No, definitely not, singing is just like lifting weights. Through proper training, your vocal ability grows. People think that you have to be born with a good voice because some people instinctively sing using the attack of the mask and because of this sing naturally very well. Other people who try to learn to sing often happen upon poor vocal coaches or programs or books that teach inferior methods of singing. You can learn to sing very well, even if you never sang before in your life, provided you use a a course that teaches the attack of the mask. Vocal Release is the only course the specifically teaches the attack of the mask.

I was told that I was a bass and that after your voice changes you are stuck in whatever voice god gave you?

Not true, if you're a bass, all that means is to hit higher ranges, you have to learn to shorten your cords because your cords are naturally longer. And because of this, you will have a wider range from top to bottom than a natural soprano.

I've sang for years in chest or head voice, is it possible for me to learn to sing in middle and smooth out my bridges and learn to sing without pushing? ?

You don't need to, "smooth out the bridge," or, "sing in middle voice." You need to learn the attack of the mask. The attack of the mask eliminates all registers and breaks, it makes singing as easy and humming resonantly.

I sing naturally well and was told that lessons would ruin my voice?

This is a myth perpetuated by poor coaches that actually do ruin singers voices. Usually voices are ruined before they start by coaches that tell you to, "sing from the diaphragm," and force high pressure singing on singers not ready for it. But, without the proper vocal instruction, even a natural singer will lose their voice one day because when something goes wrong they won't know how to fix it.

Does age play a factor in learning how to sing well?

Even someone in their senior years can learn to sing well as long as they haven't permanently damaged their vocal cords through smoking or abusive behaviors. As far as children go, if a child's voice hasn't changed yet, they might not be able to sing in a middle voice because their cords are simply not long enough yet. However, this does not mean that they cannot begin instruction. Proper instruction will teach them how to sing in a healthy, relaxed manner and prevent damage from poor vocal habits in the future.

I've damaged my voice through screaming, shouting or abusive habits, is it possible to fix it?

Yes, I've had many students who have used the Vocal Release manual fix problems such as, unwanted rasp, chronic hoarseness, strain, and swollen cords. Through proper technique, and good habits, almost any damage can be overcome. The only thing that can't be is polyps. If you have these, make as little sound as possible for a year and if you're lucky, they will go away. If not, you'll have to get surgery.

How long will it take me to learn how to sing using the Vocal Release manual. Or, how long will it take me to smooth out my bridges?

Using the Vocal Release method my students have learned how to sing very well in as little as three weeks to as long as one year. It all depends on how dedicated you are to practice and how well you take care of your vocal health. The only other factor is the amount of physical dexterity you have. Some people can be shown something and do it the first time. For others, it takes more patience. When you sing using the Vocal Release method there are no registers or breaks, attacking the voice from the mask eliminates these.

What do you think about software that tells you when you are on pitch?

It is a marketing gimmick. Most people don't realize that you can still be perfectly on key and still tonally sound bad. Being on pitch says nothing about tonality or harmonic overtones or if the production of the voice is strained and will destroy your voice with repeated use of the production.

Is this a subscription service?

If I have a question or need help with the program what do I do?

Use the contact form to e-mail Support with your questions in this format 1.Question one 2. Question two etc... Please, do not e-mail me with long rambling e-mails. I vocal coach full time, on top of that I answer dozens of e-mails everyday from students using the Vocal Release kit, or people who have questions not answered by the site. So, make it short and sweet so that you get the question answered that really you wanted to ask.

Also, as much as I like helping singers I do not give out coaching tips for free. Only contact me if you have a question about the course or have purchased the course and need help with one of the techniques.

What comes with the kit?

The Vocal Release, "Learn To Sing At Home, " Course is a step by step easy to follow course. It is an eight week program that will very easily develop your voice to it's best possible quality, in the shortest time possible.

In week one and two the singer will perform specific exercises that put the voice into a trainable state and release tension from forced vocal productions that may have been used in the past, such as belting, singing forcefully, or bad speech patterns.

