i feel like one can experience mix voice if they sing "uh-Ooo-AH" - "uh" for chord engagement, "oo" to incorporate head voice, "ah" to lift the soft palate. mixing is just mixing vowels to reach multiple spots of resonance at once - just a theory. but singing vowels is not enough. i can sing powerful vowels, but singing words induces strain for me so i don't consider myself a real singer. but i'd be curious to know if maybe that vowel combo is helpful for someone else.
@stevezapinski770610 сағат бұрын
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@transformationgenerationКүн бұрын
You spend too much time explaining why and begging for us to stay with you - clip that out, get to the "here it is" moment and your 17 minute video is a ten minute master class.
@MikeGoodrichКүн бұрын
Thanks for the feedback! I like the masterclass idea (not terribly fond of the 'begging' put down)...
@transformationgeneration7 сағат бұрын
@@MikeGoodrich sorry about that. more the point than the word but I could have chosen a more appropriate one. I NEED guidance like this, but every pod-teacher does this same thing. Wants to make certain the class is understanding every little nuance of what they say. Chance is, if they clicked, they probably would get it if you went right into the exercise. But anyway, sorry about the poor word choice. I know you're not begging. Good lookin' out!
@MikeGoodrich3 сағат бұрын
@@transformationgeneration Thanks for the response! You have a very good point. I do the same thing on my podcast and I've definitely gotten this feedback before. I've got to tell you that's really hard for me to do but I'm going to experiment around with getting straight to the point and not saying things many times (which I know I do). Let's see how I do moving forward! Thanks for watching and for your insights!
@parrotthebandКүн бұрын
A lot of the concepts in this video I have kind of figured out by accident in trying to improve my singing. I can certainly confirm that it all matches my experience. One thing I haven't tried which I will be trying is the idea of starting in falsetto and adding vibrato. Even just trying it while watching the video I could feel things happening that are the direction I want to be going. I have kind of developed my mix voice by accident through trying to learn how to sing specific things, and there's no question that for singing rock (my main genre) it's critical. Still plenty of more work to do, but I can now sing most rock songs which peak at or below the second bridge. Anything between A4 and B4 I sometimes have to adjust how I do it if it's the second half of a show or my voice is fatigued. That said, when it comes to mix voice I do think that between the first and second bridge is a range where flexible singers can do anything from pure chest voice to pure head voice. I do the Chris Cornell song I Am the Highway and it's a G in the chorus and that's a pure chest voice there. On the other hand my band does Peace of Mind by Boston and even though the verses are mostly between the two bridges, the original is pretty much a head voice. I can't quite pull that off but I suspect your exercises will help me get closer.
@MikeGoodrich18 сағат бұрын
Great comment and very thoughtful. I love it when singers know their voices as well as you do. I agree with what you said...Some do sing chest between the 2 bridges. I can't and I don't teach it because it can throw the voice out of balance and do harm. But I cannot deny that some can do it well forever.🙂
@shihtzumom72092 күн бұрын
Oh wow. I wish you had viewed and posted the production video graphic version instead. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2qnmGCdbNllopY The visuals give an even much deeper meaning to those words, imho; and truly gave the two versions of this song a seemingly different spin. One of a warning with hopefullness, and the other of anger at the destruction from not having heeded the warning -- though I also saw clues of remaining hope in his dark version of the song Of course, this is all just my opinion. :) I also grew up with the original since a little child in the 60s, and on through my teens and 20s. I rediscovered this classic after hearing Disturbed's cover recently. Wow, amazing. I have never listened to a heavy netal artist before and had all sorts of preconceived notions of how he might ruin this beloved song. I was happily made to feel so wrong! Please view the other video. I loved LOVED your reaction video! ❤ I could sense and see the joy and appreciation you felt in his version! Your smile is priceless! And the music techical information you shared is so much appreciated! I wish my music teachers had been 1/10 as inspirational as you seem to be -- maybe I would have stuck with cello. ;) Thank you for sharing your insights!
@kendavis11982 күн бұрын
Nicely said Mike. If I knew how to sing????? I'd have you teaching me. Hey.... TIP TOE THROUGH THE TULIPS..... 😂..
@OmoGadabadze2 күн бұрын
So Sorry about What I'm gonna say but How are you teaching us how to sing higher notes when you have breathy tone. When your vocal closure doesn't work properly.
@MikeGoodrich18 сағат бұрын
I have reflux sometimes which affects the cords. When I don't have that my tones are very pure . Both loud and soft. And even if they weren't it would not affect what I know and my ability to teach anyone high notes. And do not say that my vocal closure doesn't work properly as you're quite wrong. It's an odd comment.
