You're in the course now brother, what do you think of it?

Definitely solid so far, man. I was actually going to go around to a bunch of your videos and ask about the program, but the next video I hit was one where you talked about bridging and how some people say "eventually that weak area will get stronger." And you said "It won't." And it was at that moment I thought "This guy gets it." And decided to give the program a chance. And I'm glad I did. I mean, it's only been a week so I won't suddenly be reaping all the benefits of long term practice at the moment. But it's definitely a lot more informative than other courses I've taken. Like, your explanations for the support section alone answered a lot of big questions right off the bat that I could never seem to find answers to. It's kind of like a lot of people who are teachers have either been good from birth or have been good so long that they just don't really know or remember what it took to get them there. But the fact that you, as you've said, had to build your voice from the ground up makes you a great source to attain vocal knowledge from since, not only are you proof that someone can learn to sing, but you've also been there before. On top of that the Facebook group's also a huge plus.

So did you become a good singer after 7 years of practicing with Phil?

Thanks +emmanouela daskalakou glad you enjoyed it!

Cheers +arangor82 for watching! Yeah everyone is gonna feel it differently I just go by the sound if I hear it's in the right place then they can call it anything they want, bananas or batman :P

+Víctor Malheiros forget the covers check out my originals! (got another one coming this month) *update* here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hpabpq-qxp20pJc.html

you are very welcome

Hey +Carl Wehden that means a lot my friend thanks heaps. Looking forward to more songs you do.

I would love to show more of that, it can just be tough sometimes to get a student willing to have them posted publicly in front of thousands showing them getting corrected - especially if they're a pro and have a career.

+Marnell Sample thanks man

Hey +HenryChenMusic thanks bro I'm glad you found this insightful. You're gonna love my next video for sure

+Phil Moufarrege Looking forward to it! I've been taught the "sing in chest, shift gears to mix, shift gears to head" method; now I see my voice as "one" and this video plus yours about the mix pointed me in the direction I've always wanted to go. I never thought support is so important, plus the sample skype exercises with the tongue placement to get the resonance higher without sounding nasal. Definitely doing a few skype lessons with you. I'm so glad I stumbled across your videos and discovered your channel!

that's great. what would you like to see next?

Hi +JorgeAndresCoppiano. thanks for the comments it's humbling and helps me create more content similar to this. I'm sure my next video will be equally as insightful. What's the number 1 thing that you would like to see demystified and explained similar to what I did here?

+Phil Moufarrege this is probably the best video on singing man. Not lying or bullshitting you. That's the main thing. You found a great way to say it. A simple one. On the num 1 thing, I was thinking about 2nd bridge, mixing the voice, I am having a lot of ideas right now. Could you meet on Skype to pass em to you?

+JorgeAndresCoppiano. 2nd bridge is a great idea, the approach around there is slightly different for sure and would make a good video. A lot of ground work prior has to be done before the 2nd bridge will work. My next video will show this.

Hey +Josh White that's great to hear that bro, cheers

Thank you!

+Phillip Bluntsworth (BluntsworthTV) haha cheers Phillip

Phillip Bluntsworth I like Ido lol

keep at it 💪😎 thanks!

you are very welcome

+Dakota Frazier dunno if "sounding like poop" is what you should be going for bro ;-) But glad you found the vid helpful

You're most welcome

Hey +rocachick860 thanks! Are you a singer? I looked at your channel but didn't find any songs!

You are very welcome! How did you find me and how can I help you?

hi phil, thanks for replying, found you via Reddit. My main problem with my singing is that I have a very strong head voice even in the lower notes (i can sing counter tenor repertoire) and a developed chest voice, however I'm a struggling to mix the two and produce powerful tenor notes

+Martin Tallstrom you'll really need to focus on the sensation of crying/whining/holding the breath and getting the tone to bounce into the soft palate/roof of the mouth. It will take some time but that's one of the keys to getting out of the throat and getting "on top" of the notes.

+Phil Moufarrege Thank you, I´ll keep working!

