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Great to have singing lessons again! Welcome back!
The double act was very entertaining! The video lesson was a much more memorable, clear and effective learning tool than slides alone.
It’s amazing how revitslized mind and body feel after a few minutes of breathing in this way.
Justin’s contribution of the hand tucked under the opposite arm was very helpful in illustrating the effects of correct beathing. Steven was fun, fabulous and informative, as always.
I’d welcome more lessons like this. Looking forward to the next one.
PS: Steven, thank you, for the extra instructions on how to get Pitch Grapher working. It took 3 downloads, but finally I did get it to work, although there were some run time error messages, it seemed to do the job as advertised. Thanks for persisting with me, and thanks for a useful tool.
Hi Stephen – I found the bonus vid. helpful – confirming actually what I have already been working on – namely breath and vocal support. Breathing is 3D, and this I feel is a very important thing to realise. That all round breath and good muscle control help to support the voice, which is all done on the out breath. I discovered that my out breath was pretty weak, and have been strengthening it regularly with various exercises and breathing routines and YES, it definitely works, it definitely improves vocal control and agility. When is my lesson 5 coming to me by the way. My mailings all stopped at lesson 4. Can I have lesson 5 now Please?
Best regards. Sally
Thanks for the breathing help. I’ve always wondered where you were supposed to breath from and how. The video answered a lot of my questions.
Hey Man, Stephen…
What an interactive lesson. I got tips while breathing and now i can say i finally got rid of wrong breathing habbits while singing. This has helpd me in producing Vibrato more dymanically.
Great Job. loking foreward more. And What about Lesson 5,6…?
Thank You
hi stephen the video was great i have alot of problems breathing. i will continue practicing and hopefully it will all come together breathing and pitch are my biggest problems
god bless
fred
well done ,
hey that was great…
some of my friends keep telling me to breath properly when singing but i realy don’t know…not untill i watched youre video.
thank you sir
GREETINGS!
I’m very much impressed with the actual video showing the proper breathing,all i witnessed and heared from the video about breathing is very true because I was one athletic varsity from high school until I graduated in college,I started breathing exercises when I intered to yoga and martial art school.I learned many different kind and position of breathing exercises but I never know that this is very useful in singing performances.
To all concerned,proper breathing is one way to release your tention,relax your body and mind…
now I’m on work out how to breath properly while singing and I noticed it was very effectived.
Thank you very much and more power.
I am a bit nervous but at the same time, really looking forward to this experience. I haven’t seen the first lesson yet but I’m out to fix my schedule. I pledge one hour each week, 20 minutes per day. =)
Great demo Stephen. I have been a runner as a young one, so I certainly know about chest breathing. I have practiced yoga and meditation over the years off and on, and so this reinforced what I already believe about breathing. In terms of recommendations, I wish I had seen an example of you or justin demonstrating good breath support while singing, just to get more of a feel for timing and volume of breath etc.
Thanks again.
Garth
I really enjoy you’re lessons they help me out a lot with my singing thank you very much.
I’ve been working with the singing success program a lot, but this video is the first one that showed me exactly how you’re supposed to breath. Thank you so much. I was amazed how much just the right method helped. I tryed right away and sang a few songs “Man that works WOW!’ Thank you again!
I’m very, very glad you’re finally back. I was waiting very long for this. And it seems that lessons are getting better
I enjoy these kind of lessons a lot. We should have more videos, because sometimes it’s very hard to get the point from audio only 
Thank you.
This was a really great lesson. Thank you for taking the time to create lessons, I look forward to the future lessons.
Great!!! Thanks for all your help, it has really helped me a lot!
Thank you very much for your lesson, it was really helpful. I didn’t realise you had to breath and hold your chest full like that, so I’m going to be practicing that from now on! Thanks again, and looking forward to the next lesson!
Wow guys, great job! Thanks a lot for a very entertaining and informative breathing lesson!
enjoyed it , but i do not have an internet yet
i do see the singing lessons, at work
how do i get the video???
Yea, I got this right thanks ti vusual dmo. A visual demo once in a while will be really beneficial to me and would psh my progress.
Thank yu so much
Liked it!
Visual demonstrating back expansion during breathing was great.
Thanks.
