Singers Smokin' Vocal Warmup!

[@elvisiscat]

🎶 Can’t you see the possibilities? Ooh yeah🎶 🙏🐾

[@squashuacaricatures7248]

The possibilitieeeeeeeeesss, oh oooohhh yeah!

[@laurenpray]

This is the ONE! I love this, thank you!

[@voicelessondotcom]

I'm glad you like it!

[@highnlowstudiollc1402]

My favorite and the one that made the most difference. The jaw hanging emphasis made much sense. Great things teach!!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

It makes my day when Mark posts another exercise!! This one also bears the distinction of featuring his finest ever final chord! ;) Love it, mate!

[@matte0p]

Great to see you posting more videos Mark. I must admit my first run through of this one turned into a lot of "Yowie yowie yowie yowie..." I promise to practice

[@voicelessondotcom]

That's common Matteo - hang in there!

[@Suninitib]

Not come across this one before. Great thanks. 🥰

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're welcome - there's lots more here to choose from!

[@jaybae7315]

Yup! Definitely helped. Thanks.

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're welcome!

[@johnnyburgosmusic]

Damn, that kicked my ass in such a necessary way. Was psyched to nail it the second time around.

[@akankshamishra1004]

I SIMPLY LOVE HIS TEACHING STYLE! This is similar to how we learn singing 'Taan' in classical Indian singing but I never learnt and grasped anything so effortlessly! He shows what a true teacher is capable of! If I ever met him in India, I would've touched his feet (as a gesture high respect even though girls aren't supposed to do so in India) and accepted him as my guru in real life _/|\_ :)

[@ronavatarai]

Always a new venture. Thanks for the vocal crescendos.

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're welcome!

[@Bruhdude5548]

Thanks, Man!!!!!!!!!!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Rock on!

[@gourabchoudury]

you are the best teacher ever! my online Guru

[@LittleCountryCabin]

I SO needed this! Thank you! God bless❤️

[@adrienneparks9791]

Amen!

[@marykellyglasgowgirl]

You're the first person who has explained that dropping the jaw centres the vowels; I always thought it was just about relaxing. I have found this exercise amazingly useful. I encourage everyone to try it, it works!

[@awhooley]

Thank you so much you are a great help! I've been singing professionally for about 15 years, never practised any form of techniqie until I came across your channel! Thank you!!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help!

[@flachlandbraut]

Du bist der SCHÄFF, Mark Baxter ... and sweet you are❣️ Tomorrow - I will burn down our rehearsal room ... bandmates inclusive🤩 DANKE🙏🏻

[@jamesewanchook2276]

that's a fantastic routine. the less one tries the better it sounds.

[@HollyHoneychurch]

totally got hiccups 2 before the end hee! Thank you Mark 💛 Haven't sung in a while, will keep going. Blessings to you.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Keep the faith, Holly!

[@chmney2830]

I love this

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help!

[@susanlitchen1455]

You really are a treasure, Mark. Your calmness is hypnotic. Is reading your guiding words part of the excercise? I keep pausing so I can hear myself and experience the vowel glide but when I add reading the screen and processing your words it's too much.

[@voicelessondotcom]

The text is there if needed - so use the video as you are and you'll pick up. the tips over time. No need to feel overwhelmed!

[@sereniquastation]

Awesome✨✨

[@voicelessondotcom]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@ninojoej.o.e3214]

You make life easier my coach

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help!

[@marykellyglasgowgirl]

Many, many thanks for your generosity and expertise. Another great exercise! :0)

[@adrienneparks9791]

This is awesome

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad you liked it!

[@Alpha-Andromeda]

Fabuleuse. Merci ☺️

[@voicelessondotcom]

De rien!

[@rawrdo123]

Thanks for the warm up! Very helpful 👌🏼

[@sinistra_handed_guitarist2939]

Woohoo , excellent practice 🤪

[@juglarp.r.900]

Just one word...WOW!!!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad you liked it!

[@shuttersplus1326]

Wow man ,just watching and listening to your videos and practising whatever I learn from you completely transformed the way the sound comes out of my mouth.I wish you make a new version of "The singers toolbox " with the capacity and so incredible style of teaching you have now -I would get it straight away.What a blessing is that I have found you!!! Hug ,Ogi(Brighton ,UK)

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad you're improving! Working on completing a new program - hopefully coming out next year.

[@sunflowers-in-tulips6705]

Thank you so much! I have been trying to find a good warm up video for quite some time and this is the best I have ever found. As a complete begginer this is extremely helpful!! ❤

[@voicelessondotcom]

Welcome to my channel!

[@mikelarkins5415]

Awesome!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Welcome to the channel!

