Congratulations on completing another lesson!
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By now, you are likely experiencing a significant shift in your vocal abilities, such as:
stronger breath support
clearer tone
increased confidence
overall enjoyment in singing
Lesson 4 introduced topics of staccato, 6/8 time, the intervals of a 6th and 7th and tied them all together with newly created tuneful scales. You also discovered the topic of a “consonant smear” and tips on how to correct it (awareness is the first tip – taking a short breath or “rest” are other remedies). You also learned about central vowels of “uh” and “er” (simplified).
Assignments to post here:
- Youtube examples
- examples words containing “uh” and “er”
- probably or likely “consonant smears” in the songs Amazing Grace and the Star Spangled Banner.
FREE Online Voice Lessons will empower you with all of the core foundation needed to get results – though, as with most things in life, this requires participation and practice. Mix it up, make it fun! Have a blast this week and…..
We look forward to hearing from you!
Stephen
PS: When posting to this blog, if you are under the age of 18, please do not include any identifying comments – ie, don’t include your school or if in a small town, don’t mention the name of the town. If you live in LA, no problem… or to mention your state is fine. By all means, DO NOT include phone number, address.
September 16, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Hello Stephen!
Thank you for your amazing singing lessons! I want to tell you about my today’s experience. I wanted to participate in my school choir. I had to get through a test like “pa pa pa” on a 3 tone scale. And I actually failed. They said I hit the wrong notes too often. Now I am a little bit confused. I don’t know if I hit the right notes while doing your exercises. Maybe this is because my ear isn’t perfect. What would you advise to me? How can I develop my ear?
Thanks again for your great lessons!
Best wishes
Peter
September 16, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Peter,
Congratulations on completing lesson 4! Thus far, we’ve not begun instruction on pitch (covered in more detail later), though will give a few tools to start with.
Two approaches (do both)
1) Record yourself singing simple, slow scales and develop an awareness for which pitches you’re missing. It’s possible and common that you may be getting most of the notes right (close) and are consistently flat (more common) or sharp only 1 or 2 notes in a scale. If you determine which notes you’re missing, then you can focus on those for improvement. Find a musical instrument such as guitar or piano and practice slowly.
2) Using an instrument, such as piano or guitar, play a note, listen carefully, imagine the sound of the note in your head (no singing yet). Then play the note again and see if the note in your head matches. If the sound in your head is not the same, do this over a few times until you have it. Then, play the note, pause a second, imagine the note for 2 seconds, then sing the note. At this point, you’ll be accustomed to listening to see if it’s accurate. Most of self pitch correction comes from simply learning to listen to yourself.
Work with these for a few days and you’ll likely have important discoveries the first day. Report your discoveries here, or send me a private note.
Later lessons will dive into more detail on pitch correction.
Stephen
September 16, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Stephen,
Thank you so much! Yes, I play the guitar and I’m going to try both approaches! Thanks very very much!
September 17, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Stephen,
I’ve noticed an interesting thing. When I play a note on the guitar and sing the same note I feel vibrations in my face and in my throat. When I sing I feel vibrations as well, but these ones are different. I guess it is because of resonance or something like that. Is it ok? And is it always wrong if I don’t feel those vibrations?
Thanks a lot!
Peter
September 17, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Peter,
Feeling the vibrations is great and YES, that’s resonance!
Not wrong if you don’t feel them. It’s partly awareness, partly relaxation and physical direction of the sound… and, the particular pitch – ie, you’ll feel more resonance on some pitches.
Keep up the great work!
Stephen
September 20, 2008 at 7:49 am
Watched the video and tried the excersises. This is the first time in like 3 or even 4 years i simply cant hit all the notes. They seem very very challenging to me… and I like challenge.
Also im starting to feel more confidence in my voice and singing. Especialy after i do those excersises, actually only in this program I start to see that excersises before singing are good. I tought theire near to useless or even making my voice worse. I think thats because was trying to sing as high as i can when doing them. Now I dont anymore and it makes a big difference
Thanks alot!
September 26, 2008 at 12:39 pm
hi stephan,
just finnished lesson 4…. sorry it took so long, the play button didnt come up a few times when i have tried it previously but thankfully it came up today! its a great help and those exercises are brilliant thank you
x x x
peace!!
September 29, 2008 at 4:31 am
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for another great lesson. The gremlin hunting was fun, and the prize is a very worthwhile one. More fun competitions would be welcome please!
The vocal exercises are getting more interesting and more challenging. I’m very consious of singing wrong notes all over the place, but at least I can hear it now. I find it very helpful when the voice-over says we’ve reached the highest point of the vocal exercise and the notes are coming back down again. I find I’m becoming more aware of ‘hearing’ the notes in a more conscious way.
I’ve found the breathing exercises have noticeably increased my lung capacity. I even noticed when I walked briskly uphill I was able to talk without losing my breath.
I looked up a musical score on the internet and was actually able to understand some of the musical notation – so those musicianship lesson seem to be sinking in.
I’m looking forward to lots more fun and progress with the next lesson.
Here’s the homework:
Consonant Smears
———————-
Star-Spangled Banner
————————
Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light
(dawn’ searly)
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
(wha tso)
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
(brigh tstar sthrough… perilou sflight)
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
(rampart swe.. watche dwere)
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
(rocket’ sred… bomb sbursing)
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
(fla gwas)
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
(ye twave)
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
(foe’ shaughty)
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
(morning’ sfirst)
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion,
(battle sconfusion)
A home and a country should leave us no more!
(u sno)
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution
(footstep’ spolution)
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
(do thwave)
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
(thu sbe)
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation!
(love dhome… war’ sdesolation)
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land
(bles twith… rescue dland)
Amazing Grace
——————
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, (Amazin gGrace)
That saved a wretch like me. (wret chlike)
I once was lost but now am found, (on cewa slost)
Was blind, but now I see. (wa sblind)
T’was Grace that taught my heart to fear. (T’wa sGrace… taugh tmy)
And Grace, my fears relieved. (fear srelieved)
How precious did that Grace appear (preciou sdid… tha tGrace)
Through many dangers, toils and snares (danger stoils)
‘Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far (t’i sGrace tha tbrough tme… thu sfar)
and Grace will lead me home. (Gra cewill)
The Lord has promised good to me. (promise dgood)
His word my hope secures. (Hi sword)
As long as life endures. (a slong a slife)
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, (thi sflesh… hear tshall)
I shall possess within the veil, (posses swithin)
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise (les sday sto… God’ spraise)
Words Containing Both Uh and Er
————————————–
Smother Another
Brother Busker
Lustre Thunder
September 29, 2008 at 8:10 am
Anne – Excellent work!
