I have been working extremely hard on my vocals. I’ve been most concentrating on my singing for a while now. I really want to sing better and it’s really working. Anybody can become a great singer, and like I repeatedly said before — it takes vocal instruction and practice.

What I would suggest to become a better singer, I wouldn’t go through all those “how to” videos in youtube or those books you buy from the store. You’re just going to get their style when you really should have your own distinct sound in your voice. Actually, I would recommend you get vocal instruction DVDs/Tapes but with the ones with the vocal exercises that you can practice with. You know the vocal exercises where someone plays the piano and you practice to sing high or lower. I would recommend Metal Method’s “Vocal Power” more than anything. Other tricks to make you a better singer is when you want to have better range and to sing high, you need to get all of that sound out of your mouth. You need to have this buzzing sensation in your head. When you have that buzzing feeling in your head, you got it. Also, you don’t want to over sing too much. All you need is 30 to 40 minutes of practice a day. Your voice is like an instrument in so many ways. I can also compare singing to bodybuilding. You know how when in bodybuilding you lift weights and build muscle? Singing is pretty much the same thing. The more you sing, the stronger your voice gets.

You also need to keep your throat dry when singing like drinking a nice hot cup of green tea, I would recommend. Not coffee ’cause that’s way too hot and green tea would be perfect, in my opinion. Before I practice my vocal chops, I would drink a big cup of warm green tea. Some singers would prefer other drinks that helps their voice but green tea works for me. It takes years to become a better singer just like it takes years to play great guitar.

I still don’t think I’m a great singer but I believe I improved a little bit. I’m singing higher than ever, and didn’t think I could. I’m about to prove it with my upcoming songs too. I didn’t like the low and deep singing voice in my older songs. Time for a change. It is time to be a “singer”.

Yes, there are too many bands and solo acoustic artists that sing and perform but to be honest, a lot of them don’t actually sing. I know a great singer when I hear one and there are only a very few great vocalists around here. The point I’m trying to make here is that a lot of singers sing like if they’re using their speaking voice, not actually singing. Know what I mean? That’s kind of how I sang in the past and I don’t want to sound like that anymore. Time to take my voice to the next level and you’re already hearing that in my recent cover songs. It’s time to take singing a little more seriously if I want to improve my songwriting skills and it’s working beautifully.

The reason I haven’t written songs yet ’cause I just started studying poetry for the past few months and hoping to make my next batch of songs a little more poetic. I think people will appreciate my change of direction in my original songs, next time around. My next batch of songs promises to be something very special. My goal is to perform with a lot of heart and passion.

Kev