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Audio Tapes and CD's
Just added a four
CD album $99.95 plus s/h (same information as the six cassettes) These unique and practical six cassette / four CD study tapes are a great opportunity for singers of all ages to obtain maximum singing ability in a very convenient way! You will surely be amazed how the voice can take on new strength, beauty, freedom and confidence with these tested and proven methods. The study albums help you understand the fundamentals of correct vocal production and the potential for overcoming a wide variety of poor singing habits such as: poor breathing habits, lack of proper energy source, (which is building compression in the lungs), lack of projection, incorrect tone production, lack of pure vowel sounds, lack of constant resonance throughout the entire range, either no vibrato, or "wobble", or "goat bleat", or straight tone, rather than a well established vibrato on every pitch...if the value of the note is one-eighth in duration or longer, and many more. This VOCAL STUDY ALBUM of six audio cassettes is directed toward singers in the following categories: 1. The beginning singer with average vocal ability who thinks their voice is attractive and acceptable, but used the wrong techniques and therefore the voice does not reach a standard for power, beauty and total freedom. 2. Many trained singers with a great amount of vocal training (studying with teachers who call themselves "VOCAL COACHES" rather than "VOCAL DIAGNOSTICIANS TECHNICIANS"), whose voices have deteriorated because of the lack of proper teaching with the "NUTS AND BOLTS" OF BASIC TOOLS FOR VOCAL FREEDOM 3. The individual who has always had a strong desire to learn HOW TO SING and never has had the opportunity to receive sound , correct training with a good understanding to gain freedom in self-expression while singing. 4. Many choir directors and/or singers sing relatively well, but have never gathered (from previous studies) proper teaching procedures and methods with simplified (correct) terminology to help them sing well with VOCAL LONGEVITY. LISTED BELOW IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY ALBUM- a comprehensive study with understandable phraseology to help the average individual learn how to sing well: TAPE ONE AN INTRODUCTION TO SINGING AND HOW WE LEARN TO SING. "We sing with our mind" will be an important detailed study on feeling, hearing, attention, consciousness, perception, apperception, thought, memory, habit, and the will. We do not train the voice, we train the brain. Muscles have no memory or intelligence. The most important words in singing and/or speaking is "think and let!" Do not try to sing, learn the basics of "Vocal Freedom" by gathering correct trenchant concepts and techniques- program them in the brain, and "let" the voice sing. Too many people "try" to sing well and make a big mess in so doing! TAPE TWO THE ENERGY SOURCE. THE FOUNDATION FOR SINGING. Singers never run out of breath, THEY THINK THEY DO! Understanding how to establish compression (NOT BREATH SUPPORT) in the lungs. When a singer neglects adequate sub-glottic pressure in the thoracic cavity, ( sub -meaning under; glottis- is the space between the vocal folds) (thoracic-cavity- meaning entire chest cavity) all other aspects of VOCAL FREEDOM will totally break down. A singer will compensate (substitute)......"BIG TIME" with constriction in the neck and tongue. THE MAJORITY OF SINGERS I TEACH ACROSS AMERICA....TRAINING OR NO TRAINING.....SING WITH CONSTRICTION OF THE TONGUE MUSCLE AND MAKE THE ENTIRE NECK STIFF! The sad thing is the fact that the individual does not even realize they are making the tongue tight and stiffening the neck - until it is brought to their attention. The abnorm takes on normalcy. This creates poor phonation, impure vowel sounds, no resonance, no vibrato, and over-all bad sounds. The ENERGY SOURCE (constant compression in the thoracic cavity) for VOCAL FREEDOM is breath management which is the fuel ( the only source of power) that energizes the voice and gives it ultimate freedom and beauty. TAPE THREE HOW WE LEARN TO PRODUCE A BEAUTIFUL TONE. A singer must produce sounds with "FULL-THROATED EASE". I never tense my neck, tongue, jaw or shoulders! I never relax my throat! You hear choir directors say: "DON'T SING IN THE THROAT!" WRONG! WRONG! The throat is where we produce proper sounds and the area where resonance occurs! They must understand how the voice can create attractive mature sounds with