Thanks +TheBrianhala what was the most surprising thing you learned from this video?

The fact of making my sound clear. It's something I have to work on.

+TheBrianhala best of luck

Yeah I don't want you to leave that nice buttery smooth tone you got bro, stick with what you're doing. You sent me your latest cover recently nice job man as usual. I wanted to also give a little tip if I may. On a lot of the higher notes you tend to reach up with your head a lot, this creates a very subtle tension in your larynx that makes the notes a bit harder to hit for you. Have you ever experimented with trying to keep the back of your neck elongated and straight? And then from there when you go to the high notes tilt the head slightly up while maintaining that elongated back of neck? It should help you find even more smoothness and ease in your high range.

Phil Moufarrege Hey thanks - definitely will keep it in mind! The video was recorded after the audio for this cover (it was a rushed video too - you can see that my camera let me down in a few parts as it was shaking :( :( lol), and admittedly I only noticed it afterwards. :) Just wondering though, is 2:38-2:40 yelling or not? I posted this question on Reddit too if you want to check it out. Haha :D

fantastic, what would you like to see next?

glad you found it helpful. what would you like to see next?

Probably more on support, or maybe breathing. My voice naturally wants to go high, but when I do it becomes breathy and, or, more quiet.

Btw, I like your no bs attitude.

I wrote my comment before i saw it all and i see you confirmed what i was saying about the tongue at least

Glad it helped man. I have a video on support here I hope it clarifies things for you kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7pxdrqLr8rGY5s.html

+NMBOKN Not quite. When I say don'T sing from the throat I mean don't get tight in the throat. That's it. Singing is way more than just vocal cords. There is an entire support structure - deep muscles in the abdomen that form a relationship with the larynx so that you can sing bigger, safer, stronger and more free. When I sing, I aim to bypass the throat entirely and not feel anything there.

+Phil Moufarrege I am aware of the bodily support system...I have been singing operatically for 30 years. Your last sentence could lead less experienced singers to avoid healthy vocal cord closure because they are not suppose to feel anything there...of course, the vocal cord vibration is subtle, but has to be there.....language often gets in the way of clear communication.....I understand it's hard to get to the heart of the matter commenting back and forth like this, but a clear explanation of the vocal cords as soundmaker is imperative.

visualizations work differently for different people so I don't teach through that.

@@philmoufarrege For me, if the top palate vibrates, then I know it's resonance, so always keeping it in check. Much better than tryna throw voice furthest as possible

Hey there Jason, like I said twang/pharyngeal resonance is just about getting the sound CLEAR it isn't a separate "voice" it's just the brightness that comes as a result of getting good support/cord closure/vowel placement. If you get those things right you automatically get the ring/twang/pharyngeal resonance, you don't have to make strange nasal sounds or anything.

@@philmoufarrege great answer...the answer is including your teachings.

I have a very concrete set of "standards" that help you know if you're doing the coordinations the right way, and I teach this in my program in a step-by-step way. Basically if the coordination is correct the voice will be able to do certain things, and if the sound coordination is wrong but "sounds like it" then the voice will behave differently. So it's not so much about trying to get a certain "tone" as it is a particular COORDINATION. If you chase the "sound" you'll get lost in a sea of 50 different sounds you can make but maybe they don't lead anywhere. What you are looking for is a coordination that offers STABILITY, reliability and allows the voice to GROW in terms of vocal range, volume flexibility (to go from soft to loud and back again) and if the coordination is wrong it won't lead to any of these things even if it "sounds cool".

I love some Wicked Pickett

Hi William, what do you want to know? If you want a lesson you just buy one. www.grow-the-voice.com/singing-voice-lessons.html

Hi +GrandTheftSam this is one of the biggest things that will prevent you from singing higher and without strain. There can be several reasons, and in this video I covered how the tongue can play a large role. Why don't you sign up for my vocal assessment on my website so I can have a listen to what you're doing and give you more detailed feedback?

