Raise Your Voice 2nd edition by Jaime J Vendera
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Book Reviews of Raise Your Voice 2nd edition
Book Review: Effective at substantially increasing your range...
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been trapped in my chest voice my entire life. (For a baritone male, that's typically a 1.5 - 2 octave range around F2 on a piano to F4 just above middle C.) The book has lots of chapters on things like vocal health, diet, exercise, etc., but the real meat of the book are the 3-4 chapters that teach technique (along with the matching audio files that can be downloaded from his site). Strategy-wise, he has you do exercises with your falsetto voice that train your vocal chords to "zip-up", then "transcend" your falsetto voice into your "head voice", then open up your tone so that you can sing in your "full voice". In a little over a month, I've made some really good progress...added about a useable octave to my range, most of which is useable (although I've still got plenty of rough spots near the intersection of chest voice and head voice, that will come with practice). The 4th chapter covers singing with grit, etc.
Don't fool yourself into thinking that learning to sing in your head voice is easy, because it's not. The good news is this: It's difficult to LEARN, but it's easy to DO once you've trained your vocal chords in how to do it. Being successful takes having the right knowledge (Jaime provides that) and lots and lots of practice (you have to provide that). Eventually, I expect to have a very full and powerful 3.5 - 4 octave range. It'll probably take me 3-6 months to get there, but I'm really happy with my progress from 1 month. In the big picture, 3-6 months isn't that long when you consider that it's a skill you will be able to keep the rest of your life. This book is WELL worth the money.
Cheers,
Gruuve
Book Review: For a Solid Vocal Technique and a Well Structured Program
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved reading Raise Your Voice 2nd edition after I had already read the first edition. I like how Jaime explains in simple terms how the voice mechanism works and how his vocal exercises support the theory. I also like how structured his program is. I think that is a great motivational tool for students to get started and become dedicated to learning how to sing. I come from a classical singing background and I was thoroughly impressed by how similar the techniques were to what I had learnt in university; that's what attracted me to RYV in the first place. As a vocal coach myself, I needed something in writing that I could refer back to and I often use RYV to teach my students.
What I love the most about RYV II, is how Jaime was able to get professionals from different fields including rock stars, health specialists and other vocal coaches to participate to the book. Being one of those contributors myself, I was really happy to help and show my support to a book and strategies I believe in 100%.
Valerie Bastien
Teacher and Vocal Coach
www.voiceyourselfintheclassroom.com
Book Review: Useful resource for any singer
Summary: 5 Stars
I sing in a band that covers a variety of songs from Guns n' Roses to Journey to Marvin Gaye. I have always been able to sing high notes, but they would take quite a bit of effort and by the end of a four hour show, my voice was very fatigued and many times my band would have to deviate from the set list and play songs that were easier to sing to accomodate this. I knew there had to be a way to improve this issue and that is when I found out about Raise Your Voice.
The exercises and techniques in this book made it much easier to reach the notes needed to pull these songs off. This instilled confidence in my vocals, which gave me much greater comfort on stage and led to much better and fulfilling performances.
The training program outlined in this book are what I was most interested in, but the wealth of knowledge and experiences the author shares are an added bonus. Topics covered range from taking care of your body and voice, to tips for live performance, to recording in the studio, to mental preparation. What a great book!
Thanks for sharing Jamie!
Book Review: The best
Summary: 5 Stars
Raise Your Voice has been the been the best thing that ever happened to my singing voice. I bought this book being kind of skeptical about how much of an effect it would have on me. The book was very easy to read(I think i've read it over 5 times by now), which helps considering that there is a LOT of information in it. Everything you need to know about the voice is here. So you can learn how to take care of your voice(and yourself), warm up your voice, use your voice, and improve your voice.
One of the best things the book comes with is the forums. It gives you a password to a forum that other book readers can join. There are a lot of people on there, including Jaime, that will help you with anything you need help with vocally. Jaime is also one of the nicest guys you will ever talk to.
So for a review on the actual program, it works. It can either be used as exercises to incorporate into your normal routine, or you can follow the "7 week program" if you want to REALLY improve your voice. If you're considering buying a vocal book, THIS IS THE ONE YOU WANT.
Book Review: Very Comprehensive. A must for your vox library.
Summary: 5 Stars
Jaime Vendera's RYV series is one of the best books for training popular voice on the market for the following reasons;
1). It does a good job of addressing issues that matter to the contemporary vocal artist and recognizes a market that is looking for information that you cant find from more traditional voice pedagogues.
2). It covers good voice techniques that will help you to gain new levels with your vocal training and it is full of a lot of added value, such as vocal health, recommended vocal products and select articles/essays from some of the top voice teachers in the world. Its almost a "lexicon" and has qualities found in a good reference publication. Its Jaime's book, but its not all about Jaime... its very generous in how it shares information from other experts in the field.
Jaime is one of the hardest working and passionate voice pedagogues in the business. Owning one of his books is important to anyone's library of vocal books/systems.