Ep #18 - Teaching The Broadway Belt Voice - Jeff Alani Stanfill 

Thank you Jeff and Sophia for teaching and singing in a pure natural speech based style rather than the normal irritatingly overly nasal style that most of the musical theatre singers utilize today, typical of Ethel Mermon, who basically belted everything but in a great healthy way.albeit limited in colour. I saw a whole broadway show sung in that way and after a while I just couldn't stand it. Twang is not necessarily nasal which denotes a type of closure in the nose and in the 'gn' region of the palatte and compresses the harmonics into a restricted overly vibrated sound.. after a while is just unbearable for me to hear. It limits the expressivity of vocal colours and it will block the path to the soul.. So thank you for making singing natural, relaxed, mixed and expressive again in the style of Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Ella Fitzgerald and Doris Day and modern singers of today who can sing well.

16? She looks and sounds more grown up than me (21). Anyway, go girl!

When Sophia came to Jeff she was very confused from so many different teaching methods.. Some coaches said sing only in your head voice, others encouraged only sing in your belt voice. Jeff was able to teach Sophia how to switch and blend the beautiful sounds you hear in the video. Jeff your amazing because you truly care about your students and love what you do and we couldn't be happier with what you have done with Sophia. She has learned how to sing in the healthiest way possible even while having strep Jeff's methods helped Sophia through a weekend of performances. Thank you -

You seem like such a kind and supportive teacher, while also offering extended explanations and essential technical information. Your students are very fortunate.

Oh my goodnesss.........SO! BLOWN! AWAY! Great voice, girl! And great vocal coaching! :D

The magic of true headvoice (and it's true understanding of it)!! ... and, of course, the great combination of a great teacher and beautifully-voiced student. Bravo! I hope more and more teachers study the concept of the thin edges of the folds (this used to be the norm, but no more, unfortunately)... I know too many teachers that feel proud of their master's degree when, in fact, all they do is make their female students sing everything in falsetto (calling this headvoice) and their males belt everything because they have no idea how to train the passagio. I can't believe that now at days teachers can graduate from school without knowing how to train someone's headvoice!!! Thank you, Mr Stanfill!

I used to only use my head voice, and now I'm tying to use my chest voice but I'm struggling with technique, none of it has carried over. How do I get a better balance between them?

Fantastic job! Sophia is a great singer and Jeff is an AMAZING Teacher! 💯🏆🎤⚡️😘

Thank you for this and the song is beautiful. I know, have to go to the Wes End, London, UK to watch the musical 😊

That was amazing! She sings with a lot of soul, great phrasing.

Thank you so much for these exercises! Especially the ones like rolling the tongue on the roof of the mouth and pronouncing “uh” in the scales; it really helped me access the deeper throatier more operatic side of my voice which I have a hard time getting at 😃👍🏻

A great video! Thank you so much!

Fantastic singing! I liked the exercises used in the warm up as well. Great performance at the end.

Sang that thang gurl! Great lesson. Thank you for sharing!

It's not simple to say That most days I don't recognize me That these shoes and this apron That place and its patrons Have taken more than I gave them It's not easy to know I'm not anything like I used be, although it's true I was never attention's sweet center I still remember that girl She's imperfect, but she tries She is good, but she lies She is hard on herself She is broken and won't ask for help She is messy, but she's kind She is lonely most of the time She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie She is gone, but she used to be mine It's not what I asked for Sometimes life just slips in through a back door And carves out a person and makes you believe it's all true And now I've got you And you're not what I asked for If I'm honest, I know I would give it all back For a chance to start over and rewrite an ending or two For the girl that I knew Who'll be reckless, just enough Who'll get hurt, but who learns how to toughen up When she's bruised and gets used by a man who can't love And then she'll get stuck And be scared of the life that's inside her Growing stronger each day 'til it finally reminds her To fight just a little, to bring back the fire in her eyes That's been gone, but used to be mine Used to be mine She is messy, but she's kind She is lonely most of the time She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie She is gone, but she used to be mine

wow what a great voice! i've always wanted to learn how to sing properly and hopefully i'll start taking lessons starting next year. i'm a 19 years old girl with no experience with singing but would love to learn how, plus i LOVE LOVE LOVE musicals and I'm obsessed with musical theatre songs. I was wondering, if i started to take singing lessons once a week every week, how long (on average) would it take me to be able to sing musical theatre and a song like "the wizard and I" from the musical Wicked? Is there a specific vocal teacher that i need to be looking for? like a lyrical/classical vocal teacher?