@VIDEOHEREBOB2 күн бұрын
Hi Mike. As a gigging singer, respectfully, I believe there is an element of shouting involved, but it's controlled. Many people wanting to become great Rock belters simply don't realize how demanding belting can be and the work and discipline it really requires. Thinking of virtuoso level Rock belters, early Steve Walsh, Lou Gramm, Jimi Jamison, Paul Rodgers. Where they took their instruments in their heyday was nothing short of incredible. Your examples were excellent examples of well executed mixing, but I would not consider them belting. Everyone wants the easy way to become a great singer, but if it was easy....
@MikeGoodrich18 сағат бұрын
I love the singers you mentioned! And my voice is nothing like theirs...haha Mine is much more musical theater. They all sing much more dangerously than I do with a chestier quality up high that just isn't my voice. What I try to do is to show the proper technique and how to access the high notes and belt correctly. When singers like the ones you mentioned do it the way I suggest they will sound much different that I do. Their strength, style and ability is their own. But the production of sound is similar...
@MikeGoodrich2 күн бұрын
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@L67guy3 күн бұрын
Siren exercise will help with transitioning between your voices
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
It's a great one when done correctly!
@acousticslideguitarist65ji723 күн бұрын
Hi Mike, I need to retrain my voice to performance level after throat issues sidelined me at the end of 2018 Trinidadio Bluesfest to performance level. I once had a beautiful first tenor voice in a 52 piece Welsh Choir. Ty Jim
@MikeGoodrich18 сағат бұрын
That sounds great, good luck!!
@acousticslideguitarist65ji723 күн бұрын
Relaxedness type o
@christophercirocco86113 күн бұрын
🎯 Nice High Note!
@colincannings79463 күн бұрын
Interesting concepts. How do I know if I'm singing in head voice? I can normally sing between G3 ish, upto E5 ish. Give or take a note here or there.
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
We used to call everything above the first bridge head voice. No matter how soft or loud. I prefer now to call it mix unless it's a very soft quality (not volume). Head voice now to me is a beautiful soft quality like a soprano although you could refer to everything above the first bridge as mix and simply mixed toward the quality of chest voice in a belt or head voice when singing softly. You can consider that if you're singing correctly you should be in your head voice or mix from the first bridge on up. About E flat or E 4 up.
@colincannings79463 күн бұрын
@@MikeGoodrich Yeah ok. But you still haven't answered my question. Should I feel something? should I be hearing something? So, when I reach E4, what happens?
@senzanome78014 күн бұрын
Are you saying that anybody can sing any high note? I hardly do believe that a baritone can sing the high notes of a tenor.
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
It depends on how heavy the baritone is. There have been many operatic baritones who can sing a great B flat, B and even high C. They just can't hold the tessitura of a tenor...
@senzanome78013 күн бұрын
@@MikeGoodrich my problem is this: I can (could) sing high notes - let's say I "catch" them. The problem is they don't sound good: the higher I get, the less natural those high notes (i.e. my voice) sound.
@parrotthebandКүн бұрын
@@senzanome7801 I would think you're exactly the type of singer that the exercises in this video can help. Starting in falsetto and working towards making it sweeter is one good way to get those notes sounding better. I'm a natural baritone, a fairly low one, but I have learned how to sing a lot of the rock songs in the higher tenor range. Some sound better than others but it's certainly possible. I'm sure everyone has a natural limit, but you'll never actually know what it is, you just have to keep on working on improving your range and the quality of the notes in your range.
@senzanome7801Күн бұрын
@@parrottheband thanks for answering. Just to make an example: I never succeeded in singing "House of the rising sun" the way Eric Burdon used to sing it in the '60s. Not even when I was twenty and I regularly trained singing. I succeeded in singing the falsetto screams of Ian Gillan in "Child in time" but that's falsetto, it's not natural voice.
@mattmobile78824 күн бұрын
10 min? wow I wonder how has time for this. If you can come up with something in the 2-2.5 min range I may take a look.
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
haha...let me know if you do !
@bartekzaborowski59264 күн бұрын
True ❤
@alby56584 күн бұрын
Very encouraging short when you got those beautiful highs the hook 🪝 was set 😊 Thank you Mike I saved and followed and will enjoy your coaching. 🎉 I have plenty of past experience singing soft meows to my cat 😺🐈 so, I will definitely enjoy the 10 minute break through training. And fully expect to be reaching a higher high in 2025❤🎉 :)
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
Thanks for your kind words, I’m glad you’re excited to get those high notes! Go for it!