In week three and four the singer detrains any bad vocal productions while learning to sing through the bridge easily and sing high notes with very little effort. The singer learns to use the right amount of pressure and the difference between high pressurized singing and a forced vocal production that uses to much volume of air.

In week five through seven the singer learns how to easily focus resonance. Resonance gives a voice harmonic overtones, easy of range, and loudness without sounding shouty or forced. Resonance is the deciding factor in the quality of a singers voice.

In week eight the singer applies the techniques to his own songs or songs that are sung for a cover act.

At week nine the singer starts the cycle over again. Much like going to the gym you work different parts of your voice at different times. Doing this you don't inadvertently overuse any one part of your voice, each part of the range gets just the amount of work it needs to progress.

This is all done with a sense of ease. The the singer learns to approach the voice in a natural healthy way. The voice develops extremely quickly. The singer learns to sing within a very high range almost as easily as they talk. Because of this, vocal problems like sore throats, a limited range and singing off key are eliminated quickly.

Vocal Fry: The lowest register. Also used to add a rasp or scream to a vocal tone if wanted. If you want to learn how to scream or rasp this is the only way to do it without hurting your voice and causing pain in the throat.

Chest Voice: Usually the voice most people speak in. This is the low end of your voice and when used in a mix will lend the bass end of the sound to the mix.

Middle Voice: A mixed voice that has the harmonic qualities of head voice and the fullness of chest. This is the commercial voice most singers want even if they don't know it. It is full, yet has ring and a pleasing sound. You hear it in all types of commercial music.

Head voice: A flute like voice used for lighter style songs. Head voice used lightly sound pleasing for lighter musical styles. Singing in a pure head voice loudly just sounds too over dramatic.

Whistle Voice: The absolute top of a persons range. Usually only females will achieve this. Sometimes people mistakenly think they are singing whistle notes when they are simply singing in a very high head voice with lot of air.

Falsetto: Otherwise known as false voice. Not to be confused with head voice. This is a stylistic part of the voice. You can hear it used a lot by artists like the Bee Gees and Justin Timberlake. It has very little power or real ring. It's best used as punctuation at the end of sung phrases. It is not a register and does not blend.

The speaking voice: Singers often don't realize how important the speaking voice is. It is the root of the singing voice. A bad speech production will transfer over into a bad singing production. This is easily addressed. Vocal Release will show you how to adjust your talking voice to compliment your singing voice. In effect it will make talking improve your singing.

Resonance and how it relates to tone and pitch: Many singers try to force or belt in an effort to achieve resonant tone, or just loudness. Resonance has to be trained with specific exercises so it comes out naturally and relaxed. Once focus of resonance is learned a great tone follows, as well as the ability to sing in a much higher range and be loud when needed, all with very little effort. Vocal Release will teach you how to achieve a resonant voice.

The difference between high pressure singing and forcing your voice with lots of air: Singers often think that in order to be loud or sing high notes a singer uses a lot of air. What they are not understanding is that loud singing is the result of a combination of resonance and pressurizing the same amount of air, NOT using a larger volume of air and pushing it out with the diaphragm.

How to achieve a relaxed resonance in your voice: Many singers realize they need resonance, but go about trying to achieve it the wrong way. Again, some singers try to push or belt air up into the resonant cavities of the head in and effort to achieve it. All this does is choke off the voice. Through specialized exercises you will learn to achieve resonance with little more effort than talking.

Singing on pitch: Almost all singers don't have a problem with pitch. What they have problems with is their voice production. A strained voice production with breaks in it, makes it difficult to stay on pitch in a wide range. Once you sing with ease learning to sing on key comes very easily.

Smoothing out the Bridge/Break: Most singers have a break because of pushing chest and singing with too much force. When you learn to sing without pushing the break is very easy to navigate. Vocal Release will teach you how to sing relaxed and still achieve range and power in your voice.

Proper Warm Ups: When a singer does the proper warm ups their voice will work much easier. Often times singers hurt their voices by simply jumping into their most difficult songs without any warm up. It's like suddenly sprinting without stretching. Warming up helps to keep a singer from injury and reinforce proper vocal production before singing. Vocal Release will teach you how to warm up for a performance and be at your peak.

