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we all need boundaries in our lives
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non-negotiables that
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keep us and those we love healthy and
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safe
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did you also know that there are three
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non-negotiable singing rules that
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every singer should learn to live and
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sing by
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and you ignore them at your own peril
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soundcheck
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g'day and welcome back to voice
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essentials and i want to send a special
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shout out to everyone who is currently
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enrolled in my online singing course
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thank you for all of your positive
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feedback about the voice essentials
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online singing courses
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i'm so pleased it is helping you realize
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your vocal dreams
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now this learning to sing thing is most
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definitely a
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highly rewarding one for most people
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unfortunately though
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for some singers the process of learning
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to sing
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can become frustrating not to mention
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it can be a costly one and more often
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than not the
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failure of their attempts at learning to
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sing could be significantly transformed
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by
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simply establishing three non-negotiable
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singing rules
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the first absolute rule that i see
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singers continuing to disregard
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is the need for their singing to be
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aesthetically appropriate
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to the genre they are singing when we
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talk about the aesthetics of the voice
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we're referencing the tone resonance
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and texture of the voice for example a
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classical voice
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is generally heard to have clean and
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clear
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without ant clear tone without any raspy
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or breathy edge
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whereas a jazz singer's voice may employ
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husky textures
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with resonant features that explore the
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full gambit
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of light and dark tones now of course
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there are exceptions to every rule
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but for the most part if you get the
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aesthetic wrong
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then your audience may not be that
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excited by your performance
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sure a jazz singer parading as an opera
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diva while singing a bossa nova
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may be fun and intriguing for one song
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still i don't think a jazz audience
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would put up with it for
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a whole set now what do you think leave
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your comments
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below the second non-negotiable singing
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rule is your singing
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must be healthy we singers cannot
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circumnavigate the fact that we
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are biological instruments if your voice
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is unhealthy
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you'll always be singing with one vocal
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fold
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tied behind your back see what i did
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there
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seriously you can't sing if your voice
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is stuffed
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now there is a whole list of things that
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you can be doing to keep your voice
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healthy
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i'll leave a link up here and in the
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description section below
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to a video that talks you through a
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comprehensive list
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of do's and do nots but suffice to say
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your vocal health is your responsibility
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funnily enough
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the aesthetic of your voice will play a
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significant role
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in determining some of your vocal health
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outcomes
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the reality is some of the sounds we
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contemporary singers make
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will cost the voice more than others
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take onsets for example a vocal onset
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is the way your voice commences sound at
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the level of the glottis
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the space between the vocal folds now a
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balanced or
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simultaneous onset is the most healthy
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and sustainable onset the voice can make
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which is
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why i orientate all of my students to
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develop
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a habitual onset from the first lesson
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but if the contemporary singer only
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employs balanced onset in their singing
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they forego many vocal effects available
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to them
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now vocal effects that ultimately help
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to communicate the lyrics narrative
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more effectively and that's why we need
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to learn the full range of onsets
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including hard
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soft creaky and pinched
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but here's the rub excuse the pun all
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the
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onsets beside the simultaneous one
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will cost the voice more physically
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sure do a creaky onset once and it's no
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big deal
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but if your voice is in the habit of
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commencing its phonation
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with habitually unbalanced sound then
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it's
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likely that your voice will experience
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wear and tear
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over time that might lead to vocal
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health issues
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both functionally and organically and
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trust me
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that's not a good thing sound check
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[Applause]
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so no matter what your aesthetic choices
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may be
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make sure that they are healthy and
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sustainable
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and that's our third non-negotiable rule
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for singers
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your singing must be sustainable when we
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when we first start our learning to sing
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journey we typically begin by learning
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one or two songs
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now for some this is a big task and
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requires
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a lot of energy but but ultimately if
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you want to put your voice on stage
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then you are going to need to develop
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some vocal stamina
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one of the best ways to do this is to
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ensure that your aesthetic choices are
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generally healthy
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and therefore sustainable this is
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especially true if you want to sing
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the marathon that is covers bandwork
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now singing three and four sets a night
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is
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really hard work and the only way your
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voice will be able to front up
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each night multiple nights a week week
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after week
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is if your voice has developed a robust
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technique that is reproducible night
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after night after night and the best way
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to develop
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said technique is to establish a workout
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regime that lines up
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with all three non-negotiable singing
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rules
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make appropriate aesthetic choices make
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healthy vocal choices and ensure that
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your vocal choices
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are sustainable this video here will
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help you to design a well-balanced vocal
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workout
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that will workshop every area of your
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voice including
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those onsets i mentioned earlier in the
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video click on the video and i'll see
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you again in a second i'm dr dan
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sing well
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