And, your search for Gremlins was top notch. You WIN the free one on one lesson. I’m going to leave this open in case anyone else wants to put forth a great effort as well (ie, more than one winner possible).
I’ll be in touch about the lesson – probably early/mid November after we start working with the new songs that will be introduced in the next couple of weeks.
Congratulations and keep up the great singing!
Stephen
October 1, 2008 at 8:15 pm
it was a great lesson and i thing i doing better thanks for your lessons
October 5, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Stephen,
I work on my pitch everyday as you taught me and I feel a real big progress! Thank you very much! I’ll try to post audio of my singing on youtube as soon as possible.
God bless you!
Peter
October 11, 2008 at 4:05 am
Stephen that was another good lesson. So I need to post me singing happy birthday on youtube right? What moods do I have to sing it in again? And where can I buy a metronome?
October 13, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Hi Stephen,
I finally was able to do lesson 4. When I do the lessons I kick myself for not coming back to them sooner. Life gets in the way. I have to train myself to not let it get in the way.
Anyway, here’s what I came up with for the consonent slurs.
Star Spangled Banner
can you – ca nyou
dawn’s early – dawn searly
what so – whatso
at the – a the
twilight’s last – twilight slast
ramparts we – rampart swe
rockets’ red – rocket sred
night that – nigh that
was still – wa still
yet wave – ye twave
and the – an the
Amazing Grace
Amazing grace – Amazin grace
was lost – wa slost
was blind – wa sblind
that taught – tha taught
heart to – har to
fears relieved – fear srelieved
will lead – wi lead
good to – goo to
His word – Hi swerd
as life – a slife
mortal life – morta life
possess within – posses swithin
thousand years – thousan dyears
I believe there could’ve been more in both songs but as I was singing them, I only noted the ones that I slurred, or that I could have slurred.
Will post on youtube after awhile. Have to pick up #1 daughter!
Thanks so much, Stephen. You so rock!!!
God bless.
October 18, 2008 at 7:10 pm
to see my work go to you tube under “amm sgula”
October 19, 2008 at 6:48 am
Lesson 4 was actually harder that what i thought. In the first two exercises the notes are hard to reach. but it was a good lesson. Thank you and I am waiting for lesson # 5 and im also trying to figure something out to post my work. and I have felt improvement, which is the most important. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
October 19, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Okay. I’ve got my happy birthday song recorded but not posted on youtube yet. I’m not sure how to do that. I will play with it later today to see if I can figure it out. Is there not a way to post it, if it’s just a recording of my voice w/ no video, to this area?
Thanks, Stephen for your help.
God bless.
October 21, 2008 at 3:23 pm
ahm., sorry for the late action for the message you sent to me., but i already uploaded my video in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky5DqJHMWyY
its not a happy bday song ’cause i was not informed., its only the chorus of the song because i really feel so shy and afraid that other people would view my video in youtube.
just inform me again if my video doesnt qualified to the standards. thank u very much
October 21, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Mikki, Your analysis is GREAT. Thanks for your Post!
October 21, 2008 at 5:57 pm
RAINE – I LOVE IT!!!!
And, Congratulations! You’re first in getting a post of your vocals here to the free singing lessons program!!!!
Okay, let’s have some feedback on Raine’s first post.
Let me start by saying that Raine is effectively anonymous – ie, we have a name, but don’t really know where or who she is. So, for others who are shy to post, realize that no one will know who you really are!
Next, what type of feedback are we looking for? In [OUR] world, all of the feedback is positive and constructive!!!! when posting feedback, start by pointing out wonderful aspects of the voice. Next,pull out your microscope and look for little things where you can add CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions for improvement.
Let’s start:
) all said, I can understand the words and that’s HUGE!
a) I LOVE your spirit
b) overall your diction is very good (a little stumble with the words in the beginning, who isn’t going to miss a word or two when they turn the mic on?
c) Next, you are BRAVE to sing this song a Capella (without accompanying instrument). This song is much more difficult than Happy Birthday and to not have reference pitches to pull you back – well, in a word, you did GREAT!
As with even Pro singers, there’s room for improvement:
d) some of your lower notes are falling to the back of your mouth in tone quality (this is an exaggeration, it’s really a small amount ). There are two likely reasons and easy remedies for this. First, is likely related to confidence in finding your pitch… any time we’re not confident, we tend to loose a bit of tone control. Next, remember the tongue is lightly against the lower teeth and imagine a heavy marble or steel bearing weighing on the back/middle part of your tongue… when the tone slips back, it’s like that bearing is falling back almost down your throat and the tongue in front begins to bow up. The solution? remain relaxed, let the tongue lie naturally with the image of that ball resting in the center (to center back) and focus your resonance upward and directed out your third eye. Also, learn to stretch the muscles beside your nose outward and flare your nostrils like a wort hog – this image sounds really silly, but improves tone quality by letting us resonate in the nasal cavity with less of the nasally sound (not indicating you have a nasally sound, this technique is helpful in all singing and ALSO addresses many aspects for those who do have a nasally sound).
e) Pitch – we all have pitch issues and singing a capella will get us all! You did great! Over time we’ll learn more about identifying specific pitch issues and how to address them. For now, the recommendation is to listen with a critical ear to identify all of the tiny little places you missed. The more you listen, the more you’ll find, so the next step is to NOT BEAT YOURSELF UP!!!! Instead think – wow! I just learned a lot about my voice! With this new found awareness, take short segments of the piece and deeply “listen” to your voice as you sing and notice how much pitch improves!
REMEMBER – This is all feedback for ALL of us!!! And, Raine has given us the opportunity to open a discussion on a much deeper level for all to benefit.
Most pitch issues are because we’re just not listening to ourselves… we get so focused and nervous about singing that we just want to get it out there and get wrapped up in our own personal feelings… Now we know to go back to earlier exercises of listening with outside ears! This is step one in improving pitch.
Now – EVERYONE!!!! Please take a moment to reflect on Raine’s great post and offer your insight. In the future, I’ll leave feedback largely to the group and only chime in if there’s something extra to contribute.
Raine – Please do this song again in a month after continued practice. I know I’m going to love it even more!
It is truly a joy to see us all striving for our highest singing results!
Stephen
October 21, 2008 at 6:08 pm
thank you sir stephen, but i was really shocked that u somewhat chose me haha., anyways i will strive hard so all of our hard work will have a prize in the end., thank you again
October 24, 2008 at 2:48 am
sorry for a late feed back .. Another great lesson Stephen, and thanks again.
