Same here. Classically trained vocalist, now I finally understand.

@@StudioWestLessons Thank you so much for your response!I hear you, and sorry if it sounded like I was minimising the subject material to the curbing mode!Is there still a waiting list for your internet lessons?

@@StudioWestLessons Watched it. With pleasure. Found it very helpful. Don't let anybody judge you for being a bit sassy girl! :)

Really 😭 omg I have to try I need to learn mixed

Hello! Thanks for watching. Probably not, as I think the point is sufficiently illustrated already and it would likely be repeated information. Why are you interested in the vowel differentiation? Your focus should be on the laryngeal level and maintaining that glottal tension so that the vowel is irrelevant. -Gregory

hey :(( are you making progress with the break? i know how to mix and even belt but its been months and still cant sing songs because in the D#4 area im super uncomfortable

@@sonkoro-sama4040 Hello! I just found the start of my mix and it has been getting better, but you're definitely more adept than me if you already know how to mix and belt! With consistent practice, your range will increase and smoothen out the transition. Are bad habits like pulled chest still cropping up when you're singing around the higher ranges? Are you lowering your larynx at the upper ranges? Can you comfortably mix using all the vowels? Do you have good diaphragm support? Do you have a strong chest voice for a good foundation? These are all questions i had to ask myself to progress.

The main thing is to be fully focused and engaged during practice to rewire your brain when it comes to singing, and don't get discouraged when you hit a bit of a block! You know how to mix and belt, that's a very foundation! One thing i'll mention is that adding strong diaphragm support and bit of power (by using the mix and without straining of course) heavily helped in improving my mix, and through that the transitions have been getting smoother. I've still got a long way to go but i have definitely seen progress, you've definitely progressed and will continue to get better.

​@@HMCarsSOAhey can u let me know what exactly u did to finally find ur mix, like step by step if possible, thanks!

​@@arnaudsebastienblaze8333 Sure, i'll give you the rough steps that i took, but keep in mind, i'm still developing my mix. I first honed in on getting a strong chest voice and repeated 5 notes from G2 - D3 and C3 - G3, all with different vowels, so aaa, ooo and eee, with decent volume. I also developed a falsetto early, for this i watched a video by Doug Zed titled how to improve falsetto. One thing that is immensely important is engaging your diaphragm to sing and the breath support. Singing along is very important for me personally, and although i couldn't hit the ranges of a lot of my favourite musicians, singers like Thom Yorke and Chris Martin were extremely difficult to emulate, so i settled with trying to emulate a baritone who sings in the lower ranges such as Damon Albarn. If you can't sing comfortably in the lower ranges, then you'll struggle immensely with your mix. Then i moved onto trying to develop my mix, for this i was relying on exercises from channels like Power to Sing who kept on repeating lowering the larynx through exercises like yawning, i also did exercises like doing an exaggerated "nay" or the "mum" with a cry tone with the larynx lowered from scales like G3 - D4, i tried the bubble lips but for some reason i couldn't sustain the bubble lips. When i had a breakthrough is from watching studio west's mixing videos, i did all the exercises in this video consistently and they've helped immensely in fighting the start of my mix. Exercises that particularly helped me in this video were the glottal pauses and the creaking which brings out the mix from the falsetto. It is extremely important to still practice singing with your favourite artists. If you feel embarrassed doing this in front of others or want to keep the noise down, sing into a pillow if you have to! To summarize, develop a strong chest voice with good diaphragm support, develop strong falsetto whilst maintaining diaphragm support, do exercises to prevent full chest, then do the mixing exercises in this video. That has been my personal path i've been on. Consistency is key, and don't get discouraged!

Appreciate it :)

@@StudioWestLessons That is freaking cool man! I never in a million years thought that we would be on the same page. It is really awesome that you are finally teaching this concept that we used to talk about in Salman's group chat. I have been trying to figure out the best way to approach it, and arrived at the glottal pause thing only this week. Huge improvements already. Not sure if we do flag the same way, but I like to do it with the larynx in a swallow position, tall open jaw with an AH in the throat and an OO at the lips. Then, when I go to sing, I just lower my larynx a little bit and it has this stretchy resistance to it that it didn't have before when I only ever practiced falsetto. It's weird how this indirect approach benefits the falsetto more than trying to hammer at the falsetto by itself. Where did you learn the falsetto mix?

Honestly these are exercises i thought of back in the day and i noticed whenever id do them my break would disappear for a day idk why i didn't think to continue consistently

@@StudioWestLessons Thank you, Gregory. I'll keep working on them.

@@StudioWestLessons I think I understood them better now. I watched the video again and when you said the feel of the mix shouldn't feel much different than falsetto, that opened a door to new things, and I think I'm getting it now. Before everything past my bridge area I thought I had to drag at least some my chest voice up, and OOs and EEs on very high notes just weren't happening well. Thanks again!

Just watched your vibrato video...really enlightening...the oscillating note technique is cool too...I have a Brett Manning vibrato series that touched on that and I found it a bit tiring since I really had to force it and it didn't feel natural. The game changer would be the one where you just let your voice go and let the vibrato do its thing like you said. I do feel that it would take a while to pull off since it is like digging ridges and then letting the water flow and effortlessly follow the path created. There is an underlying vibrato that comes once in a while....it comes subconsciously but has a breathy nature to it....I really don't know where it came from but it can only be sustained for a short period.. really annoying. Any clue about what causes it?

where is he now 😭

@@StudioWestLessons I indeed saw it. Thank you so much for responding!