BOHEMIAN VOCAL STUDIO

MASTERING THE
ART OF SINGING
An introduction to great singing
By Kegan DeBoheme
DISCUSSION POINTS

Getting started
Finding your voice
Chest and head voice
Mixed Voice
Vocal Placement
Airflow & compression
Vowel shaping
Vowel modification
Goal setting and vocal plan

MASTERING THE ART OF SINGING

BRIEF
Hi, I'm Kegan from Bohemian Vocal Studio.

INTRODUCTION
I started singing in the late 90's towards the tail end of highschool. I
was originally just a guitarist frustrated at being unable to find a
singer for my band - until I stepped up to the microphone myself
and discovered my true passion; singing.
KEGAN DEBOHEME
VOCAL COACH Over many years, hundreds of lessons, thousands of dollars spent on
courses and methods, I have honed my craft as a singer and earned
over a decade of professional expertise myself coaching others to
achieve the same heights of range, power and tone that I've come
to enjoy in my own singing.

I've learned that there's a MUCH easier way to learn how to sing
than the extended path that I took - but that path does put me in
the best position to help YOU learn how to sing better one step at a
time.

MASTERING THE ART OF SINGING

GREAT SINGING IS THE
RESULT OF MASTERING
THE FOUR VOCAL
FUNDAMENTALS
GETTING STARTED
SO YOU'VE DECIDED TO BECOME A SINGER.

What if I told you that every single technique, every concept, every
trick and term you've ever heard boils down to just FOUR basic
fundamentals;

Height In The Vocal Tract

Forward Placement
"All In One Flow"
Mixed Voice

Mastering these four basic fundamentals will create a powerhouse

voice, endless range and a killer tone.

MASTERING THE ART OF SINGING

 THE FOUR VOCAL FUNDAMENTALS
THE SIMPLEST & MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD TO LEARN HOW TO SING

FORWARD MIXED FLOW HEIGHT

By resonating within The TA muscle creates The key to excellent A correctly sung vowel is
the bones of the face, 'weight' in the vocal folds support when you sing is created in the pharynx -
forward placement (chest voice), and the CT actually how you release the space in the back of
helps you bring the muscle creates 'stretch' the air to create consistent the head created by a
voice "out of the (head voice) - by vibration, resulting in raised soft palate. The
throat" and resonate in combining these two consistent resonance. Think secret to power, endless
the most efficient way - mechanisms, you create about a leaky tyre - sss. range and a rich tone is
bright, powerful, the "mixed" register with When you sing, the air is developing height in the
effortless and beautiful. the rich depth of chest released in a compressed, vocal tract by raising the
voice and the extensive consistent, uniform way "All soft palate.
range of head voice - all In One Flow" without
connected as one voice. interruption.
FINDING
I'm sure you have a favourite singer, maybe even a few. You'd LOVE
to sing like them, yeah?

YOUR VOICE Well, the reason they're such great singers is that they're not trying
to sound like anybody but themselves. Think about it, Aretha
Franklin wasn't trying to "Sound like Aretha" - she was just using her
GET TO KNOW YOUR UNIQUE unique instrument. Chris Cornell wasn't trying to "Sound like Chris"
INSTRUMENT - he was just using his unique instrument.

It's important when you're learning how to sing to keep an open

mind, a neutral tone and let the resonance do the work - rather
than trying to force a specific style or tone out before you truly
understand what stylistic choice in singing really is; and how to do
it the right way.
 EFFORT VS. ENERGY

90% 10%
The amount of effort that The amount of effort that
struggling singers use to professional singers use to
achieve 10% energy. achieve 90% energy
CHEST
Chest voice is the tonal centre of your
lowest register and often associated with

&
dominance of the Thyroarytenoid
muscle (TA)

HEAD
VOICE
Head voice is the tonal centre of your
highest register and is often associated
with dominance of the Cricothyroid
cartilage

VOCAL SCIENTISTS BELIEVE

REGISTRATION IS TONAL - AND I AGREE.
Mixed voice is a balance of weight and
tension by combining use of the TA and
MANY VOCAL METHODS OUT THERE
BELIEVE REGISTRATION IS PHYSICAL - I CT muscle evenly to create a third,

DON'T AGREE powerful, effortless "Mixed" register

MASTERING THE ART OF SINGING

 MIXED VOICE SINGING

MIXED VOICE COMBINES THE MOST

POWERFUL ASPECTS OF BOTH
CHEST AND HEAD VOICE
+ endless range, rich depth, intense power
AIRFLOW
AIRFLOW
Without consistent airflow, your vocal folds cannot vibrate - and

& you cannot sing without resonance.

COMPRESSION PRESSURE
Without pressure, airflow simply passes the vocal folds without
creating vibration.

SECRETS TO POWERFUL SINGING

COMPRESSION
Great singing requires a consistent flow of LIMITED air - meaning,
the air is compressed like a balloon that squeals when you hold
the opening and release the air slowly but surely.
VOWEL SHAPING
SINGING AND SPEAKING AREN'T THE
SAME THING

Base tongue shapes

The tongue has two main positions and an honorary third.
Tongue low and concave for AH based vowels, Tongue raised
in the centre for AY based vowels, Tongue high and back
towards the soft palate for the classical OO vowel.