October 25, 2008 at 1:29 pm
can i ask something? when will the lesson 5 start?
October 26, 2008 at 2:42 pm
This is a great website!
It really helps me.
October 28, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Stephen,
I am so sorry for not posting audio of my singing for so long. I was very shy, because sometimes my voice is ok, but very often it’s just terrible. But now I got it!
Here is Happy Birthday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2vndFiERCI
Here is Shadow Of The Day by Linkin Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5LYvhB7NAw
And here is the original song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_eEE12R8Gw
Raine,
I liked your singing very much. I really catched the melody line. For me it’s very hard to sing the melody correctly, but you got it! Good job!
October 30, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Hy,
My response so far:
1.) Body awareness:
Lying on the floor singing is a good idea. It’s actually part in some vocal therapies.
You can try lying flat on the floor, after massaging your feet, then send oo’s like in “shoe” into your feet – after that y like the y in mystic into your ancles and then i as in “bee” into your whole legs. A like in “mother” goes to the pelvic floor and O like in opera into the belly.
This will help getting the sound into the body.
I could feel the breathing of my back, by the way.
2.) Breathing
Nice exercise, helps me getting tension out if my neck when inhaling and exhaling.
Good of you to mention that there should be no sound when inhaling during singing.
3.) Vocal topic:
ah – words:
lover
southern
water
daughter
I’m not a native speaker, so I’m not exactly sure about those vowels, but that’ my try so far.
I can’t add any vocal smears to the above also. Think they covered it pretty good.
But I’ve found one in Jingle bells (fitting sleightly the season)
Bell son bobtails ring, making spirit sprite
Oh what fun ittis to ride ansing a sleigh inson tonight.
4.) Exercises: Don’t know if I am the only one, but this week is just to far ahead of me.
I can’t do those octave leaps without strain.
The last two exercises are better, but even here I can do only the first 2 or 3 runs.
I think I drop out here and go back to the easier ones.
Or what would be your advise?
Is there already a lesson 5 out? Or will it take some more time, so I can catch up?
If I have some time left, I will do the youtube stuff, still have to figure it out.
Thx so far
Fabian
October 30, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Hi Fabian,
Great job here.
I realize this week is a big jump for many, though hopefully has satisfied those intermediate level folks who’ve been waiting for a challenge.
There will be a break before lesson 5, so continue with earlier exercises for a few weeks until you can make lesson 4 work for you – and, you’re correct – NEVER STRAIN to reach these notes.
More soon.
Stephen
October 30, 2008 at 11:44 pm
wow i am starting to get better i am seaing results
October 31, 2008 at 6:10 am
Hi Stephen,
I am so sorry I don’t have my audio up and running yet. Haven’t been able to figure it out. Someone told me to try using PowerPoint to add a ‘video’ so I can post on youtube or myspace.
I will try to get it up by Saturday. I don’t think I have much to do this Saturday. I’ve been quite busy with 2 kids and Halloween coming up. We are doing a skit for our church’s Halloween event, Party on the Porch.
Also, a ministry that I have co-founded is going to be recording a Christmas CD to hand out when we sing Christmas songs on Hollywood Blvd. Your lessons have come at a perfect time. I will be singing ‘Mary Did You Know?’ in the style of Kathy Mattea. I need to work on it. A LOT!!!
Thanks for your patience and expertise!
God bless you.
Mikki
November 5, 2008 at 9:51 pm
hi i was wondering when is lesson five going to come by the way i cant post a video on youtobe or any other website because i dont know how to and no one in my neighboorhood knows how to do it and i dont have a microphone
November 7, 2008 at 5:58 am
Stephen, here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n79uw6KwdY
Please listen and give any comments very soon because I want to delete that asap.
November 7, 2008 at 6:09 am
Helloo this course has improved my singing in so many ways! just like you said, breath control, confidence, I have had so much fun using my new skill set. I am also able to understand more and more of the vocab my musician friends are using.
I am looking forward to lesson 5
November 12, 2008 at 2:36 am
HELLO! I’m sorry for not posting the happy birthday. I need assistance to do this matter. I am waiting for my son to come to help me out. I hope my late submission won’t hinder me from receiving new lessons. I am really trying to cope up, because of my schedule. I am enjoying all your couching and thank you, it helps me a lot. and I also noticed a little improvement in my singing. I have a trouble of opening your lessons 3 and 4. I cannot open all parts in lesson 3. It appears blank.
November 13, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Hi Stephen, I tried to open again lasson 4. Part 3 and the rest appears blank. I don’t know, maybe I am just less knowledgeable technically. By the way here’s my home work. Notice, my response for lesson 3 is under lesson 4. It is because I just cant open the link in lesson 3. Thank you very much.
Amazing Grace
Amazing grace, – amzin grace
How sweet the sound- has weet the sound
That saved a wretch like me- that save awretch like me
I once was lost but now am found- I once was lost but now amfound
Was blind but now I see – was blind but now Icesee
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear.- ’twas grace thattaught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved- andgrace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear – How precious did that graceappear
The hour I first believe – Thehour I first believed
Words with uh sound and er
1. caller
2. onother
3. utter
4.scanner
5. ladder
November 14, 2008 at 3:31 pm
hey stephen.. i’ll post my Happy birthday this weekend… hehehe.. sorry bout that.. my pc was just fixed… i’ll follow up those assignments… tnx for the lessons..
Hei Peter.. your voice was cute… your korean? hoping to meet you.. hehe.. keep it up. we can do this.. hahaha.. Gud day
November 15, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Please stepen tell me can I become a singer when I’m adult?
I really want to be!! and my dad said that if you work for samething you can make it come true. and mum said “if you want something you will have it too!”
I’ll work my way to the top!! thanks for your help and support!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7h7o1dAsY8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaS8OxMAO1k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWOyf5YWWfM
Thanks for everything you have already helped me!!
November 17, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Hey Florence
No, I am from Latvia
I’m sure we can do this
November 18, 2008 at 3:21 am
i am so happy im taking these lessons!
they have helped me improve so much!
November 18, 2008 at 1:50 pm
i can’t post my url here.. it goes discarded.. why?
November 18, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I’m so sorry, I totally forgot I was going to post a song! But here it comes:
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=16j4im0&s=4
I’m not a native English speaker, so I’m sorry if there are any mistakes on that front
I love the lessons, even though I’m unfortunaly often too busy to do the exercises every day. But I’m trying my best, and I really want to improve! Thank you, Stephen!
