I don't see any sign of mix. I barely know anything technically. New to all this technical stuff. I do have good taste though. That was a no. Hope I use the right term here? Perhaps it sounded falsetto? Didn't like it.

Woaah those are many questions you have there!!

1,2,3,4,5 : The first time you go around the program my opinion is to stay about a week in each cd so it has time to kick in. I don't know how often you practice but if you want to develop fast I'd say practice 6 days a week. Go through the whole cd from the first exercise to the last and with that order. Don't skip unless Brett says something of the sort. If you want to do more than one work out a day, have at least an hour break between them (3 hours is better). If you do two work outs a day the second one can be a different cd. Once you are done with the program you can start doing it again changing cd's every day depending on what you want. Sorry if I didn't answer all of your questions, I admit I don't fully understand all of them.

6: Don't stop singing. Just be careful not to push you voice while you sing. Singing songs will help your progress as long as you don't hurt your voice.

7: Yes, I have seen incredible changes. Exercises I could never do, now seem like a piece of cake. Plus, my singing is nothing like it used to be. But I should say, I've been having classes too with BMA and I have gone through singing success as well. Trust the program, it really does work. It needs patience and persistence and believing.If you put your time and energy in it, there is no other road than improvement.

8: You will know. There are lots of ways in which you can improve. You won't go straight to the top, there are lots of steps in between. Give credit to yourself every time you achieve something new. Signs of improvement are more relaxed singing, stronger voice, lower/higher notes, better tone quality, finding vibrato and a million other things you'll discover by yourself down the road.

Good Luck!

xteaun, i'm glad i'm not the only one that's curious about how MM works xD

tinutsi, thanks for answering my questions cuz i know there are so many! So if i'm doing each cd per week, would that mean it'll take around 3 months for me to discover everything about the program?? I've heard from my other friend in the ss forum here that i'm lacking in my edge, so i guess i'll work on that CD first (= I'm glad that the BMA's really do live up to their reputations, seeing as you improved from them ^_^ Again, Thank you!

This is an extremely common thing people post on here.

Why can't you go past F# above middle C? Because you can't in full voice, don't even try it, it will strain the hell out of your chords.


There are three vocal ranges, the chest, the mix and the head as you know. You are supposed to use your mix voice for around the E to G range (Well I do personally) and Head voice for the rest above that.

The reason your lip rolls reach higher is because you're doing your lip rolls correctly! And they're transitioning into mixed and head voice without you even realising.

For me, personally the mix was hard to grasp because it felt like head voice, but it's really not. What I did to smooth out the connection from say... F below middle C to high C was I'd sing along to lots of songs and use a lot of mixed/head voice for notes as low as middle C and even B sometimes. The exercises that helped me most were on the MM which was 'Gee' in head voice, also the pharyngeal exercises and of course the 'Nay's' to help keep the tone.



Don't be worried if it sounds really silly at first, but never neglect the mix, it's so important especially for those softer songs where its really hard to pull the chest up clearly.

Thanks, Cameron!

Hey there! Click on "Contact" in the main menu and change the subject of the contact form to "cancel account". Regards Chris

I don't mean to ramble on. You're good enough. I think you deserve feedback. I think you have "the right stuff". You can make it professionally as a singer. You're so good. I think you should be working with a really good coach. I doubt anyone has gotten really good without coaching.

You have motivated me to spend time looking back at stuff from Les Miserables. Looking at good recordings of different people doing different songs. I have to admit. I'm impressed. They all give it their all. Yes, a little different. Kudos to them all.

Again...I wish you the best.

Sorry, I changed the properties of the soundcloud files, so they stopped working:

With compression excercises i mean like a "Buh" (as in book)or a "Guh" or "Go". Also the "swallowing excercise" where you close the chords by making a swallowing sound. Its on the edge cd (cd 4) on MM. If you dont have any explanation how to make this sound I wouldnt recommend doing it, cause its one of the most abusive ones if done incorrectly.

Also adding to my first post, finding the "pocket", building the strength of the chords, and doing a lot of slides helps a lot to produce a smoother connection between registers.

Hey Micah!

I have the same problem. Have you found out anything new?

Chris

same prob here ....it's not like I'm reaching and it's painful ....I'm doing my lip rolls free and I don't feel any pushing or reaching at all ......but my voice still gets tired though ....

I'm not sure what you mean by high notes, but going past my first bridge and up to my second bridge, i feel no STRAIN at all. I can feel a little pressure but it does not tire me out. I'm not belting anything, just singing in a pretty light mix.

If you can do the lip rolls, you should be able to hit the note

Just make sure you dont feel any tightness that makes you tired

Remember, thinner as you go higher. If you go into falsetto (despite being able to reach it in lip roll), train your edge techniques.

-2 cents

I believe he's working on a solo project, something about recording artists or something.