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THE SECRET OF THE BRIDGESAdded: 07.30.2008 | Coach: Brett Manning | Artist: Heather Hawkins Difficulty: Advanced Heather Hawkins returns for more vocal pre-production but this time she’s studying with master teacher Brett Manning. Brett begins the lesson by explaining how the bridges in the voice (vocal breaks) can be traversed effectively and finds Heather’s transition to be quite flawless. Heathers pure sound is strikingly free, yet powerful. After all the technique she’s studied, it’s only fair she has such an amazing amount of control in her mix register. Brett gives away some never-before seen secrets this week as philosophy and application meet during the song-coaching segment of the lesson. Lots of powerful singing, lot’s of high notes, and lot’s of great tips for everyone.
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JORGE IS AN ARTISTAdded: 07.23.2008 | Coach: Dave Brooks | Artist: Jorge Roman Difficulty: Beginning Jorge Roman is a naturally gifted R&B singer who has only been singing for a few years; mainly depending on his raw talent. After coming second place in Eric Arceneaux’s YouTube Vocal Competition, Jorge finds himself flying to Nashville to study with the Singing Success Online coaching team. This time around, Dave discusses the importance of vocal compression and control over vibrato in order to authentically communicate a song through a vocal. Jorge learns many industry trade secrets as he finds out exactly what separates the men from the boys. This is an amazing inside look at artist mentoring you won’t want to miss.
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TAYLORS VOCAL THERAPYAdded: 07.16.2008 | Coach: Brett Manning | Artist: Taylor Pey Difficulty: Beginning Taylor Pey lights up Singing Success Online with an update featuring a vocal therapy session she recently had with Brett. The focus is on repairing a voice that’s been damaged from over-singing. Taylor has developed a small nodule on her cord. This lesson highlights the slow process of getting a voice back to easy compression if the singer is carrying too much weight into the head voice. The slight damage will cause a glitch in the closure of the cord and special exercises need to be used to rediscover correct compression. The goal is to be able to sing from the bottom to the top without any effort and Brett gives Taylor a great head start with this exclusive warm up session.
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DAVE BROOKS TEACHES STYLE – PART 2Added: 07.09.2008 | Coach: Dave Brooks | Artist: Heather Hawkins Difficulty: Advanced This week we see part two of Dave’s vocal pre-production session with Heather. Heather is going into the studio THIS weekend and Dave helps her find the “small ingredients” that make a HUGE difference on the final vocal take. Like a good recipe, sometimes it’s the smallest pinch of seemingly unimportant ingredient that turns an ordinary dish into a sensational delicacy. Like a chef, a good singer needs to know what these elements are in an UNFORGETTABLE vocal track. Being a studio singer in Nashville for many years, Dave shows us these vocal style tricks of the pros as we watch the lesson unfold. A true gem in the flood of vocal technique videos, this is where the ACTUAL SINGING takes place!
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ULTIMATE CORD CLOSURE WORKOUTAdded: 07.02.08 | Coach: Jesse Nemitz | Artist: Blake Davis Difficulty: Beginning Sony recording artist Blake Davis comes on to Singing Success Online to expose some of his vocal difficulties so all of us can better learn about the importance and process of cord closure. Blake has an amazing raspy tone that sounds great on a record but causes his voice to cut out when he goes high. Enter cord closure. Jesse shows Blake loads of exercises to use in order to find connection to the top and keep his tone pure instead of airy. You can hear as Blake’s voice responds to the exercises and “blossoms” towards the end with beautiful tenor A and Bb’s. Important aspects of singing up into the high notes (mix) are also covered in this revealing lesson update. If you aren’t a member, the last 10 minutes are worth the price of a subscription alone.
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DAVE BROOKS TEACHES STYLE - PART 1Added: 06.25.08 | Coach: Dave Brooks | Artist: Heather Hawkins Difficulty: Advanced This update introduces style coach Dave Brooks! You might know that name and voice because Dave co-authored Singing Success with Brett Manning! We’d been talking to Dave for a while about getting his personality on the site and now that we finally have him be prepared for some “A-list” vocal style coaching. Watch as Dave brings out subtlety in the vocal during a real Nashville pre-production session for recording artist Heather Hawkins. We will follow up with another style session and finally the actual recording session for this very song! Certainly this lesson provides a rare peek into the process of making a record; Singing Success style!
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BREATHY MIXAdded: 06.17.2008 | Coach: Brett Manning | Artist: John Robb Difficulty: Advanced John comes to us with a great sense of humor and a great handle on texture and rasp in his mix. We’ve wanted to do an update on textures and more organic soulful sounds for a while so it was a treat to be able to finally film something like this. Many secrets are laid bare for the soulful singer in this powerful lesson. There are even some explanations for things that some people would say “can’t be taught”. Need more dirt in the voice? Check this video out today!
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BREAKING HISTORYAdded: 06.06.08 | Coach: Brett Manning | Artist: Elle Difficulty: Advanced For the first time in SSO history, Brett asks his wife to come and do a weekly update with him. In this unique update, Brett takes Elle through a typical warm up process for her demanding material. You can really see her voice begin to “expand” and “fill out” as Brett takes her through a methodical but exciting journey to vocal freedom. If you ever had a question on how you should warm up or what sounds can develop into bigger more exciting sounds, this is the lesson for you!
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POST PERFORMANCE WORKOUTAdded: 06.03.2008 | Coach: Brett Manning | Artist: Jesse Nemitz Difficulty: Beginning Your humble webmaster takes a lesson from the man himself, Brett Manning. I don't get to study with Brett as often as I'd like and when the Singing Success Online site launched I used it as an oppurtunity to book a few lessons "for the business". After an intense show schedule that week I needed a good warm down and that's exactly what Brett gave. Watch as my gritty, beat-up voice gets reconditioned back to balance by the end of the lesson. It's a great workout for anyone who has an intense tour schedule or just sings way too much (like myself). Bookmark this one to use after those intense three hour shows.
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ERIC ARCENEAUX - PART 2Added: 06.02.2008 | Coach: Eric Arceneaux | Artist: Eric Joel Boykin Difficulty: Beginning Our beloved YouTube voice coach takes on the second half of his weekend shoot with talented R&B singer Eric Joel Boykin. In this session Eric teaches three incredible points to style while keeping technique intact. We even get a small preview from Eric's upcoming album release at the beginning of the lesson. Eric, the coach, talks through the process to getting more emotion out of the voice through imagery and experience.
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