November 24, 2008 at 10:11 am
aren’t there no more lessons to come? :O
i am waiting thrilling to have more lessons
they are really awesome!
THANKS STEPHEN!
November 28, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Hi again. I’m sorry for not being so active lately. So here I am, singing. Feel free to comment and tell what mood am I trying to do(it’s not hard to tell is it?)
November 28, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I am very sorry. I somehow put in a video that was not in a full lenght. Here is a real one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4FEAnNMbEo
November 28, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Hi Stephen,
I could not a youtube account set up for some reason. It keeps rejecting some of the information. Here is my homework.
Thro’ many dangers toils and snares, Thro’man dang toil nare,
I have already come: I’ve already come.
Tis grace hath bro’t me safe thus far, Twas graze th brought me safethfar.
And grace will lead me home. grayswill lead me home.
Words with uh or er
1. Bigger
2. Producer
3. Heater
4. Wiser
5. shutter
November 29, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Hello Stephen: The straw breathing is a great excercise. taking in enoguh air in one count to let out up to 12 counts without pitch compromise is pretty challenging. cant wait to see how you can do this with less of the breath noise into the michrophone.
By the way, I have found swimming to be a great way to develpe the ability of controlled breathing.
fantastic techniques. thank you so much.
Art
November 30, 2008 at 3:59 pm
This is me singing happy birthday. Im also in the picture and so on. Try to tell my mood(it’s easy, really)
November 30, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Yesterday I reviewed lesson 4 again to make sure I understand and do not miss anything. I put together a lesson note book so I can take notes. The breathing exercises are challenging, but I’m getting it. Letting your breath out all 12 counts is hard to do. I will keep working at it. Despite time restraints I found time to do my practice each day. I’m learning a lot and find the lessons challenging, exciting and I always look forward to the next one.
December 2, 2008 at 1:36 am
Hey stephen
!
Sorry I havn’t been posting here, I have been really busy with school and homeworks , and hadn’t really check out lessons 4 and 3 till’ now , I’ll catch up, i promise. I’m gonna post my happy birthday video as soon as I can if you let me . But i’ve ben doing the excersises, the ones in Lessons 2 and 1 , I’ve been reading the comments , it seems like Raine did a great job , i’m gonna check all of the psting now ! well, see you later !
Susan
December 2, 2008 at 1:41 am
Hey Stephen !
I’m sorry I havn’t been posting latley , i’ve been really busy with school and homeworks , I hadn’t watch lessons 3 and 4 til’ now, i’m sorry :S . But i’ll definatly catch up with you guys, i promise, i have been doing excersises from lessons 1 and 2. I’ll post my video on youtube of happy birthday if you’re okay with it. Well, i’m gonna worlk really hard to catch up, i’ve been reading the comments, seems like Rain did a Great job, i’ll check her video out.
Thank you so much,
Bye !
Susan Ramos
December 2, 2008 at 4:28 pm
sorry for double… no tripple post. it was awaiting for moderation like 4 days… i tought something is wrong
December 9, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Gremlins ?? Wow, you’re really making a lot out of this. And I can mearly say Thank You !
December 10, 2008 at 2:59 am
Sorry to inform you that I am unable to watch any video for Lesson 4. Hope you can do something about it.
December 11, 2008 at 11:09 am
Until now I am still unable to watch the video for lesson 4. Hope you can do something about it.
December 13, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Hey, thanx for lesson 4. I liked the way it’s organized. I just finished listeninr to the 2 songs, and here is what i found:
Star Spangled Banner
can you – ca nyou
dawn’s early – dawn searly
what so – whatso
at the – a the
twilight’s last – twilight slast
ramparts we – rampart swe
rockets’ red – rocket sred
night that – nigh that
was still – wa still
yet wave – ye twave
and the – an the
Amazing Grace
Amazing grace – Amazin grace
was lost – wa slost
was blind – wa sblind
that taught – tha taught
heart to – har to
fears relieved – fear srelieved
will lead – wi lead
good to – goo to
His word – Hi swerd
as life – a slife
mortal life – morta life
possess within – posses swithin
thousand years – thousan dyears
5 words that have the UH an ER in them: (i found more words with UH than ER)
1)Bun
2)Fun
3)Gun
5)Her
I’ll come back and post myself singing happy birthday…Thank you… : )
December 14, 2008 at 4:25 am
Sorry it took so long. Here’s my video Stephen: (Me singing ‘Happy Birthday’)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqzqwH9txCM
I tried my best.Feel free to leave comments if you please.I hope u enjoy it. I can’t wait till lesson 5.
I feel more confident and i feel that my voice improved a lot. So these exercises are definitely making my voice sound better.
I have a question. The singing exercises for lesson 4, do we have to sing them lying down???(If we don’t can i sing them sitting down)…Get back at me asap because I’m not sure, and i want to start them already.Thanx. : )
December 14, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Words ending with UH and ER :
ER:
Shower
Power
Answer
Smoother
Softer
Louder
Quieter
UH:
Duh
Hush
(I can’t think of any more)
December 14, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Hey Stephen. I am sorry I’m asking this question too too much, but i really want to know.I want to know if I HAVE to sing lesson 4 exercises lying down. Because I’d rather sing them standing up or sitting down.So if you can please let me know before i start doing them standing up (b/c it’s waaay easier this way for me). So please let me know(as soon as possible) if I’m allowed to do them standing up or sitting down.I’ve alreay practiced for today laying down, and it was veeery challenging for me (especially the lip or tongue trills, I just couldn’t get a hang of those).So please let me know as soon as you can. Thank you.
Darlene : )
December 15, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Hi Stephen,
I am going to have to repeat lesson four this week as last week was hectic and I did not get my homework done. I will do the two songs, the video clip and email you the list of gremlins I saw. I know you have committed to us and I certainly want to be committed to the lessons. Also, I have a large project that will have to be presented at the end of Jan and the first part of Feb and I will be out of the country. I will be out of pocket during that time. So sorry. Thanks for the lessons…I am still loving them! My husband even joins in at times during the practice of the Ma’s and Mo’s.
Talk to you soon and again….Thank you…Thank you…Thank you!
Fran
December 17, 2008 at 7:25 am
Hi Stephen,
I’m sorry this is my first comment, but thank you so very much for your great lessons. I have been keeping up and practicing about 4 times a week and have noticed improvements.
Just to let you know, when I play the first lesson of this week the scale seems to skip un-sequentially twice on the way down. It goes suddenly high again when it had been going lower, and then it all of a sudden skips down lower several notes. I’m not sure if this is the way it was supposed to be or if the recording got mixed up a bit.
