Update

Thanks for the people who helped me with my acid reflux problems. Went to the throat specialist a while back around the time I asked, and he checked me for nodules with a robot tentacle thing through my nose and to my throat.. Felt really weird, but, hey, I have no nodules, and my cords are actually 100% clean, so I guess I have no real problems.. Just gotta be acid reflux. I've been taking measures to alleviate my problems, and I've been doing pretty good. Still have a bad day here and there, but it's not nearly as bad/frustrating as it used to be. I would've came on here earlier to post, but I've been dealing with summer school.. wasn't all that bad, either.

I'm probably gonna just stick around now that I don't have summer school, and try to help others whenever there's a thread where I actually have something to contribute. I'm not the most knowledgable of this stuff despite have the "muscle memory".. Which is why I normally don't post.

EDIT: Forget my recording, I just need to find my own "sound"..

Hey, this is pretty good. It's time for you to join a band.

I'm having trouble finding that mix b/w head and chest. Can you go over how you found the mix?

Well, let me tell you.. It took me the past two years or longer of bashing my head against the wall mentally and physically before I even got to the point where I am now, of fairly consistently being able to belt here and there before my voice magically gives out. Can't force it, it's just gotta come. And even now that it's coming around, seems like my lower range (which I was told sounded really good) has gotten weaker, which is lame.. Gotta find that balance.

This one friend wants me to be a part of her band as a lead guitarist.. Gonna do a little practice session tommorrow. I mean, I'm young, it's all in good fun, should be a learning experience, no pressure.. I'm a competent guitarist, not a very good one yet.. I don't care about soloing and stuff, and I can play chords and riffs and whatnot..

Did you ever have any Eureka "Ah Ha!" Moments?

Nope. Then again, I never had any real way of directly working on it other than belting and singing the songs that were on the edge of my comfortable range until I could take it a little further. I always took my time to make sure I was ready for what I was singing, even if it was a little challenging.

Count! Where you been man?

Keep popping in here and post some clips when you get a chance.

I've been working on some stuff I hope to post soon, even some

horrible stuff when I was younger (for fun) but I've had acid reflux problems

as well.

Keep some live culture yogurt (plain usually) and that will help out majorly.

Watch out for sauces that aren't cooked long (spaghetti sauce) can boil

your throat and milk (the crappy cow kind) is bad for you as is dairy

unless its cultured.

Take care.

Well, I posted a clip, but I didn't feel like it was necessary, but I'll just post it again.

Here are two clips of my progress, actually.. I'm actually able to comfortably sing whole lines up to the E above tenor high C now! In the first recording, I managed to belt a rather short F, which totally surprised me.. Never thought I'd get higher than the high C. But, like I said, it's not super consistent yet, though I can belt like this almost every day for a little while, then my voice just gets tired and I let it be, don't wanna force anything.

I told my mother about the yogurt and the sauces, I had some pasta, so that might've bothered me a bit.. Been sleeping with my back elevated moreso than usual, which seems to help..

http://www.sendspace.com/file/230xsf Here's a whole song.. The mid-range singing is kinda nasal and weak here, it was just a bad day.. This song is perfect for me to practice my head mix for some reason..

http://www.sendspace.com/file/zyt1tr Here's a clean recorded head phrase from yesterday I think..

That's all from me for now, I've mainly been trying to make my singing as speech level and zipped as possible. Everything under the 5th octave is probably speech level.. Everything higher is belted in a non-forced manner.

You have new material? I'd LOVE to hear it! I'll send you some original stuff soon when I can record it, I swear!

Cool man. I''l get to uploading (by sat) I should have it up.

btw, your voice is like radio ready bro!

You sound like Cornell mixed with Alice N Chains, for real!

Bad ass.

Keep your head elevated at an angle like this / prevents the acid from

creeping up.

The plain yogurt will stop it in its tracks.

Acidic sauces will irritate the throat.

I remember when this happened I burped and my throat was on fire.

I used to love cows milk until I found out all the yuck, bacteria

blood and disease is still found in it as well as the wood glue!

Thats why I eat dark chocolate.

Eh, I don't know if the radio is ready for me, or vice versa. I ain't no superstar. ;P

I'm playing with these two girls, gonna be the guitarist, so I'm hopefully going to get experience in front of a crowd! I have no problems with just going along for the ride and just having fun, I'm young, I want to experience stuff, y'know? I eventually want to write my own album of material, but I have time to just absorb whatever and learn from experience..

Told my mother about the yogurt, I'll definetly have her get me some this week. I totally understand you, man, in the past few months I'd be like "agh.. that orange ice is the only damn thing in the freezer.. GOD DAMNIT, I NEED YOU! What harm could ONE do? Eh?" then I start to feel that cold/hot sensation in my chest, and then that all-too familiar burp.. And then the muscles right under my pecs in the middle starts to quiver.. And I'm screwed for a day or two..

I'll talk to my mother about dark chocolate too. Your kind words of advice are actually going to be really helpful, I would've never known some of this stuff.

P.S Ever throw up in your mouth for apparently no reason at all? Just curious.. Sorry if that paints a nasty picture for you, it sort of "creeped" up on me one particularly hot day a week or two ago.. I only had a turkey/cheese panini and one of those arizona cans, grape, I think.. Can a single glass of OJ or citrus really screw you up for a day or two? Seems to be the case with me.. Tortures me, man, I can't eat several things that I used to love.. :'(

Yes, citrus drinks, OJ can mess you up.

I have thrown up in my mouth, sorta.

If you get used to purified water (hopefully fluoride free)

you won't need the other stuff. I drink soda very rarely and when I

do it's sugar based coke (THE MEXICAN glass bottle variety) not that

HFCS jive.

And your welcome man, anytime!

I'd never have known all of this but my mother battled this first

and the doc told me all of the info and it worked/suppresses acid reflux.

CountRobula: I don't have any advice on your acid reflux problems, just wanted to say I listened to your 2 clips and you sound really good! I hear a lot of soul in your voice! I guess one criticism I can think of is maybe your control could be a little better.