[@mikelarkins5415]

Thank you sir! This exercise is exactly what I needed to free my voice. I had no idea that I could breath slowly and go up and down in pitch at the same time! Giving me minimal tension in the throat, tongue and jaw. Awesome! You Rock Dude!

[@voicelessondotcom]

@@mikelarkins5415 Glad to help!

[@mikelarkins5415]

@@voicelessondotcom by the way, thanks for the toilet paper excercise!

[@shourjosarkar2058]

Waiting for this video..Mark..many thanks

[@voicelessondotcom]

Your wait is over!!

[@hai15]

This is so Great. Thank you Mark 🙂 👍

[@michaelleavyjunior7938]

Absolute gold 👌

[@marleighrose3709]

Thank you so much, Mark! Your videos have been so helpful to me and my friends

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help!

[@danieleciancarella90]

Love you Mark ❤

[@dwightdeon2421]

Outstanding. Perfect for a Monday morning "rust off" after 5 gigs in 4 days and 5 more coming this week. I've been getting a bit of tension in my throat lately, ever since I caught a cold, and this helped get things back in sync. Thank you Mark!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help out Dwight. But with all those gigs it's clear you're doing a lot right!

[@dwightdeon2421]

@@voicelessondotcom Been a big fan of your work, going way back to the Rock N Roll Singer's survival manual. Still got my copy! I have 130 gigs this year and next year likely 150+. Thanks for all that you do.

[@abigailcaine9828]

This destroyed me because I kept laughing after the joke about it not being the smoking bit 😂! Another classic and superb video Mark, thank you 🙏

[@mikehopkins4040]

Those piano lessons are paying off !

[@ShaniaDeville]

This was awesome!

[@shuttersplus1326]

Thanks Mark,I look forward to it..

[@squashuacaricatures7248]

There’s interesting parallels between singing and spirituality, ain’t there? We are all born in such a natural innocence, and we all make such uninhibited sound when young. And learning to sing often feels like learning to meditate - “if you think your doing it right, your not”. Even the idea of ‘singing well’ is kinda like this idea of ‘enlightenment’, that itself becomes just another block/inhibition of the mind. I wonder if there’s even deeper inhibitions - of course being identified with being a bad singer is awful, but perhaps even identification itself could be an idea that creates inhibitions?

[@voicelessondotcom]

Well. you just beautifully summarized my new book! I did the deep dive into these questions and laid out all the relationships at play. It's called Split-Second Singing and hopefully will be released this year.

[@squashuacaricatures7248]

@@voicelessondotcom ooh that’s great! I look forward to it. Your approach is wonderful, as all of these realisations I’m having come from repeated watching! (Still sound like a dead frog often, must be said). “The power of now” is a wonderful book, just in case you haven’t read it..you’d love it!

[@bertinapovenmire6167]

I think you got a great idea there!

[@bertinapovenmire6167]

@ Mark--that book sounds interesting. Let us know when it's out!

[@voicelessondotcom]

@@bertinapovenmire6167 I certainly will!

[@Sandrahsings]

Ahahaha.. yaeeowwee ahh..😅 where the hell is that y coming from😂😂😂 so another "smokin" tutorial added to my practice

[@voicelessondotcom]

Keep on it!

[@ingoodmusic]

thank u Sir,it's a pleasure to study with u

[@voicelessondotcom]

You're welcome!

[@TroyNeihardt]

Thank you, Mark. What a great way to start the week! It’s Monday and the 1st day of Fall. I just got onboard with your 100 Day Challenge and this video is providing me with enthusiasm to start my “personal semester.”

[@voicelessondotcom]

99 more to go to the new you Troy!

[@kivipaperisakset3999]

LOL! I wondered what was wrong with me. I've never had to stop one of Baxter's videos and rewind before but now I did, and I had trouble keeping up. Then I realized I'd left the playback speed at 125% from another video (Critical Role). Set it back, and no trouble at all. So nothing wrong with me, nothing wrong with the video, just a little ooopsie on the playback settings.

[@voicelessondotcom]

That would make this routine REALLY smokin!

[@gustavoviveros8394]

Thanks Mark I really like this exercise 👍🏻 saludos 🇲🇽

[@TonySwingNYC]

Sorry to say.. I am one of those singers lucky and blessed to be in the right place at the right time in my career as a singer. Singing with many big time Latin groups.with really not much singing abilities like I should have. (My fault for being lucky and lazy) This single lesson right here has taught me much much more. Than anything I have done in all my years. The jaw . The breathing. The concentration. Thank you so much. This exercise is the first thing I do in my car every morning..Your the best.. please more more videos please...im hooked God bless you Mark. Tonyswing

[@marjorieallworth6172]

I thank you Mark. I've discovered that I have a voice. Marj ❄✨ 🎶

[@inkmask1072]

God this was difficult, but so fun. I found myself saying ‘aye yooo’ towards the end in a loop cuz I couldn’t keep up haha. Good stuff, Mark!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Aye yooo aye yoooo aye yoooo!