Justin Tissue said, practice, practise, practise. That is exactly what I am going to do.
Loved the video. Justin Tissue really showed me this and with your continued help and my practicing continuously I am going to get. I try practicing to breath from my diaphram every day especially when I am walking around. thanks for the bonus lesson.
It was great specially with an actual video. Thanks for the extra lesson. Thanks also to Justine. I’m going to include it in my goals. God bless to both of you.
Good lesson on breathing I enjoyed it. My breathing is still weak, but this will help. My lessons stopped at lesson 2. Can I please have the rest. thank you.
Very interesting. Great presentation. Will keep it up.You mentioned lesson 4. Have not received lesson 3 yet. Any chance of it coming soon?
Thanks for this lesson, couldn’t wait to start on breathing. You mentioned in the video that this was talked about in lesson 4, but I haven’t received #3 yet.
Thanks for all you do,
cj
Hi great video but I never got an other lessons besides one and two. Can you send them to me? I’m really taking these very seriously and would love to have them thanks a whole bunch!
The video was great!
Hey i got this bonus lesson and its great! I have however only received lesson 1 and 2. Please send me lesson 3 so i can continue learning! i have not gotten a lesson since September 7!
I thought the lesson was very helpful and will start using the techniques that I have learned…thank you for this bonus video!
i have really enjoyed this lesson still practicing the breathing technique thanks alot
Wow… Stephen– I’ve learned that I don’t need to focus on filling up ONLY my abdomen I need to get air from everywhere….
So Far so good,Your foundation of teaching the music scale first is great and makes it much more interesting for me, thank you.
May I have Lesson #3 now? Please!
I just started yoga and I am learning breathing techniques and now I see that the yoga can also help me with singing lessons. I think this is great!
hahaha bonus breathing lesson was great. if it is going to take 2-5 years to get used to it i better start now!
My resonance is improving big time and i look forward to my daily lessons and a lot of days I do them twice! Thanks stephen!
And yeah, where’s lesson 3? i cant wait to start.
Hi! I haven’t been able to go through the lessons yet but I found the bonus lesson to be quite helpful and easy to understand. Somewhere along the way I developed the idea that its wrong for your abdomen to move while breathing. Well quite obviously my singing suffered a lot and I wasn’t competitive at sports in school. Recently I made up my mind to learn to play the guitar and sing well. While surfing the net for singing lessons I came across a lot of people saying that one must use the diaphragm to breath optimally so I start to practice breathing that way but after seeing your lessons I now understand that breathing is a more complex process that involves the diaphragm, the chest and back muscles as well. Thanks for the lessons and looking forward for more such wonderful lessons.
I was surprised to learn that it took the demonstrator two yrs. to get the breathing technique just right.
I think perhaps most singers, singer wannabees don’t understand how to do the breath control. I have been told that I am a breathy singer but somehow that has seemed to enhance my voice somehow as people have told me that they love my voice–not a swelled head mind you, just repeating what was told to me.
wow I had so much fun watching that one.I’m not really sure I’m doing the breathing technics right.but I’ll just keep trying though.It made me more ready to learn when u joke around a bit.thanks your help.cant wait until next video.
i liked this bonus lesson a lot! thx
i got one problem tho… how come when i try to breath to try to make my back also move i cant.. well i can but my shoulders and chest also move a lot.. what am i doing wrong??
really enjoyed the video
there is a problem with audio in lesson two
Awesome! Thanks so much for this lesson. I will begin practicing . I will view it as my lifetime breath workout.T his will help the years fly by. If yoga works then I don’t see why Palates (hope I spelled that right) should not work as well.
Very informative as always. It mentioned lesson 4 though and I don’t think I got that one yet.
I didn’t get lesson 3 yet either.
Greetings from Bosnia
The lessons are wery helpfull, though I’m still waiting for lesson 3, only to confirm it from several sources.
Looking forward to hearing from you
Thanks a bunch for the singing lessons. You know have given pretty much a very entertaining show of how to breathe accordingly to the diaphragm. This has cleared up a whole bunch of questions I’ve had with breathing in singing. Your lessons are very easy to comprehend and I’m excited to see which lessons are next!
