Welcome to Singing Carrots, where our mission is to help you enhance your singing skills. In this article, we'll explore how to learn singing like the duo Broken Bells, consisting of singer/songwriter James Mercer and producer Danger Mouse.

Singer's Unique Vocal Technique

Broken Bells combines multiple genres, including indie rock, pop, and electronic music to create a unique sound that showcases James Mercer's voice. He blends smooth and sharp tones, creating elegant falsettos, and infuses the lyrics with a variety of emotions. Sometimes he uses high pitched vibratos and chest voices that are unmatched in modern music. You can hear examples of his voice's range in "The High Road" and "Holding On for Life".

Practical Advice

To learn to sing like James Mercer, you must focus on breath control, resonance, intonation, and voice agility.

• Breath Control: Practice breathing exercises and correct posture to control breathing and improve diaphragm flexibility. You can check our Breathing Basics and Breath Support articles.
• Resonance: To balance between chest and head voice, focus on singing from your mask by imagining it vibrating with sound. You can check Resonance in Singing.
• Intonation: Learn to recognize and correct pitch problems through our Pitch Accuracy Test, followed by our Pitch Training, which employs interactive games to train your ears and improve your pitch controls.
• Agility: Focus on your voice flexibility and agility with our vocal warm-ups that go from comfortable low notes to high ones.

Relevant Singing Carrots Resources

• Search songs by vocal range: Our search engine will help you find Broken Bells' songs that match your vocal range. Check it out here.
• Educational singing course: Our singing course consists of 21 interactive lessons that cover everything we mentioned before, including voice registers, breathing, tone color, intonation, and more. Take a look here.
• Vocal range test: Use our vocal range test to determine your vocal range and compare it with Broken Bells' and other singers'. Find the test here.
• Pitch accuracy test: Use our pitch accuracy test to measure how well you handle pitch and intonation and to practice pitch accuracy. You can try it out here.
• Pitch Training: Our interactive and entertaining pitch training tool will help you improve your pitch accuracy. Check it out here.
• Vocal Pitch Monitor: Our tool will display your sung notes on a virtual piano, helping you see your pitch accuracy. Find it here.

Conclusion

Broken Bells' vocal technique and music create a unique sound that can help you improve agility, resonance, and control in your singing. By focusing on breath control, resonance, intonation, and voice agility, you can learn to sing like James Mercer. Remember to check our relevant Singing Carrots resources like our singing course, pitch testing tools, and range searching tool.