The John Scott School of Voice (JDSVoice.com) is pleased to share even more great feedback about the innovations in vocal study, mastery, and instruction that we continue to provide as we coach and assist our students, helping them to excel and improve as vocalists in terms of career longevity, technique, and overall singing enjoyment.
Check out vocal instructor Gabriel Weiner’s testimonial about how valuable he found our JDSMethod singing lessons (video, audio, and one-on-one instruction modalities) to be!
Gabriel writes:
“First of all, all I think about you is positive…you seem like a very healthy, sincere, honest and mature man. These qualities come off in your videos, immediately putting the student at ease. That initial connection, even through video, is vital. You possess this serenity and confidence that is a real treat and help.
About the JDSMethod, I really believe you have distilled and put together something really simple, effective and reliable.
I have read dozens and dozens of singing books from classical singing to pop to rock to all of it, books over a hundred years old and books that came out within the last decade. I have browsed it all, I am probably familiar with all the voice methods and teachers online and I have downloaded and purchased many singing products.
As far as voice methods go, you seriously have put together the best one. I think that you just go right to the heart of the matter (The Balance Point), and you know what it takes to access it, isolate it and strengthen it.
I really wish you the best of success, and have no doubts that you reap and will continue to reap the wonderful fruits of what you have so passionately sown.
I just love your stuff! Go JDSMethod!”
Thanks, Gabriel! Click this link to visit Gabriel Weiner at YouTube.
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About the John Scott School of Voice
The John Scott School of Voice is the culmination of my dreams as a voice instructor. The goal of the school is to provide professional state of the art training to singers, speakers, and voice instructors, and to help them achieve their full potential in music and public speaking. Our new web site, JDSvoice.com, has all the details of the new business, and it introduces our newest associate, Heidi Bennett, who begins teaching out of our Alameda location this month.
The goal of the JDSMethod is to enable the singer to sing fully throughout their entire vocal range with power and control, and without strain. We’ve been seeing wonderful results with our students as they learn how easy it can be to control their voice once they understand the simple principles outlined in the new method.
Kindly,
- John
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Hi John: This technique looks very thorough, considering the entire body and positioning of the singer rather than the voice.
I have been singing and performing for a while informally and only took singing lessons very briefly. I was having a problem finding and breathing from my diaphragm. Is singing from the diaphragm required, and if so, what are some workarounds or easier ways to begin to learn to sing from the diaphragm if you just don’t have that experience?
Thank You,
Jaye
Here’s a couple of principles to help you sing from the diaphragm. First, follow the instructions on breathing in Lesson One of my free voice lesson series (www.jdsvoice.com), where you can learn “Breathe in Stomach Out”. Next, once you’ve inhaled properly, push against your abdomen with your hand and laugh or chuckle with a Ha Ha Ha Ha. As you expand out against your abdomen, your diaphragm will become active, and you will sense the action of singing from the diaphragm. When the vocal cord is properly adducting (buzzing like speech), you’ll feel the balance point. Try using this as a pre-cursor to a line of a song or a scale, and you should experience a greater efficiency of your voice.
-John
Okay, great! The way you explain it here, and on the video, seems to take any sense of mystery or intimidation out of the process. I’ll do some practicing and be sure to report back. Thanks for taking time out of your schedule to help me with this!
Best,
Jaye
Thanks for the encouragement Jaye!
If at any time you want more feedback on your singing, send me a video clip of you singing a song, and I’ll share some more lessons with you on how you can improve your technique.
-John
Okay, thanks again!
Jaye
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