How to Perfectly Balance Your Voice!

[@musicbyclaytones]

Hey Mark - this is easily the single most useful singing video I've ever found, full stop. Matching pipe to pitch as an exercise/metaphor for placement/range/resonance is incredibly helpful. Thank you thank you thank you!!! All your videos are fantastic, but for me this one has made a big difference!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Thanks for posting - I'm so glad this helped you!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

More sage advice, delivered with clarity and humour. Wonderful! Thanks, Mark.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Thanks for the comment!

[@EldonBaxterEbanks]

Hey mark thanks for your videos I'm Eldon Baxter ebanks in grand Cayman islands.. never watched any as good as yours

[@voicelessondotcom]

Hey Eldon - thanks for commenting! I'm glad my videos are helping!

[@negan7748]

Wunderbar! Dankeshein!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Gern geschehen!

[@nayaleezy]

brilliant visual 🧠

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad you like it!

[@ashrafharb566]

i love this guy

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help!

[@selda_KZ]

Great! Very cool way to learn.✨👍🏼

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad you liked it!

[@inkmask1072]

Another gem, from the king himself.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Thanks for posting!

[@MichaelLeavyJr]

Cracking. Had a hunch the toilet paper was you! 🤣🤣

[@voicelessondotcom]

Sorry mate!

[@peterm2050]

Thank you Mark

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're welcome!

[@josephinebrown6631]

Thank you kindly.

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're very welcome!

[@lubomirolsak7593]

Hi Mark. Whenever I need to anchor my voice in a safe harbor, I visit your site. Thank you.

[@voicelessondotcom]

What a great metaphor! Glad to help!

[@question-question]

Another great visualisation aid. Thanks.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help!

[@billkilpatrick]

Good! Trying to get my singing voice back again. Don't know if ascending into falsetto is acceptable or not but your videos are a tremendous help. Graziemille!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Not only is ascending into falsetto acceptable - it is very beneficial therapeutically when getting the voice back into action. Don't avoid it!

[@LexaTerrestrialx]

I appreciate your help but also your sense of humor...!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Singing is too important to take seriously!

[@moviesmachohan4137]

Array Ustad, Guru Jee, Master, Teacher, Sir, amazing man just amazing........ I mean amazing man just amazing. Whenever I get stuck my soul drives myself here and finds it's way ahead. I think that's the missing gear of the UFO's engine taking me to My home planet. Thanks 🙏🙏🙏👍

[@voicelessondotcom]

Welcome home!

[@samarasturges7868]

Practice makes perfecto guys!!!!:)

[@voicelessondotcom]

Exactamundo!

[@mikesager3820]

Hey Mark, I have to admit you ARE the easiest guy to follow and UNDERSTAND on the Internet. Thank you for your excellent guidance and advice. I am getting ready to get BACK into getting my voice in shape...been doing the body first. Where are you based out of?? Rock On Bud!!! Thank YOU!

[@voicelessondotcom]

I'm based on the internet these days Mike. Teaching online Monday through Thursdays.

[@jayasribanerjee2545]

A great teacher u r ,,Mark,

[@voicelessondotcom]

Thanks for posting!

[@vijayakumari4469]

Thank you so much your videos help me a lot you're the best vocal coach ever It is my dream to be a k pop idol you are helping me so much💜

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help you reach your dream!

[@finifini5051]

Dankjewel Mark, ik ben erg blij met je video's! Just kiddin', ha ha, it means I'm very happy with your videos, in Dutch :) Started singing lessons at 57, there are some unidentified obstacles on my vocal chords which will prevent me from becoming famous, but with these videos it's a pleasure to just give it a try and enjoy singing!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Hey Fini - I can identify those obstacles preventing you from singing fame - too many birthdays! :). No worries mate - now you're singing for all the right reasons!

[@elsawiegers1093]

and I started at 67 and doing fine!

[@kobioved]

Simply the BEST! As always.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Thanks for posting!

[@stevieG.]

Wow..lovely place Mark and thanks for more words of wisdom.!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@RebeckaJacobsson-i7h]

Thank you so much for the time you take to explain this in a beautiful way. Means a lot to me 💜

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're very welcome!

[@leatieri8461]

I just joined Sindaptive and am really hoping I get paired off with you as my coach! You are the reason I joined. I have been through every single YT channel, every course, tried a few different instructors but your technique and your style of teaching is what clicks with me! I just need something more personalized than YT videos at this time.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Hi Lea - Singdaptive is great but I don't do one on one's with them.

[@davidzoot]

Thanks Mark. This was great. For me, the visual elements really drive it home. I might have stormed your house with a pitchfork in April 2020 and run off with your TP stash, but that would have set voice-theory back a decade!

