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Our own staticsounds's how to swing with twang video helped me immensely! Thanks!

As for Singing Success, a lot of people in online forums are not fans of Brett Manning. So if you do take lessons from Brett, be prepared to get a lot of criticism from other people. I'd say that if you go with Singing Success, and go the Skype route...try out Chris Keller. IMO, he's the only one in the SS camp that is worth a sh*t.

Depends on what you're going for style wise...but here's a few http://www.youtube.com/user/roblunte?feature=CAwQwRs%3D http://www.youtube.com/user/venderaj?feature=CAgQwRs%3D http://www.youtube.com/user/SingingSuccess?feature=CAQQwRs%3D

Brittany Spears made vocal fry a cool buzzword. He will get lots of chicks from doing the vocal fry :-)

OMG, stop it!!! It's night time again and I can hear her scuttling and vocal frying!!!!!! Here ya go Gracie! [video=youtube;3XwWIepDRp4] But seriously, vocal fry is probably one of the easiest things to do, and requires almost no effort. Like I said before, try blowing as little air over your cords as possible....or try to mimic Elmer Fudd....seriously

Dammit! What happened to my pic? It was the creepy Asian lady from the Grudge, lol

I should start creating multiple accounts and quote myself....

OMG, I'd totally forgotten all about that horrible sound in The Grudge!! I am freaked out now...and it's dark here too...*hiding in a corner, shivering*

Just try to blow as little air over your vocal cords as possible. It'll be quiet at first, but once you get it down, you can add more volume..

Opinions are like assholes.... Just sing, regardless of if you are trying to be an "artist", or if you just do karaoke....and everything in between.

And for those of use who sing in cover bands with no burning desire to write originals? +1

No - spending time on harmonycentral is what makes you an amateur

One voice. That's all any good singer needs. It's the amateurs who try to sing in multiple ways. When Johnny cash sings he doesn't sound like Prince, then Paul McCartney, then Frank Sinatra does he? Of course not. EVERY time he sings he sounds like Johnny Cash. 99.99 % of all successful singers sound like THEMSELVES. And 99% of that 99.99% sing very close to the same way, song after song after song after song. Amateur wannabes are different though. They try, in vain, to sing like their favorite singer in one song, then like another different singer in another song, then they hear someone singing high falsetto and they have to sing like that too, then they hear a great baritone so they have to sing like that too, then they hear someone singing softly with great success so they then must sing softly, but later on they hear someone singing loudly with great success so they think they then have to master loud singing etc etc etc. Pretty much all the famous, really good and successful singers ... sound like THEMSELVES, and sing in their OWN unique voice. I can sing anything from Journey to Marylin Manson...that makes me an an amateur?....lol

Singing Success is a marketing gimmick. It "may" help you if you want to sound like Taylor Swift. Brett Manning offers abunch of exercises that are useless in real world application. The biggest fault in SLS is the abscensce of breath support, which is key to singing anything. Look at the free vids on YouTube, the only person in that whole BS program thats worth a shit is Chris Keller...and the technique he is using on his cover tunes ain't SLS! Melissa Cross is BS too, if you are looking for a good program, once again I recommend Ken Tamplin, Jamie Vendera, or Rob Lunte. These guys know their shit, and it is def worth the money.

My advice is to be wary of singing 'methods' and 'exercises". I've found the most efficient and quickest way to improve my voice has been singing songs, lots and lots of different songs, day after day after day. But NOT singing along with already made recordings where there's other vocalists ... that's useless. I'm a musician so I can easily accompany myself, and I usually spend 1 to 2 hours a day practicing songs. It really works well for me. Singing without any training or technique, you're asking for trouble and could potentially ruin your voice if you're doing it wrong...

Of course there's only one voice. My voice sounds like MY voice no matter what I sing. But I think everyone is referring to vocal style and also vocal colour. The voice is capable of producing many different colours. ^this

I have a different voice for every genre I do, lol.

Depends on what style of music you want to do. That being said, I highly recommend Ken Tamplin, Jamie Vendera, or Rob Lunte. Stay away from "Singing Success"....useless IMO!

Do you really? I didn't know that...I don't even know what it feels like. I wonder if I have it...though I'm sure I'd know if I did, right? Yeah, the worst days are usually after a gig. I posted a thread similar to this awhile back. I read somewhere that use of the diaphragm...singing...can push acids back up into your throat. When I get it, it feels as if my lower throat is burning. Some people don't even know they have it because it occurs while they're sleeping! Beware...BEWARE...

I have a constant struggle with acid reflux. I too have cut spicy foods and things of that nature out of my diet. I still drink like a fish though, lol. I was taking prevacid for awhile and didn't really help, but switched to Prilosec and bye bye acid reflux!

The first one which you said was falsetto sounded closer to headvoice. Your headvoice example sounded closer to falsetto....but, neither of them sounded like a fully connected head tone. This is just constructive criticism bty......not trying to be a douche

That's what I was gonna say. The second one sounded more falsettoish, but neither sounded like head voice

An example of your head voice and your falsetto ...I want to hear the C6

Here we go again indeed. Soprano C?....impressive. I don't think the Coldplay guy is actually singing in falsetto, more of a light head voice IMO. Back to your question, you should be able to hit every note in falsetto that you can in head voice...so something's probably not right. It's hard to do decipher anything without a clip...post it up!

That's a killer setlist. Sounds like you guys had a blast. I'd love to hear the acoustic version of Like A Virgin, lol