How many of us have already dreamt of being a rockstar or popstar? Well I know I did. Here's a guide that emcompasses the different techniques and styles rock singers use to achieve their signature rock voices. Rock singing is characterized by intense yelling, screaming which is fuelled by emotions of a anger and sadness. However, screaming will wear down your throat very quickly. Here's not what many people know - rock singing will definitely wear out your vocal chords. This is because your vocal chords are subjected a lot of pressure during vocal distortions and compression. However, this guide will teach you the techniques of how to minimize this wear and tear on your voice. WARM UP: Rock singing is probably the most demanding genre to sing. Warming up our voice before singing opens up your voice and allows for you to sing with more freedom. A good warm up focuses on dropping your jaw and reducing any tension in the body. Here's a warm up routine I use from time to time. 1. Start with light humming sliding between two notes a fifth apart - e.g from C to G. We want our voices to get comfortable to producing sound first. 2. Lip-rolls, exhale while your lips are together to until your lips start to vibrate. Hold it for 15 seconds. This trains breath control as you need to supply a steady stream of air for the lip-roll to continue smoothly. 3. Sing to "oo" as you sing arpeggios. E.g C - E - G - C and back down. You should feel that you will be able to access more vocal range after doing these exercises. LOUD HIGH NOTES: Before we start screaming out our high notes, we first need to develop the muscles and vocal placement needed to sing them. Try singing your song softly in your mixed voice instead of using your full voice. You should feel no tension in your throat. This conditions your vocal chords and throat muscles to singing high notes comfortably. Sing louder once you feel that you are able to do so without straining your voice. BELTING: What is belting? Belting is that loud powerful sound that you hear rock singers sing. In rock singing especially, belting adds an edge to the singers voice. To belt successfully, you need to train your mixed voice so that you can master those high notes first. After doing so, do some vocal exercises that focuses on placing your voice forward. If you feel your throat hurting when belting, that means that you're incorrectly using your throat muscles to push the sound out. Belting should feel as though you're singing any other note, just louder and with more power. VOCAL COMPRESSION: This is what gives your voice distortion and a raspy feature. To do compression, first start singing with a clean, undistorted voice. Slowly adjust the voice as if you're doing a vocal fry. A vocal fry is that low creaking "urk" sound when you try to say something using very little air. If you're feeling any pain in your throat, you are tensing your throat. Drink some water and try again. Like more of such tips or looking for a online vocal coach? Check out my review of the online singing programme that I'm using right now.
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