{"product":{"product_id":"1556528299","title":"The Voice Book: Caring For, Protecting, and Improving Your Voice","price":"32.62","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/410GU+7IpoL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1556528299"},"comments":[{"body":"I’ve been really working on enhancing everything about my singing and happened across “The Voice Book”. \r\n\r\nI’m only a couple chapters in but they give pics and exercises for posture and supporting your voice. Just a couple minor changes to my stance and I can immediately see/feel/hear the difference in my voice. \r\n\r\nBelow is the link for it on Amazon. Hope it helps! \r\n\r\n The Voice Book: Caring For, Protecting, and Improving Your Voice https://www.amazon.com/dp/1556528299/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_xEGoDbJ4RPZ2V","subreddit_name":"singing","author":"hlyghstpwr"},{"body":"Here is an excerpt from [\"The Voice Book\"](https://www.amazon.com/Voice-Book-Caring-Protecting-Improving/dp/1556528299):\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;Voice quality and ease, or the lack thereof, is closely linked to posture and muscle tension. Slouching posture or tension in the throat, jaw, shoulders, and neck can negatively affect the voice. Therefore, we will start our journey to vocal efficiency by first addressing body alignment.  \r\n\u0026gt;  \r\n\u0026gt;Heads are heavy (15 pounds or so), and the human body is designed such that the bones of the skeleton support the weight of the head. However, many of us don’t have a sufficiently straight carriage, or posture, to allow the head to be fully supported by the bones of the skeleton. Therefore, we have to overuse neck muscles to support the weight of the head. This state is called misalignment and can create several negative repercussions for voice quality and comfort.  \r\n\u0026gt;  \r\n\u0026gt;One vocal consequence of misalignment is extraneous tension in the muscles of the neck, which then creates tension in the vocal system. Another issue is the contraction of muscles at the back of the neck and the base of the skull. Keep in mind that muscles shorten when they contract. Most people unknowingly contract and shorten muscles at the back of the neck and base of the skull, thereby causing misalignment. Tension in these muscles not only creates discomfort (this is an area of tightness for many people), but can also create tension in the jaw, because tension in the back of the body tends to lead to corresponding tension in the front. Therefore, misalignment of the head can easily lead to jaw tension, which negatively affects voice by constricting the channel through which the voice flows.  \r\n\u0026gt;  \r\n\u0026gt;Yet another effect of misalignment is related to the shape of the vocal tract, which is the tube that runs from the larynx to the lips and includes the throat, mouth, and nose. If the head is misaligned, the vocal tract’s shape is distorted in a way that is disadvantageous for voice. The vocal tract is essentially a built-in amplifier that makes your voice louder and more resonant if you don’t constrict it. By mis-aligning the head, we basically unplug the amplifier and cut out many of the acoustic benefits of the vocal tract. Therefore, proper head alignment can not only reduce laryngeal tension, but can also improve vocal projection and reduce vocal effort.\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nAs far as how to train good alignment well the go to method is [The Alexander Technique](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Technique)","subreddit_name":"singing","author":"orbweaver82"},{"body":"[This book](http://www.amazon.com/Voice-Book-Caring-Protecting-Improving/dp/1556528299/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1462904217\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=the+voice+book) helped me.","subreddit_name":"AskMen","author":"IAmVeryAttractive"}]}