Reddit reviews Set Your Voice Free: How To Get The Singing Or Speaking Voice You Want

He probably has a hoarse voice from misusing his vocal chords. Reminds me of an article I saw where an opera critic reviewed heavy metal lead singers and critiqued their use of their vocal chords. If you have no voice training, you will wreck your voice. Tasteless should try this: http://www.amazon.com/Set-Your-Voice-Free-Speaking/dp/0316441589/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314617853&sr=8-1

I have a similar problem. In my public speaking class the advice I received from everyone was that I didn't speak loud enough, even when I thought I was speaking loud and clear with confidence. I'm currently reading Set Your Voice Free by Roger Love. It's a fantastic book. I haven't gotten to the exercises yet, but have learned so much already! Here's an interesting fact:

> The human voice is set up to speak or sing twenty-four hours a day without getting hoarse or strained or creating any physical problems. If yours can't, it's because you're doing something wrong. [page 11]

I highly recommend this book! I initially got it from the library, but purchased it from Amazon because the library book didn't have the accompanying CD.

I feel that way as well. As such I have a bit of a data dump. It's funny because I considered Memrise and Duolingo to likely be the most powerful alternatives for structured language learning beyond just going into immersion; but I guess not. AFAIK both of them use spaced repetition.

"Polyglot: How I Learn Languages" is written from a polyglot's perspective. Might be helpful to understand the mindset.

Tim Ferriss wrote this post on grammar deconstruction which could rapidly orient language learning. His other posts are good too although the more recent ones seem like promos for referrals.

FSI Language Courses are supposed to be semi-equivalent to the Pimsleur course. The Pimsleur course focuses on phonology first, and then builds on top of that. This might require some practice in manipulative voice work; I heard that this course is good for voice training but that might be independent from accent.

Where are your keys is meant to be a game for quickly acquiring grammar. It's fun in a kitschy way, hooking up with players on Skype

Then there's the tDCS option... anthonylee hasn't emerged with the results of learning German w/ tDCS on Broca's (or Wernicke's?) area.

My French accent is actually quite good and I have some fundamental grammar, but my vocabulary is shit. I've been wanting to regenerate my understanding, but language learning isn't something I get a lot of intrinsic pleasure out of except to the extent it gives me access to interesting literature or foreign women. (The east coast has too many charming Quebecoises...)

I think his technique is Fry Screaming; the same technique used by vocalists in Metalcore and Deathcore (not to be confused with False Chord/Death Growls used in Death Metal). There are tons of tutorials online, but the best advice I can give you is to start sessions with a trainer/vocal coach, so that you don't damage your vocal chords.

I sing False Chord, but the routine exercises for all screaming always stems from singing exercises. That means sing scales on the piano etc;

I really liked this book/cd for singing: http://www.amazon.com/Set-Your-Voice-Free-Speaking/dp/0316441589

If you become a bit good at singing and breathing from your diaphragm (your stomach), things this book teaches you how to do, then you can begin adding fry screaming to your program after watching videos on YouTube or Melisa Cross' excellent DVD "The Zen Of Screaming" 1&2.

Thanks. I actually have Brett Manning's Singing Success as well as Set Your Voice Free by Roger Love and Singing For The Stars by Seth Riggs (who I believe developed the speech level singing program that the first two admittedly built their programs around). I use a combination of those programs as well as Secrets of Singing by Jeffrey Allen (which I actually consider the most useful of all of those programs).

I'm definitely a believer in warming up and cooling down as well, but I still inevitably push it too much during practice. Just wondering if I should give myself a rest day or not afterwards, though.

Thanks for responding!

Superb book on the subject matter.

Is this one any good?

I'm pretty new to this, but Set Your Voice Free has been a great help in stopping me straining when reaching higher notes :)

I've used Set Your Voice Free and had a lot of luck with it. I think the real key is just to record yourself often and experiment.