I'm 68 and started singing seriously at 62 and get many requests and compliments. Your advice and exercises have helped. Happy BDAY and have many more.
More power to you !! I am now in my 65th year. Been singing with live bands before live audiences, since I was a kindergartner. Singing in India, exposes a singer to competition in every possible genre. We also have some of the world’s biggest audiences. WHY? India occupies 1,269,219 sq. miles: 2¼ percent of planet earth’s land mass. It has 16% of planet earth’s humans -- a democracy of 1,404,791,500 people speaking 22 different languages. Indian Classical music has two main sub-genres: Hindustani Classical and Carnatic Classical. Both evolved from the 1100 BCE Saamved -- 1,875 verses of public worship (liturgy).
Wow- you are so inspirational, Mark! I’m 76 years “young” and have been singing at church for 38 years. I didn’t know I could sing until then. I sang solo at weddings and funerals until 8 years ago, when I knew my vocal chords were no longer solo quality. My love of singing, constant practicing and lots of encouragement from others keeps me singing. I do vocal exercises with you every morning and am so grateful for you. And I still sing every weekend with the support and love of a small group. You sound fabulous, Mark, and inspire us all to keep singing!
I started my first voice lesson when I was 25, I'm 31 now, have my own 6 original songs, sang on many local festivals, and sang in a band... I'm roght now in a band. Singing makes me so happy... ❤❤❤
Thanks so much Mark, it was really interesting to hear about your career, you certainly have had a successful one. I’ve been singing since I was about 5 years old, I am now 71, 11 years ago I had a spinal stroke, which has left me partially paralysed and as a result my voice has been affected too. I’ve only just recently started to sing again and am having lessons to try and remedy my crackly, hoarse voice, sometimes I get down about it but I’m determined I will sing again. I’m really enjoying your videos so thank you.
Mark, I'm in tears! Happy belated! What a beautiful video of passion, heart and progress. You are SUCH an inspiration to all of us. THANK YOU for sharing your gifts and guidance and also charging all of us with this important duty; take good care of your voice so you can enjoy it for a lifetime.
Happy Birthday..... Master Baxter.. Thank you for all the vocal wisdom you have so kindly supplied to me over the years....Free of charge..! As Singer's "We also share this day":) with the likes of Patsy Cline.! Hope you have a Great Day.! Vocalize Blowing outta all Dem Dare Candles....Thank You From Sept 8th 1969
Aaaaaw! 🥰 loved this! Enjoyed going down memory lane with you, and how you critiqued & compared your changing voice over the years. Happy Birthday, brother! Cheers. 🍻
Have a blessed and a happy birthday! Thank you for the simplicity of your voice lessons. You inspired me snd gave me confidence to start using my voice again after so much damage from stress, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.
Wow Mark Happy Birthday this an amazing career. Inspires, sure, a lot! I am getting closer to singing coordination right. I am not in the sound I would like on all notes but start having it on some, so getting closer. Also trying to recall piano and music theory I learned as a child and didn't pay attention to. It's amazing what you can learn. You sound like you can do anything in your 65 and never give an old man impression, with your crisma and always going forwards.
That is a tough thing, to assess one's own performance and skills like this! I was classically trained to sing, from age 14. Now that I am "pushing 60," certain notes in my range are very unreliable and "warbly." I'm so glad to have found your vocalises! So far, so good with reclaiming my solo voice!
Happy birthday Mark! 🎂 This was inspiring to watch and a great reminder to just keep at it regardless of age or our life situation. You're videos are always entertaining AND informative, thanks all the lessons 🙏
Hi Mark! Inspiring as well as heartwarming. Your advice about vocalizing is spot on. I vocalize with your videos and my voice, although it has changed, is better than it ever was. And your videos are the gym that my voice goes to for it's workout! I admire you and hope one day to be able to work with you. Thank you!!!
Happy Birthday!!! I am impressed by your singing and your teaching, but also very happy to see that age is not necessarily an issue for singing. I am 68 and have been watching - and working with - your videos for a good five years in order to finally dare to sing. In combination with one-of-one singing lessons, I hope to be able to one day:-) Thank you for your excellent videos and your inspiration!
