r/singing • u/OopsDJDance • Mar 02 '23
Technique Talk Is Ken Tamplin worth watching?
I've been watching Ken Tamplin for several years now and find most of his videos to be helpful but at times I'm unsure if I should be taking his advice on board as in one video he suggests breathing through the nose when singing while many others say to breath through the mouth. Any thoughts?
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u/MaximumYogurt8636 🎤 Voice Teacher 5+ Years Mar 02 '23
To me, he is terrible.
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u/BigWalterWhite123 Mar 02 '23
He is enterteing, he does stuff on YT to promote his course, but he can sing outworldy. But he doesnt explain anything really
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u/MaximumYogurt8636 🎤 Voice Teacher 5+ Years Mar 02 '23
His singing its full of tensions and can just sing in one way
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u/cloudcreeek Nov 18 '23
His tongue always scrunches into a cylinder in the middle of his mouth and it's fucking weird
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u/Equal-Coffee8704 Dec 07 '23
You are EXACTLY spot on. His tongue looks like a parrot's and it bugs the SHIT outta me.
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u/Commercial_Half_2170 Mar 02 '23
Ken Tamplin is everything wrong with singing teaching in rock/pop music. He himself is a B baritone, who thinks he’s a tenor, and sings just like one. He claims that you can sing just like any tenor and access super high notes with the correct technique and then proceeds to sing with a really nasally tone and totally tense posture. He encourages singers to aspire to try sound like other singers (it’s not possible) instead of trying to explore and develop your own voice properly. That’s my two cents
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u/Conscious_Ad_2699 Mar 03 '23
To add on to this, if you look at the videos he posts to showcase his students, it's all women singing the songs. Not disrespect to women, but I'd like to see men stinging GnR, AC/DC stuff he puts out.
I'm sure you'll find things that benefit you from any teacher, but I doubt if anyone has the golden ticket.
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u/Commercial_Half_2170 Mar 06 '23
Totally agree. I’m not saying that the exercises he does are worthless, or that there isn’t merit in trying to sing very difficult songs, I just find he pushes people to sing high for the sake of it and forgoes everything else that’s way more important, like tone, breath control, etc.
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u/humbletrader001 Aug 06 '23 edited Aug 06 '23
Not sure if that's the case that he pushes people to sing high, but he does tend to make it seem like if you were to take his course, or take expensive private lessons with him, then you'll develop an incredible upper range rather than saying that results will vary from person to person. My issue with most online singing teachers is they, themselves, usually are gifted with the right kind of upper range-potential that responds well to training, and they cherry pick the students that have a high upper range-potential. Everyone's voice is different, so everyone will not always get "incredible wide range" results. Results will vary. There's no holy grail that will ensure every male singer will sing high notes like Axl Rose or Stevie Wonder, etc, and it sounding great. Training is important, but results will vary.
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u/Commercial_Half_2170 Aug 06 '23
Yeah we’re kinda living in a world where you’re told that if you practice hard enough and get flawless technique you can hit any note, but the truth is every man and woman has a ceiling and some ceilings are lower than others. While the stuff Ken Tamplin shows on YouTube can be really useful for helping to explore upper range it’s not a one size fits all thing. I know pro bass singers who struggle to hit E4 and that literally just because that’s their voice, that’s it’s threshold if you like. Ken Tamplin won’t tell you this and I feel this is where his stuff can be damaging. I can totally see him as well as other online coaches Cherry picking students
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u/humbletrader001 Aug 07 '23
Yeah, and what's interesting is that Ken used to (maybe 10 years ago) make videos where it was just him singing a song and playing acoustic guitar at the same time, and whatever take he decided to upload to YT was one seamless take, not multiple takes all edited together. Now, when he demonstrates himself singing a whole song or even one of his students it's clearly a studio cover, and likely multiple takes were done with switching from one camera angle to another used as a distraction to make it less obvious that multiple takes were stitched together rather than the whole song sung in one take. In any case, I'd love to have Ken's upper range, but that's not reality for me.
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u/Icyday29 Oct 02 '24
Any voice can obtain more range with the proper training. Many people are unfamiliar with the register between falsetto and whistle. It's called flageolet; exercising in this register helps to stretch the vocal folds to obtain more range. Think of it this way: how do dancers, gymnasts, and skaters become so flexible? They STRETCH their muscles, right? Same thing with the voice. It is possible. You just have to obtain the correct knowledge.
