0:01 As you know, Ellen the Musical is coming
0:03 up very soon, and our next guest is here
0:04 to help me figure out if it's not too
0:06 late to change the show to Ellen the
0:08 Silent Film. Uh, please welcome
0:10 professional vocal coach Elaine Overhalt.
0:11 Overhalt. [Music]
0:21 >> So, I'm gonna show you an exercise that
0:23 Richard and I used to do every day. >> Richard
0:24 >> Richard >> gear.
0:24 >> gear.
0:27 >> Ah, yeah. Richard. Yes.
0:29 >> Um, and this is He would come in. He
0:31 would come in and we would do this was
0:33 actually his exercise. So I call it the
0:34 Richard exercise.
0:35 >> Let's walk out here because nobody can
0:36 see what you're about to teach me to do.
0:39 >> We're gonna get into the lower body. Get
0:43 into the quads. All you do is But
0:43 But
0:45 >> I'm I feel like that inside right now.
0:50 >> Exactly. I want you to drop that jaw.
0:51 >> I know the sunburn.
0:52 >> Yeah. Do this. Ah.
0:54 >> Yeah. Because if you touch me, I will do
0:56 that. I do it.
1:03 >> Excellent. Excellent. Let the head go.
1:07 Let the head go.
1:08 >> Don't you feel better already?
1:09 >> I just want somebody to just be flipping
1:13 through the channels and stop it.
1:14 >> What's happened to her?
1:16 >> Now, what we want to do Now, what we
1:19 want to do is get that voice forward
1:22 into the front of the face, out of the
1:23 back of the throat. So, I want you to do
1:25 this for me.
1:39 >> Yes. And what I want you to do is let
1:42 the lips go. Stupid lips. So, it's more
1:43 >> stupid lips.
1:47 >> Stupid lips.
1:50 >> Yeah. Something like that. Okay. Let's
1:51 take that one over to the piano. Come
1:58 Sorry, the sunburn.
1:59 >> Okay, do it again. [Applause]
2:01 [Applause] [Music]
2:02 [Music]
2:04 >> You might want to let the lips go a
2:11 >> I want you to do. Something called the
2:14 scrunch or the rock face. You see
2:17 singers do it all the time, right?
2:19 That's it. That's it. Now, bring your
2:22 tongue forward
2:24 with the rock face. Put a put a mic in
2:25 your hand. Yeah. Good. Now, I want you
2:28 to do this. Yeah. >> Yeah.
2:29 >> Yeah.
2:33 >> Whoa. Okay. Now, let's go back to the Z Z.
2:36 Z.
2:38 Just listen to the exercise first. >> Sorry.
2:40 >> Sorry. [Applause]
2:40 [Applause] [Music]
2:42 [Music] Z.
2:44 Z. [Music]
2:51 Your turn. Don't forget to drop that
3:14 >> It ain't over yet cuz we're going to put
3:15 it into a song.
3:16 >> We have to. They're telling me to hurry
3:17 it up. They're telling me to rush. What
3:18 are we learning?
3:22 >> Well, I understand you like this song.
3:25 Explosion into relaxation.
3:28 >> Say that for me. >> California.
3:30 >> California.
3:32 Like you're drunk. I wanted you to do
3:32 it. I want you to do it like you're
3:34 drunk. I can I can do that. >> Yes.
3:35 >> Yes. >> California.
3:37 >> California.
3:39 >> And give me the scrunch. >> California.
3:41 >> California. >> California.
3:43 >> California. >> California
3:46 >> California dreaming.
3:48 dreaming.
3:50 Try that for me.
3:52 Okay, I'll tell you.
3:53 >> I'll do it with you the first time and
3:54 then you can do it all by yourself. Here
3:56 we go. >> California
4:01 dreaming.
4:03 >> I'll do it all by yourself like you're
4:05 drunk. Okay. What we're doing is we're
4:06 getting out. We're getting out of the field.
4:07 field.
4:08 >> First, let me let me get into my drunk pose.
4:11 pose. [Applause]
4:11 [Applause] [Music]
4:13 [Music] >> Ready?
4:15 >> Ready? California
4:19 dreaming. [Music]
4:30 Come back. Please come back on such a
4:32 wizard day.
4:34 For more tips on learning how to sing,
4:36 check out Elaine's new DVD, Big Boys, at elaaneoverholds.com.
4:38 elaaneoverholds.com.
4:39 When we come back, I'm going to show you
4:41 my speech I made at Tulain's graduation
4:43 last weekend. I come back, will you?
4:45 That was great.
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