Singing Guide: Lindell Cooley
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
Lindell Cooley is an American worship leader and relgious non-profit organization founder, who has produced and participated in over twenty live worship albums. His soaring tenor voice and emotive singing style has earned him a following among worship enthusiasts worldwide. Here is how you can sing like Lindell Cooley.
Vocal Technique
Lindell Cooley is known for his powerful and emotive singing style. His voice has a soaring quality with a lot of dynamics, ranging from soft and delicate to strong and resonant. If you want to sing like him, you need to focus on the following techniques:
Breathing
The key to good singing is breath control. Lindell Cooley has a powerful voice, and he consistently produces excellent vocal tone. If you want to sing like him, you need to practice breathing exercises. Use the Farinelli breathing method.
Voice registers
Lindell Cooley has a clear and flexible voice, able to sing in both his chest and head voice. He can also use his mixed voice to blend the two. If you want to sing like Lindell Cooley, you need to master your voice registers. You can follow this video lesson that explains what voice registers are and how to train that skill.
Articulation
Lindell Cooley is an impressive aritculater. He emphasizes on his vowels and clarity of sung texts. He has mastered the art of clear and precise lyrics expression. If you want to sing like him, follow the exercise of finger bite.
Vibrato
Allowing your voice to oscillate slightly adds an organic, natural effect that can enhance your singing. You can follow these two videos, Beggars Bounce that explains how to Vibrato and Diaphragm Bounce that trains for Vibrato in depth.
Emotion & Expression
Lindell Cooley has a great range of emotional expression in his singing. To emulate his style, try to have good control of your breathing, voice, and lyrics. Then when you are singing, focus on emoting the sentiments of the song. Relax your mind, and don't hold back on the emotional message of the lyric.
Songs to Practice
If you want to sing like Lindell Cooley, you need to listen, then study his catalog of songs. Here are some great places to start:
- "I Need You More" is one of his most popular songs that showcase his powerful voice with a slow and emotive ballad melody.
- "Open Up the Sky" is another popular song with an uplifting melody and a great range of dynamics.
- "Let the Church Rise" brings in an anthemic note to his singing, engulfing his voice and the band in an upbeat praise song with a healthy back and forth melody.
- "Holy Holy" is one of his works that display his ability to sing with clarity and evocatively.
Singingcarrots.com resources
Make use of the resources provided by Singing Carrots to enhance your learning experience.
- You can use the Vocal Range Test to identify your vocal range.
- The Pitch Accuracy Test to improve your pitch.
- Vocal Pitch Monitor aids in training for singing with correct pitch.
- Use Pitch Training to refine your ear-play and mastery of pitch.
- You can search for songs that match your vocal range and difficulty level in our Song Search tool.
- Explore the vocal ranges of more than 5000 famous singers in our Artist Vocal Ranges database.
- The "Create Your Songbird's Setlist" tool in the Songbook is essential for creating performance sets.
- Sign up for our singing course and kick start with entry-level singing lessons.
By incorporating Singing Carrots' resources, you can develop and evaluate your singing skill. Incorporate in your practice regimen and continuously monitor your learning progress using the Progress Statistics feature. Remember, singing takes practice and patience. Keep going!