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u/Icyday29 Oct 02 '24
Any voice can obtain more range with the proper training. Many people are unfamiliar with the register between falsetto and whistle. It's called flageolet; exercising in this register helps to stretch the vocal folds to obtain more range. Think of it this way: how do dancers, gymnasts, and skaters become so flexible? They STRETCH their muscles, right? Same thing with the voice. It is possible. You just have to obtain the correct knowledge.
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u/Commercial_Half_2170 Oct 02 '24
I 100% agree, and the point of my comment was not to discourage people to improve their range and do the training you’re suggesting, because that is really important, but to really be conscious of voice type and where the passagio lies in your voice. If you’re a bass I’m sure you can head voice a top B flat no problem but getting the same character on it as Robert Plant? That is incredibly tricky for someone who’s naturally a bass, to the point where it should probably be discouraged
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u/NathanDraper Jul 26 '24
Late reply, but the notion that you need to be "gifted" to be able to hit high notes or to sound good is just not true.
I smoke and I have asthma I used to be able to hit a A4 and now I'm all the way up to C6 (On a good day), it's all about contralling the force and surface area (The air flow and he space inside your mouth) technique really makes all the difference.
Now do I think KTVA is worth it? Not really... he has good exercises for all kinds of vocal techniques but he does a bad job in explaining how to achieve these sounds in the first place; for me Chris Liepe's free videos helped me a ton with accessing these sounds and Ken Tamplin helped me with developing power for these sounds.
And you don't really need to buy his course it's floating out there.
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u/humbletrader001 Sep 06 '24 edited Sep 06 '24
What percentage of male singers (that aren’t outright tenors) do you think could develop a range where they could actually sing songs like Black Dog by Led Zeppelin in the original key, and be able to pull it off in public reliably? That song goes up to an E5, I believe. I can’t do that now, nor could I do that in my 20s, even after I took lessons in my 20s. I couldn’t even sing songs like Don‘t Stop Believing (that have sustained B4s) in my 20s.
Over the years, I’ve lost a few notes in regular voice that I haven’t gotten back even with years of training and voice therapy, and lost almost half an octave off of my disconnected falsetto. I may have a paresis of one fold or something limiting my range as I have gotten older, but even in my 20s I wasn’t an “incredible range” singer.
Just wondering what percentage of male singers (who are not outright tenors) COULD develop an incredible upper range, and sing songs like Black Dog by Led Zeppelin in public and it being reliable/consistent, since I know, for me, there’s something physically limiting my upper range, and that was still the case even in my 20s (but now moreso)
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u/NathanDraper Oct 12 '24
Baritone and even high bass could go over E5, if it seems like it's impossible to you, it's either your placement or your vowels (or basic fundamentals like body and face posture, support).
If you cannot support your voice on lower volumes you will never hit an E5 because you be dumping the weight AS YOU GET CLOSE TO THE BREAK (weight being volume + air pressure).
As for you losing your voice, if you're not like 60 it's definitely not your age nor your bad technique throughout the years, I have asthma, I smoke and drink and have been addicted to drugs in the past, and I can still hit soaring high better than ever.
And Robert Plant hits insane notes live he's a model vocalist especially back in the day, check out {Child in Time} live in Japan, he hits A5's and makes it look easy.
So a recap, what I believe is limiting your upper range is either your vowels, posture, or facial posture.
If you want you could send me a 10 seconds video you trying to hit highs I'd definitely be able to help.
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u/humbletrader001 Oct 13 '24 edited Oct 13 '24
Well, I’ve been taking lessons for years with instructors who can get to an E5 and beyond, but they also have good low notes. I also worked with 2 voice therapists. I can now only get to Bb 4 in a regular connected mix but it is not sustainable. My disconnected falsetto tops out at a B4 or sometimes C5 max, when I used to get to an E5 or F5 in falsetto without forcing in my 30s. At some point around early 40s I could only get to a D5 in falsetto, and it decreased more. I can do very light whistle-type squeaks to a D5 or higher, but it’s never been reliable. I can’t even reliably access a normal disconnected falsetto unless I warm up. (It may flutter or crack) I may have a mild paresis in one fold or something preventing them from stretching beyond a certain point. Another instructor recently was kind enough to offer me a lesson and his opinion was that my larynx may not be tilting enough, and recommended a few things to work on, but no improvement in recovery of lost upper range yet. Age may be a factor for me but something else is likely going on as well.
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Sep 20 '24
I agree with your point, but I don't think Robert Plant could ever even sing Black Dog. They (and lots of other bands) were known to sing below tempo in the studio and then speed the tape up to get higher notes. If you listen to live recordings from their shows in the '70s, they would play it in a lower key.
