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Singing Guide: Downhere
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
Singer/songwriter downhere’s unique vocal technique is his ability to mix his chest voice and head voice seamlessly, creating a beautiful blend of sound in his mid-range. To learn how to sing like downhere, it’s important to focus on developing this technique.
Start with the basics:
- It’s important to analyze your voice to determine what your vocal strengths and weaknesses are. Check out this article on how to analyze your voice for more information.
- Learn about the different voice types and which one you have.
- Breathing is the foundation of good singing. Ensure you understand the breathing basics and breath support which are crucial for good singing.
Getting the technique right:
- Understanding voice registers & vocal break is crucial.
- Chest voice/Voice registers is something to work on.
- Learning to blend your chest voice and head voice, in order to create a seamless mix, like downhere does, is important. Check out this video on mixed voice to help you get started.
Songs to showcase the technique:
- Check out Downhere's song "How Many Kings" to hear his unique blend of chest and head voice.
- An earlier song of Downhere’s, “Stone” is another great example of his vocal technique.
Additional resources:
- Further tips are given in this Singing Carrots article on how to learn a song effectively.
- Avoiding constrictions while singing is crucial for maintaining good voice health. Learn more here.
- It’s important to understand the difference between pop/jazz vs classical singing.
- For understanding how to sing with intuition, skills, emotion, and thinking, this article from Singing Carrots is a must-read: Singing with intuition, skills, emotion, and thinking.
- For contemporary vocal techniques such as heavy modal, twang, and belting, Singing Carrots has a great article that should help you: Contemporary vocal techniques: Heavy modal, Twang, Belting.
- Singing with Vibrato can enhance your performances, learn more here.
- To improve articulation in your singing, check out this article from Singing Carrots on articulation.
- This Singing Carrots article on why do we sing out of pitch? will help you understand common issues that singers face.
- Vocal health should always be maintained for damage prevention.
- Ensure you understand how posture affects your singing.
- Learn tips on how to overcome stage fright and how to perform on stage with confidence in this article here.
- This educational singing course from Singing Carrots will help you develop good singing habits: Singing Course.