When I was first learning to sing, I acquired bad habit of pressing most of the time when I sing. This came about because my introduction to singing came via tutorials made by a coach who heavily implied that compression always makes a vocalist sound more interesting and that there is no such thing as over compressing. So, I started compressing and compressing hard! To be clear, when I say "compression", I'm talking about glottal compression and hypercompression, which are both about how much force you use to attain vocal cord closure. I took some lessons from a coach and found out that there absolutely is such a thing as compressing too much and I was doing it. My coach said I was "pressing" too much when I sang, even in clean singing. Pressing is really destructive because it involves literally pressing the vocal folds together hard while forcing them open by squeezing air through them. Pressing makes the vocal folds red, irritated and swollen, since you're literally squeezing air through your vocal folds while they're being tightly closed. Problem is, I don't understand the difference between using increased amounts of compression for grit and using pressing while singing. Don't compression (especially hypercompression) and pressing both involve using a lot of force to close the vocal cords while trying to force air through them? I find this the single most confusing thing about creating grit . I'm not asking about the decompresssed style of creating grit. I'm also not asking about the type of compression twang creates by narrowing the vocal tract, I'm ONLY asking about using glottal compression with enough force to create grit - the compression based style of creating grit that singers like Phil Anselmo, Rob Halford, Rob Zombie and Sully Erna use. Since creating grit requires more glottal compression than singing cleanly, how can you compress that hard (especially if using hypercompression) and somehow avoid pressing while you're doing it? It seems to me that "pressing" and "using a lot of glottal compression" are two different terms for the same thing. They both describe using a lot of force to achieve vocal fold closure, so isn't end result of either pressing while singing clean or using glottal compression with a lot of force to create grit, especially if it's hypercompressed (Phil Anselmo, Sully Erna, M. Shadows) is still going to be red, irritated, swollen vocal folds from trying to force air through tightly closed vocal cords and maybe even choking off the airflow and with it, the note you're trying to sing.

I've learned a lot about the hyoid pull in this community and it definitely works, but I am kind of getting the idea that it is impossible to create distortion without a hyoid pull when actually, you are the first coach I've seen mention a hyoid pull. I read Raise Your Voice by Jamie Vendera. I saw no mention of a hyoid pull or anything similar in the book. Yet other coaches get their grit with twang instead, such as CVT certified coach Mateus Sibila, who demonstrates how to create grit only using twang in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAugpkANBOc Instead of using a hyoid pull, he uses twang to create grit for singing. The thing I find appealing about this is that he says that in addition to creating grit, twang helps get rid of unwanted breathiness from our voice for singing or screaming. He elaborates: "Twang is created by narrowing the epiglottic funnel which amplifies and compresses the sound. Twang also helps to set the position of our throat, larynx, palate and tongue for getting a healthy distortion to scream and sing with rasp. Examples of bands are Guns N' Roses, Alice In Chains, Godsmack and many others including Metallica." Finally, Aliki Katriou says that Kargyraa is her favorite way to create false fold distortion, since unlike the other two ways, it is direct - not passive. She likes that the main pro of Kargyraa is it gives you the most muscular control and says the main downside to it is the pitch range you're able to achieve with it.

Hi, I'm new here so I'm still a bit shy. I need a lot of help with mixed voice because I cannot seem to figure it out even though I'm spending all of my patience and energy behind it. Is there any vocal teacher/coach who can come on a call for just 15 mins and teach me some of the things without any money please? I cannot pay even a single dollar behind this as I am too young and I really just need some guidance and advice for it. I've tried youtube and taking advice from random people online but it doesn't really work unless there's someone pinpointing my mistakes and telling me how to correct them. Learning by myself has also created some confusions that I need to get rid of immediately. Somebody help please 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I'm asking because I really like the sound that this guy is getting on the Sam Carter style pitched scream he does and he explains how he does it. I did't know it was possible to compress such a high note but it certainly sounds powerful and aggressive! By the way he has a web site and on it he states: "CAUTION: The most common mistake is pressing the vocal folds together and SQUEEZING air through. This sounds either like a very high and weak scream or like a wheezing or whistling sound and feels uncomfortable. If you catch yourself doing this STOP. Pressing the vocal folds together and squeezing air through is very stressful for your vocal folds." This came as news to me because I thought compression was pressing the vocal folds together but according to him, compression is this: "Compression in vocal technique refers to creating pressure inside the upper body. Our body has a mechanism for creating high pressure and stability inside our upper body. We use this when creating great core stability for lifting heavy objects, bracing ourselves for an impact, throwing up, holding back air at any cost, or when we defecate. When we stiffen our abdominals and maybe even pull them inwards slightly something special happens inside our larynx. Our vestibular folds close over the vocal folds and as such change how the vocal folds behave and how much the vestibular folds vibrate." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AFy1EFjpbzY

I saw some bald-headed guy who claims to be able to teach how to sing, tell his audience it had been too long since he had reacted to some Sleep Token. You can have a high level of respect for someone or a low level of respect. Is it possible to have a negative level ofrespect for someone? Every "reactor" is a wannabe actor. Some are more cringe than others but one thing's for sure: None of them ever went to acting school. "Understatement? No, I don't do that. I merely put in the song that the almighty algorithm told me would get me the most views and then I pretend to have multiple orgasms while listening to their song that I have never heard before...whether I like it or not. How do yo do that? I copy Meg Ryan's scene in "When Harry Met Sally" You're a fraud. You know that, don't you? "Yes, and proud of it!!!! My first time reactions convince the more needy of my followers that they have excellent taste in music...and so do I"! If you have a vocal coach who does reactions, ask: "Are you certified to be a vocal coach"? If they say yes, then ask: "Do you have any diplomas from acting schools"? When they inevitably answer no, then ask them, how about sticking to to the thing in which they actually have some expertise? Just a thought!