4:04 exercise starts

@homeixgx

3 ай бұрын

💋

@YigitDiri

16 күн бұрын

improtant information is before 4:04

2:00, I was convinced that no person in the world with an american accent could do an actual british accent, let alone the classic old rockstar accent. Well played my guy

Just today I was telling myself "to access head voice, try a yawny/crying face" and your video came out in the recommendations.

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

The internet knows things. Perhaps too many things

@Musicbynissim

Жыл бұрын

Did you say it out loud? Lol

@klaus4244

Жыл бұрын

@@Musicbynissim 😆😆🤞

I finally achieved the vibe I have been trying to convey musically this technique freed me as a singer and finally gave me the type of powerful yells I've always wanted to convey in the songs I sing and it comes out in my entire performance. I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ANYMORE!!!! my body and my voice just move as one it's like I'm finally truly enhabiting the song I LOVE IT I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE HERE!!!!

@RutabegaFarmer

9 ай бұрын

Typical youtube comments under vocal coach videos be like

@calamari3772

6 ай бұрын

@@RutabegaFarmerwell people just get hyped if something works for them

@ricochetsixtyten

5 ай бұрын

typical cynical commenter who can't let people enjoy their life@@RutabegaFarmer

@Dont_have_to_agree

3 ай бұрын

@@calamari3772likely wasn’t this profound though…

Great lesson! I am on the cusp of developing my mix and you nailed the experience down.. reaching for muscles that have never been used.

@SterlingRJackson

2 жыл бұрын

😊

Your lessons are so succinct and to the point unlike a lot of these channels that unnecessarily complicate things, you should have more views

Started this exercise today after watching your video yesterday and i've never been able to bridge from chest to head so effortlessly before. It feels great and zero tension this way. Thanks for sharing man.

@SterlingRJackson

2 ай бұрын

Awesome 😊😊

Thank you. A read "Cry technique" and had a insight. Your video did a lot for me.

omg this is absolute gold dust, I don't feel like I've ever heard anyone else experience the difficulty of trying to find mixed voice as accurately as you have in this video

@SterlingRJackson

2 ай бұрын

😊😊

I really like the way you implement your allegory. Really makes the point succinct and easy to understand.

Fantastic! This video was presented to me by the KZread algorithm. It really is helping. I'm subscribing!

That was very helpful, now I understand where I should feel it. Thank you!

Excellent video!

I just found your videos a few days ago as I was researching Chris Cornell and after seeing quite a few different people's vids yours were refreshingly intelligent with humor and serious talent. I'm nobody, but I highly appreciate and value your videos so in short, thank you.

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Allen 😊

@jollybell5452

10 ай бұрын

how to "access" this when you sing

Awesome to see you putting yourself out there more man. Keep going. I’m trying to get there myself. Dig the hair too. 👍🏽

That was awesome!

this is the video that made me understand mix. thx a lot!!!!

Thank you soo much! I just learn about this technique, I'm gonna put it in practice. The most important thing is that it ACTUALLY works!

This make sense ty i will try this approaching

enjoyd it thanks!

Very good info.

This is it!!!! Thank you!!😀😀👍👍🎶🎶🎶

You are really good at it ayo

love this

I'm really looking forward to you reacting to Eve's voice. He's a very famous japanese singer that I think used this technique in the past at all times. Now his voice sounds even more unique but he changed the technique to optimize it for his live concerts to have a better flexibility in singing his fast paced songs You could react to some of his songs which actually gets attention of his fans. We love seeing people's reactions to his songs and personally I'd be freaking out if someone would explain and show his way of singing

I love the different methods in which to find mixed voice. You can cry, pretend to be Spongebob, or even do an impression of Chris Tucker asking Jackie Chan if he understands the words coming out of his mouth.

@SterlingRJackson

19 күн бұрын

Yeeeep 😂

Youre so awesome! And funny 😅 thank you

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Very kind. Thank you 😊

Well we’ll I’m finally going to be able to mimic Chris Cornell. Thank you for this.

I found my mixed voice long ago, but I could only sing quietly through the bridge, otherwise I'd just get breathy. Then I found this compression, and now I can sing high and loudly.

Finally a technique that's perfect for me and the fellas

5:10 dang.... crying for his mum.... sniff..... hehe nice explanation and examples.