@nateworzel60444 күн бұрын
I sing professionally and I have developed some mixed voice but I am not formally trained. I think of my voice lake the transmission of a car. I had to learn how to shift smoothly.
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
Wonderful analogy that I use often!
@sacredcowyoga76724 күн бұрын
Define..bridge…examples be good…what part of the body?
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
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@thegreenmanalishiyamadori3715 күн бұрын
I dont get it how can the 1. Bridge for men be at e,f,f# whether they are low Baritone or ether high tenors???😢😢😢
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
It's bit of a generalization...a lyric baritone. A heavy baritone can bridge sooner. It's always good to let your voice tell you.🙂 It's pretty accurate most of the time...
@peterbernhard74155 күн бұрын
5:55 "Can you do a beautiful u", in falsetto. This is rare advice, and bold. To hear this, for the first time ever, is reason enough for me to subscribe, admittedly because I had my own experience confirmed by authority ... BTW I don't think you chose the u for rhyme's sake. The u is before e/i (what English letters to describe these two sounds, I wonder). Maybe not coinci"dentally" the U demands more muscle work maybe even of the jaw, not only mouth, than the a/o.
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
I love the U for demonstrating this...works great.
@peterbernhard74153 күн бұрын
@@MikeGoodrich Thank you for taking the time to reply, and in advance, for not minding my being bubbly - no need to reply any further. Cheers! Maybe the following sounds interesting: The U. to me, relates to the concept of "voice breaking", somehow. What's more, theorizing in "set theory" (another hobby of mine) the band name "U2" came to mind, and, first time, I relate "With or without You" to the sound of "U2". I started thinking about the English idiomatic issue "to compare to" or "to compare with". Split and opposed opinions which one of both "emphasizes the similarities" (over the differences). I think the U is a bridge in dialogue -that is vital to mankind - between two separate sides being bridged, side of Ao, and side of "a" and "eeh". The latter, I now tend to correlate to "jump" whereas the AO is endurance and support. Even more speculatively said: AO is support, EI is resistance. Never mind my thinking out. I feel inspired, thank you for letting me be, at your place!
@rickskehan41465 күн бұрын
Great lesson! Thanks Mike!
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
Thanks! You're welcome!
@flmason5 күн бұрын
@ 11:05 your doing same note with different tonalities... moving your voicebox down, or some other technique? Just thinking out loud, it's about directing the airflow to the resonant cavities of choice? So voicebox, tongue, softplate and embrouchure modifications I would think.
@MikeGoodrich5 күн бұрын
There I was going from falsetto to head voice to more of a mix. A little more cord closer with each sound...That's all I was thinking about...
@flmason5 күн бұрын
Hi can hit high notes... just channel the old 9-Lives cat food commercial... "Mooorisss... Time for Din Din!"... LOL! But trying to do 80's hair metal., especially as an old guy... sounds lousy. Is there some trick to those sounds? Or just pop... Was trying to cover "The Cure - Pictures of You"... I naturally sing it at A2... slapped the track in a DAW and analyzed it... Robert Smith is at A3... I try to sing at that note... sounds lousy... yet I can actually reach much higher... So same question... What's trick to sounding *good* in pop and rock contexts in the ranges the hits are composed at? 'nother example... John Fogarty (Creedence Clearwater)... Tenor(?) with some sort of rasp.
@MikeGoodrich3 күн бұрын
To sing that music you have to have a strong mix or you'll have a challenge to put it mildly...🙂
@parrotthebandКүн бұрын
A lot of the Fogerty stuff ranges between C4 and A4. He actually doesn't go really high like Journey/Zeppelin/Aerosmith/ACDC, etc, but he mostly stays in a tenor range from just below the first bridge mentioned in the video up to around the second bridge. So unless you're naturally a relatively high tenor, you'll have to do something different than when you sing lower. The rasp you refer to goes by several names - "vocal fry" is how the people I play with describe it. For Creedence, it indeed is a mix voice by anyone's definition of mix voice. But learning how to sing between the first and second bridge in mix voice is just a precondition for singing with the rasp. I agree with Mike -you have to develop a mix voice but you also have to develop a rasp if it doesn't come naturally. How to develop the rasp is not easy to describe in a paragraph or two comment, and it varies by person. But for me and many people I know one key thing is that the rasp comes from the top of your throat, not down in your chest or the bottom of your throat. That is a misconception I was under and changing it has been the biggest help for me in developing a rasp.
