Is This Technique Safe? · Rock Singing Success

Is This Technique Safe?

I'm asking because I really like the sound that this guy is getting on the Sam Carter style pitched scream he does and he explains how he does it. I did't know it was possible to compress such a high note but it certainly sounds powerful and aggressive!

By the way he has a web site and on it he states:

"CAUTION: The most common mistake is pressing the vocal folds together and SQUEEZING air through. This sounds either like a very high and weak scream or like a wheezing or whistling sound and feels uncomfortable. If you catch yourself doing this STOP. Pressing the vocal folds together and squeezing air through is very stressful for your vocal folds."

This came as news to me because I thought compression was pressing the vocal folds together but according to him, compression is this:

"Compression in vocal technique refers to creating pressure inside the upper body. Our body has a mechanism for creating high pressure and stability inside our upper body. We use this when creating great core stability for lifting heavy objects, bracing ourselves for an impact, throwing up, holding back air at any cost, or when we defecate. When we stiffen our abdominals and maybe even pull them inwards slightly something special happens inside our larynx. Our vestibular folds close over the vocal folds and as such change how the vocal folds behave and how much the vestibular folds vibrate."

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AFy1EFjpbzY

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