[@carycrooner-qualitymusicvi5244]

Chalked up another great video to practice to soothe the voice with. This along with my favorite Good Morning Voice video will be the staples of my voice lessons. Had it bookmarked Mark. Thank you Mr. Baxter.

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're very welcome!

[@danielpockrus]

thanks brother. your a big help in me correcting vocal damage.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help!

[@respira...]

i adore your videos Mark, they are helping me a bunch understanding my voice. also i really appreciate your humor and personality, they enhance our warm ups!

[@voicelessondotcom]

I'm so glad you're putting the videos to good use!

[@sacredwomensbusiness6799]

Ok, now I’m cracking up! I had to stop practicing & stop the video bc my mind went so off track while reading abt the toilet paper shortage, then there was text about breath flow … I’m lol! Nothing better than a good fart joke … well maybe there is … I live a sheltered life 😂😀🤣

[@voicelessondotcom]

Singing is too important to take seriously! :)

[@benyaminbernasser2227]

Thanks Mark

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help!

[@ruthie5993]

Wonderful! Thanks! Always a great lesson and you brighten my day ( :

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help!

[@LaBrujaCinica]

Perfecto. Un vídeo más para practicar. Gracias.

[@voicelessondotcom]

¡Eres bienvenido!

[@eggloria4371]

another great lesson! Could you please provide more information regarding the pipe and pitch matching? what are we conceptualizing with the TP illustration?

[@voicelessondotcom]

Conceptualize a church organ - each note has it own pipe (unique diameter and length). That's exactly what our vocal tract can do . . . if we let it. Don't get stuck singing with ONE pipe!

[@1SunScope]

Truly, a small sacrifice 😆 Thanks!

[@voicelessondotcom]

All in the name of science!

[@geralynpalacol9295]

EXCELLENT LESSON Mark!!!🥰🙏🙏🙏

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad you liked it!

[@tnvalleyyoga7122]

Thanks, man, always good to get your videos.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad you like them!

[@BrandonPaulMusic_]

Your videos always help balance out my voice & keep me anchored. Love it, thank you Mark!

[@voicelessondotcom]

You are so welcome

[@music4souls897]

Hi Mark..so glad to see you after such a long time ..it's such a beautiful feeling to see a notification for your upload 😍

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help!

[@clarelola2834]

Totally tubular, dude! No more sh**ty singing with these rolls of TP to illustrate how it's done. :) YOU are funny...and extremely instructive. Thank you! You got me to press your subscribe button, which is a rare occurrence indeed, although I have watched several of your videos now and appreciate them all, so my decision was based on more than TP shortages...

[@voicelessondotcom]

Welcome to my channel! Glad to help out.

[@athmaneyahiaoui7129]

Excellent! thankYou Mark 😊

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're very welcome!

[@Elmonrian]

THANKS !

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're welcome!

[@albertosantana1174]

Yesss, what a briliant video Mark!, always helpful and well explained

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sinistra_handed_guitarist2939]

Thanks Mark .. excellente 👍🏻

[@voicelessondotcom]

Thanks!

[@robharris6874]

Thanks dude, it sounds like you have a good sense of humour as well !!🤣

[@voicelessondotcom]

Singing is too important to take seriously!

[@thrivinginamber2642]

This is an amazingly effective hearing test for my cats, as they suddenly appeared just a few seconds after starting to sing along, so they're totally not deaf~ Oh, it turns out that when singing with my fullest resonant voice, that my Tympanic Tensor does its thing, and that's the sound I was hearing that I thought was hearing hairs moving around. Oh, you mentioned using sound to loosen mucus, yeah that's an amazingly effective and helpful tip to loosen mucus~

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to get the cats singing!

[@raymondspagnuolo8222]

So.... it was you!!!!!!! Lol!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Guilty!

[@davidglabais4919]

Awesome mental imagery Mark, and way more important than toilet paper anyway.

[@voicelessondotcom]

It all depends WHEN you ask which is more important!

[@davidglabais4919]

@@voicelessondotcom 😂

[@kevinsmeltzermusic2433]

I love your videos... but I also hate them because I end up laughing in the middle of the exercise! But really no hate here, just love!

[@voicelessondotcom]

hahah - Singing is too important to take seriously!

[@billyjosephandthearmyoflove]

PERFECTO!!!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Swish!

[@joanebilabor]

Thanks

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're welcome!

[@rajindersinghbhatia736]

What instrument is this? Is this electronic n what ll be its cost thanks again great lesson

[@voicelessondotcom]

Yamaha Reface Piano

[@nathanargos4490]

Great video! Quick question---you made some videos about vocalizing to reduce swelling. I was curious----if I have hoarseness that *improves* and eventually goes away by vocalising, could it be possible that I might have nodes? Or is it most likely something like acid reflux (I know I have acid reflux)?

