Daily Voice Strengthening 3: “Protect & Stabilize” 

Shared this on Instagram (@EricArceneaux), and many of you have requested repeatedly that I also repost these IGTV vertical vids here on RU-vid as well. So I’ll keep posting these in between the full-production lesson vids, especially during this quarantine time. You can still book one-on-one lessons with me via Skype/Zoom/FaceTime. All the info is on my site www.AApproach.com

BEST VOCAL TEACHER ON THE INTERNET. PERIOD.

I just want you to know that your breathing videos have led me on a journey that has helped me greatly with overcoming anxiety and depression. So, thank you very much :)

Eric is the Coach-Artist, not afraid to speak his mind. Great guidance!

I'm someone who's been singing the wrong way for years, and really hurt my voice. These videos have actually helped me figure out a lot of what I'm doing wrong and how I can start to get better! Makes me less frustrated with myself when practicing.

hi Eric! im a vocal coach too and im in love with your way for teaching! Hugs from Barcelona

You just confirmed my doubts about all the "belly breathing" technique. Thank you for proper explanation. This helps tremendously!!! Finally I can stand taller without tension, my voice is so much fuller and richer, I don't feel exhausted (in a bad way) after exercising and I feel like singing all the time:)

I just want thank you so much for these videos. As a teenager I was known for having a good voice, but over years of smoking and bad technique I lost it totally. Now at 30 I decided during lockdown to try and get it back. I've been doing your work outs every day for a few weeks and not only am I back, I genuinely think I'm better than I was then! I'm singing songs that I couldn't even do at 16! Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for this!! I'm singing some tougher songs at my youth group soon, and really needed some tips on grounding myself and protecting my voice in those higher notes/belting, making sure that every note is sung confidentally with support and power! This is so great. Thank you!

Even your speaking voice is clear and succinct. It's very lovely to listen to... 😊

Literally the BEST online vocal coach😩🖤

Thank you once again! I am reading David Jones book, and you have explained clearly and easily what I could not grasp from reading!

Best ever vocal trainor in youtube. he knows how to explain what to do in the most simplest and understandable way.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! These past 3 videos have literally been sooo helpful!!

Thank you for your support and creative approach to helping us be the healthiest and best singers we can be.

Ready to do some recording after completing my Eric Arceneaux vocal workouts! Thank you forever so much for making these videos 🌟

Eric your are just brilliant, Thank you so much for your great work all these years!

best vocal teaching RU-vid channel

Omg... my singing went so much better watchin ur videos...this is a legit vocal coach...thanks Eric...dude i really love you from the Philippines.

Your videos have changed my entire life😭

Eric I want to say as an amateur singer as well as someone who's watched you over the years of youtube thank you for your wisdom and passionate lessons. They have really progressed my voice and character as a singer and I appreciate so much your hardwork in mentoring people that you haven't even seen or met yet. Hopefully in the future I can take my singing to the next level on the stage as well as get personal sessions to better the quality and health of my voice. We appreciate all that you and want you to always stay motivated doing the thing you love. Sincerely A fan/student.

I practice the first 2 videos for a week but this was Key to helping understand the true gift we can access if we want. Thanks you so much!! Unlocked

When I tell you that I literally... LITERALLY just asked this question as I was going through your previous video. Thank you!! I can do everyone's Warm-up, Vocalization, and Practice to a "T", but when I go to sing, it sounds (and feels) like I never ever learned these concepts. I was giving up, but I am going to push through. I also know its muscle memory and knowing what these things feel like in your body so that you can feel them when you sing. SO, that definitely means I must keep routinely doing this.

Honestly the best vocal teacher I have ever come across!! Thank you so much Eric

Thank you for these lessons. They make such a difference :)

Oh my!!! I used to watch your videos way back when... I believe 2008-2010. I just had this memory come back to me than the name... So I immediately looked it up... You haven't aged one bit! And still amazing content. Thank you very much for being. 🌱

Your videos have been helping me improve as a singer a lot, thanks! :)

Great brother!!! Following your videos just feeling difference in my singing ... thank you.

Wow 👏 these videos made me realize that I drop it all when I sing... thank you so much

Thank you so much for your guidance with singing. Makes so much sense.

Thank u so much for what u doing! Your amazing, stay blessed and safe!