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

😊

@TruthSurge

Жыл бұрын

I had a quick look at your Cornell vid where you explain how you get that sound. Interesting stuff. I wish I felt motivated to practice bur I don't. :( maybe i could just force myself to cry mum in the shower for 15 min doing half octaves up to my breaking pt. Anything would help but I do 0 all day every day. Thx fir making some explanation vids. Like you said, it just has to click.in your mind one day after some experimenting.

your honest opinion convinced me to try this, if this works, I'm gonna sing Hallelujah in the comments:)))) One question: Since you learned to use your mixed voice, it is easier to sing? can you make it your new own habbit? it's hard for me to forget the old bad habits as long as I sing almost every day.

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Singing mixed changes your singing quite a bit. It creates a whole new set of habits but it’s based so much more in a healthy voice. It takes time but keep going and just be excited by the progress. 😊

Hey man, I've been coming back to this video every day and practicing. I can seem to go into mix when I do the cry technique, however, I can't seem to gain any significant volume and it just sounds really breathy even though I feel like I'm adding in the correct support in my abdomen. Would you be able to make a video about this? Thanks!

improtant information is before 4:04

your English accent is so on point, man... LOLOLOLOL

I need to try it asap because I'm so tensed when I need to add some power that I'm squeezing myself and everything

Breakthrough!

'We're going to do the cry technique'. Quite a good accent, old bean.

Thanks brothe r

I watched your video on tension. How do you do this without tension. I can’t seem to do it without tensing up. Thanks man

Brat 💪

NICE tutirial, bro!

Another great lesson! Thank you! I can wait to see the results. Tell me please, 5 minutes of "crying" per day is enough for good results or i need to do this more minutes? Thank you in advance!

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Well, there are many pieces to any puzzle like this with music and an instrument and this is just a piece. If doing this scale and exercise work well for you, keep doing it obviously. But it’s definitely not gonna do everything you need 🤷‍♂️

Skip to 4 min for lesson.

Ok dude, I have watched several videos on this topic that wasted and average of 4 min of my time each, without even demonstrating the technique. I had never heard of it before (yes, apparently I do live under a rock). One guy I even commented on the fact and he just got snarky with me for not wanting to invest the time to learn it. I said “you haven’t shown me anything”. So, you demoed it, and that exercise on top of the stuff I’ve been doing apparently was the magic bullet, cause the passagio just said right this way please! Thanks for posting that, ima hafta go look and see if you’ve got a video on vibrato.

hi! i think i need lots of help with my voice, including using the mix well.... I would appreciate to have a bit of your guidance!

So I can still expect to hear ‘flipping’ between transitions for a little while or should this be corrected right away? Thanks, great video!

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Nothing is corrected right away. It takes time. It’s similar to learning how to do a handstand or something physical like that. You’re building a new coordination 😊

..we add a cry to the sound like this, and you are going to feel the muscles right here start to engage and its going to be awesome 😂

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

I’m guessing you’re trying to say this didn’t work for you. Perhaps you missed the part where I said it didn’t work for me for weeks and then it suddenly clicked.

@nelguzman5109

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson that’s what you said in the video with a crying face and i thought it was hilarious

@Praise_Mhlongo

Жыл бұрын

I am finished as well😂😂😂

so heres the thing, i started in falsetto and added chest voice...is that mix or belt or ist that the same? hahahaha

04:59

When i do it my voice might get too compressed and break out into a harsh vocal fry. Sometimes gotta let a bit more air

Please bro, I have a problem with a high notes because while I sing high notes unwanted distortion appears. i wish to make a clear voice. What can I do to get rid of this unwanted distortion? Thnx

I can't stop laughing ahsdlkfjh great video tho, definitely will follow through

Hey why does distortion come out in your voice towards the higher notes on the "mum" exercise?

@into.the.wood.chipper.

Жыл бұрын

That is temporary. If you are getting distortion, go back to the hooting to reestablish the tone clarity.

Great lesson,thanks! I believe I was able to find these muscles in my voice from this cry technique video about a month ago. It’s sounds very Axl Rose/Brian Johnson when I do this so I think I’m on the right track. I have a crazy amount of distortion when I’m practicing using this technique which doesn’t work in a lot of my songs I currently sing.My question is will these new found muscles I haven’t been using strengthen over time and/or will my coordination improve so I can use this technique in songs when I don’t want to sound quite so Axl Rose?

