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V60 Vocal System: empowering singers from beginners to chart-topping artists!

When I set out to create V60 Vocal System, I had a clear vision: create the most effective and comprehensive voice training system there is. It was a colossal endeavor, of course, that became my labor of love and, ultimately, a monument to my obsession with the voice and its expressive power.

When I shared V60 Vocal System with the world, I expected it to help everyone who chose to use it. After all, I had diligently developed, researched, tested and refined the cutting-edge techniques in V60 over the course of years. I’d seen them work transformative magic firsthand in thousands of private lessons with beginners to professional singers.

What I wasn’t prepared for was the outpouring of success stories from people in every part of the music industry. Turns out hit-making producers, bands of every stripe, opera singers and chart-topping pop artists alike use V60 Vocal System to take their voices to the next level.

And those in so many other walks of life, too! CEOs who rely on the power of their voice to succeed in business, voice-over artists who need to keep their most crucial asset in tip-top shape, film and television actors…the list goes on!

Discovering that what I created has empowered so many, all over the world, to develop the kind of voice they’ve always dreamed of has been one of the most profoundly inspiring experiences of my professional life.

Why am I sharing all this? We’re coming up on the 6 year anniversary of V60 Vocal System! Yep, V60 is turning six. So a little retrospective basking is in order. My larger mission has always been to create the best voice training tools and make them accessible for everyone who wants to sing; With a reach that’s spanned the globe and empowered singers in every aspect of the music industry and beyond, I’m proud to say V60 is fulfilling that mission every day!

Don’t have V60 yet? See the lesson below to explore my teaching style or go ahead and get V60 Vocal System now!

From the very beginning, I declined to do any pushy marketing or aggressive advertising. I knew I wanted V60 to spread on its merits, by word-of-mouth from those who love it and by the transparent, proof-of-concept efficacy of the lessons I publicly share.

How to dramatically improve musical memory!

Memorizing music, learning ornate melodies at first listen, composing complex ideas or improvising with overarching coherence all rely on storing musical ideas in working memory. Counterintuitively, having a capable musical memory doesn’t actually have very much to do with maximum cognitive aptitude for remembering. That’s a good thing because the working memory in raw terms is actually disappointingly meager: according to Miller’s Law, the immediate memory can only hold about seven things at a time (plus or minus two). Anything you’ll want to do musically is surely bound to be longer than that.

It turns out that improving musical memory is more about how you conceptualize music. Recognizing larger structures is the key. By identifying fragments of tonalities, harmonies, tetrachords and other ‘geometric’ outlines, we can compress massive swathes of melody into a few simple units. This facilitates the ability to think about, remember and work with genuinely large-scale musical ideas.

After following the techniques in this video, the augmentation of musical memory and subsequent functional improvement in related musical skills can be very dramatic!

Sing in Tune (with tetrachords!)

This is a vocal exercise based on tetrachords for developing pitch perfect intonation. Made up of four-note spans, tetrachords are something like archetypal melodies. Singing these melodic building blocks makes for extraordinarily productive practice as tetrachords frequently show up as melodic fragments. Simultaneously, we’re training the mind to recognize the tetrachords as melodic chunks which enhances our aural memory and melodic processing. Training voice, mind and ear all at the same time? A potent vocal exercise for improving the ability to sing in tune.

For more lessons on singing in tune and perfecting your intonation, as well as mastering every other aspect of your singing voice, get V60 Vocal System! It’s the most comprehensive and powerful voice training program there is.

One Powerful Exercise for Singing in Tune.

To sing perfectly in tune, we need extraordinary precision with the voice and exacting recognition of any pitch deviation. In this singing lesson, I share a distinctive exercise which reveals even the slightest changes in pitch and guides us with strong physical feedback toward perfect intonation.

Want the definitive program for perfecting your tuning as well as mastering every other aspect of the voice? Get V60 Vocal System! It’s the most powerful vocal system there is.

Sing Exotic Vocal Runs!

Sing along to learn three vocal runs that invoke adventure, mystery and the surreal. All built from exotic scales to push the ear and expand musical horizons! Singing runs is one of the best ways to develop flexibility in the voice. Plus, artfully applied vocal embellishments is a crucial way we transform solid performances into transcendent expressions of ability.

For a complete approach to developing vocal flexibility, plus a deep exploration of every important area of vocal technique, get V60 Vocal System! At over 30 hours and 1000+ tracks of instruction, exercises, musical examples and more, V60 is the most complete vocal system there is.