You are brilliant! You come across as highly intelligent and your sense of humor is very engaging- I found myself laughing out loud several times! Thank you for sharing these valuable exercises and skills with us! I feel like they will help tremendously.

Best and beautiful vocal teacher.🥰

This series is brilliant!

Thank you Eric! You're the best I've found!

Thanks for the demonstration of what practice really looks like. I've been singing for years (with a lot of vocal effort) and recently started to improve my technique, and what surprised me the most was that after I decided I was going to start all over from scratch, I found that "simple things" ( like a two notes song in middle range) demanded me sooooo much physical effort and concentration, just like you showed. I hope I'm doing better now, time will show. Thank you very much for giving yourself :)

Almost started crying fr, this unlocked everything for me. Of all the turorials I’ve seen you made my voice 100 times better in just 3. Thank you so much!

Erick you are my man, i have being watching your video like 2007, and i can testify that you have really improved my non singing voice to a singing one. One day when I come to America, I would really want to thank you in person and get to know you. Cheers bro

Thank you so much for these videos!!! They helped me so much!!!!!!!

You’re awesome, thank you so much Eric 💕🌷

Bro this actually helped me and I want to thank you so much 🙏🏽

Eric A. Is one of my fave coaches. 💗

Thanks bro 🙏🏼 I love your speaking style and vibes 👌

You are amazing! The best tips ever! They work instantly ! Wow wow wow. Marvelous !

Love these!! Your videos have helped me so much for years ... Thank you

Hey Eric.. been using your popular 3 part vocal exercises since I started taking my voice seriously years ago and they are my staple warmups so thank you! ...in one of your videos you spoke about having developed your natural speaking voice and how its has changed over time. I was wondering if you could do a whole video about this please as it would be great to have an in-depth explanation of your journey and some lessons around developing ones speaking voice along side the singing based stuff. Thanks.. blessings and love to you and thanks again for your dedication to helping people with their voices.

Eric..all I've got to say to you is that 'YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!'

“Effortless?…. Who told you that?? Not me”….lol! Always finding ways to make your students smile while delivering amazingly valuable info all the time. Thanks E! 🙏🏻💥😎

This video is the talent injection. Thank you!

Ericccc, you are the very best💣🔥

Thank you for sharing all of these great videos.

Yo this is miracle 👏 Worked like magic!

Great stuff Eric!! That stabilizing force within us is like Ironma'ns arc reactor :)

Eric you are awesome absolutely class brilliant teacher and your voice is out of this world.

Dad: hv u been attending ur online class? Me: *watching Eric's* of couurse 😍

Wow, thanks. Very informative, been doing it from the belly

I love you your amazing thank you for the videos I’m an artist and you are the best teacher I’ve found on RU-vid ❤️💯👌💕

Thanks for sharing... It is very helpful

Thanks your helping me and this is my first video watching!!!

Hey! thanks for all the lessons eric, seem to have hit a wall recently, been practicing like crazy, 8 hours a day maybe, and have gotten a lot better but still struggling, especially when singing over an instrumental, I appreciate all the videos a lot

Thank you with heart.

Out of all teachers you are easy to understand thank you

Thank you very much T^T you are the best , my cousin used to call me singing lamma and now they really like my voice but i need to learn more im not good enough lookin forward for more videos

Thank you so much sir...you helped me alot

Wow well this was different and i can feel the difference. Great tips

I just want to co sign some of these strategies and methods, when I first signed up for his program I wasn’t really developed and could not notice any real difference. But now after two years I can see how much better I sing when I apply his methods.

Thank You!!!

Youve changed my voice crazy..... I went 40 years singing in the key of J lol as my jazz singing mother would say I think she told me that thing he doesn't come naturally for everyone... Thank u I think better than her

Awesome thank you 😊

It's heeeeere. You're heeere yes

This is good stuff

I always believed that it was coming from your core space. Strong core, good breathing. I hear many singers trying to sing through their upper body and the sound Nasal and they have sore throats. Teachers used to poke you in the stomach as you sang to see if your breathing and core were on point.

Hi Eric! Thank you so much for your videos I am improving and have been learning a lot from it. I am self taught and a beginner in singing. I have this one concern. Every time I push(use) my abdomen I'm feeling tighness in my throat but I'm not feeling any strain and it even sounds clearer when I record myself. Is the tightness healthy? Thank you so much and may your channel grow more...