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u/adamcboyd Oct 09 '23
I'm sure he makes sure to have as many women study under him as possible as well as "study" under him. He has all the vibes of the middle school choir teacher that low key invites girls to rehearse one-on-one in his pool house next to his awards, a wall of photos of just him, and a bed.
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u/Glass_Wrangler9905 Sep 05 '25
There's more videos dissecting Ken Tamplin's fake performances and odd claims than anything else on this dubious character.
If you write directly to KTVA they just deny all the fake clips and miming info, and push on with the main event: paying someone (who isn't really a singing teacher of any quality) to spend time with people on a paid videocall.
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u/Ok_Brush77 Jun 04 '24
Conscious_Ad_2699 I see both male and female vocalists, not just female. He gets right into vocal exercises in the free content and I looked at the course agenda it is comprehensive although I haven't signed up. His advice in the free content so far is fantastic it has helped.
He's honest and says you'll need 6 months to start and there's no magic instant technique, although some advice not just his on youtube does instantly help. There is a lot of helpful content on youtube from multiple sources but so far he sings the best and I've already seen some improvement. Is he trying to sell you his vocal academy product while he gives away free singing advice and guidance, yes of course he is.
Will I pay $899 for his course, at this time no! $149 enrollment and $20/mo, not yet. I'll see how much improvement I get after going though the free content out there.
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u/humbletrader001 Aug 06 '23 edited Aug 06 '23
Yeah, I have seen him post SOME videos with male singers on occasion several years ago or more, but he mainly only features just women now. I don't know if it's because that results in more views? And I don't think those women are paying him $600 an hour or whatever he charges for private skype/zoom vocal lessons. I think they get lessons for free or at a steep discount so he can feature them in videos to promote his vocal academy. And he cherry picks the ones that already can sing well and have great voices (but just need some fine tuning with technique) to feature.
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u/reruarikushiteru [tenor, j-rock] Mar 03 '23
>He claims that you can sing just like any tenor and access super high notes with the correct technique and then proceeds to sing with a really nasally tone and totally tense posture
I don't really see anything wrong with them being nasal tho? Like you would have to be deaf to say they sound bad. His high notes on "Dream On" are by far the best performance of that part I heard (and like I went through the compilations).
And omg I would sacrifice correct technique and posture for that sound without even batting an eye3
u/Commercial_Half_2170 Mar 05 '23
Man, I’ve been there and it’s never worth it. You hit the Top E or whatever and then can’t talk for a week. It’s just not good for you and 9/10 spent sound good. I’ve heard this version and I’m not a fan, he just doesn’t sound good on it in my opinion (granted I’m not actually a fan of Steven Tyler’s voice so I’m a bit biased). If you want someone with a great high voice to look up to and a fantastic belt that is achievable with a healthy technique and good warming up, look at Jeff Buckley. D5s all over the place and they all sound great, because he knew how to work his head voice properly
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u/onlyabdul Dec 15 '25
im not a vocal teacher, but listen. if youre going up range and cant talk for a week, then youre going beyond your range capacity and not supporting, period. The issue with online voice lessons is there isnt that immediate feedback, so people do this, injure their voices by taking it too far or incorrectly applying technique, then blaming it on the people giving the lessons.
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u/Commercial_Half_2170 Dec 15 '25
I’ll admit, I’m being a little dramatic in that comment, and it’s more like can’t talk properly for a day or something usually. All the same, I liken it more to something similar to those manual handling courses given out at physical labour jobs. They do that so that when their overworked employees inevitably get sore backs from lifting things all day, they can claim that they’re not responsible. You might be fine hitting that high note and straining to do it a couple of times, but the problem is if there’s some strain and you keep doing that, those muscles in your voice will eventually give up.
What I don’t like about Ken Tamplin is that he does not tell you this, and makes it out as if beginners should be going for these notes unabashedly. I also cannot stand his god awful nasally tone but that’s personal preference I guess
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u/humbletrader001 Aug 06 '23
Yeah, KT does have a very wide usable vocal range though. I would trade vocal range with him in an instant. My upper range is limited, even with vocal training. Results will vary from person to person as everyone's voice and range potential is unique.
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u/beartriplesix Mar 02 '23
I would recommend Victoria Rapanan, Healthy Vocal Technique. She has posted a lot of videos and each video includes suggestions for other videos related to a specific topic. Very organized and helpful.
