PARAMORE POWER WARMUP

Added: 12.30.07 | Coach: Brett Manning | Artist: Hayley Williams

Difficulty: Advanced

This update footage came from an interview we shot of Hayley back in June. We took the camera in to her regularly scheduled lesson with Brett and filmed some magic in the making. Brett runs through a customized warm up that Hayley uses to get her voice ready for stage while she’s on tour. You just have to hear the amazing quality of her voice as she does the exercises.

Brett also runs through some of her songs and helps her brush up on her vocal technique. This update has some great examples of how to narrow your vowels in order to stay into the mix. It’s one of the hardest things to learn unless you can watch someone else do it. It’s one of the reasons we created this site in the first place. Also for Paramore fans find out why Hayley Williams sleeps with one arm up in the air! This is a must have for any Paramore or rock music fans! Download it today!

We’ll get Hayley back in the studio for a full lesson update in between her tour dates early next year so keep those subscriptions up to date! You won’t want to miss it. Thanks, Hayley, for being a part of Singing Success Online!

THE SECRET OF THE BRIDGES

Added: 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.

TAYLORS VOCAL THERAPY

Added: 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.

ULTIMATE CORD CLOSURE WORKOUT

Added: 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.