The Power Of 'uh' Part 1 - Singing 

I have a new vocal technique channel uploads every week. ru-vid.com/show-UCptWfm6ZZ5rRfvycLEYqqfw

Dear Carl. This is Holger again. A while ago I send you a voice Memo via E-Mail. I just wanted to say that I am impressed that you are changing your way of teaching, talking, your appearance as well. Your thoughts and explanations are now of even more value. Instead of pointing out, that other coaches don't get the truth about singing, you are now pointing without irritation directly to the core messages. I personally do respect this so much! Indeed!!! And I totally agree to your thoughts here. A week ago I followed along a Skype voice lesson, which you gave to a male singer. You helped him so very well to find his released(, but at the same time full enough) compression, that I was stunned about your capacity of hearing what is really wrong, and finding methods at that particular moment to help him. Gorgeous. I learned so much! I was not expecting that the changing after the crisis would happen so fast.. Congratulations. Cheers Holger

Thanks for making my life so much easier! As a professional singer, who always sang intuitiv, I somehow lost my "natural" abilitiy to sing along the way. This actually started when I started learning different vocal techniques, which then started to confuse more and more, untill the point that I did not know how to sing anymore. This video is the smallest fix ever, but has the biggest impact on my vocal ability at the same time. It made me re-learn consiously where my voice is supposed to "sit". Singing becomes fun again! Thank you so much, love your channel!

I've been singing with 8 year olds for 15 years as an elementary music instructor. About 10% have the kind of innate vocal technique you're talking about. Amazing. 10% seem to have fundamental pitch perception issues which prevent them from singing in tune. And the other 80% have the same kind of vocal issues grown-ups do to varying degrees. I'll be breaking out the "uh" in my classroom on Monday!

I love that you cut through the bullshit. The concept that you're getting across is so relatable and applicable to anything in life. I realized what you're talking about years ago, but I'm so technical that I could use a reminder often; and this is the best reminder. Every singing teacher has something to learn from you. Thanks!

You are amazing! Nailed my every question. Souch a good teacher. Damn. Seriously impressed! ❤

Coming back to this after seeing this vid 5 years ago!

Another great video... Just goes to show that your the real deal Carl. Not filling people's head with bunch of shit to keep them coming back for the next big secret to singing. My voice has improved greatly thanks to you making it simple with all your videos. Thank you for what you do.

Muh, is extremally powerful! I done it for 2 months now and it got me mixing and now I can just stay in my head and sing entire songs. Light is right.

I love this message!

I've been doing this stuff since Seth Rigs and then Brett Manning but I learn more in 10 minutes with Carl then 20 years of other speech level practice ... Carl you are the absolute best ... you are singlehandedly exposing the myths of proper voice execution .... cheers

Glad I found your channel because it helps me get my voice back. I got to do all the exercises which I forgot how to do...Sounds strange but it's true. I kind of lose the ability to do it again. Singing is strange. In my head, it is so easy, I know what to do, how to do it but when it comes to doing it, it kind of disconnects...And I know I can do it because I've done it before. But it's like a see-saw. I know, it works, then I don't know and it doesn't work. With this exercise and others too, I have a problem with sustaining the feeling. It's there, then I lose it and have to keep addressing it to the point where I completely cannot do it at all...Why can't I just do it if I know how and I've practised loads of times..?

Angelina Jordan sings effortlessly, and has been singing since she was 10 or younger. She definitely figured it out.

I thought you were Jack Conte for a while. You both have that particular calm tone and also lookalike. Keep the great work, mate

Carl, gotta tell you, much as i love them all, my favorite part of most of your vids is the ending- that 'goodbye' thing you do KILLS me, each time. Trademark that thing! Could I ask two questions about the 'uh' thing? One: is our task just take it up and down our range drilling it over and over on each note? And two: are we supposed to try to branch into singing, after saying/grunting the 'uh', to get the full benefits? (or is just the initial exercise done?). Most importantly: thanks for everything you do! Jeff

"Uh" shall be my mantra

What you call uh... some people call ‘grunt’ in old ss tv video someone said that the ‘uh’ was the final step to connect ;) good point!

Nice ..

Hey carl how do I get compression in my lower notes from c3-g3 ? It's like even when I sing the notes at their loudest volume, my voice still sounds soft like it's not breathy but at the same time it's not compressed. Why is this? Because when I do the GOO and MUM exercises I have perfect compression but when I sing in the 3rd octave range my voice doesn't have the deep weighted down sound to it. The way I can get a compressed sound to it is if I put the sound in my nose and sing nasally. How do I actually sing with depth in my lower range?

Vowel are tricky for me

I have...TONS of trouble with the UH vowel. EH and uh are my worst. Since they are related in frequency, I'm wondering if working on one improves the other. Is EH even a mix vowel?

Great info!!

But how is this guy singing g3 and low notes very compressed when he's a tenor ? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iwXxJ3BS9uU.html in the first verse, he's singing with a lot of cord closure with the low notes. How is he doin it? Is he puttin the sound in his nose?

I'm here just because this guy is a dream 😍 No, just joking. I'm a singer, but really average 😅

I have to ask you if you realize that the “right squeeze” concept you keep demonstrating and referring to is the valsalva maneuver? I like the first part of the video because you’re right. Simplicity comes from true understanding. Let’s ask why you can’t sing like pavarotti sings. What does he do differently to be able to sing freely that you do and shouldn’t? Your “right squeeze” is nothing more than making your voice tiny and holding in the sound at the glottis via tight stiff vocal cords. Your “right squeeze” is squeezing the throat and pushing air through stiff vocal cords. You’re inhibiting the voice from functioning as a free vibrating instrument. The right squeeze you’re looking for is engagement of the thyroarytenoids without engaging the valsalva maneuver. No one speaks how you demonstrate the UH or the “right squeeze”. It’s unnatural. Imagine lifting a heavy weight then try to sing at the same time. The cords can’t vibrate freely because of the valsalva maneuver. It’s like singing while straining on the toilet. I suggest you train your ear by listening to great opera male singers of the past and learn what a truly natural released free sound is. Gigli Caruso Di Stefano cornell MacNeil Schipa Corelli granforte etc. When your students notice your concept doesn’t sound like singing they are trying to tell you something. It’s not natural. Your speaking voice is better produced than your singing in all honesty.