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Having distortion sounds like something may be a little amiss. This sound should be clean so you might be either forcing it too much or having vocal fry underneath. This coordination can take a while to develop so give it time. It’s not so much about strength as it is finding the right space and then relaxing into it. Give it some time and practice. 😊

@MrEric902

Жыл бұрын

Will do, thanks

@vocalbooth8585

Жыл бұрын

It’s not really ‘new found muscles.’ You’ve cried/sobbed since you were a baby without even thinking about it. Often for hours on end without vocally tiring. A sob or cry causes the false vocal folds to retract. Singing like this can illicit an emotional response from audiences because we are conditioned to have an empathetic response to someone crying/sobbing. ‘Mixed’ voice is much closer to head voice than it is to chest voice. This is something many people struggle with when attempting to ‘find’ mixed voice. It’s not going to feel like chest voice as you get higher, even though it may sound to the ear as fuller or ‘connected’.

Hello, is it normal that as I reach the higher notes C4 D4 etc… and try to do the cry technique I end up having a gag reflex? 😭 And I feel like I’m straining a lot on my throat (I know this is wrong but I don’t how to stop doing it)

I have always pushed my chest voice higher, and I can go all the way up without breaking (loudly) but it’s not 100% consistent and I don’t know if it’s causing harm ? If I start doing this exercise, should I stop singing like I’m used to, in order 2 figure out this coordination ? Will I not be able to find my mix if I keep doing what I’ve been doing ? 😅

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

It can be really hard to change when you’re used to using tension the way you’re describing. It will be a whole new journey for you using this method but easier on the voice and probably easier to do for longer periods. See what works 😬

@lennartvangensinnerud7923

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson I wouldn’t say there’s a LOT of tension, I’m not straining like a beginner (tensing the entire neck, tilting the head back, raising the larynx and pushing hard only to flip into falsetto😂) I implemented a twang like quality, (sounded like Bee Gees in the beginning) but I learned to slide through my registers very fast, so it makes me think it’s too good to be true, I MUST be doing something wrong 😅

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

@@lennartvangensinnerud7923 it can absolutely feel too good to be true at first because instinctually we think it’s supposed to get heavier and more difficult but you have to back off pressure to get there. Keep practicing and check in with a vocal coach if you can 😊

@oshobaadu6272

Жыл бұрын

Were you able to do it the new way as taught here? If so, does your voice sound the same as before?

Hi, really interesting video. I'm in the same place you were - cannot understand how to find/develop mix voice. Do you do online lessons? I'm an English guy with one of those funny accents!

@SterlingRJackson

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I do. SterlingRJackson@gmail.com. English accents are appreciated 😊

I’d love to find that original video of the English guy 👀

To me you started to sound like Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) and Bono (U2) is that what they are doing? Is most of rock in mixed voice?

I find it interesting that you’re a baritone with an f# passage, that’s like, almost two whole steps higher then the typical lyric baritone passage at E4

@SterlingRJackson

11 ай бұрын

That was your take away from this video?

@Viper-dz2kw

11 ай бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson wouldn’t really call it a take away. I just think the variance in the human voice is interesting, my actual takeaway was that I cannot figure out how to do this technique properly and need significantly more work on it

Hi, can I ask how you transition from this cry sound to the more "finished" mixed voice? Does it just happen over time from training those muscles?

@SterlingRJackson

10 ай бұрын

Not sure what finished means. But I have a bunch of videos on this topic that should help answer your question😊

@jw02078

10 ай бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson by finished mixed voice I meant what a mixed voice without an obvious cry sound would sound like!

Been doing this vid for about a week or so - had been focusing on stretching chest first but wanted an overview of mix for future reference. I seem to have got the hang of it quite quickly using this vid but my attempts sound like there's a natural compression/slight distortion to it - is that correct or am I doing it wrong?

@SterlingRJackson

2 ай бұрын

When I hear that’s happening it usually seems like it’s probably happening by a connection to the muscles under your chin pulling your vocal cords apart a little. Gotta keep that muscle relaxed and make sure you’re not stretching your voice from that location.

@eyeshandy

2 ай бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson Thanks man :)

4:52

constriccion free??

