In the first episode of The Vocal Studio Singapore's podcast, Find Your Inner Voice, Ethan and vocal coach Josse Chema talk about whether we need to sing high notes to be good, as well as how to find and expand your register.

We begin the conversation with whether high notes are "money notes" when it comes to singing, and where it originates. Josse talks about his experience from Latin music, where people male singers sing high notes such that the female audience can sing along with the music, and how the high notes do often get the crowd going.

We then explored the three different ranges most male voices come with, high tenor, mid tenor and baritone from high to low. We started by talking about Bruno Mars and his talking register, taking note that his register even when he's speaking comfortably is already of a higher pitch.

We then listen to Ed Sheeran, where his voice shines with the stylistics of a singer-songwriter type of music. And then we talk about Frank Sinatra, whose voice is naturally at the baritone range.

The biggest takeaways in this podcast were about finding the stylistic that fits the voice register that you sing at, and how to sing higher notes. For Josse, it was singing 7 hours a day, four days a week to expand his vocal range from a mid to high tenor such that he can hit all the top notes in the music.

For the transcription of this episode, please go to https://thevocalstudio.sg/tvs-blog/fyiv-episode-1