[@franciscojavier1251]

Usted es un canal directo con Dios!

[@voicelessondotcom]

¿No somos todos? :)

[@marjoryvaz5796]

magnific lov u brazilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll magic

[@Ksamenk]

ufff, the last drill is highly difficult!!!

[@voicelessondotcom]

Rise to the challenge! Keep practicing.

[@Ksamenk]

@@voicelessondotcom yeeahhh !! thanks

[@nandinibhattacharyya6948]

Ummm Mmmeaty exercise. A lot like Indian vocal " taans ". Incidentally, Taan means joy. Take care Mark.

[@voicelessondotcom]

That's great!

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Mark great stuff, appreciated as always, but you still have to put out more for intense Rock singing. I wish I could understand how this ultimately turns into that capability.

[@voicelessondotcom]

I will put it on "to do" list but if you mean turns into extreme rock growls - it doesn't. That's produced by a completely different behavior. But by "intense" you mean the melodic stuff that came before extreme rock - agility is the foundation. I know it seems counter intuitive because everything is focused on big high notes with distortion. But the basic law of anatomy is that once you loose flexibility you loose control. It's the little muscles that refine any big behavior. So gradually do the exercise above louder and louder (without sacrificing articulation). When you get to your peak volume then gradually ask for more and more distortion. The point at which you loose control and the exercise just crashes is your strength threshold. Repeating this daily will develop more strength - but singing past your current ability never sounds cool.

[@chicomorales1484]

Halou 🙋‍♂️ ticher ,Los Ángeles California present😃 thanyou 👍.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Welcome to the channel Chico!

[@bertinapovenmire6167]

Hi Mark, thank you again for all these exercises.I love this exercise-seen no smoke so far! Sometimes I turn off the sound to check and make sure I don't get sloppy but actually sing every note. I noticed that I like to tap my foot, wave my hand or hit the table in time with the rhythm. However, the question occurred to me, is that a good idea? Should I just sing and not expend energy with other parts of my body?

[@millyi.n5031]

My throat keeps hurting when I warm up, any tips?

[@voicelessondotcom]

Lay flat on your back when warming up and start a very low volume. If your throat doesn't hurt doing that then gradually vocalize louder but stay on your back. If you throat still hurts then you should get some help from a vocal coach.

[@michelleohlhoff5842]

And he didn’t say a word 🤣

[@smoochypooh7700]

Question: what would you recommend for a daily vocal workout - or would you even recommend daily? I perform 2 times per month but need to keep in tip top shape in between. I love your vids and wonder if, for some of them, I should already be warmed up before attempting those exercises? (Ok, more than one question).

[@voicelessondotcom]

I recommend doing a variety of exercises for about an hour a day. I have several playlists on this channel you can use to rotate routines. If you're not already warmed up just start a routine lightly and work into a more challenging volumes. No harm in starting cold as long as you ease into the difficult stuff.

[@fooBar55]

@@voicelessondotcom Okay saw the play list - quite big list. Are there a couple of warms that you always start with so that you get a very basic warm up first and then can pick from the others in the playlist. Maybe use the "Good morning Voice" first each time?

[@voicelessondotcom]

@@fooBar55 It's not the melody that matters - it's your behavior that allows a proper warmup. Start with what's comfortable - which is dependent on your condition. Start al a low volume and graduate louder while monitoring comfort. When your range is comfortable at a loud volume - you are ready to perform.

[@1SunScope]

AH EE OO E I E I E I O 😠^%#&$€# ol mcdonald! Yes, brain 🧠 just let the vowels flow. Wwwuuuusssaaaaa 😌

[@marlyspulos1849]

Hi Mark, what city are you in? I would like to take a lesson with you but rather not remotely. Lmk, thx! Marlys

[@voicelessondotcom]

I'm just outside of Boston. Email me for info at [e-mail]

[@chadthomson4596]

I'm a smoker. This is just the thing.

[@hoaminh6029]

It is useful but hard

[@voicelessondotcom]

All useful things are!

[@melissapelino5713]

I. LOVE. YOU. SO. MUCH. You are helping me refind my voice after .. vocal injury 😭 Seriously tho , I love you 💕🥳 BUT I find I am hoarse now after singing this whole thing no problem .. it’s so confusing.