Breathing Exercises for those with trouble extending notes: Most coaches will tell you that if you learn to control the diaphragm for singing then you will have a great voice. That is total nonsense. Singing develops proper breathing for singing, working just on breathing does not develop singing. You do not need an extremely strong diaphragm to sing well. Again, if you sing relaxed it develops naturally. Although, for the people who have developed bad breathing habits or do a have problem, the course has breathing exercises if you need them.

Resonance focusing exercises: Vocal Release will teach you how to focus your resonance so that you can shape your tone in any way you desire.

Cord adduction Exercises: The vocal cords stretch and then at some point zip up or adduct. Most singers push too much and instead of letting this happen they keep stretching when they should be zipping up. This is most noticeable when you hear a singer and at a certain point they seem to hit a wall and simply cannot go any higher in pitch. They may get louder by forcing more, but can't go any higher in range. Vocal Release will teach you how to cause the vocal cords to adduct when needed.

Learning to Sing with The Right Pressure: You may be a fan of deva type singers and assume they use a lot of air or force. What you are really hearing is the ability to highly pressurize a small amount of air. This is where a lot of singers get in trouble. They try to imitate one of their favorite singers and assume they need more and more force because they aren't achieving it, and ruin their voice. Highly pressurized singing is something that needs to be built up slowly. After you learn to sing with little effort your voice will gradually be able to resist against a more highly pressurized voice. This is after you learn to sing with the right muscles and not engage ones that would choke off your voice. Vocal Release will teach you to gradually build up to high pressure singing without hurting your voice.

Learning to Sing with a full resonant tone with very little effort: Vocal Release will teach you how to approach your singing so that you only use the least amount of effort you need for maximum output and range.

Up Keep of the voice Once you get your voice into shape you still need a regular routine to keep it in shape. You either use it or lose it. Vocal Release will outline a simple routine you can follow to keep your voice in shape once you get it developed.

Continually Improving Vocal Release teaches you how to continually improve your voice.

No Scales Vocal Workout: Sometimes you may simply be sick of scales and songs and need to be doing other things. This is a routine that will allow you to work on your voice without the use of scales.

Trigger sounds: Triggers sounds each have specific uses. Each one causes a different tonal aspect of your voice to come out.

Transition from Singing Exercises to singing words: Many singers have used other courses or been to coaches and never seem to get past singing to scales. This part of the course will teach you how to take what you have learned and apply it to actual songs.

Warm Downs: Warming down is the most overlooked aspect of singing. Warming down your voice will reinforce proper technique.

Hitting High Powerful Notes: Hitting high powerful notes is misunderstood by most singers. Most singers assume it takes force and more air. The more you relax the higher your voice can go. Also, a lot of singers make the mistake of trying to hold on to the solid feel of chest voice as they go higher. When you learn to mix registers using this course you will come to understand that as you go up in pitch the physical feeling of high notes is very different as the resonance is allowed to focus. High notes actually feel much lighter than they sound. By using Vocal Release you will find out how easy it is to sing high notes.

What to watch for in your Listening Environment: Often times singers train and get their voice into good shape. They go out to perform in a new environment and get thrown. The course will tell you exactly what you have to watch for and how to be ready.

Choosing a microphone: A microphone can make a big difference in how you sound as a singer. One size does not fit all.

Microphone Technique: A good singer can hurt their performance with bad microphone technique. This course will show you the do's and don'ts.

Keeping the Voice Healthy: things singers should avoid There are several diet and environmental things that can effect a singers voice. This course will tell you how the pros deal with them.

Setting up A Productive Practice Schedule: The eight week course will show you exactly what exercises you should be doing and what they are achieving. You will get specific instructions on how to do them.

Vocal classifications Often times singers get caught up in vocal classifications. Just because you were told you were a bass does not mean that you can't sing high notes with the best of them. All classifications mean is the area where your break point is at.