I really appreciate the lessons you’ve been providing. It is one of my greatest excitements these days. I have always wanted to learn how to sing and am so thrilled that I am finally starting to be able to! Thank you!!!
December 18, 2008 at 9:24 am
THANK YOU SO MUCH BUT I HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM IN SINGING, I SOMETIMES GET FLAT WHEN SINGING, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
December 20, 2008 at 5:01 am
Hi Stephen,
I am going to take those materials you offered. I don’t have credit card, I am still applying.
TY
January 2, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Hi.
Well, took some time to pull myself together, and finally get it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lehzfxBp-E4&feature=channel_page
January 10, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Wow! By reviewing several of the comments posted i can tell that this is the program for me! all of you guys are learning alot and becoming great singers! I am new here and I can’t wait to get started to become a better singer too while learning alot!
January 12, 2009 at 12:11 am
Hi Stephen,
I’m sorry to say that I haven’t been up to date with the lessons. I have A LOT of work at school at this time of the year, but I’m done semester 1 soon, so I’ll be able to catch up after my exams. I am always singing though, and practicing the breath support techniques I know. But I just wanted to know if me being behind a bit is going to affect at all?
Farwa
January 14, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I think I need to go back and view Lesson 4 one more time. I missed so much the first time through. Haven’t posted Happy Birthday yet. Heck, others have posted other songs. Can we just do that? I already have about 100 recorded. I just don’t know how to post songs on youtube.
The lessons are great. I just need more time to do the exercises and practice! How did I ever have time to work!?
January 25, 2009 at 4:30 am
Here’s the link to a post of me singing Happy Birthday. I haven’t seen the lesson for week 5 in about 3 weeks. Is this normal? thanks again very much for these lessons!
January 25, 2009 at 4:31 am
Oh I’m sorry I’m not sure if the website with my Happy Birthday got put on: Here it is http://megaswf.com/view/abb52e34deea08a35d320e2c0c3cfdd1.html
February 5, 2009 at 5:02 am
Some of the YouTube clips did not work but for the most part all the songs were in the happy variety. I still need to post mine, my son is going to help me. I think my 10 week old black lab enjoys the lesson as much if not more than I do. (smile)
February 14, 2009 at 12:23 am
I have finally uploaded my Happy Birthday song onto you tube….here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vaAGfb9Eak. Please leave feedback as this is the whole reason for this process… thanks
February 17, 2009 at 5:05 am
i still need to learn how to go about recording then posting to youtube then link it here… will get by it, hopefully soon. =)
February 23, 2009 at 3:29 am
i dont have anything to record with .. and i dont know how anyway .. so i will try to ask a frand for the happy birthday song … i was in a constest this week end and i have won first place and i never thougth i could because i am soo parelysed when it comes to signing in front of a audience that i cant sing at all and with all the trick stephen gave us … i could finely sing without crashing and loosing my voice in the nervousness … and i haaavvvvve wonnnnnn the contest i could never imagine that …loll never ever
well i migth not have my happy birthay song but here the link of the contest i have win and the song is love me tender so enjoy i will watch all of you guys
respect…
lili
February 27, 2009 at 4:41 pm
wow…its helps me a lot,..thats the thing i want to develop in me as i sing,..breathing part! haha! thanks!
February 27, 2009 at 4:41 pm
wow…it helps me a lot,..that’s the thing i want to develop in me as i sang,..breathing part! haha! thanks!
March 3, 2009 at 12:49 am
hello!how you’re doing today?
i’m so exating; i can’t wait to be a good singer!…
thank you
March 3, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I’m glad we’re getting progressively more challenging. Everything is working out great. My voice seems to get stronger and I gain more control over it every day. I’m learning how to transition from full voice, to head voice, to falsetto smoothly, and that’s so helpful. As I write songs, my melodies become more interesting and challenging and I can reach high notes with much greater ease. Thanks for these lessons! They are working wonders for me.
March 9, 2009 at 1:03 am
Amazing Grace Consonant Smears:
“The Sound” = “Thazound”
“That saved” = “Tha Zaved”
“But now” = “Banow”
“that taught” = “The tot”
“My heart to” = “myhartoo”
“that grace” = “thagrace”
“Hour” = “are”
“toils, and” = tollsin
“we have” = “wehiv”
“My hope secures” = “my ope sickers”
“my shield” = “mazheeld”
“as long” = “ezlong”
“been here” = “beneer”
“thousand” = “thouzand”
“the sun” = “the zun”
“we’ve no” = “weaveno”
“we’ve first” = “weeferst”
Star Spangled Banner Consonant Smears:
“Oh, say” = “Jose”
“Last gleaming” = “las cleaming”
“Whose broad” = “hoosprot”
“in air” = “eh nair”
“land” = “la hand”
March 9, 2009 at 1:55 am
Here’s my Happy Birthday! I had a duh moment earlier and realized that we have a digital camera with video capture, so I just did it on that. Anyway, here’s the link:
March 9, 2009 at 2:10 am
Justen neglected to tell you that the Consonant Smears were a combined effort. So I’ll post the same ones
Amazing Grace Consonant Smears:
“The Sound” = “Thazound”
“That saved” = “Tha Zaved”
“But now” = “Banow”
“that taught” = “The tot”
“My heart to” = “myhartoo”
“that grace” = “thagrace”
“Hour” = “are”
“toils, and” = tollsin
“we have” = “wehiv”
“My hope secures” = “my ope sickers”
“my shield” = “mazheeld”
“as long” = “ezlong”
“been here” = “beneer”
“thousand” = “thouzand”
“the sun” = “the zun”
“we’ve no” = “weaveno”
“we’ve first” = “weeferst”
Star Spangled Banner Consonant Smears:
“Oh, say” = “Jose”
“Last gleaming” = “las cleaming”
“Whose broad” = “hoosprot”
“in air” = “eh nair”
“land” = “la hand”
here is my video.
sorry it took me so long, I don’t have a microphone.. but we found a camera with video on it.
March 12, 2009 at 12:09 am
Here is the link to my Happy Birthday video!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Ia3VjCpjk
Here are the consonant smears!