[@voicelessondotcom]

Glad to help Melissa - but I suspect you are still too aggressive on your voice. It may be the faster speed that lured you into pushing more. Release your neck, jaw and tongue as you vocalize and take it slow. Recovery doesn't happen all at once!

[@melissapelino5713]

Will do! Thanks for your response and these videos are exactly what I need to recover. 👌🏼

[@melissapelino5713]

Voice Lesson.com curious if it’s possible to damage your larynx muscles?

[@voicelessondotcom]

@@melissapelino5713 Better to use the same terms as in your arm or leg. You wouldn't say you damaged your thigh or your bicep. You can pull a muscle, strain it, rip it, bruise it, etc - but none of those are damage and none are permanent. There are muscles in your larynx but also membranes and ligaments and cartilage. Everything has to work together - so it's more likely you irritated a muscle and that disrupted the delicate balance necessary to sing clearly.

[@melissapelino5713]

Voice Lesson.com I love you so much 😭😭😭😭😭😍😍😂🥰👌🏼🌈

[@saeedahmed3490]

Great sir I'm from Pakistan

[@voicelessondotcom]

Welcome to my channel Saeed!

[@bexitsinger2256]

Hey. Thanks you again tot this wonderful singing lessen. Should I let the jaw hanging during my normal singing as well?

[@voicelessondotcom]

Absolutely - during the vowels. Don't get hyper about it - just let your jaw hang when it can.

[@bexitsinger2256]

@@voicelessondotcom thank you😊

[@tiniea.y8634]

How long wr hv to do this everyday?

[@angelesofficial]

hey mark how are you i am from argentina, what hapens when me are doing these exercises and and I hyperventilate! -thanks you are the best!!!

[@voicelessondotcom]

If you get dizzy while vocalizing it means you're allowing too much air to escape while singing. Very little air should stream out your mouth, but in order to relax singers will often overcompensate the release and dump air in the process. So practice with a candle or sheet of toilet paper draped in front of your mouth - and don't let the candle flicker or the TP move. Helps reduce how much air you're allowing to escape. Also beneficial to inhale through your nose. It slows the inhale and warms and moisturizes the air.

[@angelesofficial]

@@voicelessondotcom Thank you very much Mark!!!

[@b9y]

What does it mean releasing jaw?

[@Fiawordweaver]

No I’m stuck on vowel sounds so they sound whyo whyo whyo whyo whyo why at the end. Practice practice practice practice practice prac:)

[@JacksonTaylorandTheSinners]

🤦🏼‍♂️ I’m all over the place

[@voicelessondotcom]

Stay with it!

[@drawingonthemoon]

This is what I started to sound like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWmuhqashJWWlZI

[@chmney2830]

✅

[@smoochypooh7700]

So I have this song I need to sing at a memorial and I don’t know how to get through it without bawling. Any advice on this?

[@voicelessondotcom]

When I sang at my mother's funeral I had to go completely technical in my thinking. I focused on my breathing, where I felt the resonance, the beats of sustained notes - and I got through it without collapsing. To me there's an opposite rule when performing: the less emotional the circumstance the more emotional the singing. In a situation like a memorial - the circumstance is already loaded with emotion - so your role is to simply sing the song. The downside is that you don't get to participate in the event (emotionally) until after you sing. But it's always an honor to be asked to sing.

[@smoochypooh7700]

Voice Lesson.com Thank you so much for responding to me!!! I will focus and make every feasible attempt to do that. So far, I haven’t made it through a practice run without breaking down. I’m a mush. 🥺. I sooo appreciate the advice! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@smoochypooh7700]

Voice Lesson.com Oh, I’m sorry about your mom. 😢

[@Cherry-ml7yg]

Can you please say your opinin on my voice?thanks sir

[@paulstanley2194]

vocal fry lesson please good sir - dani bandolier

[@voicelessondotcom]

Just use thy scroll function and discover a world of exercises and mindful practices! The fry lesson is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIeqmqGAp716pNk

[@LIYAA..........]

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[@voicelessondotcom]

Thanks!

[@vanillaacapella6076]

Mark has anyone ever told you that you're a cutie?

[@voicelessondotcom]

Not at my age! But thanks! :)

[@honeyrayen3549]

Lol I thought this was for .. smokers

[@voicelessondotcom]

Ha! They're welcome too!

[@b9y]

I have to sing loudly to hit the notes, like there's no other way for me. This is normal right? I can't go falsetto properly without it sounding similar to me just singing normally but like Bruce Dickenson style.

[@voicelessondotcom]

You don't have to sing high notes loudly - you can let them sound bad as you develop some much needed coordination. So focus on keeping your face and neck relaxed and the volume consistent and your skills will improve.

[@millyi.n5031]

My throat keeps hurting when I warm up, any tips?