c̶h̶e̶s̶t̶y̶ ̶m̶i̶x̶? Sing high notes in full voice [Vocal Fold Closure 101]

Singing isn’t strength training, it’s neural connections. Woah. That’s an incredible quote right there. I’m gonna hang that on my wall lol. Well said man. Thank you

Pitch issue - vowel Chesty Mix- vocal fold closure Support - Exhale Been working on it for a while getting there😃✌️ Thank you Kegan-good information like always!! Greets from Germany

Yes I've come to realise that my 20 years of singing untrained has stored up my neurons to make this hard to keep consistent. I have to keep trying though. I definitely can do this and quite well at times. My frustration is recalling the muscle memory as my neural paths must get the shits with me lol

When you said “gradient “, I had a holy shit moment. In both a sound/aural sense and physiological one. Like I could totally visualize the connectedness between the head and chest and see the smooth merging of colors/tones simultaneously. Maybe kind of esoteric but very helpful to me!

Really Helpful!:face-fuchsia-wide-eyes: Thanks!

Great video as always

Great video

it's incredible how my singing became better since i follow you! always a plesure to watch new videos of you! thx

Oh and, love the shirt. New one from the latest show? I’m so jealous of your T-shirt collection 😂

Love the videos and your point of view on singing in general and a lot of good things to think about. Keep making these videos. They’re really good. One suggestion that maybe might be interesting because I see a lot of motorhead shirts. I’d love to hear your take on Lemmy‘s voice and his vocals and what he did to maintain that intensity right to the end because you could hear it that he had that power in his voice, but just love to hear what yououtlook on that

It's so weird what singing lessons can do for you! I started singing when i was 32 years old (now turning 38) and got inspired by grunge and rock singers like Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder... and as a Guy with a deep voice i didn't think it would be possible for me to sing this high with power but it absolutely is! Thanks to Guys like you I can almost sing anything now!!!

Klasse! 👍Beste Grüße aus Deutschland 👋

I HATE the tone of my voice, I don’t really sound bright at all. I have a naturally low voice for a woman but also very hoarse when I speak, that’s just how my voice is. I also hear a bit of this when I sing. I HATE IT SO MUCH!!! When I’m singing covers I can manipulate my voice a bit better to the point I love it, but when I sing my own songs I absolutely hate it. I don’t have any references with my own songs and have to figure it out on my own. It sounds awful to me, to others not. Besides, I blow my voice out almost everytime cause can’t seem to use the right technique when singing my own stuff.

Hey, Kegan thanks a lot for ur vids, a real gem in dozens of CB and BS there. I see you talk a lot about Cornell/Stayley style, but what about some 2000s pop punk stuff like Offspring sum41 MCR. Did they actually sing in mixed/ or just shouted in chest register?

Hi Kegan! Amazing vid as always. I just wanted to ask, do you think that by practicing this kind of Mesa Di Voce exercises would I be able to sing with more closure in higher notes, like Dio does here: https://youtu.be/xtf4R6KyALU?t=660 ? I can't seem to do that transition between softer and fuller notes in the high range, it's like in order to maintain the "cry" I have to blow more air or compress/close a bit harder and if I back off the pedal on one of the two I either break or go into the "weak" head voice. It's like and ON/OFF switch basically. I can go to high notes with the cry but not with a softer tone that's not the again "weak" head voice, even if I try to narrow the space. Love your content man, you're the best. Keep rocking! Greetings from Argentina.

Hey man just found your channel! Very interesting! Does this work for female rock singers too? I think this is something we struggle mostly with trying to have this bigger (and not miky mouse) sound.

🌟With your last three videos the onion layers exposed are coming together (oxymoron). I ace Teenage Dirtbag now; it's in our set! I need to ace Sweet Child of Mine now. Maybe another level 😆

I feel it's even worse being a female singer when this happens.The mix being tiny and heady makes the sound too piercing cause there's some unpleasant overtones going on. Currently struggling with this.

Tips on how to sing high-grit like michael jackson. Like in Dirty Diana, Give it to Me, and The way you make me feel! PLEASE! I know vowels play a role, but does neck/;arynx compression backwards as well to sing high pressure for so long?

Getting tone like that only makes me think about one of your older videos on Chris Cornell or Chester Bennington grit tone. Head voice cleans, but adding grit. And I gotta say, I knew exactly what you were doing here in this video. Accurately using grit is easy for me to do at-will, now.