V60 Reviews Are In!

V60 is a vocal program designed to get your voice sounding the best it ever has. And the reviews are in. After thousands of enthusiastic comments, emails and success stories, one thing is clear. V60 is a hit! From user feedback, here’s the top 10 reasons why V60 is so well-loved:

1. V60 makes it easy to know what to practice. It’s a complete and guided vocal system to help you become a great singer. With a unique training session every single day, all you have to do is open up the day’s workout and sing along. Simple.

One of the biggest reasons more people don’t achieve singing greatness is plain old follow-through. They don’t stay with it long enough. It’s easy to get distracted by something else or stall out when you don’t have clear direction. That’s where V60 comes in. Because it’s guided, you always know exactly what to do to take the next step toward your goal. Because it has everything you need in one place, you can stay totally focused. Because it’s effective and progress is motivating, it’ll keep that fire lit. That’s how success is made.

2. V60 is progressive. It builds you up day by day, starting with the foundations of vocal technique and guiding you through to advanced levels of singing. Introducing new material and building on it in each workout, V60 is like having a personal vocal coach with you every day of your life.

3. V60 is fun! It’s full of games, challenges and song applications to keep you having a blast while developing the greatest voice of your life.

4. V60 helps you understand your voice. V60 is laser focused on what will directly improve your voice and it also reveals insight into how. The techniques and exercises are explained in the context of how they will give you expert control over your voice so you can reliably deliver compelling vocal performances.

5. It’s complete. In fact, V60 is the biggest, most complete vocal program there is. It’s 1000+ tracks and over 30 hours of vocal exercises and instruction. You’ll expand your range, build power, improve tuning, sing fast vocal runs, perfect breath control, beautify tone, develop expressiveness and much, much more. Everything you need to become a great singer.

6. V60 speaks for itself. No hype, no marketing, no glitzy celebrity photos. Wondering about the teaching style and methods? You can follow entire, unabridged lessons on YouTube and see for yourself that the methods in V60 work.

7. It’s proven. V60 was rigorously developed, researched, tested and refined over thousands of hours of one-on-one work with singers of diverse musical backgrounds from beginners to touring pros. The outcome is a complete, cutting-edge vocal method that’s extremely effective.

8. V60 is innovative. The exercises and instruction in V60 are new breakthroughs in vocal development. Many of its insights are found no where else. Because of this, you’ll see giant improvements in your voice. More than you’ve ever experienced before. Looking for a big leap forward in your ability? V60 is for you.

9. It’s convenient. V60 is an instant download. You can use it on any device of your choosing. And you’ll never lose access. The exercises, instruction and training methods that have made V60 a top choice of vocalists worldwide are yours to keep. Forever. Buy V60 and you can start right now.

10. V60 is empowering. Everything you need to become a great singer is contained in V60. No upsells, no hidden agenda, nothing is held back. The mission statement of V60 is simple: You deserve to reach your greatest potential and sing like you’ve always dreamed. V60 will show you the way.

As you might imagine, for such a colossal product with a long development cycle and a stunning track-record, we could have tacked on an equally impressive price tag. But we wanted to make V60 accessible to any person who has the desire to sing. For the price of a night out, you can invest in yourself and transform your voice in a way that’ll change your life.

What are you waiting for? Get V60!

Harmony Workshop: New Singing Lesson Download!

My new lesson download Harmony Workshop is all about singing gorgeous vocal harmonies. You’ll learn how to harmonize by ear, on-the-fly! The lessons cover beginning to advanced harmonization techniques including parallel harmony, counterpoint, chromaticism, multi-part harmony, and much more.

Beyond training you to find harmonies by ear as well as understand the procedure of creating a beautiful harmony part compositionally, it’s also just ridiculously fun. Vocal harmonizing is one of the most transcendent experiences in music, and Harmony Workshop is full of musical examples where you can sing along and harmonize with me.

It’s a colossal collection of techniques, instruction and training–over four hours and 300+ audio tracks. You’ll become an absolute wizard at harmonizing. Ready to dive in? Get Harmony Workshop now!

A better click/metronome

If you’re producing your own music, you’ve likely had recordings ruined by click bleed. You lay down a vocal or instrumental performance you love–it felt like magic!–only to listen back and hear the tell-tale “beep, beep, beep” of the metronome leaking through the headphones. Well, no more! I’ve attached a metronome that’ll give you a rock-solid percussive pulse to follow but acoustically bleeds very little. Victory!