Amazing Grace Consonant Smears:
“The Sound” = “Thazound”
“That saved” = “Tha Zaved”
“But now” = “Banow”
“that taught” = “The tot”
“My heart to” = “myhartoo”
“that grace” = “thagrace”
“Hour” = “are”
“toils, and” = tollsin
“we have” = “wehiv”
“My hope secures” = “my ope sickers”
“my shield” = “mazheeld”
“as long” = “ezlong”
“been here” = “beneer”
“thousand” = “thouzand”
“the sun” = “the zun”
“we’ve no” = “weaveno”
“we’ve first” = “weeferst”
Star Spangled Banner
“Oh, say” = “Jose”
“Last gleaming” = “las cleaming”
“Whose broad” = “hoosprot”
“in air” = “eh nair”
“land” = “la hand”
March 12, 2009 at 2:02 am
Gotta say, you’re doign awesome work here!
As far as your video,… hummm… You seem a bit disgruntled, something has pissed you off, but you’re going to attempt to go along with the show so will keep it somewhat at bay, but ready to get even when you get the chance.
That’s a lot of “story” for a small view.
Curious to hear where you’re coming from.
March 12, 2009 at 2:03 am
Jessica, great on getting your youtube video up. I’m drawing a blank about your emotional state… looking forward to other input.
March 15, 2009 at 12:00 pm
1. Click http://mayukhgayen.webs.com/mystuff.htm
2. Please stop the player at the bottom of the page, which plays a default music.
3. Play the media player under “My Songs” at the top of the page.
March 15, 2009 at 7:50 pm
hello i realy appreciate may God bless you
March 17, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I still have not as yet been able to sing a clear not or octave but am doing the breathing exercises etc and am feeling much stronger, and I know one day I will break out into song once more.
THANKS alot for your lessons
Brian
March 18, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Justin, your happy birthday sounded like “happy birthday jerk, i hope you break a leg”
March 21, 2009 at 2:51 am
hi stephen
it took 3 or 4 days to get all the videos to play but they all finally came up. this week the lessons are tougher than the past ones by far. thats ok though, we just need to practice a little harder. this weeks homework goes like this.
star spangled banner
dawn’s early – dawn searly
what so – wha tso
twilight’s last – twilight slast
whose broad – who sebroad
star’s through – star sthrough
perilous flight – perilou sflight
rampart’s we – rampart swe
rocket’s red – rocket sred
bomb’s bursting – bomb sbursting
was still – wa sstill
does that – da sthat
yet wave – ye twave
amazing grace
wretch like – wret chlike
once was lost – one swa slost
was blind – wa sblind
t’was grace – twa sgrace
fear’s relieved – fear srelieved
precious did – preciou sdid
toil’s and – toil sand
tis grace – ti sgrace
thus far – thu sfar
as the – a sthe
day’s to – day sto
God;s praise – God spraise
first begun – fir stbegun
5 consanant smears with uh, & er
supper
shutter
brother
clutter
muster
God Bless all of you out there and stephen also looking forward to lesson #5
fred
March 21, 2009 at 3:35 pm
thank you for teaching me things on music beats.with this extra teaching one day,i can make my own music beats.
PS
about the youtube video.I dont know how to work it.
March 24, 2009 at 12:28 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlCPq8W0A1M
I hope this is right.. but here is my singing video
March 25, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Help
My lessons are not coming thru , it shows the lesson and part but on lesson 4 only part 1 and 4 had a place to click to start video. I made a post last week because had the same problem with lesson 3 . but I dont see my post.
Thanks Danny
March 25, 2009 at 7:25 pm
HIIII Stephen,
I wanna ask you if i can send my voice recording personally to you. will it be alright? Here we are banned from using Youtube….
Please help me.
waiting for reply on mvsagarnet@gmail.com.
March 27, 2009 at 5:11 am
i don’t know if it was one exercise or the building on top of other drills but, i have notice changes in my voice. this excites me even more.
March 29, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Thank you for another great lesson, Stephen.
I really appreciate it. I have one question, though…
When I try to sing the highest notes I sometimes don’t have enough oxygen in my lungs to sing for a longer period of time and my throat begins to hurt.
My question is how can I develop a way of breathing that allows me to sing for an extended period of time without hurting in my throat?
Thank you!
Michael
Words with ER:
Fur (obviously)
Her
Filter
Master
Dancer
(and most improtantly) Singer!!!
Words with UH:
Car
Far
Such
Mushroom
F**k
Dark
March 31, 2009 at 5:01 pm
youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuule
thank you for everything.i still waiting for the other lessons
April 6, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I can’t wait for the next lesson. Really, how far is it?
April 14, 2009 at 12:48 am
hey every one!
this week was the best i think!!!
I am having so much fun doing singing!!:) i love it so much…
my 2 older brothers ,my friend ,and i made a little vid of my brothers on the guitars and my friend and i are singing and we don’t sound bad at all my mom is telling ever one that we should start are own youth worship thing!
so i wana thank you Stephen for every thing that i have accomplished in singing.
– Angelica
April 14, 2009 at 12:50 am
i mean my mom is telling every one not ever one ha ha sorry my bad…
April 15, 2009 at 7:56 pm
i’m a little behind on lesson due to an family emergency . my happy birth should be posted within the next couple of days.
April 18, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Hey Stephen,
Heres the link for Happy Birthday song. Please Send me my Lesson 5. I M desperately waiting for next lesson. I had promised myself to get lesson every sunday but from 2 sunday I havnt got any of the lessons. PLLLSSSSSSSS.
I a doing regular 1hr practice of my voice and yet theres a bit of pitiching problem.
Iknow well that your lesson will boost it up TOOO
Thanks for all.
Please Reply me Stephen. I m waiting for reply and Lesson.
–
Heres the link:
April 22, 2009 at 9:42 pm
I have became less flatter and have more volume in my voice. I hope it gets better during more sessions.
April 24, 2009 at 3:49 am
hi stephen jus finished my fourth lesson thanx yo u.
its verry important too that we know that what we should avoid while eating and drinking can you suggest or tell something because i have heard and read that there r some thing that if u eat or drink your singing will get spoiled there fore there is no use of doing your singing lessons cause all is lost because of it.—– no disrespect sir.
eg. of etables are yogurt,spicy food,oily food,cold drinks etc.please answer me cause its a very important question.please.
and by the way your singing lessons rock.
April 24, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Hi Stephen
I’m having a little trouble with the survey. It say’s it’s currently closed. can you resend please. Still waiting for (lesson #5)
thank u & god bless
April 27, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Sorry it took me so long to post. I didn’t get the link to the Lesson until today, (for some reason my e-mail decided to filter it into my SPAM area even though every other lesson has come through just fine). I thought maybe you’d cut me out because I hadn’t posted Happy Birthday yet. (I am still trying to find a way to do that btw).
