 things I can't make sense of. 1) holding back air from... leaving? Entering? I'm not sure what you mean. And in either case 2) Should we assume you're taking in a breath beforehand? (Otherwise I wouldn't know how in the world you're supporting the notes you're singing) and finally 3) Do you engage that lower abdominal before or after taking in air to sing with? They seem to work against each other. No matter what this concept baffles me 😕
1) Yes holding back from LEAVING
2)Yes
3)Well you can't be pushing out and taking in air at the same time, but your mind should be focused on your lower abs the whole time :)
@@chrisliepe this will haunt my dreams haha. In my mind "engaged" lends to a sort of "clenching"... which would keep the stomach from expanding as air is taken in. So I'm guessing it's a lighter firm of core engagement that's enough to help control air, but not going to keep you from taking in air? My brain is jelly ._____.
@@brandonquick4659 It's more of a mindset thing... not a legalistic thing :) Airflow support should come from the the "poop" muscles. Our engagement is MENTAL. WHEN you engage physically is on a "needs" basis. So when you're breathing in, you don't need to be flexed or physically engaged. That's actually impossible. But we don't want to forget to direct our mind's attention to our poop muscles the instant we start engaging our cords. Over time, this will be something you'll practice into an "auto pilot" state.
@@chrisliepe that is probably the best worded answer to this ridiculously elusive concept, Thank You man! Out of all the things I've been working on, this is where I sorely lack. I will be sure to poop before practicing (or just wear a diaper) and get right on this 👍🏾
This happens to me a lot. I watch Chris's videos, not once, not twice, but some times dozen of times, thinking I understand what he is talking about then a time comes while watching the same video again I say "wait a minute maybe I don't know what he is talking about." In this case, the term “bearing down muscles”. Is that your Ass muscles or is that your lower Stomach muscles????. Sorry, Chris, for this question, but I wanted to be sure.
Same exact muscles you use when you poop... They are also triggered automatically when you gag!
The words in the thumbnail look like they would have been said by Yoda
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Between us nothing can come nothing can come nothing can come nothing
Hi Chris, I was working on the compression part from your video on how to use vocal compression and air flow for that gritty sound and find that when I'm practicing it, it's making me really dizzy. Is this a common thing or is there something I'm doing wrong?
It's a common thing as you learn air flow. Just take it slow :)
@@chrisliepe ah ok, thanks. Your videos have been helping me quite a bit to help develop my singing. I'll definitely keep working on these things then so I won't get dizzy anymore lol
We need a video on how to sing like Daniel Gildenlow
Thank you so much for this information is really help full. : )
Could you please check my voice I love singing and I did some songs cover but my voice not type what I want
Could you please help me in this thing.
Rida love dream I would massively recommend you to on Chris’s course, it’s the biggest favour you could ever do yourself if you want to realise the potential in your voice. (I say this because I’ve ‘wasted’ years until now, trying different ‘teachings’ and not achieving what I wanted, I’m on the course myself and it’s all starting to ‘click’, just when I had started to think I would never do it)
@@geespar1 OK,,,, and Thanks for your opinion : )
I surely do this .
Sheev • 15 years ago yes it has improved a lot
My neighbors filed a noise complaint against me , it’ll be worth it if i mastered singing in the process 🥲
Noise complaints are a common price of admission :)
I've never seen a like/dislike ratio like yours here on RUclips, that should mean something :)
By the way, I've started your "Discover Your Voice" + "Mixed Voice Pack" courses and I cannot wait to get it more into it!
Will smoking crack damage my vocal cords?
Yes
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