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''by Tom Munch''

This is taken from a post I made today 2007/01/23 on the Bose forum. I plan to work on it in the next month or so, but thought I'd post my initial post from the forum.

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When you sing, try feeling the words in different parts of your throat. Close it off & sing through your nose. Open it up & sing like an opera star. Put the words at the tip of your tongue & then at the back of your tongue. all of this experimentation lets you hear the differences & feel when you sound natural & when you sound forced. Try over-pronouncing the words, making exaggerated lip & tongue movements. Try putting stronger emphasis on T's & S's & P's. Make them crisper or duller by using more of your tongue or lips or different parts of your tongue & lips. Try imagining a word in your throat or at your teeth or even 4 inches out of your mouth. That is the kind of experimentation that lets you hone your skills as a vocalist. It's best to do this without accompaniment in the beginning so that you can truly hear yourself & all the nuances of your voice & diction. Try playing with your dynamics. A well placed swell in volume draws the audience in & pushes the emotion of the line over the top. Conversely a drop in volume & a whispered line also draws the audience in & focuses emotion.

'''More notes from another thread - 3/19/2007'''

The main thing is to just be relaxed & let your natural voice come out. Don't try to imitate someone else. Feel what is comfortable coming up from your gut & through your chest & throat when you are relaxed. Close your eyes & really concentrate on what it feels like inside of you as the sound moves through you.

You'll know when it feels like truth & when it feels false.

'''Further notes from the same thread'''

...imitating others' voices is a good way to wreck a young voice, & is also a way to confuse yourself on the road to finding your own voice.

I had a good friend when I was growing up who loved Elton John & Dan Fogelberg. When he sang he always sounded like Elton John or Dan Fogelberg, even when he was singing his own songs. I wanted to hear his own voice on his own music.

Unfortunately most people do try to emulate other voices out of love for that singer & fear of singing in their own voice & not being liked. You hear that when people sing karaoke. You hear that on American idol.

But let's talk about real music - music that comes from the soul. That's why I say to really focus on what it feels like in your own body when you sing & to make that natural feeling of balance inside you lead to your natural voice. Do you feel tension in your throat - relax. Do you feel tension in your back - relax. Your neck? & so on. The best singers make it look easy because they know how to relax. Take a deep breath all the way down to your toes & let it flow.

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+''by Tom Munch''
 This is taken from a post I made today 2007/01/23 on the Bose forum.  I plan to work on it in the next month or so, but thought I'd post my initial post from the forum.
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 When you sing, try feeling the words in different parts of your throat. Close it off & sing through your nose. Open it up & sing like an opera star. Put the words at the tip of your tongue & then at the back of your tongue. all of this experimentation lets you hear the differences & feel when you sound natural & when you sound forced. Try over-pronouncing the words, making exaggerated lip & tongue movements. Try putting stronger emphasis on T's & S's & P's. Make them crisper or duller by using more of your tongue or lips or different parts of your tongue & lips. Try imagining a word in your throat or at your teeth or even 4 inches out of your mouth. That is the kind of experimentation that lets you hone your skills as a vocalist. It's best to do this without accompaniment in the beginning so that you can truly hear yourself & all the nuances of your voice & diction. Try playing with your dynamics. A well placed swell in volume draws the audience in & pushes the emotion of the line over the top. Conversely a drop in volume & a whispered line also draws the audience in & focuses emotion.
+'''More notes from another thread - 3/19/2007'''
+The main thing is to just be relaxed & let your natural voice come out. Don't try to imitate someone else. Feel what is comfortable coming up from your gut & through your chest & throat when you are relaxed. Close your eyes & really concentrate on what it feels like inside of you as the sound moves through you.
+You'll know when it feels like truth & when it feels false.
+'''Further notes from the same thread'''
+...imitating others' voices is a good way to wreck a young voice, & is also a way to confuse yourself on the road to finding your own voice.
+I had a good friend when I was growing up who loved Elton John & Dan Fogelberg. When he sang he always sounded like Elton John or Dan Fogelberg, even when he was singing his own songs. I wanted to hear his own voice on his own music.
+Unfortunately most people do try to emulate other voices out of love for that singer & fear of singing in their own voice & not being liked. You hear that when people sing karaoke. You hear that on American idol.
+But let's talk about real music - music that comes from the soul. That's why I say to really focus on what it feels like in your own body when you sing & to make that natural feeling of balance inside you lead to your natural voice. Do you feel tension in your throat - relax. Do you feel tension in your back - relax. Your neck? & so on. The best singers make it look easy because they know how to relax. Take a deep breath all the way down to your toes & let it flow.