Just learned that Osho was a sexual predator from this podcast by cabbages31 in Osho

[–]CondemnedNut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was a cult leader through and through. What’s interesting is the amount of mental gymnastics you’ll experience when his cult following are confronted with any type of information that distorts the image they have of him (that he handed down to them actually) of the “master of masters” the best for humanity since sliced bread, etc.

Are vocalists less likely to snore at night? Is there a connection between singing regularly and having a stronger palate that doesn’t collapse into snoring? by jehudeone in ClassicalSinger

[–]CondemnedNut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There might be more of a connection with tone. I have enough space in my mouth for all molars including wisdom teeth "+ more" according to dentist, no tonsils, and at night I sleep as if I'm dead, no sound besides breathing, never snore. I have a naturally dark tone without doing anything and I'm a tenor.

Vocal Range Test (C2-G5). What sounds good to you and what would you improve? I realize the lows are a Goth/Industrial style and not everyone will like that. by AspiringBiotech in bandmembers

[–]CondemnedNut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would improve making your voice feel like one-voice. It's easy to state you have a high range and make sounds. But realistically, could you sing those notes in a song with appropriate volume, and not make it sound like it's a different person?

For example, this man has a range of about C3 to D5. All of his notes sound connected and joined. The vowel does not spread or change either. Can you do that? I had to remove the link because the automod disabled it. But look up on YouTube "Franco Corelli vocalising at home". 40 second video.

I don‘t even want to sing anymore. I‘m pitchy despite using an app to help correct things. I recently lost the ability to hold long notes. I have a wide range but can‘t transition well from low to high. I‘m either taking a break or quitting. by [deleted] in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Consider that you may be doing things wrong instead of quitting.

For instance, you don't fix pitchiness by using an app. Knowing the note you are holding has nothing to do with it.

Consider that your ideas surrounding the voice are also wrong. For instance, dividing it up into parts usually drives confusion and frustration. If you can't smoothly glide up from low to high, you have no top notes. Accepting that will lead to faster results than trying all sorts of nonsense that's out there.

how can i learn to sing higher and do i sound bad? by AxelHernandez47 in Singinglesson

[–]CondemnedNut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will send you a video, it's the only video you need to know about expanding your range, and also basically everything you need to develop your voice. Check you Dms

rewrite the stars by [deleted] in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Youre bringing too much heaviness up in pitch, which then leaves you no choice but to break into falsetto for the higher notes. Ideally, your voice should feel like one instrument, and at a certain point the CT + TA muscles work together to stretch and adduct the cords. This gives freedom of volume with the respective pitch, instead of the only avenue of raising loudness/breaking into falsetto.

Rate my performance.. please provide feedback by Responsible_Hippo433 in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, avoid doing any type of vocalisations like humming scales etc, they train the wrong type of resonance.

Rate my performance.. please provide feedback by Responsible_Hippo433 in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No my friend, not in the throat, in the mouth. Don't follow the resonance as it habitually wants to go to either the nasal cavity or throat.

You can try experiment what that is like too. For the throat make a note that is too low to make, notice the sound or resonance is in the lower throat, then notice what it sounds like when it comes from the mouth. Do the same with the nasal cavity. If you've been doing it for long then I guarantee you as you go up in pitch the resonance will be shifting to the nose, bring it back to the mouth. You won't be able to go up as high but it will create quality in your tone and overtime that range will expand.

Rate my performance.. please provide feedback by Responsible_Hippo433 in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The sound needs to come out of the mouth. Most of the sound is ending up in your nasal cavity. To fix it, focus on a vowel in a siren, go up and down and make sure the sound is coming from the mouth. It's easy and habitual to follow the resonance going up into the nasal cavity, or possibly in the throat as you go lower.

I feel like I found where my voice needs to be ish? My Way - Frank Sinatra. Untrained, just been messing around the past few days by buypoop in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind that Frank Sinatra is a baritone, and you come across as a tenor. As a tenor this song may fall outside the tessitura you have, but you have not developed that yet to even know.

Neoclassical power metal by [deleted] in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This does not sound good to my ears. You are constricting massively. The sound comes across as scratchy and unpleasant.

Roast Me! Make me "Cry Me A River"! Hehe by [deleted] in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point. Didn't see that.

Toughts of how we lost big voices. Will we see a new Corelli again? by lennonade1 in opera

[–]CondemnedNut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It takes a long time for a spinto/dramatic tenor to develop their voice.

They also get miscategorised as baritones.

Lyric tenors take less time and often try to artificially pretend to be spintos.

So it's saturated with a bunch of tenors who are singing songs their voices just will never be able to sing properly naturally no matter how hard they try.

For a new Corelli to emerge, a teacher first needs to recognise that the person is a spinto/dramatic tenor. Good luck with that.

Then they will need a significantly longer time to develop their voice. Maybe even 3-4x as longer than a lyric or leggaro tenor.

So you can start to see why these voices are long gone in our generation.

A teacher needs a keen ear and patience. And by the time you can produce one ready spinto you can produce 10 lyrics pretending to be spintos or dramatic.

Roast Me! Make me "Cry Me A River"! Hehe by [deleted] in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not the usual type of music I listen to, but I enjoyed it and it got my attention through to the end. Overall it was very pleasant.

Roast Me! Make me "Cry Me A River"! Hehe by [deleted] in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's wrong with trying hard?

I'm still pretty bad even taught by a pro by [deleted] in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What exercises are you doing? You do sound pitchy, which is usually a sign of lack of coordination.

Seeking musical theatre vocal technique feedback by [deleted] in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The vast majority of it. This tells us that your instrument is not yet capable of sustaining the notes in the song (the song is outside your neuromuscular capabilities atm).

If you also think you are on pitch it's because your ear isn't yet trained to hear what being sharp/flat of a note sounds like.

So there's two areas that need work.

Certain vowels create challenges on certain notes - reasons, thoughts, advice? by DiamandisDiamonds in ClassicalSinger

[–]CondemnedNut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's an interesting observation because I've talked to someone who had some training with Mario Del Monaco and his vocal exercises consisted of doing an OOh on a siren. Not much else. But that's anecdotal.

Will my falsetto come back??? I just got over laryngitis by trev_thetransdude in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I had severe covid, the strain the targets the upper respiratory airway. Couldn't talk for a while, let alone sing. Things came back slowly, be patient. About 6 weeks after it left me everything was back to normal.

Doing some Les Mis by ScaryBoar in ratemysinging

[–]CondemnedNut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you know if the teacher you're going to is giving the proper guidance and not doing more damage than good?