Front and back vowels

Moving the tongue forward and back as well as altering your
embouchure turns these base vowel sounds in the variants -
AH becomes AA and OH and AY becomes OU and EE

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 Modifying Your Vowels

NEUTRAL (CHEST) WIDE (CHEST MIX)

The soft palate is engaged but the vocal As you move through your first break,
tract is neutral when singing your base the soft palate spreads and raises to
vowel sound in chest voice, AH and AY created a wider vowel sound. AH
are sung like the central vowel in the becomes AW and AY becomes EH like
words "Hard" and "Hawed" "Hey" and "Head"

NARROWING (HEAD MIX) NARROW (HEAD)

As you ascend to your second break As you transition fully into head voice,
period, the soft palate raises further and your vowels fully raise and narrow in the
starts to narrow. AH becomes OU and vocal tract. AH becomes OO and AY
AY becomes IH like "Lurk" and "Hid" becomes EE like "Look" and "Leak"
GOAL SETTING
A VOCAL PLAN FOR SUCCESS IN YOUR SINGING

LEARN MASTER GROW APPLY

Learn the basic Master The Four Vocal Grow your range, Practical
rudiments of a great Fundamentals develop your tone, application,
singing voice design your style troubleshoot, rinse
and repeat
 SHORT TERM
In the short term (days, weeks), set realistic goals
such as mastering a lip trill while ascending one
octave.

MEDIUM TERM
In the medium term, set more challenging goals
such as approaching songs that are out of reach in
a tangible sense - learn why they're out of reach
then start developing the technique required to
make it a reality.
 LONG TERM GOALS

COVERS? LIVE SHOWS? RECORDING?

Learn a set of covers for a tribute Play your first live show as a Record an original song or a full
show singer album
 GOAL CASE STUDY: MIKE NOVA
In 2019, Mike Nova approached me as a songwriter looking for
guidance as a singer. In the short term we worked through the
basics, developed The Four Vocal Fundamentals and started to
grow previously unavailable range.

With newfound range and confidence, Mike expressed an interest

in recording his songs. As we moved into 2020 we started
planning an album and troubleshooting the songs so they could
be sung and recorded at a professional level.

Mike finished recording his first album at the end of 2020.

FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
By first setting up a rock solid foundation for your voice,

& GROWTH you ensure a lifetime of vocal health, consistent progress

and a roadmap for your success as a singer.

GROWTH
FOUNDATION FIRST
You wouldn't put up walls and a roof before laying a
concrete slab - and singing is much the same. With a
great foundation comes the opportunity for serious
growth.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Learning to use what you've built is truly the key to
becoming a professional singer. Practice songs,
troubleshoot your issues, set medium to long term goals.
Rinse and repeat to master practical application.

MASTERING THE ART OF SINGING

Singing is easy - but only
when you have all the
information up front and a
clear path and process for
meeting and exceeding your
goals.

MASTERING THE ART OF SINGING

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Fundamentals Growth Application Real Results

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 VOCAL COACH REVIEW
"The Best vocal coach ever - Kegan helps me so much.
No complications - Only simple effective tools for singing songs.
This education divide my vocal life in two parts - before and after. Before sessions with Kegan I knew a
lot about singing (SLS, CVT, Ken Tamplin and other methods) but couldn't use what I know. I wasn't
able to apply over-complicated concepts and simply thought that I just have no talent for singing.
Sessions with Kegan HELPS me sing songs and understand my voice and use it in way that I always
dreamed.The only person whom I trust my voice (and any aspect of singing) on 100%. Kegan
understand what it is to sing well and how teach people to do that.

UPDATE 2020: For 2 years I learn from Kegan. It's 1000% brilliant vocal approach. I understand my voice
much more clear, now I am able to grow my voice by myself. I use his courses almost every day. Money,
time and trust that I spent on his education - is the best vocal investment of my life.

Kegan's education helps me as vocal coach as well."

Ivan - Vocal Coach (2020)

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ROCK SINGER REVIEW

"Kegan is the best vocal coach there is! If you want to be able 75
to sing properly with YOUR own voice he is your guy! I
wanted to sing rock and I ended up with so much more
knowledge and skills on how to use my voice than I thought
possible... In between lessons the courses and videos were a 50

huge help to get back on track with practicing. They're super

informative and more people need to be learning how how
to use their voice in the way he teaches! Guys this is VALUE!!!
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Whenever another singer or someone comments on my
voice, how it sounds powerful or how range is impressive,
how my grit sounds cool I always tell them it's because of
what Kegan has taught me! literally so thankful."
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 THE FOUR VOCAL
FUNDAMENTALS

Click on the link above to watch my most popular tutorial - HOW to sing with The
Four Vocal Fundamentals.

MASTERING THE ART OF SINGING