To develop a singing style like Winston Rodney, aka Burning Spear

you'll need to master skillful delivery, following the roots-reggae style he popularized in the '70s. Holding a powerful voice with a rough edge and a narrative-storytelling technique, Burning Spear is famous for the emotional energy he pours into his music.

Vocal technique:

Breathing Exercises and Warm-ups

Start your singing exercises with breathing exercises which will help you support your voice as you sing. Warm up your voice using Farinelli Breathing exercises.

Vocal Registers

Learn to recognize your vocal registers to improve your range and sound. Check Chest Voice Explained video to know more.

Singing Style

Tone and Expression

To match the tone and expression of Burning Spear's music, you should practice singing with passion, energy, and emotion. Relaxing Breath video will guide you on how to relax and control your breath to help you achieve this.

Phrasing and Articulation

Phrasing will greatly influence the tone of your lyrics, while articulation will affect the clarity of your words. Finger Bite video will teach you how to keep your jaw loose and your tongue relaxed when singing.

Vibrato and Nasality

To achieve the masterful vibrato and avoid Nasality, you can follow vocal technique exercises from these two videos: Beggars Bounce and Stop Sounding Nasal.

Breathy notes are okay

Burning Spear's emotive style often relies on swells of breathy notes and overemphasized phrasing that's almost shouted — or rooted in Afrikan language style.

Famous Burning Spear songs:

• Slavery Days
• Marcus Garvey
• Social Living
• The Ghost

Singing Carrots resources:

• Vocal range test will help you analyze your range and compare it with famous singers.
• Pitch accuracy test provides various melodies to sing and check your pitch accuracy.
• Pitch Training - Educational Singing Game will teach you about pitch rising and falling techniques.
• Search songs by vocal range provides a huge database of famous songs classified by difficulty level and genre preference.
• Educational singing course offers an in-depth guide to singing with exercises and tips.