3:52

when I do this I just get absurds amount of of vocal fry... aaaa (and then relatively easy acces to whistle register...)

My family thought I'm crazy

Yeah. I tried to do the cry technique for a year. Didn’t work for me. Any other methods?

@denismorissette7344

Жыл бұрын

Try certain cartoons characters that are high in pitch? Maybe a witch? Imitate them.

@GraysPeakBand

Жыл бұрын

This is the video that got me to understand it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/got9rqyAYtrOZbQ.html Took me a few months of on and off practicing before it really clicked. BREATH SUPPORT! “Good” breath support isn’t enough. Chris Liepe has multiple videos about it, and that was the difference for me. It took actual sweat to get my breath support right. My ribs were sore for days.

@GetWellSoonR.E.M.

Жыл бұрын

I personally find that doing a “HUP” type of sound, like when you’re lifting something heavy, helped me to find it! There’s a small sensation you can feel in the throat when you do that, that if you hang onto it, you can slide up through your range without flipping. Just remember to not do it too hard. It’s a gentle sensation. It didn’t feel anything like I expected and I never used those muscles while singing. It was amazing. Now, singing is much easier for me and I don’t flip into falsetto. It engages the same muscles as this crying sound. I personally feel it towards the front of my throat. Hope this helps!

@abananainspace

Жыл бұрын

did you make sure you're using enough support? You can also try going a bit louder at first and when it's easy lower the volume a bit. You also need to let your larynx get gradually higher naturally as pitch goes up and make sure you open your mouth proggressively as well. Another possibility is that you might be lacking twang, which difficults the production of this type of sound especially as pitch goes up

Them last five mum mum are tough

I keep trying to get the crying noise to happen but it just isn't going on. Is there anything I can do to evoke it, short of actually crying?

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Ha. Well, this is just one of the main methods that helped me. It won’t work for everyone and it’s just one piece of the puzzle. I have many other videos on the topic. Keep in mind that you’re sorta trying to engage muscles you don’t use often so it can be experimental and confusing to find.

@nicklee3769

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson I think I may have gotten it over the course of a day, which is somewhat comedic. Do the muscles in the abdomen automatically tighten when one properly executes the cry technique?

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

@@nicklee3769 You don't need to support when making mix sounds. If supporting helps then I might not say don't do it but usually it's just finding some sounds that work first.

04:22😅🤗

Pleas turn on perisan language

What do you mean when you say your break is at F#4 as a baritone? All sources say that a baritone break or secondo passagio is D4 or Eb4.

@SterlingRJackson

Ай бұрын

Does that make the information I shared here irrelevant? Is the exercise useless because you don’t agree with where my bridge is? Seems like that shouldn’t be an issue. I’ve been teaching for over 13 years now and 90 percent of the men I teach have a bridge almost exactly at F#4.

@klodm.2064

Ай бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson I didn't mean to come off antagonistic, I like the video and I will try it out tonight. I just wanted to ask about this because I heard you say it in many videos and it's hard for me to understand what a bridge is, because I feel my voice shifting on G3, C4, E4, G4, G#4 and sometimes various points in between. I'm a beginner of 2 years. So I wanted to hear what it means for you, like how do you feel around F#4 to call it a bridge.

@SterlingRJackson

Ай бұрын

@@klodm.2064​​⁠ahh. Yeah, typically people want to argue and get very caught up on voice types and they don’t take things seriously or have a lot of fear regarding learning or even trying because of what they think they know about voice types. Simply put, my chest voice or speaking voice ends at F#4. It breaks and doesn’t continue. It’s been that way as long as I can remember or started paying attention. It gets tense and breaks apart. So I learned what to do to keep it from breaking. This video showcases the very first thing I did to learn how to keep my cords from breaking 😊. Regardless of voice type, everyone’s speaking voice has a break or limit whether it be harsh or sorta smooth. There are other vocal bridges but none like your main chest voice bridge.

@klodm.2064

Ай бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson See that's odd for me, because my "chest voice" normally ends at Eb4 and I'm very tenor sounding. E4 took many months to achieve without falsetto. And my C4 is very head resonant and problematic if I want a darker sound. I learned to connect up until G#4, sometimes A4 and Bb4 in warmup, but G4 is very hard in songs. So I feel like E4 is my main break in that sense. But also maybe G4. I don't know which corresponds best to your F#4.

