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Vocal Analysis
Sometimes in class, especially on days where students are under the weather or super tired, we do Vocal Analysis. Meaning, the student will observe whether the vocalist in the video hast good or bad technique (yes even some famous people have bad technique), how strong their stage presence & emotional implementation is, which breathing technique they use, if they are in service of the audience or themselves etc. and lastly what their takeaway is from observing.
And since MJ is on everyone's lips at the moment, it's the perfect occasion to share one of my favorite videos from my vocal-analysis-list, because he was the perfect example for the following aspects:
- Dropping of the jaw! - It is evident that this man has practiced projection, vowel placement, dropping the jaw and overall use of his oral cavity, so much to perfection, that his TMJ and jaw muscles are visibly stretched! He has what I call the Nut-Cracker-Jaw! A hallmark that all highly trained singers have.
- Vocal Apparatus Positioning and Vocal Closure! - Right in the first sentence you can see a beautiful combination of different Vocal Apparatus Positioning plus a combination of different degrees of vocal closure: On the words: "A willow deeply" we have Concave Vocal Apparatus Positioning with Full Vocal Closure, and on the word: "scarred" we have Natural almost Convex-leaning Vocal Apparatus Positioning with a bit of Falsetto=Breathiness! .... He continues that throughout the whole verse, followed by Concave Vocal Apparatus Positioning with Light Distortion on "Cause they got no place to be" and then moving to Convex Vocal Apparatus Positioning with Strong Distortion on "that's why I'm starting with me" !!!
Well dang! Try pulling that off in every single sentence in only 40 seconds! 😅 UNBELIEVABLE ain't it!?
And there are so many more masterful things going on in this performance, but some of the main takeaways I hope you'll remember are the following:
Besides the fact that tons of practice can unlock this level of greatness, there is another common challenge that most of my students face, which is that we often don't realize how much the fear of being judged actually constricts our body movements. When you think your mouth is far opened, you are most likely still only at about 20% of how much professional singers actually open their mouths. And we are just talking about the mouth and not the full body. And Michael is an excellent example of this. I highly suggest watching this at least 3 times.
Much love to everyone and always remember, the world needs your talent to get inspired. 🗣️🎙️💜
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