Comments on: Why Breathing Is Important For Singing

By: Nicolas ugonna

Nicolas ugonna — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:11:50 +0000

Mr aussie you ar a wonderful coach, i luv your aticule. But i hav a problem, i found myself forcin my voice while singin, and am always to bring out a nice voice but it’s not workin out. Pl’s i need ur advice on how to do better and exercise that will improve my voice control. I also have a stuffy throat while singin.

By: Aussie Vocal Coach

Aussie Vocal Coach — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:23:53 +0000

Hey Diego,

That is certainly a problem for you. Try this. Bend over from your waist and let everything just hang. Let go of your abs and try and breath as low as you can. This will get gravity on your side and hopefully help you relax

Ian

By: Diego

Diego — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:26:22 +0000

Hi Aussie, im writing cause i have a huge problem, i love to sing and i do think i have a decent voice but my problem is that i suffer from anxiety disorder.. and my abs holds basically my anxiety tension so its tense many hours during the day! and when i do the breathing exercise is hard cause i need to push my belly out and its not relax at all cause subconciosly my mind wants my abs to be tigh so what can i do?? my natural brathing now is ver shallow so wheni do diaprahmg breathing i feel like i need to push hard my belly … so what can i do? not chances for me to sing?? thanks you very much.. good work.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:53:49 +0000

Hi Evelyn,

There could be a few reasons why your throat is stuffy. Here is a link to a related article that has some suggestions on how to fix your problem.

http://www.aussievocalcoach.com/2010/07/02/how-to-sing-if-you-are-sick-or-fatigued/

Ian

By: evelyn

evelyn — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:13:59 +0000

hi gudmorning,

my name is evelyn from Nigeria, i always have a stuffy throat when singing, n’ i always spit out when singing i want to stop it to sing better but i don’t know how.

By: Aussie Vocal Coach

Aussie Vocal Coach — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:59:23 +0000

Thanks for the comment Warren. Bad habits can certainly be one of the hardest aspects of singing to overcome. As you say “practice, practice, practice” is the key!

Ian

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:21:36 +0000

Ian, I have found your comment about “muscles have memory and if repeated enough the co-ordination will become automatic” to be spot on. Overcoming the earlier-acquired “bad habits” of breathing is not easy, but doable with practice, practice, practice. Thanks again.
Warren

By: admin

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:18:17 +0000

Hi Rafael,

I hadn’t really thought much about it before, but weight could impact your ability to breathe correctly.
To get your air as low as possible your diaphragm needs to push the contents of your abdomen down and out.
I guess the more you have to push, the harder it would be!

Yeah 7 seconds is a bit short compared to what is possible. It will certainly affect your tone if you are struggling to get your breathing right.

5 to 10 minutes a day should do the trick.

Thanks for the questions,
Ian

By: Rafael

Rafael — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:08:11 +0000

Hey Mr Aussie Vocal Coach! How r u doing my friend!
I added ure facebook page today, its awesome. Coach
my breathing sucks! I can only inhale for 7 seconds
do you think that because Im fat it disturbs the my
breathing? I feel as if my belly is too big and cant
take in more air, Im losing tone a lot, do you think
that breathing is the problem? For how long I should
exercise breathing each day? And yes I know I should
lose weight! Lol…

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