-Duke
I just finished watching the breathing video which is quite helpful. Your lessons are clear and precise and the visual really helps. Looking forward to Lesson #3.
I just finished watching the bonus video which I enjoyed very much. The interaction with Justin on the visual was really helpful. I now know that I have to practice, practice, and more practice. I have not as of yet received lesson #3 or #4. A lot of years of smoking has really hindered my breathing, but, God has been gracious, in helping me give up the addiction.
the bonus lesson helped me alot the interaction with justin was imence at it helped me a lot thanks stephen and justin
Thank you for the video. I like the visual aspect of learning that are included with the lessons. I also like the short, but helpful and encouraging bonus lesson.
As the Chinese have known for centuries, breathing right is the key to good health all around. I had the advantage of being trained to breath correctly early in life and can tell you the Stephen is right on track…quality info, keep up the great lessons – Thanks so much.
Stephen, the bonus lesson was great. I had always heard that breath control was important to being a quality singer, and I’m glad that you and Justin illustrated the concept of breathing from your entire upper body so well. My wife and I are enjoying your lessons together, and we’ve decided to add these breathing exercises on alternate days with the exercises from Lesson 2. We hope to get the technique of breathing out from the abdomen while keeping the ribcase firm and all the way out. I can see how just learning this technique will help enormously in learning to sing from the diaphragm instead of from the throat.
Thanks for your efforts in puttin this program together. I hope to make singing a lifelong hobby.
Hi Steven,
Iam really enjoying the singing lessons and have started to notice improvement. I am unemployed so I can’t donate.
Am I going to have to give up the voice lessons?
The lessons are great and the info is very accquarate and quality.
Thank you so much. I am just starting to watch the lessons. I am a little bit behind because I am always busy with my little baby boy… But thanks I am liking every lesson.
Thanks for the bonus videos, I found it extremely helpful, I look forward to lesson three
From what I’ve learned beforehand, it seems to be pretty much spot on, but its always nice to reinforce knowledge. Can’t wait for lesson 3.
This was very cool. I was actually just going to ask what are some excersises we should do to improve our breathing technique and then this email came. Thanx a lot providing these lessons cant wait for the next one.
This was awesome!
Thanks for the bonus lesson. Proper breathing is something I struggle with often while I’m singing..Then if I focus on breathing too much, I forget the lyrics
Stephen,
I really enjoyed the extra lesson on breath control, especially as it is my main goal in singing (improved breath control for longer phrases and more volume at the end of phrases).
I do breathe deep to the diaphragm, but did not completely fill the lungs to capacity. I will now practice this most every day, and mark fewer breath breaks in my music
(or stagger).
Thanks,
Lisa
Hey! Wow two years to master that! That’s a pretty long time! But I will practice everyday. The goal is to breath out of your lungs right?
This lesson was very helpful. It might be kind of challenging to get the breathing just right because I’m a very active athlete, and I do breathe differently. I will try my best.
helpful! I was planning on starting yoga soon anyways, so awesome.
It’s so good to have some direction in this area! Thank you so much, and I will practice on breathing correctly….
Awesome!!! Excellent technique I know this will help me to improve a lot thanks
Just finished watching this (for some reason I didn’t see it in my inbox until now… working on getting caught up as well). I am really enjoying the singing lessons, and I thought this one was quite fun and humorous. I’m very excited to be able to “see” how breathing is done, since most of what I’ve learned in this area has been either audio or hard to comprehend (from other sources on this topic). Thanks!
Very helpful! Thanks so much!
thank you for these lessons they have really helped me alot the breathing tips i can tell they have helped me alot.i was not that bad of a singer anyways but has helped me alot more. i spent hours on the first lesson.i really injoyed myself. thanks alot.
I just want to say thank for the breathing techniques and for showing me how to breathe right always found my self short on air when trying to sing a song Thanks to you and your help.. Keep up the great job and thanks again… Gary
That was great. You guys were a lot fun to watch. Now, i know i have to be mindful of my breathing. It may be the most natural thing in the world but it can still be done wrong especially in the area of singing. It was very helpful seeing it being done. Thanks!
This helps alot!
The video and the lessons are great. I am learning a lot from them
Great video! The visual was very helpful.
Good stuff for sure!