Download it here: Free Metronome Download.

How to SIGHT SING! Interactive lesson video.

Learn how to sight sing with this in-depth, interactive singing lesson video. Sight-singing is the extremely powerful ability to be able to look at a piece of music and sing it (or know what it sounds like in your head) without having heard it before. This is an incredible way to train your ear, your sense of melody and, of course, learn new songs super fast! Literally at first sight. What you’ll discover is that sight singing really just requires getting good at two totally simple skills. Work with the techniques in this video regularly and you’ll master sightsinging in no time. The neat thing is that even though sight singing sounds extraordinary as an ability, this is an approach that makes it pretty simple–even for total novices. Plus it’s one of those things that’s actually a lot of fun to practice. Enjoy!

Sing high notes without straining!

High notes are the ultimate display of vocal ability. Nail this and you’re instantly recognized as a talented singer. But many singers struggle with strained, shouty or weak and wispy high notes. Getting that gorgeous, soaring quality that sounds full and feels effortless? It’s actually surprisingly easy…once you know how to do it. There’s a method to it. A technique every great singer knows. And I lay it bare for you in my latest singing download, How To Sing High Notes. Want to sing high notes without straining? This is what you need.

It’s loaded with the most powerful exercises to train your voice to do what’s necessary for stunning high notes. It’ll further expand your range to heights most singers think impossible. You’ll sing the high notes without strain and how you’ve always wanted–with an approach that’s rock solid, reliable and repeatable.

Check out my latest singing lesson video with a couple exercises to jump start your progress. You’ll begin to lay some of the groundwork we need and you’ll start to glimpse what your voice is really capable of.

But that’s just the beginning. If you want to really perfect your high notes–to sing powerfully, effortlessly, beautifully with that heart-rending expressiveness and shimmering tone we find so irresistible in the greatest singers–then you need my How To Sing High Notes lesson download.

There’s nothing quite like the exhilaration of releasing into an intense high note that’s bursting with energy but feels focused, controlled and at ease. Hitting high notes without straining is one of the great thrills of singing and I’m excited to share it with you.

mp3 vs wav

In my latest “How to Make Music” video, I tackle the distinction between mp3 vs wav audio files. The science behind how an mp3 is made–you actually get to hear exactly what sound gets removed to make an mp3 so small–and when NOT to use one. We’ll also go over ISRC, the International Standard Recording Code, which every musician needs to track sound recordings for royalties. Finally, I talk about digital distribution, how to get you music on iTunes, and I also share a VIP discount link for Distrokid. Check it out!

Most people know mp3s aren’t full quality audio files. They’re a handy compromise between small file size and acceptable sound quality. A typical mp3 is about a tenth of the size of an uncompressed CD quality audio file. How mp3’s achieve this feat is a pretty neat bit of science. Mp3 encoders use a psychoacoustic model; a model of our perception of how things sound. The idea is to discard the parts of the sound which are less noticeable to human hearing.

mp3 vs wav. mp3 encoders use a psychoacoustic model which is a model of how humans perceive sound

Listen to the video to hear an example of what gets lost during the encoding an mp3–it’s a fascinating (and somewhat haunting) sound!

But when listening to the resultant mp3, most people won’t notice there’s anything missing. And that’s why mp3s are so popular: the filesize is small and what you lose, often enough, is not so bad. But if you’re going to sell your music on iTunes, or stream on Spotify, or distribute your music to any of the stores or services out there, don’t send them an mp3.

See, not all the stores use the same format. iTunes uses .aac (Advanced Audio Coding), Spotify uses .ogg (Ogg Vorbis) and you don’t want to send something that’s already been stripped of extraneous information to have another process done upon it. That’s making a photocopy of a photocopy! You want to send them the lossless, uncompressed source audio file; that’s your wav file.

So when should you use an mp3 file? Well, you can choose to use one anytime you’re sharing your music direct to listeners; they’re probably not going to encode your music again so you avoid the photocopy of a photocopy effect and your listeners will probably be happy you’re not taking up all of their storage space. But consider using .ogg–in many circumstances, Ogg Vorbis produces files that are as small as an .mp3 but retain better sound quality. You might also look into encoding to .flac which is identical in quality to .wav but achieves a smaller filesize. Pretty cool.

For more on mp3 vs wav files…

As well as ISRC, how to get your music on iTunes, Spotify and digital distribution in general, check out my video!

Powerful techniques to seriously enhance your voice.