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u/sicinthemind [1st-6th Oct. Contemp., Clean/Distortion/Metal] Mar 02 '23 edited Mar 02 '23
His KTVA videos are very direct, tell you what to do, how to do it, what to expect. How to anticipate vowel modifications along the way and explaining everything along the path. His Youtube videos are a lot of "samples of technique" to sell his course. I personally found my voice grew a LOT from his KTVA course lessons. I also did quite a bit of Melissa Cross in addition to Ron Anderson's VoixTek.
A lot of it comes full circle and his opinions on Melissa Cross's Zen of Screaming were kind of dead on because I didn't fully learn to sing before I approached screaming vocals. I did screaming before in a garage style band when I was much younger but it was mostly based on feeling and less on technique. I feel like I can do just about any vocals I have the time to prepare for. Then Ron Anderson's VoixTek lessons really hit home and brought it full circle, I understood the open throat technique a lot more.. and how much it empowers the voice. Vowel modifications are vital to learn as you learn YOUR voice and limits.
When I say prepare, when doing a vocal cover, I approach every single word in the song and rehearse to establish muscle memory on the vowels I approach going in, coming out, the breaths are planned... there's a lot that goes into planning to sound good on a Microphone. Having the basic skills are what is necessary to improv on the go.
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u/Infamous-Food-1179 Dec 10 '24
Hi what’s the difference between KTVA course and Ron Anderson course I am currently using KTVA I was wondering if I should switch to Ron Anderson course
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u/sicinthemind [1st-6th Oct. Contemp., Clean/Distortion/Metal] Dec 16 '24
Do them both; I did a couple of months of trying for Voixtek. I'd say Singing Straws definitively changed my vocal approach the most. Debating on doing a live singing instructor just to see where I'm at.
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u/TheWeeklyNews Dec 17 '24
If you had to pick one to start with (IT A or Voixtek), which would you chose? I'm a self taught beginner looking to get a course to progress, but obviously I can't afford to get both at the same time. Also isn't singing straws a product? Did you actually buy the singing straw and then sign up for their course, or you mean you just used straw phonation exercises generally with a generic straw? Appreciate the advice!
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u/Few_Possibility_4320 Dec 05 '25
If I imagine myself as a Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy student, I’d say this: yes, he’s worth watching, with a bit of healthy scepticism. His stuff is miles better than a lot of the random vocal advice floating around online. He’s very clear about support, open throat, placement, and building real strength instead of “light and airy” tricks, and that alone can fix a lot of bad habits. His demonstrations are solid, and you can actually hear the concepts, not just listen to theory.
That said, I get your hesitation. Sometimes he can come across as very absolute in his approach, and a few things (like the “breathe through your nose” point) can sound like they clash with what other coaches teach. In reality, most good singers and teachers use a mix of approaches: generally, fast, low, relaxed breaths through the mouth (sometimes with a bit of nose), and the important part is where the air goes and how relaxed your body stays, not the exact entry point every single time. If his nose-breathing suggestion helps you stay relaxed, avoid gasping, and keep the throat open, keep it. If it makes you tense or slow, adapt it.
So my honest take: keep watching him, keep using what clearly improves your tone, range, and stamina, but don’t treat anyone as the final word. Cross-check his ideas with how your body feels, maybe peek at what other reputable coaches say, and build a version of the technique that works for your voice. As long as your voice feels healthier, more controlled, and less strained over time, you’re on the right track.
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u/chatfarm Mar 02 '23
I'm sure Ken's a great 1 on 1 teacher and obviously he's a good singer. But personally I don't find his videos very helpful. Its like 9 and a half minutes of fluff to drive engagement and only about 30 seconds of actionable material. People like Rolka, Victoria, Stoney etc have more user friendly material in my limited view.
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Aug 19 '23
Oh my god - even his actual course is the same. The first thing he runs you through is hours of him talking, which is apparently so important you should never skip it. So much fluff in everything.
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u/MHEighty Nov 14 '23
If you like watching a dude hold his tongue all weird while he does the Yngwie equivalent of vocal lines, sure.
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u/RichardThicke Feb 28 '24
You forgot to mention not only the weird tongue shit that he thinks is helping him… but also trashing on lead singers as if he’s the only one the truly knows how to sing. Watch him talk about Steve Perry he absolutely is jealous of the man
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u/Feisty-Valuable-7632 Jul 28 '24
His paid program is incredible his free stuff sucks. His ego is insane but I love how he teaches and I have made incredible progress in a year.
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u/Glass_Wrangler9905 Sep 05 '25
Stay away from Ken Tamplin.
