James Lugo Vocal Asylum

This is it. If you're serious about your singing, or are just looking to improve your technique for singing live or production demos, this series by American Idol coach James Lugo will show you what you need to do to get a powerful, controlled singing voice perfect for Rock or Pop music.

Videos

• Intro (04:15) - James discusses his approach for teaching and gives us an introduction to the most important part of your instrument, the vocal chords.

• Vocal Basics (19:05) - Learn basic breathing techniques for singing. James shows you a great exercise involving a book. No reading required!

• Vocal Technique Demo (01:44) - James demonstrates keeping the neck relaxed while doing all the 'work' with your belly.

• Vocal Intermediate (17:22) - James gets you going with some exercises and introduces the different ranges in which the male and female voices occurs. This is also called Passaggio.

• Screaming (11:02) - James goes into the fundamentals of the hard rock type of singing called screaming. He gives you exercises involving the Pharyngeal voice to achieve this type of singing without harming your voice.