Mindfulness, Is what I tell my students! (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="435">7:15</a>) I had a come to Jesus moment when you said “mindfully sing it”, so so true!

thanks for this lesson :) i need this :)

Look how good he look

Thank you very much shared...like

So the secret is almost literally sing with your heart (solar plex) hahaha

Just what I need , I’ve been singing lately and notice I may be doing something wrong 😂😂 I definitely have to work on my breathing and being more conscious of how I sing

Hi Eric, someone recently recommended you channel to me and I AM LOVING your videos. I recently found out I have nodules on each side of my vocal cords which has made singing difficult. Do you have any vocal tips specifically for folks with nodules? I do practice vocal warm ups and strentghing exercises but some days I feel like I'm doing more damage vocally...help please🙁🙁

thank you for all your info on YT!!! can one sing in a high chest belt and still have whistle notes?

Hey. I wanted to ask something. It's not completely related to your video. Btw I've seen a lot of your lessons and I love how much you care about the people watching your video to get the techniques right and learn singing. You pay great attention to detail in explaining everything. It's really awesome. Thanks for putting so much effort. Anyway, my question is that I've been watching voice lessons for a few months now and I was wondering if they're enough? If I match your technique and self-analyse and practice for months and years, are youtube lessons enough in themselves to make me a good if not a great singer or professionally world class singer?

hi Eric love your videos. What are your thoughts on diet for singers? herbs, vitamins etc?

Thanks for all the great videos! I have a question When I try to push out my solar plexus I find it harder to control my breath and compression . Is this normal or am I pushing too hard?

Thank YOU for your videos! Now i know a lot of things that i have never been told about the breath technic. I began to do exercises that you give but now i have some questions about it: 1) if i study in operating singing is it possible to use this method of breathing? 2) today i tried to sing at the full voice with a new way of the breath after doing "z" and "ss" exercises and the voice began to sound in another way. The sound is more focused and strong and i like it but at the transition notes i had some problems. I am a tenor and at usual i made covering just aiming the note at the nasal zone. And i understand that it is not correct for professional singing. Today with your exercises the voice is more freedom and full but the way i did the covering does not work anymore. When i try to do this the voice is hoarsely(at the Gb and G) but the solar plexus is working like at the "zzzz" exercise. Please help me if you can what should i do at this situation? THANK YOU !!!

Erick, I am new to voice lessons and have been using your videos to get the hang of things. As a beginner, I am definitely making a lot of mistakes and often end up with a soar throat and occasionally very briefly feel like I'm losing my voice (though I never actually lose it). Anyway, I was wondering if you have any advice for what to do to heal your voice in the event that you do injure it in the process of learning?

Thankyou Umesh Yadav.

Hello coach! I just like to ask if will you recommend learning classical singing first before exploring other genres like rnb and pop? I've ask this because i have notice that classical singing is a good foundation to have because of it's techniques and disiplines. hoping that you can response with me soon. i've always watch your awesome vocal tutorials😄❤️

Off topic, but I was just listening to a guest -- a Michael Arceneaux -- on NPR's "Fresh Air" and wondering if that was your brother. If so, he was quite articulate and engaging.

Good stuff ! How to try out to be in your next albums?

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="362">6:02</a> “you know” ahhAHHH

I've been doing my vocal and I also have been doing Opera and stuff I know on your thing it said you can do this but if you injure you was on your own😂. I think I've been practicing to much

Your videos are really nice. But how do i know if im actually doing everything right also, how do i control my voice. I seem to start of well then end up going to a high note which i didn't plan cause when i try to transition to the note i want, i tend to go off so i automatically end up going really high. How do i control this?

AYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!

A silly question but do you think it is fine exercising and engaging the solar plexus spot if you have pectus carinatum condition when the ribcage is naturally outwards since childhood, so when I do this exercises it goes even more outwards but it does help a lot for my voice.

Thx

Hi Eric! I need a little help months ago I did a NG sound warm up and it hurt, it feels like it's a guitar string hurting your fingers. It still there when I hit a certain note. I tried vocal rest for a month, but it's still there. What can I do to fix it? Thanks I love you..

I've been playing piano by ears since I was five and I feel like I can get to this level with practices ... also I'm shy

I think I’m starting to feel that difference

When you direct your hands toward the middle of your chest, is that where the power/push comes from? Should I feel like I’m singing from my chest?