UH sound:
what
but
cut
hut
strut
ER
caterer
worm, (at least with my accent)
germ
perm
firm
“The Star-Spangled Banner”
Ozay ca newsie by the dawn zearl elight
Whatzo proudly we hail dat the twilight slast gleaming
Whoz broad stripe sand bright starz through the perilous fight
O’er the rampart swe watched were so gallantly streaming
And the rocket sred glare the bombz bursting inair gave proof through the nigh thatare flag wa still there.
Ozay does tha star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the lan dove the free
And the home of the brave.
“Amazing Grace”
Amazin grace, how swee the soun dat save da re chlike me
I one swaze lost but nowem found.
Was blind, but now Ice see.
I really enjoyed the fact that one of the videos in this lesson ended on the “to-do” list for the lesson. It makes it easy for me to go back and check off what I have done.
Also, although I technically can do the vocal exercises as played, I have found that I can do them better if I drop down an octave. Is this bad for my voice, or should I just sing where I feel most comfortable?
As always, thanks for another great lesson!
April 27, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I enjoy the techniques. I did not know there would be music theory with yoga breathing and stretching involved. The whole body-mind-voice concept is great! I hope my allergies subdue so I can see better results. Thanks
April 28, 2009 at 5:33 am
Here is my youtube website. I have several videos on here, but here’s one.
May 6, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Could you put a link to download the whole video thing i like to listen to it without a single buff, by the way lesson 4 is cool can’t wait for the next one
May 6, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Hey stephen! sorry for the the dely, and i know this isnt amazing quality…but here goes nothing…..
May 7, 2009 at 6:43 am
Hey Stephen and everybody!
I really like your lessons very much I’ve been practicing every day! Keep up the good work! But I have a question… When is the next lesson coming out?
Greetings
May 7, 2009 at 10:34 am
Hi Stephen, another great vocal lesson
As requested by you – I have the following ‘gremlins’ to report – Part 2 spelling error “abomen”
On the chart,I wonder if 4321 should actually read 1234
Part 3 -
freezes after you have played through the piece so I actually cant access the second half of that section.
Part 4 -
cursor is out of alignment with notes (i.e. high note sounds and pointer is on low note)
Video freezes 3/4 of the way through.
Maybe not enough gremlins to merit winning the one to one session with you, but hopefully helpful all the same.
I haven’t done my you tube birthday song yet basically because I cannot decide upon the emotion or message I am wanting to portray – finding that particular song a little bit limiting on style/mood shall we say! But I must say that attempting happy birthday with resentment, indifference, or sultriness is amusing if nothing else – thank you again.
May 7, 2009 at 10:36 am
oooooooooooooooops – posted the gremlins to the wrong place….i’ll do it now (to the right one)
May 13, 2009 at 4:28 pm
This was another great lesson!!! Yea!!!! But now to my struggles. I am struggling with my breathing and as I practice I believe that I am getting better as I do the exercises you have given us. So I will keep trying till I get better. As far as my singing, I think that my voice is not that bad, but does need improvement. I will continue to practice and learn. Great TEACHER! Thanks Stephen.
May 15, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Hello Stephen,
I have notice strength in my vocals. I have been hitting the higher note with more clearity. Using the techniques are a big help. I am going to up load to you tube my Happy Birthday singing, but I hope you can find it.
Thanks Joe
May 15, 2009 at 8:15 pm
I uploaded my happy birthday video.
My you tube name is ” joe4truth ” and here is my url-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw9oMyKsfTI
Hope you can find it
May 15, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Hey, thanks for another awesome lesson Stephen! You’re amazing!!!
I’m really happy you talked about the constenent smears, because I tend to do that alot when I’m just focusing on clarity and pitch. I did it painfully alot before you made me open my ears! Now I’m paying way more attention to it now to get out every word, and I think it’s already working! So thank you!Hopefully I’ll try put the happy birthday up soon in a couple of days
By the way, while I was doing the exercises for the lip and toungue trills I was getting a bit confused. Am I right in saying that lip trills are when you put your lips together and just let them vibrate while breathing out, and toungue trills are when you put your toungue to the top of your mouth and kinda vibrate it? (Slightly similar to gargling water.) Please could you correct me if I’m wrong?
Ty.
READ: TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE POSTED VIDEOS:
All the ones I’ve heard are great, so well done! I really liked Jessica’s (the emotion is sad,I guess?) and J.’s. And even though it’s not happy birthday, amazing version of that Elvis classic Lilanne, it was sung brilliantly! Hope you keep it up!
May 16, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Hi Stephen, don’t know what is happening to my posts, but they are not seeming to show here….I will try again – I have posted my happy birthday exercise on you tube and here is the link…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OtrckP_k9c
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
May 17, 2009 at 5:07 pm
My five words for un- rut
buck
luck
upon
above
er- runner
cover
lover
brother
dancer
smears for Star Spangled Banner
can you
dawn’s early
we hailed
broad stripes
we watched
our flag
smears for Aazing Grace
how sweet
though now
but now
we’ve no
we first
ages false
this face
oh how
but now
May 19, 2009 at 2:33 am
Thank you for the awesome lessons I have learned so much. tammy
May 26, 2009 at 4:34 am
hi steven, i’m having some problems with the tongue thrills and extending my range. it seems that after a certain point, i’m not able to continue up and i’m wondering if that means my range has reached its limit. it would be great to hear what u have to say.
May 26, 2009 at 1:34 pm
vowel production
un er
understand doctor
under user
hunter earning
won transfer
undulate girl
curl
consonant slurs
starspangledbanner amazing grace
ohs-ay amazing-race
dawn-searly hows-weet
whats-o twasg-race
lastg-leaming andg-race
rockets-ed myf-ears
doest-hat toil-sands-nares
stars-pangled tisg-race
May 27, 2009 at 2:23 pm
hi stephen im still not done on my 3rd lesson cos im having a throat problems and till now im still having it but as long as i can im trying hard to finish it
thank you so much
May 30, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Thanks for the AWESOME Lesson.
i am egrly waiting for lesson 5. Here’s the Link to Happy brithday song. I am waiting for the comments. hope u like it
I apologise for sound quality (recorded from mobile)
I promise to upload next good and better version of this!
Thanks Again
May 30, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Here’s my happy birthday. Its not very good because I was thinking more about the emotion than notes, so I hope its ok!
I havnt tried putting a video in an message before so I’ll post a link if it doesnt come up ^^
June 1, 2009 at 1:40 am
Renay,
Everyone is unique. For some, the range expands rapidly and for others it’s a very slow process. Don’t push! Take your time and continue in your comfort zone… your comfort range will gradually expand.
