Deeper Voice Exercise?

[Spiritual]

Hey all,

I always enjoy making physical changes to myself, so I've come to the area of voices. I have a rather masculine and deep voice already, but I want it to be more resonant and deep, while keeping it natural. I think you'll get the point.

I've been looking for some exercises online, but it has been futile. I've heard of the exercise of talking from your belly, but I don't really know how this works in practical sense, since it feels unnatural and forces quite quickly.

So do you folks have any good experiences, exercises or any other links/references or whatever that I can try?

Thanks!

[quin]

I would suggest taking singing lessons with an instructor who really understands the human voice. They will be able to give you exercises specifically for your needs that you can practice at home. (Improving your singing voice will improve your speaking voice)

Alternitavely, you could take acting lessons or find a vocal coach who just works on speaking voice not singing.

I practice my vocal exercises as well as repeating tongue twisters in the car every day and have noticed a considerable difference in the clarity and resonance of my speaking voice.

There are a lot of exercises you can do to improve your speaking voice, unfortunately I'm not a great writer and don't trust that I will be able to explain them via the internet.

[Cultivate]

A singing coach would be able to help you lower your range a couple notes and would also help you get better control over your voice in general, something that definitely wouldn't hurt.

Something on google i found is

http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mike_London

Dunno if they work. Good luck.

[oakspringer]

Freeing the Natural Voice by Kristin Linklater is the voice text I used in college. I went to a loopy liberal arts college though.

Another major technique is the Alexander Method.

You don't need a singing teach you need a diction and voice, not the same thing. Singing doesn't always ensure you have an open and resonnate voice while speaking.

I love Christopher Lee's voice from LOTR. He has such a great voice. That is a voice that resonnates and is deep and powerful. Same with James Earl Jones.

I don't know if they are singers but they definitely had vocal training.

This is coming from my acting background, btw. Alot of it has to do with becoming aware of your tension that you hold in your face, throat, and muscles and gently releasing them in a effortless way. Then your natural resonnators start to work.

But that book and that technique should be a good start.

[Adam11]

Vocal exercises in the lower register will help. Try doing them early in the morning, maybe in the shower. The reason being is that after vocal exercises your singing voice will actually become your speaking voice. This is usually only temporary but if you focus on staying in that lower register throughout the day...in time...it may become second nature.

[Spiritual]

Thanks all for the responses!

Just to let you know, I'm not interested in going to a vocal coach since I don't have the time or interest to do it.

But I also found that Mike London guy and his book. I checked it out, but it seems to much of the normal "You get everything in 5 minutes" sales, for a book that is only 12 pages ($49), quite much if you ask me.

I also am afraid that you get seen as "fake" when your voice suddenly drops, do you guys recognize that or?

[xeo]

Check out Roger Love's stuff. He has great exercises that can help you get the voice you want.

Just listen to him speak and you'll know what I mean. He has a VERY pleasant voice.

[Voice]

Hey, sorry to bump this up. I was going to start a new thread on this, but I found this thread, so I thought I'd reply to this instead.

xeo, where can I find Roger Love's stuff? I am personally doing some research on this subject, and need all the information I can get.

[Alexjstrandberg]

hey,

here's one that helped me. Take the songs you know by heart and sing them but put a lot of bass into it. Sing deeply into your chest. It might feel like a berry white impersonation but it will help deepen your voice A LOT.

could always start smoking cigars, that'll put some base in your voice ha ha

[supertom]

which people do you guys think have quality male voices?? , that you wouldnt mind hearing

[songwriter]

people tells me I have this kind of voice, ressonating low, while talking. I think it's just by singing experience. I actually have it more that way now.

I always liked those Elvis peculiar bass notes, like in "baby I don't care, care..." "I feel so lonely, so lonely I could die", so I learned that for using them in songs. I think you can recognize that.
Try to sing that. It should work.

BTW, forget about the belly breathing... it forces everything, for singers too.

Elvis may be the most obvious example of it. If you don't like at all singing that you could try... well... Freddie Mercury or Bono sometimes did/do that... or.... well... James Hetzfield from Metallica... though it's a different kind... Thom Yorke from Radiohead... or if you don't like rock and roll at all, opera baritons are all like that.

[supertom]

I was thinking of SPEAKING voices, sorry mate,

[Christian223]

A deep voice is not necesarily good, it may seem abnormal, or offensive to some, its allways better to sound like a friend. I have a deep voice and i have to force it to have a higher pitch, i know that otherwise i offend some people. You wonder why is this?, imagine if you are angry, youll notice your voice will lower in pitch, or if you are sad, it will go low too, so when you aproach someone with a low pitched voice, they will feel that you are sad, and angry or very serious (scary) when you meet them, its a natural reaction i guess. But when you are super duper happy it will raise in pitch.

[songwriter]

well, smoking a lot cause that, besides lung cancer...

[ProjectX]

I used to have an audio book on my computer that taught how to get a good voice. Unfortunately my computer broke down and I lost it!!1