Maybe this thread could be a sticky?

I would kill to be able to sing like this: very light while somehow sounding like he is still "connected to the chest" most of the time.

Interesting that he doesn't sing this song live, maybe it's really difficult for him too? His whole vocal style is like this almost all the time though so I doubt that is the reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPCiLHMxwuY

that vocal guru doesn't sound like a guru to me just a dude who can squeak out some really high and low stuff. what he said was mixed voice was actually falsetto, and he's claiming D3-F4 is the core of the male voice (nope C3-A4 should be a really strong core if you're serious)...based on those two bits alone he seems like an SLS dude who couldn't belt out a rock tune if his life depended on it.

He's probably saying Adam is straining because he's been taught incorrectly that anything about speech volume or that takes some kind of effort is strain...

Adam sticks his tongue out when he belts because that is often actually the most optimal tongue position - it opens the throat the most especially if you have a long tongue. Not sure why it's rarely used, maybe because it's an added variable that could be hard to reign in and control if you're not careful. I've had coaches recommend it to me at times but never a permanent thing. I suppose it has its pros and cons.

He does bridge late.

I predict Adam's voice will be doing very well in old age, actually probably much better than Steven Tyler who abused his voice with drugs, screaming, etc.

Another thing about this guy, he says he has more head voice in his mix and the Ab4!!! And that if he tries to bring up his chest voice into his mix above C5, it would damage his voice as his voice type is to heavy which is funny when baritones like chris Cornell and low tenors like Ronnie James Dio have been doing that for his entire life?

The only question that has been unanswered is that how Adam retains a consistent tone up to the top of his range?

I love these kinds of threads! Awesome idea. Anyways, here's a really cool vocal range compilation video a friend of mine did that showcases Bruce Dickinson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....0_baevqZa0

Ok, it sounds like Bruce Dickinson has built up a massive powerful chest voice range over the years and knows how to mix it with his head voice WAY up there (G#5 sounds like his transition point to pure head voice). Would you call his singing like the E5s in "Run to the hills" and "Where Eagles Dare" more of a chest resonant sound, as opposed to the Ian Gillan -like wails on his extreme highs like in "Number of The Beast". He is one of the few NWOBHM singers to maintain his style throughout the years. Is it because he never neglected his chest voice that hes kept on nailing his difficult material better than ever nowadays?

If you wanted to learn how to sing this way, should you focus on doing both heavy chest workouts + the head voice strengthening workouts all at once?

I think Bruce mixes up all to the Bb5 or B5. The A5 from Number of the Beast sounds very chesty and heavy. His Bb5 notes have some hint of chest albeit very little though.

He does not really use head voice because his timbre would have a change in sound like Rob Halford who has a lighter and more agile range from the A5 to c#6 because he uses head voice from there on.

Singers like Glenn Hughes and Bruce here have very light sounding mixes up to A5s and B5s which make people think they have switched to head voice but on fact they are lightening up without losing.their timbre.

That happens to me when my notes in the top of my mix (G5 to C6 have a slightly lighter, less heavy sound but retains the same timbre and is not too light) This is because you can't really bring up all the weight and only the best have been able to bring up weight

Bruce is still singing as well because he developed his chest register before developing head. Ken Tamplin told me that if you neglect your chest. Your chest, mix and head voice will atrophy in time like Rob Halford

Bruce is able to being up his chest to B4 without mixing and when he does, he uses sound pharyngeal resonance so it retains a.thick tone without being shouty, too chesty and is able to retain agility.

Bruce goes to show that if you strengthen your chest voice, you will retain your voice and that heavy singers(Bruce is a low tenor which is closer to the high baritone male voice types which are more common) can bring up weight without straining or being overly chesty.

One of the Best vocalists to ever walk the planet

I'll try, my phone's.recorder does not working my computer is spoilt

You know what is the best thing about Bruce? He has nevery had formal coaching. He used to emulate ian gillan alot

Justin Chew said

You know what is the best thing about Bruce? He has nevery had formal coaching. He used to emulate ian gillan alot

Yeah, Bruce is proof that learning to sing self-taught is definitely possible. Bruce sounds A LOT like Ian Gillan the higher in his range he goes. Its uncanny...

Rob Halford is one of my favorite singers of all time, but unfortunately this performance is proof of what may happen if your don't work out ALL parts of your voice (in Rob's case, his chest resonance).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....oxWRx9lhhU

Kind of off-topic but he kind of sounds like Frieza from Dragon Ball Z here.

He seems to be struggling in the chorus parts and the bridge leading up to the awesome A5 (brighter than a thousand suns part) In the studio version he mixes but since his chest voice has atrophied there is only head voice left and it sounds strange. Still, major props for still singing this when hes 60+ one of the most demanding songs ever...