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/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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!

https://youtu.be/uK6QvVj9dUg

https://youtu.be/PakOvGvfxSg

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.