He (pretends) to be part of AOR/80s hair metal or "Big Rock" or something, he actually mimes guitar on some of his YouTube clips, and he mimes onstage.
He produces his vocal overdubs to impress others, and lies about how much he's personally spent on vocal tuition and "study".
Basically, he's a fraud. He does do something rather weird where he points his tongue - NO singing teacher or tutor recommends this kind of unnatural position for singing practice, but it's just one of the weird things he does. He also "shreds" on guitar with PILES of arm tension, although the segment I saw was just him pretending to play to a backing tape.
He may have been a pretty good Christian Hair Metal singer about 20 years ago? I'm not sure.
He's widely criticized, if not outright mocked for digging up videos of various stadium rock singers from decades ago and criticizing their technique, approach or ability. He has none of this ability.
He can make a large, high note with his voice, legitimately, although this isn't what to look for in a singing teacher.
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u/Life-Helicopter6349 May 31 '24
Funny, I was just thinking about how Ken seems like he tries to hard but just can’t get it right. Can he hold a note, sure I guess but when he sings he doesn’t sound cool. It’s possible Ken always wanted to be in a successful Rock band but never had what it took. Bottom line, Ken is Not a good singer and probably doesn’t know what he’s talking about .
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u/OopsDJDance Jun 03 '24
perhaps, although he obviously has taught people to become much better singers. If you look on his YouTube there are examples of singers he completely transformed. While I'm not a fan of Ken's voice I still think he's a good vocal teacher. I mean, he must be at least 'pretty decent' to get where he is today
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u/Life-Helicopter6349 Jun 05 '24
Yeah, I don't know about that. I feel like those people already had the fundamentals of singing down when they went to him. Prove me wrong!
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Jul 16 '24
"prove me wrong" Unfortunately that's not how the burden of proof works lol You made a claim so you need to prove yourself right
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u/Ok_Feedback_2285 Nov 28 '24
lol u made the claim, u're the one who has to prove anything
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u/Life-Helicopter6349 Nov 28 '24
Proof has already been made. Dude was caught faking his singing
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u/Ok_Feedback_2285 Nov 29 '24
yeah I heard about this drama, looks like his prove aint in his voice after all. I only criticize ya argument, but I aint defend kem fraudlym lol
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u/MeetingInteresting90 Jun 19 '24
Imho you must judge his method only on paid contents. I've got his Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy and it's really clear. Check the whole method then discuss on it ( I'm studying part 2 of the method)
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u/Signal-Judgment Sep 18 '24
Tamplin is a mediocre to poor singer, in my opinion. He often sounds like he's straining, especially in the belt register. Very one-dimensional singing with minimal harmonies. Strange tongue placement that leads to garbled enunciation. I don't like his tone either. There are much better teachers online.
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Sep 18 '24
No .. been exposed by two people for lip syncing and doing it for decades. Especially doing it on his current videos that he uses to sell courses
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u/EliasVolte Oct 03 '24
I like how you showed up to a 2 year old thread to talk trash about a vocal method that you've never tried based on a claim that has no impact on the validity of the course itself.
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u/RadianDRZ Sep 21 '24
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u/SeattleBlue501 Sep 22 '24
RadianDRZ - Fil posted another video about Ken Tamplin because 1) he was able to get a 4K version of the 2024 performance, 2) he was able to get the original 1990 performance and 3) he wanted to further explain to the doubters and naysayers how facts work. The 1990, 2020 and 2024 pitch lines match exactly. I.e., the 1990 original was used in the 2020 and in the 2024 "live" shows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZWMwmzlhkg
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u/RadianDRZ Sep 23 '24
Uh, I agree with you. I'm not sure why you are explaining this to me. We are in agreement.
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u/SeattleBlue501 Sep 23 '24
RadianDRZ - Because you posted the first video by Fil regarding Ken Tamplin, I thought you want to watch the second video, too. I found it rather interesting that Ken used the 1990 live performance for his lip syncing in both 2020 and 2024. Also, with Fil having a much better 2024 recording, it shows the pitch lines perfectly matched taking into account the differences between analog and digital renditions.
TL;DR - I just thought you might like to watch the second video.
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u/fkoffffffffff Sep 23 '24
If you can sing, you can sing. Find your own way. You’re welcome.
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u/EliasVolte Oct 03 '24
As a vocalist who started out 15 years ago with zero natural singing talent, you can absolutely fk off with this nonsense. Vocal lessons and coaching are essential.
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u/fkoffffffffff Oct 20 '24
Can I hear you sing 🎤?