Developing your own Style: Often times singers try to train their voice by singing to another singer. This is the worst way to try to develop your voice. Not only does it usually hurt the singers physically, it also ruins their ear as the singer learns to sing to another singer and not the music. Also, the singer never develops their own style and qualities of their own voice. Vocal Release will show you how to develop your own style and then later on sing other singers songs without hurting your voice.

Covering other artists material: How to cover other artists material well without hurting your own voice. Even famous artists sometimes have bad vocal productions or voices that are just very different from your own. You will learn how to cover them without adapting any of their bad habits.

Mimicry: Different from just covering an artist is the act of mimicry. Mimicry is trying to sound dead on, exactly like another artist. This is useful artists who are interested in being in a tribute act. Mimicry is a skill all it's own separate from singing. Though having a resonant easy to use range makes it much much easier. Mimicry is a combination of already having a voice close to the original artists, and precisely listening to everything the artist does. Mimicry can be dangerous for a singer who wants their own career, as it can be hard to find your own tone that doesn't remind an audience of the other artist after years of Mimicry.

Fundamentals of Singing: Breath Support, Cord Adduction, Larynx Control & Resonance.

Dealing with illness, stage fright, equipment malfunction and less than desirable sound: The fantasy of being on stage and reality are very different. Vocal Release will tell you the things you need to watch out for and how to approach them like a seasoned pro.

Definitions of common singing terms: The course is written from a standpoint that does not pre suppose any knowledge of singing. But, if there is a term you are unfamiliar with you can find it's meaning in the back of the Vocal Release Manual.

Charts of where resonance is felt/directed: You will see visual charts of where the resonance is generally felt.

Option #1: Download The Files Directly To Your Computer. After you order you will be e-mailed with a Login and password for the members area where you can download the entire kit.

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Instant Access To The Download Version. Start Learning To Sing Minutes From now. The Download has the same content as the shipped version.

This course can be downloaded even on a slow 56K connection, as you have lifetime access to the members area. So, you don't have to worry about downloading the files all in one sitting. You can download them as you need them.

What is the difference between the download version, the 8 CD set and the printed copy?

The only difference is in the media they are put on. They all contain the exact same files. The download version contains all the same files as the shipped version. The 8 CD set has the text/manual portion of the course contained on disc in .pdf format and requires a computer. The printed version has the 347 page vocal release manual printed out.

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What are the computer requirements for the download version, will it work on my MAC or PC?

The course will work on any mac or pc. The files are in .zip packages for easier downloading. Audio files are in .mp3 format. Text files are in .pdf format.

So, you will require a utility to unzip winzip files and adobe acrobat reader and a media player to play the .mp3 files.

How long will it take to get my download link after purchase?

It is automated and instant. You will receive your personal download link as soon as you order. However, if you order with an e-check the automated system will not send out the link until the check clears which is 3-5 days through paypal.

How long will it take for my order to arrive at my house if I order the shipped version?

It will take 1-2 weeks within the United States. Outside of the united states it will take as long as 2-4 weeks.

How much is shipping costs for my order when I order the shipped version?

The shipping cost is included in the prices listed. You will not see an additional charge added at checkout. This applies to anywhere outside the United States as well.

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Is This The Same As, "Singing Success," or, "Speech Level Singing?"

I really don't like ripping on other online courses, but I guess I have to because I get e-mailed this question literally every day and some people have said that Vocal Release was a less expensive version of "Singing Success."

No. The Vocal Release Technique is superior to courses that use, "speech level singing." Speech level singing uses as it's core principal that if you simply sing at a relaxed talking level and don't force your voice, it will work it 'self out. Speech level singing uses trigger phrases with different tonal qualities to balance the voice. Such as singing, "mum, with a breathy tone," or, "singing, Nay, with a nasal tone." This doesn't work well for learning to sing if you have never sang before. In fact it doesn't work well even if you have sung before. The Vocal Release Technique will teach you very specific things to do that will get your voice to work when you do them almost instantly. Simply put, your voice will not fall into place and become forward and resonant and have great tone and range simply by singing at speech level. You need to learn a direct and specific attack that gets your voice to resonate into the mask.