When we move to the new forum, there will be more options for individual feedback.
Until then, keep singing!
June 1, 2009 at 3:30 am
Idk how to go to lesson 4 is it like a video or does it just tell u what to do???
June 1, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I am really enjoying my lessons and am finally getting the hang of it. Keep up the good work. Thank you Tam
June 7, 2009 at 9:38 pm
June 8, 2009 at 3:05 am
Hey Stephen!
Thanks very much for those singing lessons. They helped me improve and I can’t wait for the “Pitch” lesson! My voice doesn’t sound bad, it’s just how my pitch is. It seems as if I don’t have a strong enough voice. How do I fix that?
June 11, 2009 at 3:17 am
Hi Stephen. Bryan here. I’m a beginner at singing but here I uploaded on megaupload.com a mp3 file of me singing.
My microphone broke and it just happened to be the only song that I recorded a few days ago. So I can’t really sing happy birthday or anything. But I’ll try to post another one after I get a new mic.
Anyways I decided to do a short part of pop/rnb song Can’t Help But Wait by Trey Songz.
heres the link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7Z6DM3D3
I’m only 15 years old and still a beginner so please tell me everything thats wrong. Thank you stephen =D
June 11, 2009 at 4:50 am
Hey Stephen. Here’s more of my singing. Same song. this time..its a video. Please also check it out and give me feedback. Thanks
And here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBz7fzh4P00
Please check it out and comment and give me everything that’s bad and good. Please and thank you very much =D
June 14, 2009 at 3:19 am
Hey lessons are going great so far sorry havent posted a vocal recording yet but will very soon thanks alot stephen i feel like i am getting better everyday
June 18, 2009 at 12:35 am
Hi Stephen!
I have a question to ask you if we want to get a higher pitch when we sing what do we do?
Thanks a lot for your singing lesson they work!
sincerly
Hope
June 22, 2009 at 2:11 am
this is terrible quality but thats all i have at the time.. theres more to come..just giving you something to work with…i hope its ok..
June 26, 2009 at 8:51 pm
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June 26, 2009 at 8:55 pm
July 2, 2009 at 6:16 pm
stephen,
i just wanna say thank you again!
this week i noticed the difference between muh & mah finally.. & it helped me get that i pronounce them both muh!
looking forward!
July 3, 2009 at 7:05 pm
yea i haven’t been posting but i’ll get around to it. lol. the video’s are great!
July 12, 2009 at 8:11 am
Still enjoying the lessons very much. Here is a first attempt at loading a song I am singing onto mobile me for mac. The website is still under construction, but it will function for now.
http://web.me.com/garthmatthes/Site/Blog/Blog.html
click on IN THE BEST INTERESTS and it should show you a quicktime audio file. of me singing a Cris Williamson song by that name.
Thanks everyone for any feedback.
August 2, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I just finished a big show that my band had at a club last night and felt like sharing something with everyone. I used to really strain my vocal chords on some of the heavier songs we do that have top end vocals on them. But since taking this course, the excersises and they way the lessons make me more aware of my voice and breathing, I woke up this morning and still have my voice. I’ve been singing for a long time before starting theses lessons and they are really coming through for me. Thanks Stephen.
August 5, 2009 at 7:00 pm
I enjoyed lesson 4. I’m having trouble with my pitch. I’m okay on some but sometimes I feel I cant match it properly. My range has extended some My voice is not very loud though, kind of soft. Can’t wait for lesson 5!
August 16, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Yes, lesson 4 is challenging, very. Have been trying for 3 days and the only part I can say I have mastered is the 1378531. But you know what, I’ll get there, it is fun!
August 18, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Good lesson. Liked the review of warm-ups.
Will be working with a keyboard to practice the different intervals.
Through the years have heard lots of examples of unrecognizable lyrics (misunderstood lyrics). Some are really fuhhy!
Thanks for helping us.
August 26, 2009 at 1:09 am
just finished lesson 4,, cuz i have probs w/ the breathing,, but i already overcome it!! soo cool!! tnx!!
August 30, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I complete lesson 4. It was very challenging but I went forward with it and achieved.
thank you so much. Looking forward lesson 5 and will give you my un and er words during the week. thanks again.
September 1, 2009 at 12:47 am
I have found other words with un and er
un- truck, aboard, surprise, turn, burn
er – yearn, fern, stern, sister, brother
consonant smears – rocket shred glare, bombs spursing,rocket shred glare,many danger stoils, we’ve irst begun, once was slost.
Hope I did this correctly. Thanks again Stephen.
September 1, 2009 at 4:14 am
Hi Stephen,
What a great lesson for these week. Sorry can’t post my video at a moment. Here is my other assignment.
Consonant smear:
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
(how sweet)
Was blind, but now I see.
(was blind)
Through many dangers, toils and snares
(danger stoil)
His word my hope secures.
(Hi sword).
Words with er:
brother
bother
whether
other
mother
smoother
Words with un
under
untidy
underneath
thunder
September 5, 2009 at 1:27 am
Hi stephen, this is my version of happy birthday. I don’t have any other means of recording it so I just used my cellphone. Thanks for all of you help.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK2YRJI0fd0.
October 7, 2009 at 2:59 am
These are really great lessons. Thank you so much. I am anxious to get lesson 5. Will that be coming soon?
October 15, 2009 at 5:33 am
Hi Joyce,
Glad you appreciate the lessons.
Been moving to a new system and already re-doing it. In the long run will be MUCH better than the past…. in the meantime, the delivery of lessons got mixed up. Hope to have it fixed soon. In the meantime, keep working with your existing lessons – lesson 4 had some significant challenges!
Best wishes,
Stephen
October 16, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Hi Stephen
Thank you for the great lessons !
I need some help though..
I’m 16 years old and I sing and play the guitar in a hardrock band.
But how can I put some “crunch” in my voice without damaging my voice. I also always tend to restrain my voice when I sing like that.
I really look up to james hetfield (Metallica) and I really like his singing style, but I can’t sing the way he does without damaging my voice
Can you help me with this?
Thank you,
Tom
October 23, 2009 at 2:42 am
rocket’s red – rocket sred
bomb’s bursting – bomb sbursting
was still – wa sstill
does that – da sthat
yet wave – ye twave
amazing grace
wretch like – wret chlike
once was lost – one swa slost
was blind – wa sblind
those are the smears that really stood out too me
to hear me sing go to the url http://www.myspace.com/bagdadrecords
i still love the excersises thhey are working great keep them coming