I have had many questions about breath support; not just inhaling, but exhaling was a big problem for me. Inhaling wasn’t much of a problem because I was a trumpet player in a marching band, so I’ve got inhaling from the bottom up down pat. Exhaling as a singer was my major concern, and that video helped me a lot, especially the bit about putting your hand under your arm. When I breathed in a few times using that, I felt my sides expand and even got a little dizzy for the first time–I know I’m doing it right now! Thanks so much!
I didn’t realize that I was breathing in a bad way, I play soccer so I always was “sucking up” the air especially when I felt exhausted.
I wasn’t aware of my breathing but know I know how to do it … thanks a lot Stephen you’re the man.
I really enjoy the breathing lesson. I hope it will improve my singing thank you very much.
Thanks Stephen and Justin that real video was really helpfull and much better than just audio videos I had known about that breathing before but never really quite understood it until today so thanks again!
Some time ago when I tried to “breathe just with my stomach” it seemed me a bit unnatural. This lesson confirms my suspicion, that we should do it differently.
I found this to be very helpful, especially when Justin had us reach around our ribcages, then put the other hand down at the side and watch it move out to the side as we learned to breathe correctly. Never thought about the back muscles being used in breathing before, but it does make sense. Thank you.
Very important lesson. I have been singing for a number of years but have not taken much notice of how I breathed when singing. Thanks to this lesson I now know how important corect breathing is.
Thanks Steve and Justin.
enjoyed this short breath control lesson. surprised it can take up to 2 years or so to do naturally seems ages away
i know how important it is to control breath for singing so this all helps especially after using the square breathing techniques which even after a short time of practising has helped. many thanks x
This is exactly theinstruction I was needing. I was feeling “winded” and havingdifficulty breathing through some lines while singing. Thanks again!
I’m glad I found time to watch this video. It’s one of the very things I needed. Breathing correctly is one of the most important aspects in singing, and I’m happy I’ve obtained some exercises that will develop my breathing as a singer. THANKS!!!
LOL! Learned this already… but good reminders
this is one seriously necessary lesson, it was very fun to watch and extreeeemely helpfull. thanks again stephen.
I been practicing every day and i already hear the difference in voice thank u very much your free lessons
thanks for the info steve and justin the cloud thign was funny hahaha!
I’m having trouble doing the breathing excersize. I can’t feel my back expanding and I’m concentrating really hard but I can’t tell if I’m actually doing it right…Can you maybe elaborate on the breathing technique because I, too, have been told only your stomach should expand so that’s what I”ve been doing for the last year….
Thanks
Thank you Stephen and Justin!
This bonus lesson was very informative.
I learned a lot about breath control and will be using that information.
It was a very lively video, I enjoyed that.
I learned a lot in how to breathe and I think it is pretty cool that we have to learn a different way to breathe than athletes. I am an athlete so it is going to be really challenging but I am ready for challege. I might as well get started now if it takes 2 years to master. =)
Great lesson! Never knew breathing was so great.
Interesting.
I have learned quite a bit about breathing from other resources and feel that Steven and Justin did a good job showing what they could on video.
I have been working on breathing through my diaphragm for a while
(7 months?), and I am starting to get the hang of it!
Thank you!!!
very helpful, thank you!
My real issue though is not how to fill belly and lungs with air, but how to release that air little by little, and make the most of it!
how to control that air once you have it!
Thank you! expecting lesson 3!
I’ve been involved in choral music for pretty much my whole life. I had always heard about “singing from the diaphragm” and “breathing from your stomach”. I had never really thought about the fact that your lungs don’t go that far. Thanks for this lesson.
this is really helping but i kinda learn how to breathe and read music in my band class and i’m looking forward to the rest of my lessons
Hi! The lesson was very much informative. I’m very much behind in my lessons. But, I’m starting to catch up.
Two more lessons to finish and I’ll be caught up lol
I started to record what I am singing and I had difficulty with long notes. Now I think, that I really have to work on breathing much more than I thought before. So I really appreciate lesson like this one.
It was helpful and very laid back! I enjoyed it so much! Thank you!
hi stephen ! thanks for this lesson…it was verz helpful…but i didnt get the lesson 3…i hope i am going to have them…i really need to be on the line…:-) thanks for all what u do…