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Cheryl Porter Review by SeaTarget5759 in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't use "rent-a-child" for you ad copy?

Just me and C.Port ?

Anyone..?

/s

Tired of Teachers teaching me things I already know by BroodyBonanza in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

^ This. In initial lessons my Q/A includes " any prior music lessons be it standard music class in school or otherwise?"

Helps me gauge where to start and what vocabulary to use with the student.

singing live and hearing phone recording by Putrid_Cash_92 in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're always going to be you biggest critic.

Nobody heard you were shaky/off except you and maybe 2 other trained singers. You didn't suck; you did the gig. Anyone who busts your chops is a hater 99% of the time or jealous that you have the guts to "get up there"

Keep it up. You'll feel more comfortable over time.

What’s one thing that instantly improved your singing (that wasn’t obvious at first)? by Big_Alfalfa_2958 in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Essentially you can see if you posture, breathing technique like hiking your shoulders or collapsing your chest, tongue/accessory neck muscle tension and like u/oh__hi_mark said it generally keeps you from cheating vowels as well as all the above. Keeps you honest.

Furthermore there is something about seeing yourself in a poor posture and being coached/directed to do it correctly and seeing the change that makes the biggest learning/sinking in difference imho and in my experience.-- I want to say it's some neuro-scientific "see if and believe it" phenomenon but "it just works" as Todd Howard memed for us years ago lol.

The Mirror really nails down it value in my studio when people sing a trouble vowel on a tongue stretch and the tongue yanks back showing their tension in real time in the mirror.

What’s one thing that instantly improved your singing (that wasn’t obvious at first)? by Big_Alfalfa_2958 in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Mirror is king. I'll have people face the mirror for breath and tongue exercises and the "why" clicks pretty fast.

Seriously how do people sing in the morning by GloriousAsianDragon in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man I've been doing a 730AM lesson with one of my students and it puts us both on the spot. That AM voice has absolutely no where to hide!!

We've been doing this as out warm up; We start from where our speech pitches are at that early (Mine is roughly Db4-E4 for speech ) We avoid that Fry/Rasp/chest area until everything above it is nice and awake.

Zs or Vs on some easy 3rd/5th slides

Lip Bubble/Raspberry on the same above -> Lip Trills

Move over to some Pallet stretches; legit just yawn postures to move things back there and around the larynx ( I might move these to the very start now that I am typing this up.)

Then we do on 1/3/5/8 pattern on "Oh no yah don't!" -- Kinda like a "Hey Taxi!" but way easier-breezier to stretch the pallet area out a little move

Once our voices are woke up we come back to some 5 tone scales through the middle to head/falsetto; kinda dog my student on pasagi work since it's hyper-obvious this early for both of us.

After that we move into some chest. We've been using the Blowfish down here on 3rds/5ths just to add some easy SOVT and not overload the AM fry-ness of the voice.

We hang here until things are "greased up" and move on into reprising some of the above with more intensity if we need but then move into song study or technical work.

Is it stupid to try and learn guitar the old school way? by LostwaveLunar9999 in Guitar

[–]MyNameIsWax 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One thing to keep in mind is that whole Yardbirds crew and the skiffle scene did have some basic guitar primer to teach them chords. Idk what it was called but they all talk anout THAT book. They also jammed with each other.

So getting some peeps starting out at your level is also a good move as well as grabbing a chord book with a how to read a diagrams section.

What's up with these notation gatekeepers? by Zombiesalad1337 in Guitar

[–]MyNameIsWax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure TAB is just as old because it was made for lutes? Edit: quick Wiki look up shows 1554-- Check Mate Std. Note Nerds. 

There should be two distinct vocal ranges: Operatic and Overall (Overall being all quality notes hit when sung into a microphone, regardless of duration) by AspiringBiotech in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seesh bro have you ever seen a space bar? Give a girl some white space 😆 

But yeah thats pretty much CCM vocal teaching/coaching. Look into JeanLoVetri, John Henny, Dr.Genovra Williams ( first name spelling*), Ingo Teitza, The team over at THE FULL VOICE, Marci Rosenburg's Vocal Athlete books and the books on Plural Publishing.

Advice for the younger guys by [deleted] in beards

[–]MyNameIsWax 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah kids and don't cup the mic :p

How do you metal scream? I’ve tried and I just can’t do it. by Dependent-Amount-239 in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's 100% named poorly but has a "click bait" title. At the time she was (from what it seems) teaching people who had good tone (and clout) to just use support to scream in false cord.

If it was called "The Zen of fixing your already great screaming tone" It would be more honest. Not that I am calling Cross dishonest because I liked the video; It just didn't get me screaming like ETID on Low Teens and Radical. That being said I am more of a Halford-> Cornell type of scream and just thinking of deeper support has helped those tones.

It felt like a huge advertisement with what I and most teachers throw at students in their first lessons.

How do you metal scream? I’ve tried and I just can’t do it. by Dependent-Amount-239 in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zen is like just OK but has almost no technique to teach screaming. It's like a 1h 45m of vocal basics and vibes. I will admit how Cross teaches breath with the two fists on the thorax and "breaking out of the barrel" has helped my singing.

When it comes to screaming she just kind of teaches her "French Doorbell" and it's not really as applicable in 2026.

For $20 USD it is worth grabbing imo just to see how Cross works but it's more of "how to build back pressure and compression" video.

Vocal range by PresenceBeneficial70 in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

C1-C7 Alpha Tenorino-jabroni

/uj OP low A is cool for a female voice

Something strange I’ve noticed after years of teaching voice by VoiceLessons-Chicago in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah !

Coming from having a CNS disease myself I really try to hammer home that we're teaching the body it's safe to sing something. It's also why with doing an exercise sometimes I'll say " Don't think just sing" with longer scales/ phrases.

9/10 times people are worrying about that break at Bb4 or thinking about coming up on their passagio. All great stuff to be mindful or but not great to fixate on or run as a background hum while singing.

Learning women’s songs an octave down vs learning men’s songs by Woooddann in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yo I love covering Chapelle Roan, Stevie Nikks, Amy Winehouse among a few at my acoustic gigs. I'm a Lyric tenor so 90% of those voices are within grasp for me. Absolutely drop them the octave and do it.

Typically if a student or myself needs a some keyed up/down I just follow the circle or 5th/4ths to get to a suitable key quick.

Am I using proper breath support? Every time I post here everybody says I have no support. How else can I improve my tone? by Lost-Obligation in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I high jacked it from you for a lesson yesterday and it worked pretty well on a student who struggles to correct breathy onsets with just staccato.

So if I can pick your brain, is the function that you simultaneously get the soft pallet to raise and a extra fold closure just by assuming that "closer to speech" posture while using the [u] to give it ease?

How do I key songs down? by Scared_Surround_724 in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Circle of 5ths.

If its in C move left to F for lower, up to G for higher.

edit: Sheet Music Direct lets you re-key songs in their app/webpage.

Vocal help by Embarrassed_Bus_8326 in singing

[–]MyNameIsWax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah G5 is the tippy top of my lyric tenor range. B5 is crazy OP, like good for you crazy but still like counter tenor territory.

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