Beautiful voice and excellent coaching. Excellent diction and phrasing. Love the song. Broadway bound. Thank you.

What a wonderful result! 🤩

SPECTACULAR!!!!

Again Jeff great ✨👍🏻❤️technic. Only wish could have seen more of her face while this practice. She has a good voice, sounds professionell!👍🏻

These are great exercises to help blend the chest and the head register. Definitely stealings these. Beautiful voice!

Hey Jeff,I'm singer and usually I'm working in China and your lessons help me cuz I have to sing everyday,thanks for help,I want to see more videos.😙

16 yrs old? damn Good luck to Shophia, she deserves it all. Good work coach

Fantastc video. And the performance at the end 👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼🙌🏼

What a wonderful video. C'est fantastic!! A terrific lesson with a very talented young lady! Wow!!

Thanks Jeffrey, I'm doing these exercises too!

Dude i just love ur smile! Which makes me wana smile

Beautiful voice 👏🏻

Beautiful!!!

Wonderful! 💕

Another wonderful and helpful video!

Loved it , Jeff!

Beautiful voice!!! ❤️

3:25 my keymarker😍

Great lesson! Thank you.

tysm this helps a lot also she looks like britney murphy omg

Very informative

Bravissimi entrambi!!! Great job

Since my singing lessons got cancelled due to the pandemic, I’m here practicing

8:19

Warm-up begins at 3:30

It's not simple to say Most days I don't recognize me That these shoes and this apron That place and its patrons Have taken more than I gave them It's not easy to know I'm not anything like I used to be Although it's true I was never attention's sweet center I still remember that girl She's imperfect but she tries She is good but she lies She is hard on herself She is broken and won't ask for help She is messy but she's kind She is lonely most of the time She is all of this mixed up And baked in a beautiful pie She is gone but she used to be mine It's not what I asked for Sometimes life just slips in through a back door And carves out a person And makes you believe it's all true And now I've got you And you're not what I asked for If I'm honest I know I would give it all back For a chance to start over And rewrite an ending or two For the girl that I knew Who'll be reckless just enough Who'll get hurt But who learns how to toughen up when she's bruised And gets used by a man who can't love And then she'll get stuck And be scared of the life that's inside her Growing stronger each day 'Til it finally reminds her To fight just a little To bring back the fire in her eyes That's been gone But used to be mine

Hi Jeff, what a great lesson ☺ Sophia sounds amazing! I have a question regarding vocal register: Could you please tell me which technique Sophia uses at "she is lonely" at minute 15:11? Is that mixed voice or head voice 🙈?

I'm classically trained and find it impossible not to use head voice above my break. I feel like learning head voice wrecked my ability to sing in other styles. I ways sound operatic.

Gosh i need you

How do I develop vibrato?

do you have any advice on how to make my mix less head dominant and more chest dominant? do these warmups help with that?

Hi Jeff! Is your "Let Your Voice Soar CD/DVD" also for beginners? Your videos are extremely helpful. Thank you. ☺

It's not simple to say Most days I don't recognize me These shoes and this apron That place and its patrons Have taken more than I gave 'em It's not easy to know I'm not anything like I used to be Although it's true I was never attention sweet center I still remember that girl She's imperfect but she tries She is good but she lies She is hard on herself She is broken and won't ask for help She is messy but she's kind She is lonely most of the time She is all of this mixed up And baked in a beautiful pie She is gone but she used to be mine It's not what I asked for Sometimes life just slips in through a back door And carves out a person And makes you believe it's all true And now I've got you And you're not what I asked for If I'm honest I know I would give it all back For a chance to start over And rewrite an ending or two For the girl that I knew Who be reckless just enough Who can hurt but Who learns how to toughen up when she's bruised And gets used by a man who can't love And then she'll get stuck and be scared Of the life that's inside her Growing stronger each day 'Til it finally reminds her To fight just a little To bring back the fire in her eyes That's been gone but it used to be mine Used to be mine She is messy but she's kind She is lonely most of the time She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie She is gone but she used to be mine

3.25 warm up starts

She reminds me so much of Brittney murphy

she looks like tori kelly :)

3:32 3:56 5:10 jaw

Jeff, she is very good but you need to work more on her breatheing. I am a voice pedagogue myself for more than 30 years. sorry for making this remark. but she will be better with daily breathing excecises.