By the way, my own experience began to worry me, but hearing that the opera singer Kiri te Kanawa would no longer sing, even for the joy of it, shocked me and breaks my heart. Thank you for educating us on technique and proper vocal care!
We ❤️🔥 you and we’re so thankful for how you make our voices progress. Love your pics as a youngster and your voice development is inspiring. Happy b day!!! 🎂
I've been using your warm-up video, which is my favorite. Just discovered this video today! Very belated happy birthday! It never occurred to me that our voices deteriorate as we age into our senior years. I think my voice is richer and more resonate now than when I was younger. Why do we lose collagen in our vocal chords?
Happy Birthday, Mark. Someone asked Ringo Starr, When are you too old to Rock n Roll. And he said, "You're too old to Rock n Roll when you can't rock or roll no more." In other words, when you're dead. Thought you would like that .
Happy Birthday!!! You are an inspiration, thank you. I really only started singing seriously at 50, now I’m 54 and getting gigs and LOVE to sing. Thank you so much for you continued lessons and support.
Yesterday was the first time I practice the lessons for 5-7 mos. I sounded out of breath and listened to my fav female vocalists and thought why do I bother. I’m not shooting for professional. I want to enjoy what I hear from me. What an amazing vocal transformation you have shared. Thank you. You make a difference!
Happy Birthday Mark!!! Thank you for giving your wisdom, experience & well earned knowledge of all things Voice to all of us. Your videos are a daily part of my life & career here in Chicagoland. I am 50 & singing 2-5x a week for my supper. This video hits close to home in so many ways. Today I celebrate you!!!! Because you haven’t stopped evolving & giving, people like me are still going strong!!!!
Happy Birthday Sir, Thank you for your service. You have done enough for the community and I'm always learning new things from you even now after 2 years of finding you.
Before Covid, I was singing solo at one or two vinyards each weekend for 3 hours apiece and was the music director at a church, in addition to my music therapy sessions. During Covid it all stopped for a couple of years. Now, I'm 73 and getting back into practicing music therapy, but ive lost vocal range and timbre. I'm, frankly, a little afraid to start booking vinyards again. Your "Wake up Voice" video is an essential part of my AM routine when i have 10AM therapy. I'm looking for the best way to rehab my voice. I wish I'd known how important is to KEEP SINGING. Any suggestions? Ill go to your website later to give contact info.
I have been practicing through your video and I always thought you were on your 40's until I discovered this video..... You look amazingly fit and you sing better than ever.... Thank you sir for everything...can't express how thankful I am to you in words❤️❤️❤️
Wow that's awesome!!Thank you for sharing that with us😊I used to jam that song too😄I sing everyday.Im no pro but I love Aretha Betty Wright All the old school singers.R&B Country Rap I have a deeper voice like Mariah.My daughter did choir from 6th-12th grade.She had a beautiful Saprano voice.She loved singing.I was raised with good music and it's always made me happy.I'll keep singing everyday because it feels good☺Thanks for your inspiration💃🏽Have a wonderful day.🤗Oh btw is chamomile or green tea better for your vocal chords?
Hey Mark , Thank you so much for this Generous authentic and insightful sharing mate .Ditto, Ditto !! Replying as I head from my" steam inhalations" to my "Collagen Supplements" ! !A bit younger than you and have been singing ,studying singing,all over the world , amongst other things ..... teaching and making a living at it ,"Mostly Opera " since 'Starring in High School Musical Days'!!. Cheers Mate !! . Happy Belated Birthday fellow Virgo!! A Gift and inspiration to us All .(Grew up in Philly but have based 'Down Under "for Years hence the "mate" Reps ) BIg Metta ....PS.. just Enjoyed hamering through your" epic warm up vid"so much, put me on a long time singers High .....Always more to learn and share .. thanks Again ...and like you I have had the technique Obsession for decades Must be a Virgo thing !!
In my mid-20s i was singing and taking lessons. I stopped. Now I am back taking singing lessons off of youtube for singing in church. Right now I am a backup singer but soon it will be time to sing a few solos. SO I am vocalizing every day. I am glad I found this channel, this has been a blessing!