proper phonation down deep in the lower throat. Surely, sounds go out the mouth, however, it is not how much you open your mouth, but the fine tuning of the total vocal tract is the important area for creating a beautiful tone, especially right above the vocal folds. The thryoarytenoids (the true vocal folds....not vocal cords....below the level of consciousness) must be free to allow correct phonation. If you constrict them, you often create "pressed phonation", or "functional dysphonia" which will cause serious vocal problems. NO ONE TEACHES US....WE TEACH OURSELVES. HOWEVER, WE MUST GATHER THE PROPER TOOLS FOR LEARNING HOW TO USE THE VOICE. TAPE FOUR DEVELOPING A RICH RESONANT VOICE! The human voice is basically a "WIND INSTRUMENT" with only one pipe and a double reed (the trachea ...the windpipe below the LARYNX ...which is the Thyroid-cartilage....better known as the "Adam's apple", the true vocal folds, not cords - the double reed). The throat is the "vocal tract" where highly attained resonance takes place. It is not how much you "open your mouth" when you sing, but spaciously open and TUNE THE RESONATORS IN THE LOWER THROAT. It can reinforce the basic fundamental sound created by the vocal folds hundreds and hundreds of times DOWN DEEP IN THE THROAT before sounding in the open space before you. One human voice that is correctly produced....can establish eighty decibels (a unit for measuring relative loudness of sound), which can be heard above the sound of a full orchestra.... in a concert hall without the reinforcement of a microphone! The very best opera singers do it all the time! TAPE FIVE HOW TO MAKE SINGING UNDERSTANDABLE. Singing is "SUPER PRONUNCIATION OF EMOTIONALIZED SPEECH.....BEAUTIFULLY SUSTAINED! Singers do not sing vowels, they sing "vowel-sounds". Vowel sounds carry sounds, consonants stop sounds. Vowel sounds are the beauty of singing, consonants are the noise. HOWEVER! Consonants make singing intelligible! Pronunciation is phonemic accuracy, it MUST BE CONSIDERED BEFORE TIMBRE!, If you think of TIMBRE FIRST, you frequently DESTROY THE INTEGRITY OF THE VOWEL SOUND, HOWEVER IF YOU THINK OF THE VOWEL SOUND FIRST....YOU CAN ADD TIMBRE TO MATCH THE INTENT NEEDED FOR THE SOUND! TAPE SIX HOW TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER. Singing is not a TALENT or a GIFT! It is a hidden capacity not revealed.....for lack of understanding how to coordinate energy, phonation, diction, resonance, and vibrato! A singer must also develop confident stage presence, ear training, how to make a song meaningful, good practice habits (you do not break habits, you replace them with new ones). Helps for people that have nagging problems with allergies, sinus, bronchitis, hay fever, and post-nasal drip. This will be addressed (without taking prescription medicine). Also, helpful guides for vocal rehabilitation. NOTE FROM MR. HOLCOMB: No individual has all the answers to Voice Science. At my age (born in 1930), I constantly study trying to find answers how to make singing easier with total freedom and ease, not only for the beginner, but for many singers with lots of study, that have never learned how to establish VOCAL FREEDOM. The methods and concepts you will hear in these tapes have PROVEN highly effective from those that are using this vocal study album! Not just for beginners (ten years of age and older), but for professors of voice, choral directors, professional singers as well. FREEDOM AND ENJOYMENT IN SINGING can be yours for years to come. Great singers are people with ORDINARY VOICES who have a very insatiable appetite to rise above complacency, with a very unusual DESIRE , DISCIPLINE AND DETERMINATION to become one! The study album is Copyrighted. Order a set today only $89.95. Visa or MasterCard, or make out checks to VOCAL FREEDOM, 611 Raintree Drive, Tyler, Texas 75703. You may call 1 903 581 0291 to place an order for COD or give your Visa or MasterCard number. Add $7.00 for postage/packaging and handling. Thank you. DO NOT ENVY A GOOD SINGER! BECOME ONE! IF YOU CAN COHERENTLY SPEAK. YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO SING WELL! In post graduate studies, I discovered that the last thing that leaves the memory bank of those with downs syndrome, they can sing when unable to do anything else coherently ORDER TODAY! Cost: $89.95 plus S/H $7.00. The CD's @ $99.95 include the same information as the cassettes. Production cost more.
611 Raintree Drive Phone (903)-581 0291
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