I've trained under Brett Manning's SS and MM. I really have worked hard for few months and am starting to notice a huge difference. Before, I'd literally strain on a D#4 so hitting G4-A4 with ease and fullness is really awesome for me. However, people say that my high notes sound funny or that I'm cheating the high notes. I use mixed voice to hit those notes. Also I have to keep a 'cry' in the voice to keep it connected. I tried posting this on other forums but instead of helping, they start debating on if mixed voice exists or not or there is no such thing as passagio, etc.
https://soundcloud.com/hyder-hussain-2/dream-on-21-sep-15
Also can you omit the cry if you wanna sing full cuz I can't find any way around that but I also tend to find it impossible to carry the 'cry' to B4 and above and so I disconnect after that.