I'm 29 started recording my wails in 2016, still rough to this day lol. It so God damn fun even though I always cringe when hearing back the recording. This is so inspirational thank you. I will sing TILL I DIE
Have been following your videos for quite a while However, This one I kept ignoring to watch but what I have been missing. I just started singing . I’m 42. Never before. I’m struggling to get that coordination you said in the end of the video. But slowly getting there. What a beautiful video. “Putting the passion to action, never look back, keep working on it / vocalizing”. All great suggestions. Thank you and god bless !
Hey Mark ........ Great demonstration of so many aspects of singing. You are such an example for others to emulate. I have been singing for 50 years and I have hope for a higher range using the different aspects that you are teaching on. Great Stuff Mark! My whole viewpoint was changed when I watched the video with you and Dr Dan from Australia. I couldn't believe that a Baritone voice could sing so high and so clear. God bless you!!
Happy Birthday Mark! Tuesday was my little Min-Pin Molly’s fifth Birthday! This was a fantastic video for many reasons… it was inspiring to see and hear your growth and it confirmed so many of the similar changes I, too, am experiencing with my singing. I still remember absolutely blowing out my untrained voice at the tender age of 19 while on spring break in Cancun and coming home unable to speak, let alone sing. Jamie Rubin gave me your number, I came to see you on Charles St. and you reassured me that I had not done irreparable damage to my voice. Rather, I just needed to decide whether I wanted to be a guy who could sing a little or be a singer. I chose the latter and thus began our 4 year journey as student and teacher. What I learned from you has sustained me as a singer every time I open my mouth to sing ever since. Now, as I find myself in my mid-fifties, I feel the differences you described in this video. My voice is not quite as elastic as it was 20 years ago so I’ve been forced to dig into my “singer’s bag of tricks” that you give me and make those all important adjustments. Now I sing at lower volume when possible with less air pressure and walk that fine line between control, intent and passion. The result is that I’m still singing for my supper and loving it. I’m still a student of singing and am counting on being able to perform at a high level for at least another 15 years before the next set of major adjustments. I’m honored to call you my teacher and, more importantly, my friend! Many happy returns Mark! Much love, Darin
Hi Mark,I bought your book over 20 years ago.I Love your video series.Thank you for sharing your journey and all your professional insights on how to improve by singing smarter and finding your own voice with us here on UA-cam.Inspiration is just a breath away! From Toronto Ontario Canada!
I absolutely loved this video. Your unique mix of humor and high quality instruction is so much fun. I'm 58.When I started singing my Dad said I sounded like a cat with a hairball.😂(I did) I'm so glad I kept going. Like you I learned so much from my mistakes. I now coach and encourage everyone to sing
Well, I thought you were gorgeous before I knew your age, but holy guacamole, for 65, you are simply beautiful. Thank you for your technical vocal tutorials. I am reminded to always practice: "You don't use it, you lose it". With the Co-Vid pandemic, we aren't allowed to sing in class so it's nice to share these videos with my elementary students so that they can be guided at home.
Happy birthday, Mark! Now i'm 35 and i sing in a church for about 8 years. I'm sorry because i did not went to a music college to learn to sing. My father was a great singer (some folk country singer in my country. Romania) now he s 79. He din not want to let us learn to sing because he said singers are like prostitute for some people who do not respect them. Like: "don t sing what you want but what i ask you to sing." All the time i was trying to sing but i didn t know how to master my voice. And don t know what to sing. A few days before i made a test and find out that i m a barritone. Now i vocalize for that. I started to vocalize since 2007 with you tube but not knowing my rang and if i hit the note made vocalize difficult for me. I find you 2 years ago and liked the videos with the clock. I liked many of your videos. Now i'm trying not to make faces and rise the eyebrows. And having an aplication that show me what note i sing make everything easier for me. I wish i knew some of the things and had some of the aplications on devices 10 years ago. But better later than never. Thank you for all you materials. I like you very much so i feel a little sad that you are 65 in a month 66. Time is passing by and in a way this is sad. Today we are, tomorrow not any more. So let us sing and enjoy every moment of our lives. Happy birthday again and thanks for everything you do and you did for us. With every lesson that you teach us you become part of us. Thank you!
I’m alitle late to the video but happy belated birthday mark! 65 looking 45! Lol! You are truly inspiring and your lessons have helped me so much and I use them everyday! I’m no where near where I want to be, but I don’t plan on giving up. Thank you.