Walter Melo you’ll know when you’ve got it right because your voice will take off, you should feel no restriction in your throat or squeezing of muscles. The soft pallet will have to rise, the same way it does during a yawn, and you’ll feel the ringing in the front of your face, especially singing high notes.

no

To me it isn't a complex issue at all. Yes forwardness and brightness can be achieved in different ways, I'm just talking about how to do it without straining or making the tone artificial. The shrillness comes from not singing deep enough and having tension in the larynx. The problem stems from the way the vowel is shaped itself. If you get the support and cords and larynx working right, and get the vowel working right you automatically get the ring in the sound without having to do things like artificially push the sound into the nose or tighten the larynx. This I believe is far superior to telling students to "aim it in the nose" or "make it brighter". Most people either go nasal or they raise their larynx to achieve these things. If instead you focus on tuning the vowel so that it rings by itself then you get a balanced sound. Visualizations only go so far, what a singer needs to know is HOW to create sound so that the placement HAPPENS BY ITSELF. Placement is the BYPRODUCT of getting the support, larynx, cords and vowel working right. The voice will balance itself that way. If you want it warmer and fuller, you address that in the vowel and support and larynx position and how the mouth shapes over the vowel, not by "adding twang" or "adding nasal resonance". These resonances are not separate things you "add" or "subtract" manually, they come in more or less based on how you pronounce each vowel. If you want an edgier twangier sound you use more EE EH and AA vowels, so the lyrics themselves modify closer to these positions. If you want a darker more round tone you shade everything to UH OH and OO but even these vowels will ring if they are tuned properly. You use the mouth and lips to help as well. You don't need to add anything you just get the vowel right and you'll have the ring/nasal resonance/mask placement automatically without having to create a tight brittle high larynx position or quack like a duck. I hope this clarifies my position better for you.

Phil Moufarrege having nasal resonance doesn't mean you "aim it on your nose". It all depends on the sound you are trying to create, and vowels are not the only thing you can change. I understand what you say but your explanation on the video doesn't clarify anything for those who are learning if talking about brightness as a whole, because there are very different way of adding brightness elements, some of them can be damadging and some others are just needed in particular styles.

Everyone defines things differently - when you post, you need to lay down how YOU define things, that's what tried to take time to do for you, otherwise I just roll with how most people define it. If you are defining nasal resonance as the bright ring/mask resonance/pharyngeal resonance and not "nasality" then I have already covered this extensively in my previous post and the video - I also didn't say vowels are the "only thing you change". If you still disagree with my posts and video then there's nothing more to really say - best of luck

Phil Moufarrege you are still mixing things up. Nasal resonance and twang are not the same. And being nasal is a different thing from nasal resonance and twang

I'm not mixing anything up nor did I say they were the same thing. I also didn't say being nasal was the same. Take care.

I would have to hear what you are doing to give you feedback.

@@philmoufarrege how can I send you a voice clip?

Keeping the sound clear helps grow the voice yes, because it means the vocal cords are coming together properly, but the point of the video is that the clear sound doesn't come from jamming hte sound into the nose in order to "target your pharyngeal resonance" it comes from the proper compression of the vocal cords and strengthening their ability to strongly close and create a clear sound. This must be done from a neutral or lower larynx position for it to grow anything. You can learn more here philmoufarrege.com

@@philmoufarrege thanks

+Conker32192 you're just seeing a small glimpse of my insanity. I'm trying my hardest in these vids to not come across as a lunatic. Am I doing a good job? ;-)

The way I approach and teach the voice, I don't see consider "pharyngeal voice" or "mask" or any of that stuff. They are just DESCRIPTIONS not techniques. They DESCRIBE a sound colour that you will get from just getting the vocal cords to compress properly together. They aren't "techniques" to chase though. In regards to mixed voice, I don't see that as a "separate voice" or "separate technique", it's just the chest voice functioning well in the higher range.

@@philmoufarrege Man, I always learn something new from you! Thanks for clarifying! God Bless You!

you are very welcome