Singing Lessons Courses – A Brief Comparison of 3 of the Best Home Study Courses

There is a wide range of singing technique training programs on the market today and if you are a singer looking for singing lessons it can be very confusing to find the right one.

There seem to be 2 main branches of singing technique training. 1. Classic and 2. Popular. In this article, we’ll leave the classic programs aside for now and just go through an overview of a small selection of 3 popular singing technique programs: Billy Purnell’s Ultimate Voice Training for Singers, Per Bristow’s Sing with Freedom, and the Singing Success by Brett Manning.

Billy Purnell and Brett Manning’s programs are based on the method called “singing at speech level” popularized by American vocal coach Seth Riggs. Billy’s show is very popular and has been around for quite some time. This program can be purchased as a men’s program, one for boys and one for older men, or as a women’s program once again for the respective age categories. He goes through a series of appropriate exercises to train the muscles of the vocal area to avoid tension as the singer goes up in pitch and volume and the program works very well. It comes as a CD pack containing about 4 CDs and represents good value for money.

The Per Bristow program uses a different methodology in which the singer is encouraged to find their own vocal freedom through experimentation (using various more ‘open ended’ exercises) and improvisation. This program is much more arbitrary, some say it works fine, however it’s a little slow to get off the ground and the accompanying videos, which can be downloaded off the net, are in a format or use a player that doesn’t work as well. . . This program is in a 4 DVD format and has an ongoing training agreement with a monthly fee if you wish to use it. Again, the price is reasonable, however it is a totally different method than the speech level chanting method.

Brett Manning’s program is once again based on Seth Rigg’s speech level chanting method, however, he expands on this technique and there are exercises unique to Brett’s program. It comes in 12 CD and 1 DVD format and is by far the most comprehensive of the 3 programs compared here. Brett also introduces several other useful programs with more advanced techniques, such as the ‘Mastering Mix’ program. Again, the price is reasonable, however it can be a bit more expensive overall than the other programs mentioned here. A continuous training program is also offered via online video if required. This program seems to be the most dynamic with the most up-to-date techniques.

Basing the singing program at the speech level is a very good way to avoid stress when singing and thus avoid the likelihood of vocal nodules and associated vocal stress problems.