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