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How To: Sing high nicely

Watch to hear some advice on how to properly sing high. The six rules are: breathe correctly, relax, use your head voice, work from your previous note, vertical vowels, and articulate.

How To: Control your breathing while singing

What's the big deal about breathing? Inhale, exhale, then repeat, right? "Passive" breathing is a breath of fresh air that improves pitch and strengthens endurance. So, for all of you singers out there, watch this. Revealed by vocal coach Renee Grant-Williams.

How To: Warm up your voice before singing

This 4 part video series is a gift from me to all the other singers out there who have shown me such great love and support. It contains a full vocal warmup that will improve tone, expand range, and increase control. This is pretty much the kind of warmup that I might do with a private client, but it's for you guys - free of charge.

How To: Scream for heavy metal rock

This is a video series of a heavy metal screaming lesson. The basics are explained and then you learn how to scream properly without hurting yourself. Learn how to breathe, exercise and stretch, scream when speaking, how to actually scream, and finally finding your pitch.

How To: Sing pop music

Singer and songwriter and singing teacher Jules Rendell takes us through the characteristics of pop singers like Beyoncé and Mariah Carey. She'll show you how to sing like an American Idol or X factor winner. Sing pop music.

How To: Warm up you singing voice

This exercise is an M hum vocal warm up. Squeeze your cheeks together, focus on an open throat and relaxed jaw with an open mouth. Sing through your basic warm up exercises. A great way to develop your vocal tone and warm up.

How To: Warm up your vocal chords

This video is a demonstration of an M hum warm up technique for singers. Hold your tongue and follow these simple exercises in this video. A great way to warm up breathing muscles, gently warm up vocal chords, and coordinate air and vocal chords.

How To: Sing and beatbox at the same time

This video is a demonstration of how to sing and beatbox Rahzel's "If Your Mother Only Knew." This video breaks down each word in the song and how it relates to the drum part. To do this you need to know how to hum and beatbox at the same time. Good luck!

How To: Perform a hollow inward snare sound beatboxing

This video by DiaryBoiChau is a demonstration of how to make a hollow inward snare sound while beatboxing. The hollow inward snare sound is a higher pitch, crisper sound with a variable pitch based on your mouth position. A good way to round out your beatboxing tonal palette.