I usually end up coughing eventually, although not as quickly as I used to, but still, I don’t get what I need to change to have it sustainably usable and accessible.
How does compression work?
I usually end up coughing eventually, although not as quickly as I used to, but still, I don’t get what I need to change to have it sustainably usable and accessible.
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Marc Ajax 12 months ago
Hey brother. So, yes, to start off, I agree. I kinda remember what Ken Tamplin and others call 'compression' or even 'glottal compression', he had a lot of videos about it. It's some sort of glottal punch. It's damaging, it's weird, I don't see the point and I hate it.
I took the term (sadly, I hate words) in the same way in the beginning I also used 'register blending'. Until one day I decided to stop, because it's almost as bad as mixed voice, and renamed it to 'SMS' (seamless mechanism switching).
Words suck, but at least they can convey objectivity. So, for compression, it's the main topic of my two advanced courses (The M2A method & Mastering The Illusion) but it has 100% nothing to do with any prior definitions of compression or anything like that, just to clear that up.
While I made the mistake of reusing some words, the entire academy is built for anyone to come in not knowing anything, with a blank slate.
I wouldn't even use the term if I didn't think it was necessary for some specific notes to sound chesty. After Instant Mixed Voice, most singers will get a B4 or a C5 to sound chesty, but what is missing to make the rest of the notes (G4, A4 - for example) to sound chesty as well?
To solve this, I came up with 'compression', but I can't stress this enough, it doesn't involve any glottal punch of any sorts - and is essentially just about air & volume (not any impact on the throat) so we should remain 100% relaxed, in M2, etc. No glottal punch. Sorry, I get scared of people doing the glottal punch. I hate that and it's very dangerous.
Also I don't even see the point, like even if I had gotten that compression they teach, I barely see the point in it. They also get distortion 'through' that type of compression, which seems so exhausting, and makes me realize it's no wonder they get tired after a song or two.
So my two main points:
- 100% forget about compression
- In my academy you might see the term again, but it's 100% something different and new
- It doesn't make sense to think about it in the beginning anyway, I'd recommend at least 1-2 months of working with The M2A method before even worrying about compression
- Please don't do the glottal punch if that's your experience with compression haha I'm worried
What are your thoughts? Did that type of compression ever help you? Is it the one I'm describing with the 'punch'?
