Susan Boyle’s former and original singing coach, Fred O’Neil talks about the Britains Got Talent finalist who has become a global sensation.
Handle any emergency with Howcast’s First Aid app – howc.st Learn how to belt out a song without ruining your voice in this pop singing tutorial. Expert: Cari Cole Video transcript: Hi I’m Cari Cole. I’m a celebrity vocal coach and artist development expert. And I help artist find their voice, craft their music, and create successful music careers. I’ve worked with Donald Fagen from Steely Dan, Courtney Love from Hole, I’ve worked with the band Journey. I’m going to teach you how to be a better singer and performer So I’m going to show you how to belt without ruining your voice. The first thing to understand is that it doesn’t require a lot of force to belt. So when we think of belting, we think of a lot of impact and a lot of force. Unfortunately that causes problems here. So with a singer you want to get a deeper breath because breath is what fuels the voice. So number one, breath. Number two, don’t hit the sound so hard. Number three, keep the mouth more open. So these are three things you can do right away to start belting without straining the vocal instrument. You also want to practice vocal exercises so your voice gets stronger. Your voice gets stronger as you sing and as you practice. Vocal exercises are really a focused way that you can make changes in the physical voice and get stronger because ultimately the stronger your voice the more you can belt with ease. If I sing the word stay, I’m going to sing – STAY [sing]. OK. Now when I sang that I didn’t go – STAY …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
He is educated in singing but his voice sounds like Cinderela’s prince. He doesn’t have a great voice.
i love the host
Amazing Susan !! we love you ..wonderful refreshing !!!Good Luck !!!
Be great to see Fred & Susan TOUR TOGETHER!!!
Mike
Go Fred!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What an amazing interview but the singing was too short. Would love to hear the whole song. Hope the next time on TV we get a change to hear more of the singing.
we want to hear fred sing the whole song on here, Ive heard him sing this song live in Glasgow hes such a great live performer.
think Fred looks like hes trying to wake up here , but he sings amazing as usual
love this interview its so relaxed , freds singing is amazing ,wish he had sung the whole song
Wow. I know I felt the difference instantly. It sounds much cleaner, more powerful, and just all around better. Very well explained and demonstrated, thank you.
@ade96lovesMJ Yes. A Good song. /watch?v=E71_tID-QsU
Example starts at 1:20.
love you cari
i just want to say, while watching your video, i sang once using my throat, and once using my diaphragm muscles, and i saw a massive difference!! your video really helped!! God bless you!
Is that a piece from a song ..that she is showing us ?
Felt the difference right away. Very well explained and demonstrated.
Well it’s a shame pop nowadays (mainstream) is terrible nowadays.
oh my goodness, I know soo many people that sing and try to belt out and later they keep complaining that their throat hurts or they are really out of breath….You put it into great terms and I hope many people watch these videos of yours to understand the proper way of singing
ok the second way u sang the “stay”,sounds really better!!!But it might hurt ifhappens often
Thanks for this video, it is really helpful, i was trying to sing cry me a river by michael buble and i was straining my voice to the point where it physically was hurting, but your techniques have really helped my voice
thanks again