Singing Guide: Benny Mardones
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
Benny Mardones, the American rock and soul vocalist, was best known for his smooth, soulful, and powerfully expressive voice that enraptured audiences. Mardones's unique ability to sustain long, powerful notes without sacrificing clarity makes him an ideal singer to learn from.
To mirror Benny Mardones's vocal techniques, an aspiring singer should focus on building breath support and sustaining vocal resonance. Benny Mardones's songs like "Into the Night," "She's So French," and "Still Waiting" showcase his signature techniques. By practicing these songs, an aspiring singer can incorporate Mardones's vocal techniques into their style.
To achieve a similar sound to Benny Mardones:
- Utilize soft palate exercises, such as those found in Nasality and Stop Sounding Nasal, to achieve Mardones's distinctive nasal twang.
- For rehearsing with proper breathing, try out Farinelli Breathing.
- To develop Mardones-like chest resonance, practice Singing Comfort Zone and Chest Voice Explained.
- To perfect vocal sustain, practice Sustain Vocal.
- To learn how to articulate better, do the Finger Bite exercise.
Besides these exercises, an aspiring singer should warm up their voice effectively with 3 Minute Warm Up and Humming. Developing good posture will also help your voice sound better, for which you can learn from the video about Good Singing Posture.
For more in-depth information, aspiring singers interested in developing their voice can check out our educational article on How to analyze your voice, Voice types, Breathing basics, Voice registers & vocal break, and Breath support.
Singing Carrots platform also offers a range of tools designed to help aspiring singers improve, including our Vocal range test, Pitch accuracy test, Vocal Pitch Monitor, Pitch Training, Search songs, Artist vocal ranges, and Singing course.
To sum up, any aspiring singer can learn from Benny Mardones's signature vocal techniques by mastering breath support, chest resonance, articulation, sustain, and practicing his songs. Singing Carrots platform offers a wide range of resources and tools to help them on this journey.