Miley Cyrus : What you should do

Miley Cyrus Live : Can't be tamed



Yesterday I was criticizing Luce from the Nouvelle Star contest saying she didn't fit the role she was given.

I thought today I would link a voice that's worth listening to : "I can't be tamed" by Miley Cyrus

Her singing teacher is Brett manning. That guy does an amazing job, let's see why..

Her voice.

She sings live, no playback, no musical track, total live music. On the David Letterman show, which a looot of people look at.

In such a context, where any human being would be nervous, she holds her voice beautifully.

We have a lot of nasality in her voice, which comes naturally with the American accent. They are ones to use that technique a lot. This nasality allows her to hit the high notes with ease and have them resonate nicely in her head. But this time we have power, and a little something else which sends the shivers down your spine. That is chest voice mixed with head voice. You there would immediately recognize Brett Manning's signature.

How easily she gets those notes out ! ! Not with strength or by pushing, but by leaning on the emotion caused by the lyrics and with the proper technique getting them to sound full and harmonic. The result is a deliciously raw voice hitting beautiful notes on those refrains.

Notice on the video how she bends for each high note. Bending forward or loosening your body position allows you to forget tension and mechanisms and stay relaxed for hitting the high notes.

She has a beautiful vibrato on her voice, and uses it with parsimony. On very high powerful notes she would let it go to have a relaxed and resonating voice. On mid-song high notes or short notes she wouldn't. She keeps the vocal passage closed and send a lot of air volume in there, the result is a "crying" voice going straight in the nose.

That crying voice is an easy mechanism to explain : It's like when we where kids. We would blow a balloon and let it deflate while squeezing the entry to produce that annoying noise that would hinder the whole family for hours. Vocal chords act the same. When you squeeze them properly and send a lot of air volume, you get a crying and nasty voice.

And the breathing ! She has power, you can hear in the chest voice that it is resonating a lot. For the system goes like this :

Flexible material resonates a lot.
A big space produces big resonation (like when you sing in a parking)

So thanks to a proper breathing technique, a relaxed and fit body she gets a large and resonating voice.

Interpretation

Listen to her offering you the lyrics with that nastiness in the voice while saying "I can be a bit a crazy", or "I'm hot like that". She theatrically goes for the lyrics and plays the role. And I'm sure she's having a lot of fun doing it.

The body language is magic. She moves crazy on the stage while singing. You would only have eyes for her.

And the self confidence she displays ! She knows the notes are not a problem, the dancing is not a problem, she's got the guts to go out there and interpret the lyrics. I can't be tamed ! ! can't be changed ! can't be blamed ! Each time reaching those high notes with power and confidence, and giving all her energy in the performance !

The result is a hit song, that will last for a while, interpreted by a strong young woman that will last in this show business as well. I certainly hope to hear more of her now I discovered this.

Oh yeah... I forgot to say : She's gorgeous :-)

Singing regards,

Menno