@LilFabsTV6 күн бұрын
Thanks for the video Mike :DDD
@samuelm.57526 күн бұрын
Are these lessons also good for opera tenor singers.?
@MikeGoodrich6 күн бұрын
100%! This will work for any style of singing. Just like a beautiful piano can be played in any style a pianist can feel, stylize and interpret, once the voice is built you can 'play' anything you can interpret. With one exception: For example, I love opera and can sing arias, however, my voice is not of operatic proportions so although I can sing it, opera would not be a career choice for me. But musical theater is totally in my wheel hose.🙂
@Machisbo6 күн бұрын
I noticed Hozier uses falsetto strategically.
@MikeGoodrich6 күн бұрын
And really well!
@WideCuriosity6 күн бұрын
"They're not really the subject of this video". That is a pity, it seems to be what I'd view a "crush your high notes" video for. Reaching higher in chest voice is useful, but one can usually get head voice to cover those pitches. Unfortunately there's a further block before the counter tenor stuff is achieved. Can you link to your video that really does cover high notes, please ?
@MrZZsharka6 күн бұрын
A lot of people find head voice easy but break between chest and head hence need mixed voice. And songs in rock would sound ridiculous if the chest or mixed register is covered by head voice with male voices at least e.g. Layne Stanley from Alice In Chains or Chris Cornell from Sound Garden etc.
@MikeGoodrich6 күн бұрын
To sing rock you have to have a killer mix. Pulled chest will trash the voice and pure head voice is too weak. That's why a singer has to know what they're doing and master their mix...That's what I've been teaching for over 30 years...🙂
@WideCuriosity6 күн бұрын
Ah, my apologies. I didn't spot the reference to rock only, and assumed the recommendation was for all genres. My error.
@MrZZsharka5 күн бұрын
@@WideCuriosity This isn’t just good for rock only, but rock is a good example.
@danosullivanmusic6 күн бұрын
Is this the Mike Goodrich who gave me lessons in North Hollywood in the nineties?
@MikeGoodrich6 күн бұрын
I don't know but maybe...🙂
@danosullivanmusic6 күн бұрын
If you were in North Hollywood, it must’ve been. You were in the Seth Riggs camp? You were a great baseball player as a kid, and you gave vocal lessons to Cristine, who became my guitar student…
@MikeGoodrich6 күн бұрын
@@danosullivanmusic I did play a lot of baseball so that must be me! Hey Dan, how are you? Thanks for saying hi! I looked at your channel and you sound great...are you still performing a lot?
@michaelrichardson61779 күн бұрын
Hi Mike, This Mike from your Fearless singers group. I have little problems hitting high notes in the morning. But as the day goes on I start to struggle hitting the same high note. Why is this?
@MikeGoodrich9 күн бұрын
Hey Mike! Do you talk a lot during the day? What notes are you talking about? In other words, how high? If you're singing them correctly they should be the same any time. There must be something either vocally or environmentally that's affecting you. How about making a short recording of you singing a higher passage in the morning and then the same exact thing later in the day and post them together in the FB group and I'll have a listen and give you feedback!
@rccolaandamoonpie3 күн бұрын
I’ve got the same issue. For me, it has to do with my degree of being relaxed as well as postural issues that creep in during the day. All that tension and (very subtle) poor posture completely wrecks getting thru the passaggio. I’m golden first thing in the morning.
@MikeGoodrich10 күн бұрын
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@gerberjason694713 күн бұрын
I remember Wolfman Jack! Steve's voice is amazing, but he is even better live than on vinyl! I saw them in 1980 and they were incredible. Gregg and Steve also sang co-lead vocals on Just the Same Way (Evolution, 1979) and Someday Soon (Departure, 1980).
@MikeGoodrich13 күн бұрын
I loved their voices together!
@gerberjason694713 күн бұрын
@@MikeGoodrich Totally agree. For me, peak Journey is the Gregg/Steve period: Infinity, Evolution, Departure, and Dream After Dream. I love their pre-Steve albums also (mostly Gregg singing), and Escape and Frontiers somewhat (Faithfully is awesome), but after that I stopped buying their albums after that so I don't know their later stuff.
@MikeGoodrich13 күн бұрын
@@gerberjason6947 I know...I love the Gregg stuff.. That must have been tough on him when they brought Steve in...I followed them since Santana. Fun fact: My dad ran a leasing company in the bay area and was the only one who would lease a big truck to Santana when they were getting started out there. Gregg's dad signed for it!