[@voicelessondotcom]

The effect of vocal nodules doesn't immediately go away by vocalizing. So I suspect you are swollen.

[@anonymoushuman4762]

Hello, I had a quick question. When exhaling should i tighten my core (not fully pull in) for air to flow or should my core tighten because air is flowing out

[@voicelessondotcom]

You don't have to do anything consciously. Your body is not stupid. if the sound you're asking for requires more air pressure you'll create it. If it doesn't, you won't. Just like you don't instruct your legs how to walk faster when your late - your breathing will respond to your circumstance - if you stop thinking about it.

[@damion2226]

Good one Mark, although my feeble brain is still trying to comprehend all of it. I'll keep at it :).

[@voicelessondotcom]

It's simple - if your voice is fighting you it's because your forcing the sound into a disagreeable pipe. Change either the tone or volume of your voice to find agreement. Then start moving back to the sound you want.

[@davidscott3401]

I want to ask coach.Is it possible for one to completely smooth the break without the feeling that there is something their.....I have been working my voice for a year and half now. I have improved so well but I keep wondering when the break will finally disappear without me feeling a kind of little flip within my opper and lower...

[@voicelessondotcom]

Absolutely! It's best top approach the issue with a variety of sounds. Try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/poC8dYalYr95eMk

[@sophie_dang]

I can't vocalise when you make me laugh hahaha

[@voicelessondotcom]

Sorry!

[@selda_KZ]

Have u ever worked with any celebs? Can u name? 😃

[@voicelessondotcom]

Listed here: www.voicelesson.com/

[@melissageno4591]

Toilet paper shortage. 😂😂😂

[@voicelessondotcom]

Sorry about that! :)

[@ankiths8729]

Sir, My doctor took hand wrist radiography and he said that my growth is completed as my bones are fused together and I won’t grow in height, he said my adolescence will end within one year . Sir, will my vocal range remains constant? Sir, will my voice sounding changes ?

[@ankiths8729]

Sir, i am 18 years old boy.

[@voicelessondotcom]

@@ankiths8729 You can increase your range if you want via training - just like you can become more flexible if you want to.

[@ankiths8729]

@@voicelessondotcom thabk you sir

[@nilsrocks]

Awesome explaination, thank you Mark! I do still have in mind your video about the comparism with the guitar strings (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp-km6ZneLllr9U). Is this from the practical approach a kind of another way to look at it or something completely different - looking at the resonators, not the vocal folds? Thanks!

[@voicelessondotcom]

You can't separate the vibrators from the resonators in any acoustic instrument. They both affect each other. So both perspectives matter!

[@VR-Trooper]

3:20 😂😂😂

[@petersturge]

Another great video from you mark! Thank you! Now let me see if my room mate has an old t-shirt I can borrow... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@voicelessondotcom]

The shelves have been restocked!

[@bilbodabbins8273]

It was HIM!

[@voicelessondotcom]

SORRY!

[@bilbodabbins8273]

@@voicelessondotcom This visual resource provided me a wonderful means of internalizing how notes reverberate differently within our bodies’ various “resonator”s. I understand, from your May Mee Mah Moh Moo video, that there are multiple resonators in our bodies. Is this correct? If there are multiple, what are they? The nasal cavity, the larynx, the mouth maybe? Just curious if you have this info off the noggin

[@voicelessondotcom]

@@bilbodabbins8273 Yes - the various resonators are the windpipe, pharynx, oral and nasal cavities. All together they make up the vocal tract. The pharynx and oral cavities are highly adjustable regarding their diameter, length and shape. Each sound we make requires a custom resonator. The TP rolls simply indicate the change in the overall resonating space. Big sound = big space, etc. Hope that helps!

[@epicepicart1161]

Hahahaaha ! X

[@voicelessondotcom]

Thanks for posting!

[@chazsmith20]

Well according to the comment section everyone gets this immediately. Ok I'll be the dummy in the room. Are the toilet paper cones supposed to represent the length of your vocal tract? shape of your mouth? adusting your soft palate?

[@voicelessondotcom]

All the above! Simply the volume of internal space needs to change per every sound we make. That's why pipe organs have a huge array of resonators. Every key on the instrument needs its own pipe!

[@rmatarrita]

In Spanish, voice it's female, so it'd be "perfecta" 😉

[@voicelessondotcom]

¡Gracias por la corrección!

[@tnvalleyyoga7122]

LOL.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Thanks for posting!

[@ghcollin5342]

Very elegant💎💎💎. Don't get left behind > Promo>SM !

[@drkenweil]

lmao. Toilet paper rolls

[@GraviDAkai]

3:15 i mean i cannot concentrate if i look at the subtitles at all 😭

[@GraviDAkai]

i like your videos 🦆first day practising. status: donkey voice

[@voicelessondotcom]

@@GraviDAkai Stay with it - the donkey disappears!