The only similarity is that Vocal Release uses, "lip rolls & tongue trills," in the beginning of the course. However they are not an end all. Other courses claim that lip rolls and tongue trills extend the range. This is simply not true. All they do is allow the vocal cords to function without involvement from upper and lower larynx muscles. What this exercise does, does not cause the actual singing voice to work any better, as some claim.. At best, "lip rolls & tongue trills," are a very good warm up for actual singing. They do not extend the range if you do not know the proper attack. Another difference is that the Vocal Release technique will show you a specific manipulation for, "lip rolls & Tongue trills," that make them work properly. Other courses don't even teach you the proper attack or what it is you are supposed to think and do on the onset of a sung tone. Without knowing the proper attack, you can do, "lip rolls & tongue trills," until you are blue in the face and still not get any improvement in your actual singing voice.

Lip roll/tongue trills...repeat add nauseam. Sing relaxed and keep your larynx from climbing either singing "mum," or "nay," or any other of a bunch of trigger phrases that don't do anything if you haven't been taught an attack. You are never taught an attack....so if your voice does start working right you won't know why and when it goes out of place you won't know how to get back there..........then they use what's known as a squeaky door noise to inflect resonance. However the squeaky door noise is a trigger sound and not an actual attack. So, one day it will lead you into a forward tone and another day it will do nothing for you. Finally as the big final technique they teach you how to sing the first couple of lines from the star spangled banner.

If you own Singing Success let me ask you these questions. How do you attack a note? Can you actually describe what a singer does when they sing well, that is the actual physical things that are required to be done, not just how it feels? If you never sang before did you learn to do so using Singing Success? .............I know that the answers to all of these question are no.

Speech level singing courses do not teach the attack of the mask. Their theory is that resonance into the mask just happens as a happy accident when you sing relaxed. This is simply not true. To have a voice placed pleasantly in the mask there are very specific physical things you need to learn to manipulate. The vocal release course teaches how to sing using the attack of the mask. This is why speech level singing students, who have never sung before, rarely see the results of the famous singers who per port to use the technique. Speech level singing techniques only help singers who already have a good voice balance out what they can already do instinctively. Without knowing the right attack, the attack of the mask, singing your best simply isn't possible. Singing with the attack of the mask produces the best vocal sound in any singer. The Vocal Release Course is the only course that teaches it.

If you are interested in, "Singing Success," which is about $200 , don't bother. Buy the original course by, Seth Riggs who invented, "speech level singing," which is what, "Singing Success," is a poor copy of. The original book released by Seth Riggs cost $20 dollars on Amazon.com and has ALL the exact same exercises. It will also do very little for your voice. I may seem like a jerk saying these things, but I've been a vocal coach my entire adult life and know what works and doesn't to teach someone to sing well who has never done so before. So, please don't be offended if you own one of these courses. Sorry if I kicked your teddy bear. I am simply answering a question I get asked often.

Speech level singing is a proponent of the registration method of singing. That is, speech level singing says that there is a chest, middle and head voice. To sound commercially acceptable you need to learn to mix chest and head voice and sing in middle voice and learn to blend your different registers at your break point. This is simply ridiculous. When you learn to sing in the mask, as the Vocal Release Technique teaches, there are no breaks or registers. The whole voice from the lowest note to highest notes have a pleasant forward roundness to them. The voice is convincing in any style of music and is easy to sing with as a resonant hum.

To sum this question up. NO, Vocal Release is definitely not the same as, "speech level singing," or, "Singing Success." The big difference is if you use my course as prescribed you will see results even if you never sang a note before in your life. The Vocal Release course can actually teach someone how to sing well because it tells you exactly what to do. It does not use vague trigger phrases or, "copy this singer," ear training. It tells you very matter of factly what to do to sing well. If you've used a, "speech level singing course," or, "singing success," and not heard a difference in your voice, you will know why when you train with the Vocal Release Technique.

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