@gerberjason694712 күн бұрын
@@MikeGoodrich I heard that in your clip (I listened to the whole thing and loved it by the way, sorry, I should have said that earlier!) That's such a cool story! 🤩🤩🤩 There are tons of amazing Journey songs in that period, but I think Feeling That Way is my #1. When Steve first breaks out above Gregg ("when the summer's gone") it feels like you can hear the band's evolution over just a few seconds of material. I always kind of thought (a) Departure vs (b) Dream, After Dream was kind of like they were at a fork in the road: the beginning of (a) arena rock (e.g. Line of Fire, with its explosives, LOL) or (b) instrumental, introspective, experimental, beautiful piano, more Gregg-like music. (Whether that's true or not IDK.) And we all know which one won. I was really sad when Gregg left. Escape is great fun (I remember listening to that every day all day in the summer of 1981), but it does not have as much soul as the Gregg days, IMHO. In retrospect, I would have chosen (b), though I'm sure they made a lot more money with (a). Little Girl is so amazing and unique among their work, all the way to Gregg's harmonica outro. It's not co-lead vocal, but Steve and Gregg are "singing" together in a sense, for the last time. 😓
@MikeGoodrich11 күн бұрын
@@gerberjason6947 Totally agree about Feelin' that Way! When Perry comes in it's next level! Love the team of Gregg and Steve...And just re-listened to Little Girl and what a great song. Love the changes and what a gorgeous melody. The solo by Neal Schon is so good ...everything about that song is absolutely beautiful...Can you believe when I first did this reaction videos I lost subscribers!! I was pretty surprised. Same thing happened when I reacted to Heart! Unbelievable...haha
@mariaflorentinaiordache17 күн бұрын
IS THE DOLFIN SOUND! NEVER EVER ANY HUMAN BEEN DO THIS! DIMASH I IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE BEST SINGER IN THE WORLD! IT IS UNBELIEVABLE HOW HE CONTROLS HIS VOICE AND EMOTIONS! LISTEN DIVA! 🥰
@RichardEaton-d8e20 күн бұрын
I am blessed to have lived during the time where four magnificent singers have "moved" not just me but others......Geoff has been my #1 since I first heard him in 1984....Layne Staley, Brent Smith and Andrea Boceli!
@hijtohema22 күн бұрын
"So European influenced" Well yes. Makes sense. The band is from Finland and the vocalist from the Netherlands.
@hijtohema22 күн бұрын
Floor Jansen graduated from the Fonteyn Rockacademie (Rock academy) in Tilburg, the Nerherlands (3 year course) after which she did 2 years at the Fonteyn Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts at Tilburg, Netherlands wich included training in classical music. At least that's what i found so far.
@warrenbrooks-r2h23 күн бұрын
First time I saw this performance I was totally awe struck and felt such overwhelming emotion. I get goosebumps every time I hear it.
@vickilynn857324 күн бұрын
He was trained as a Cantor in the Synagogue
@vickilynn857324 күн бұрын
You're not seeing the video that makes this more powerful. You need to see it .
@lorenagonzalezcastillo353926 күн бұрын
"Midnight Special" every night.... LOVE STEVE PERRY ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@pamigreenway29 күн бұрын
Best reaction video of this I've seen. Your gigantic grin says it all.
@hakank9189Ай бұрын
Love your reaction! Authentic and with the love for the talent/music!
@xjuhnxАй бұрын
She paints pictures with that voice! Absolutely incredible.
@cristinaamilfeijoo8661Ай бұрын
Esperando ansiosa vuestra reacción a nuestro Dimash ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@MrPeterpan1954Ай бұрын
You destroing the song when singing together.
@bobbiechuck691Ай бұрын
David had the flu this might with 103 fever. 10 min standing ovation. This is an experience...goosebumps and tears. So incredible. At 77 i listen to this a few times a day for inspiration and to calm both. David was asked did he sing like an angel or a devil. I think he responded " yes". Great response by you. Go listen to it again alone. Bathe in it, experience it. If you dont feel, get goose bumps, tear up or just cry then you are souless. Davids voice crawls inside you and grabs your soul.
@marthagavey9321Ай бұрын
❤❤Well said!!!👏 I get chill bumps each and every time I hear this! 😢 And tears! What a voice!! Bravo!! 👌🎉
@TweetyByrd_1Ай бұрын
I love seeing people's reactions. He is an amazing vocalist.
@angalmeida29Ай бұрын
Omg watching u was even more rewarding ❤thank you Mike for all your help
@carmonaragornАй бұрын
...ask me why I love this guy, and you´ll know why u r a moron.