Also, try eating an apple. The PH in apples are the same in people. The phlegm will stick to the apple and it should help get ride of it. Also, don't clear your throat. The more you clear the more your body will create. You could also be having allergies, maybe if you've changed something in your diet.

Thanks. That Apple Thing Really worked

Relaxation is everything. If you're not relaxed and supporting your sound, you're going to have tension and you're going to strain. Good job on your breakthrough!

Thanks so much!

It's great to finally hear a voice to go along with the picture I really like your tone quality! Well done c:

Wicked thanks!

Hi ok, sorry for crashing the thread, but I'm uploading an audio in the general discussion where I'd like some guidance on this same issue you're talking about. If you don't mind commenting that'd be great. Thanks.

VascoShott, don't say that! Thanks a lot for answering, it's much appreciated


And thanks to you, LL! Without you, I wouldn't be any further than I was 3 years ago.

to you as well!

It's a good idea sales, the other way to do it is to have an 'easy' version of the song in the same key by either making the high bits more heady or altering the melody a little. This would be for the bad days, either way your right it's nice to have options when you are going on stage because it means you can adjust to however you are feeling that day.

No, I'm saying that you need to find your head voice, because if you don't find your head voice instead of using falsetto, the chest voice has nothing to mix with, making it so that you either pull up chest or flip into falsetto (which both tire out the voice eventually).

For the lip rolls, make sure you're relaxed. And I mean completely relaxed. Focus on your lips- they should take off the tension. Keep the same amount of effort from the low notes to the high notes. And for the high notes, bending over at the waist helps a bunch!

OK.. so you're saying as I do the practices I will be able to find a connection and get to my head voice??
wait, so when I practice high notes I would be singing in falsetto because I don't know my head voice.

Hello lilsekki!

I've recently had this same problem. The actual issue was that I was too focused on Mastering Mix, rather than being focused on the voice as a whole. As a result, I went back to Singing Success CD 3, got the actual technique for my voice together by singing light and right all the way through- kinda like completely starting over. The amount of vocal freedom I've now regained is one of the biggest breakthroughs I've had.

Sometimes, all you have to do is go back to the basics and let your voice re-learn the technique. I hope this helps!

Chrystal

I recently had the same problem connecting within scales at high c for males. But you know what? I have just done a short break and solved the problem with some ideas.

That´s my point: get to know your weaknesses and strenghts. In fact, get to know your voice, practice with your voice, and try to analyse. Otherwise you´ll rely on the CD´s without knowing why you doing this and that.

If you have problems connecting with liprolls in scale as I had then do a slide from bottom to top a few times - or - if you have problems with a vowel (since there are different vowel placements) then use a consonant like "g" or "w" as a connector - you also can add an additional vowel that´s easy for you as a second connector.


Just wanted to give you some ideas
Hope this helped though


God Bless

I believe that the change in musculature will always be fairly consistent, although you could be thinning your cords all at once as you bridge, as opposed to slowly dropping the weight as you ascend in to head. But, learning to sing consistently from a pharyngeal pocket will help offset this a lot. It inhibits you from dropping too much weight, because it increases your power (you will get kind of hooked on really letting your voice ring out), and at the same time it blends chest and head resonance beautifully. In my opinion, this might be an early sign that you are not belting as you once were, so go with it and find a way to fill out your pharyngeal resonance.

I don't record (yet,) but I feel the same way you do as well; I have to be able to pour myself into a song emotionally, and when I'm down, it becomes hard to put that negative energy into an upbeat song. Try getting into the more positive mood by socializing with optimistic people. The great thing about hanging out with optimistic people is that it's really contagious, and you end up feeling a lot better. Exercise is an excellent option; gets the blood pumping, which means more blood to your vocal cords, which makes for better sound. Not to mention better breathing, and that it releases endorphins which makes for happier people!

teeheeloveyou is so right. At least in my case, she hits the nail on the head. Stress has so many negative effects; throughout the school year I felt so stressed, and to top it off I found it difficult to sing because I felt like I was falling apart. Now that the summer is here and I'm under less stress and more of a loose environment, it's gone! Totally agree with the sleeping patterns thing! I've been going to sleep at 4:00 AM as of late to wake up at 9:00 AM. I find that that throughout the next day I feel like I'm pulling up chest voice and it becomes harder to sing freely because there's a certain tightness present even when not vocalizing! So I'm taking it upon myself to get plenty of good night's sleep to ensure my voice is in healthy shape for when I vocalize. Nothing worse than feeling like you're straining when you've gotten so used to the contrary!

Maybe you remember Jesse's Hesition Equals Tesions, don't you? Also, try to get yourself out of old-day habits. Remember that we always gonna follow a routine but this routine mustn't be necessarily the same every week or every month.

Don't worry. If you are in this path, it's because you trust your voice and you like the way it sounds, also you know where you can get to. So, give yourself some grace. If you are feeling off pitch, forget pitch. Sing with all your heart. Hear how horrible you may be sounding, yet, feel the joy of looking at it in a nice way. Get to know its just a period of your life. You are so much bigger than your voice.

Cheers, man.