@Nerdgonesouth

Ай бұрын

@@klodm.2064 Dude, your comments resonate so much for me. When I first started lessons, my voice would flip at D4, sometimes E4 and again at F#4. After 6 or 7 lessons it started to change and settle. I could force it to happen for a while but now after 18 months those lower bridges are gone. I settled right into F#4. It's so solidly there that I practice songs like Hotel California to work on getting over it. After about a year, we found I have a second bridge at E5. From there, with flageolet I can hit F6 when I'm warmed up. I call my self a baritone. Honestly though, I don't really think about the label unless someone asks me to label it. I just keep focusing on trying to use the right muscles for the sound I want.

I'm in a weird halfway spot... I can sing in mix voice, hit high notes in full voice etc, but it's a little unreliable and tiring. I've been told I'm using the larynx as a pitching mechanism instead of something just under it, and this is related somehow.

@SterlingRJackson

4 ай бұрын

Most likely attached under the chin using those muscles. Happens to many folks including myself sometimes.

Does it hurt in the beginning?

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Noooo. 😳 not at all

@binyaminbroth6123

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson Thanks for the quick response!! I presumed not. Any way you can non-verbally explain how to engage those top muscles without strain then?

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

@@binyaminbroth6123 hmm.. it’s about experimentation. The muscles are usually found by making more ridiculous and cartoony sounds. Often times people don’t “find it” because they’re not associating these more silly sounds as being a part of their voice when they definitely are. I would try simply singing songs like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC or Guns and Roses but don’t try adding distortion. Underneath all those singers is a more head voice sounding timbre that’s been honed to sound “better”. But it starts out kinda funny sounding.

@binyaminbroth6123

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson K great. I'll be theatrical lol

Was the English dude Carl John Franz?

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Nope

@Ozzyd22

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson spencer welch? Because I learned this from him

Didn't work on me 😭

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Did you miss the part where I said it took me weeks and then months to develop?

@nathanaelselig8595

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson my friend I've been singing for 10 years... The crying thing is an old fail for me 😅

Are you a fan of Spencer Sotelo. Your hair looks like his lol

You never know what shitty video will help you out. Anyway Thanks man ;) :D

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Ha. Yuuup

How do I go from this obnoxious crying sound to something that is actually clean and singable? Will it come with time?

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

It can be compared to doing a hand stand. At first your wobbly and it’s hard to keep balance but with practice you learn what muscles to utilize and how to maintain the coordination. It starts off small and eventually your throat relaxes and understands what’s happening.

@Theo-py5qj

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson Well that's good too hear! Thank you, will start implement this in my daily singing routine :)

What if one crys in the wrong coordination?. I think I do..aghhhhhh. or even crying in falsetto

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

These things take time and experimentation. You’re trying to find a sound that connects your chest and head voice.

@joshschoenly2777

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson I figured out how to connect chest and head. Does that mean that weird tochy part in between is the mixed? Or is it just a transition. Nobody seems to talk about this...

Bro... Looks like a great lesson so thanks? But i keep flipping! 😥😥

I’ll try this for a month, if I succeed I will let you know people

@SterlingRJackson

11 ай бұрын

What does succeed mean? In making the noise I’m showing or being able to sing in mixed voice? There are some more pieces to all of this 😬

@and3546

11 ай бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson to succeed for me here, would be to feel that I’m really approaching to my mixed voice, or to see if I notice some positive changes

too much pressure in this?

when it's been a year of training and you sound like a cow when you sing 😂

@SterlingRJackson

11 ай бұрын

Sure do. Love cows. Great stuff.

@tnjcm

11 ай бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson thanks

The video starts at 3:54

It wasn't covid relax

That's not mixed voice you're squeezing chest into your nose. Not singable.

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps you missed the 15 years of videos I’ve put up on my channel of me singing.

@middledog466

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJacksondangggg fr

Why pink ? you are woke or something like this ?

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

I just like making people with the name Patrick confused.

@Uji_Metal

Жыл бұрын

@@SterlingRJackson man people are weird, anyways thanks for the video, I’m gonna practice this.

@SterlingRJackson

Жыл бұрын

@@Uji_Metal good olllll Patrick 😊