The Ultimate Breathing Workout (Revised Edition) [Paperback]

Jaime J Vendera (Author), Molly Burnside (Author), Stephanie Keen (Director)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2005

The Ultimate Breathing Workout is now 84 pages long with new cover and addition "Breath Builders"

From the author of Raise Your Voice and only documented singer in the world to shatter a glass by voice alone-This book provides a nine step breathing program designed to increase breath capacity, strengthen the breathing apparatus and enable you to hold out notes for over a minute. Contains 1 illustration and 10 audio examples.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Vendera Publishing (January 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097494114X
• ISBN-13: 978-0974941141
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,808 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jaime Vendera is a multi talented author, publisher, vocal coach and television personality who has released books on a variety of subjects including vocal instruction, breathing, positive empowerment and self-publishing. When not writing and publishing his own books for Vendera Publishing, or producing books for 711 Press, his favorite gig is vocal coach to signed artists...Want more vocal range, power, consistency and stamina? Look no further-World renowned glass shattering vocal coach Jaime Vendera is one of the most sought after coaches for voice strengthening on the planet. Jaime isn't considered a typical voice teacher; He's known as the "voice strengthening specialist" by professional singers and record companies alike. Singers who seek Jaime's services all desire to obtain similar vocal goals including: more stamina for long sets and night after night of shows, range increase, added power, more projection, tips and tricks to eliminate vocal strain or vocal loss, ways to improve vocal quality and tone and secrets to keep the voice in shape day after day.

Jaime has the answers to all of these questions. Not only does he teach his methods through private, phone & Internet lessons, as well as vocal seminars, but he also explains his "Voice Strengthening" secrets through his Raise Your Voice system; a three-book system consisting of Raise Your Voice, The Ultimate Breathing Workout & The Ultimate Vocal Workout Diary.

Does Jaime's method work for increasing vocal range, power, stamina and quality? YES! The secrets that Jaime teaches in his Raise Your Voice series are the exact same principles he has used to turn his two octave range into six octaves/120 decibels of raw vocal power. He used these simple principles to set a world record by shattering a glass by the power of his voice alone as seen on the Discovery channel show MythBusters. Jaime has performed on television shows in the US, Europe and Japan demonstrating the power of his voice; each show requiring him to scream hours on end...without ever losing his voice! His books have been read, praised and endorsed by members and singers of bands such as, TNT, Nitro, Dream Theater, Journey, Saliva, Three Doors Down, Winger, Evanescence, Dokken, Stryper, Chevelle, Shinedown, Sevendust, Puddle Of Mudd, Godhead, The Rasmus, Machina, Avalon, Theory of a Deadman, Kill Hannah, RA, Steroemud, The Dreaming, Future Leaders of the World and many more. He has also worked with and given tips to many of these artists.

Jaime is a vocal workaholic; continually working on many new projects, for Vender Publishing including new books singers like Jim Gillette (Nitro) Ray West (Spread Eagle) and David Katx (creator of Superior Vocal Health) as well as expanding the fiction line for 711 Press.

Jaime is endorsed by many top companies, including:

Clarus & Equilibrio: Makers of Q-link necklace and Equilibrio jewelry line- a line of necklaces, bracelets, cuffs and belt buckles designed to reduce physical stress and eliminate the stress produced by EMF waves. (singersqlink.com, artistqlink.com)

TC Helicon: the world's top vocal effects processing company.
(tc-helicon.com, voicecouncil.com)

Xooma Worldwide: a company dedicated to overall health and enhancement of drinking water. (singerswater.com)

RMAX International: a company dedicated to training the body for peak perfection. (vocal-flow.com)

VAM Acoustics: Makers of the Vocal Acoustic Monitor-a lightweight device designed to minimize vocal stress and improve both intonation and hearing of one's own voice. (vamacoustics.com)

Brentwood Wine Company: Jaime's suppliers of the hardest wine glass in the world-Schott Zwiesel. (brentwoodwine.com)

