Great! Would really love to see more detail on the singing to a baby thing. I've asked many people how to sing big parts quietly. I think this is how to discover & build that part of your voice.

So much of this is psychological too, feeling like those heady tones are not full enough. It doesn't matter! If you're singing just make it sound awesome. Powering through a song will tire both you and your audience out.

Of all of the biggest barriers to achieving this, the number one for me was pressing my phonation, either out of fear of overblowing or out of a desire to try to make it bigger than it should be. So if anyone out there is having lots of trouble with medium quiet singing and are used to singing high pitched, higher volume loud notes, allowing a bit more air helps me a lot here. I can even hear it in your timbre, a little cushion. Thus far this area of the voice has been one of the more challenging to master, but one of the most rewarding as the dynamics and textures that get added into the song are great.

thanks Phil I appreciate it as you know it ain't easy it takes alot of work..

That's an interesting visualization... really helps develop resonance. Many people don't realize that no voice is powerful enough to sing louder than a full orchestra, only the resonance will carry over them, so why use anything BUT the resonance? Plus that's where the beauty is, as can be really heard by hearing the likes of Niccolai Gedda. "Sing with the interest" as they say :)

Yeah this one technique is so easy to forget about, because singers feel like they need power all the time and most...just like me end up bottom heavy.

DO U HAVE ANY TIP REGARDING MUSCLE TENSION DYSPHONIA , David?