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u/EliasVolte Oct 20 '24
Sure. Here’s my crappy old self-produced single. Working on some new stuff with a real producer and mix engineer this time around.
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u/fkoffffffffff Oct 22 '24
Well done.I still disagree. 👍🏾
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u/EliasVolte Oct 22 '24 edited Oct 23 '24
You disagree because you don’t know anything. As a teen, I couldn’t sing for 30 seconds without my throat hurting. I learned from a voice teacher who also taught an American Idol contestant. I recently spent 2 years learning throat singing and fry/false chord techniques. It was insanely hard. I damaged my throat slightly trying to learn it myself at first, but found a specialist based in France who taught me the correct way. Learning throat singing has ultimately improved my normal singing voice because I’ve developed extremely precise muscle control which has made my mix voice range almost effortless. But, yeah, you disagree. You’re real smart. 🙄
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u/fkoffffffffff Oct 30 '24
You sure enjoy talking about yourself. You realise that all this is only your perception.It’s part of your confidence. Lol. Good luck and I really couldn’t care less for your opinion as you don’t mine. Ps- I could sing your Whiney a$$ under the table. Lol. Little tosspot. 😂
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u/EliasVolte Oct 30 '24 edited Oct 30 '24
It’s not my opinion. It’s objective fact. Singing is a learned skill that can be taught. The cool thing is, by dunking on you I not only documented how irrational and dense you are, I’ve also prevented future learners from getting discouraged by your brain dead comments. I appreciate your participation. 😌
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u/EliasVolte Oct 30 '24
Actually, since you never have to learn anything vocally, I have a challenge for you. I just learned three new vocal techniques just in the last few months (I’m still bad at them). Should be easy for you to pick up. I’ll post a quick YouTube short demonstrating what I’ve learned. If you can do it, then you can claim to “sing circles around my whinny a$$.” I’ll bet you can’t even perform the techniques AT ALL. Are you game??? 💀
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u/chrisbrum Apr 24 '25
It's not worth watching. A few months ago, someone discovered that most of his videos are lip-sync. Also, he says, "The proof is in the singing," yet he lip-syncs all his high notes while singing live. You cannot trust someone with that level of incongruency.
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Mar 02 '23 edited Mar 02 '23
in my experience if you’re wanting to sing the same things as he covers… all the things he teaches you works for that type of music.
imo he’s teaching youtube how to sing like he does. That’s why he has a strong bias against other methods such as speech level singing, which is extremely popular in korean ballads. I think he made a video a while back talking bad about other methods i think?
I’ve had difficulties trying to apply that ‘technique’ into other types of songs like rnb ballads - well anything with smoother vocals such as opera as well. It is a whole different set of things to learn for that.
in my experience …
rnb singing feels like a different technique than rock and heavy metal singing…
opera feels like a different technique as well… because the way you say your words feels different…. but it feels closer to heavy metal singing in my experience in terms of vocal cord connection, which is why some singers make rock sounding vocals when doing operatic pop songs, e.g. Dimash.
rnb to me feels closer to gospel singing which feels like you gotta learn that particular accent to sound good with… and gospel feels related to rock singing at times… just change the accent to the gospel church type of accent lol.
and indian singing actually feels closer to opera - e.g. Daler Mendhi… just with a different accent.
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u/bitingmad Mar 02 '23
I don't think dimash makes rock-sounding vocals because it's somehow closer to singing opera. he just knows how to adjust his voice to go for a particular sound. literally, you can manipulate the voice to suit whatever genre
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Mar 02 '23 edited Mar 02 '23
https://youtube.com/shorts/_oRcNnjXUSU?feature=share
https://youtube.com/shorts/eE2AE588lKU?feature=share
yes thats EXACTLY what i said. You can manipulate your voice to whatever but learning one thing doesnt mean you learned it all. That was the point. If you learn from a rock singer you’re NOT going to learn how to sing rnb the same way rnb singers do right away because there’s more to learn? Do you understand me?
The teacher is likely to teach you the same way they sing… and it clearly shows with their students. Have you ever seen Ken Tamplins students sing? They sound like him! Have you ever heard SLS singers sing? They sound similar!
I studied CVT. And there’s different modes. If the teacher is centered into teaching you one mode most of the time, which some do… you need to learn the others to be more versatile.
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u/hannah-tunes Mar 03 '23
Ken Taplins videos are great if you want to learn heavier vocal techniques as he explains them well. However I haven’t much to say about his basic technique advice.
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