Farley's Essentials: Makers of the pocket tone-an electronic pitch device that Jaime uses for teaching. (farleysessentials.com)

Travel Wellness Pro Tour: Makers of Vocal Eze spray and other Pro Tour wellness aids for singers/musicians. (travelwellness.com)

Neilmed: Makers of Sinus Rinse NasoFlo Neti Pot (neilmed.com)

Screaminglessons.com

Jaime honed his vocal training skills by playing professionally starting at the age of sixteen, then moving to Hollywood California at nineteen to study voice at the Musician's Institute, studying, reading, watching hundreds of books, CDs, DVDs and videos on the voice, yoga, massage therapy, reflexology, hypnosis, anatomy, natural healing, etc... as well as through the guidance of Metal singer, Jim Gillette of 80's band Nitro. He now teaches privately as well a virtually by using a webcam, and has worked with artists from several record companies, including Atlantic, Epic and Universal records.

He is the official Spokesman for VAM Acoustics and is featured on all of their packaging. As of this bio, Jaime has shattered 124 glasses by the power of his voice alone and over 60 with the aid of an amplifier. He and his wife Diane are devout Christians who currently live in the United States in Franklin Furnace Ohio with their son Ryan, their little Dachshund, Miley and their two Chihuahuas, Taco and Belle.

Websites
JAIMEVENDERA.COM VOCAL-FLOW.COM
SINGERSWATER.COM
ELIZABETHSABINE.NET
VENDERAPUBLISHING.COM
711PRESS.COM
SINGERSQLINK.COM

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is the key to the kingdom of singing!, February 9, 2006

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Timothy Brown "acrosstyck" (Jacksonville, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Breathing Workout (Revised Edition) (Paperback)

<u>The Ultimate Breathing Workout</u> contains some of the best exercises for vocalists that I have ever seen. It makes a great companion to <u>Raise Your Voice</u>. Do you ever seem to run out of air before you finish the lines of a song, or have you ever wanted to be able to scream and hold out notes like some of your favorite Metal singers? (Such as Geoff Tate from Queensryche, Eric Adams from Manowar, Jim Gillette from Nitro.) The exercises contained within this book will train you to be able to do it. I've studied breathing for quite some time for meditative purposes, and you would be surprised at how much information you would have to sift through before you came up with a concise plan for building your lung power.

<u>The Ultimate Breathing Workout</u> <u>WILL</u> deliver the goods in this area. Jaime Vendera's first book teaches you how to train your vocal chords. This one will teach you how to train the muscles that actually control your breathing so that you can have the ultimate in vocal delivery - true support when you breathe. Give it three months of honest daily practice, and it WILL change the way your breathe and sing forever.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Breathing Workout book is worth the money, September 7, 2009

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Susan A. (Chino Hills, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ultimate Breathing Workout (Revised Edition) (Paperback)

I'm a much better singer now because of this book. The tips and techniques that are found in this book have proven to be extremely valuable.

I thank the author for sharing the knowledge. None of my previous voice teachers had been able to explain the proper breathing techniques as well as Jaime Vendera.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good breathing workout -- useful for learning to engage the right muscles, July 8, 2010

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Francis Kelly (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Breathing Workout (Revised Edition) (Paperback)

I'm an advanced beginner who's been taking voice lessons for about 4 years now. I found "The Ultimate Breathing Workout" very helpful and would definitely recommend it. The tone of the writing is annoying, there's no question about that. I appreciate Jaime Vendera's enthusiasm, but his self-promotion and goofiness start to grate. In the end though, it's in the exercises he describes that the value lies. The exercises were helpful to me both in strengthening my breathing and in making me aware of the muscles I needed to engage. He proposes certain exercises (such as holding your breath) that other writers (Richard Miller for example) dismiss, but nothing he suggests seems dangerous to me or too wacky. Likewise, I've found that his workout provides a very useful singing warm-up as well.