Singing Guide: Brass Against
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
Brass Against is a New York City-based musical group that combines rock and brass band music with socially conscious and political themes. Their music is a blend of covers and original songs that will make you think and feel.
To learn to sing like the female lead singer of Brass Against, Sophia Urista, you need to focus on developing your voice control and power while maintaining clear, sustained notes. Sophia is known for her soulful voice, emotive performance style, and groundbreaking vocal range.
To achieve the signature growling vocal technique that is one of Sophia's strengths, focus on exercises that emphasize the distortion of the voice, such as the How to Growl Exercise video and the Vocal Distortion & Growling article in the Singing Carrots resource list.
Sophia's powerful vocals can also be emulated by practicing breathing techniques, such as the Farinelli Breathing video and Breath Support article from Singing Carrots. These resources offer tips on achieving a consistently strong and supported breath, which is necessary to develop good singing control.
Sophia's song choices and interpretations are also key to her singing technique. Her covers of songs such as "Killing in the Name" and "Wake Up" showcase her incredible range, while her emotional delivery of songs like "The Pot" and "Freedom" highlight her expressive capabilities.
For beginners, Singing Carrots offers a comprehensive educational singing course with 21 lessons covering singing theory and practical tips. The Voice Registers & Vocal Break article and the Chest Voice Explained video can help you understand how to use voice registers effectively in your singing.
The "How to Overcome Stage Fright" and "Tips for Performing on Stage" articles are also valuable resources for singers who aim to perform with confidence.
To monitor your progress and work towards improving your singing, try Singing Carrots' range and pitch accuracy tests, the pitch monitor, pitch training, and search for songs by vocal range. In addition, Singing Carrots' songbook can help you build a performance set with linked lyrics, sheet music, chords, karaoke, and YouTube audio.
With a combination of these resources and a dedication to practice and improvement, you can learn to sing like Sophia Urista and capture the soulful, powerful spirit of Brass Against's music.