Happy Birthday! Thanks for sharing this inspiration to keep singing. I"ll be 59 in a couple months and am looking forward to singing with joy for many, many more years. Thanks for the lessons and motivation.
65 is NOT old! I have been singing now six days a week, six hours a day busking - in acapella - on the streets of Madrid, Malaga, and now Gibraltar. I have been singing for two years. I had some voice lessons and they were priceless. I still have a LONG way to go. I don´t know when I will be ready to transition from busking to club singing to earn more money ...
You're ready now! Clubs only care about their cash registers. So start asking around and bring your passion indoors. Once people hear you they'll stay and have another pint.
Happy birthday, Mark! I am now 71 and noticing changes in my voice, and there is not a lot of information on the aging of the voice. I have lost vocal stamina - I get vocal fatigue much quicker. I need to get serious and regular about vocalizing - I just can’t skate by on past training anymore.
It’s the middle of the night here in Australia and I have just discovered your videos! I am about to get onstage after 23 years…which is daunting but exciting! Your videos and tips are awesome! Thanks for being an inspiring teacher!
Happy Birthday - what an inspiration you are!!!! thank you for sharing a nutshell version of a rock singer's life through the hey day. Simply brilliant. I am 57 and can relate to all of those style/culture changes. A question, I started singing /vocalizing about 5 years ago, prior to that i never sang, not even in the shower etc. Do you think its possible i may have been spared some of the age related collagen changes as i never ever pushed my voice/belt etc until 52? or does it come any way no matter how we treated our vocal cords throughout our life?
Losing collagen is just a part of the aging process. Your advantage is that you don't have an old program to wrestle with. It's amazing when I sang that old song how quickly all my bad behaviors flooded back in!
You are the best example to never let go of what you love. I belive that if we are doing something from our hearts it will eventually start to pay off. Also important thing is to love the process of singing. Even if this passion won't transform into big career we singers have this magic thing to share our emotion and love. Happy birthday to you Mr. Baxter! Thanks for all these years of sharing the same passion and learning me things and open my eyes for many aspects of singing since 2014 when I found your channel ✌️
First of all: Happy bithday, Mark. Stay happy and healthy🍀 Great video!!! One question. Did you take singing lessons with a real vocal coach? There are some singers who have performed for many years but eventually have damaged their voice because of bad singing technique. We have to use our voice in a healthy way, right? How do we know if we do it correctly and what /how to change sth without a teacher? I appreciate your answer 🤩
Yes - I worked with a few professional coaches. But many contemporary singers sing well without any training. You know you need help when your voice isn't producing the sounds you want - or is hoarse or painful.
Happy birthday, you sound fantastic! I don't want to sing but I just can't stop, it's too much fun, and all the breaks in my voice turn into trills and wobbles and sound so cute, so there's really no reason to stop, ever~
I've been singing for ~12 years, but it turns out the whole time I've been fighting undiagnosed Muscle Tension Dysphonia which is why I always plateaued at a certain point. Now that I have my diagnosis, I'm having to relearn to sing correctly which is NOT easy after all that incorrect muscle memory. This video was great inspiration to never give up Mark thanks!
i'm about to be 20 and i've been thinking like "it's too late" "other artists started soon" "you won't be able to do it" but i guess this video is for me. thank you !!
Happy Burthday Mark!!! 🎂 🎉 Thank you for inspiring us all and your brilliant voice lessons. I am 60 years myself and don`t give up, thanks to people like you. I bought one of your courses and just one of the vocal exercises made me belt i 3 days. Amazing!!! I have to say that I`ve taken private and online vocal lessons my whole life, but nothing really helped me THAT FAST! Thank you! My respects to you Ilian Cheers!
I'm 68 and started singing seriously at 62 and get many requests and compliments. Your advice and exercises have helped. Happy BDAY and have many more.
That's wonderful!
More power to you !!
I am now in my 65th year.
Been singing with live bands before live audiences, since I was a kindergartner.
Singing in India, exposes a singer to competition in every possible genre.
We also have some of the world’s biggest audiences.
WHY?
India occupies 1,269,219 sq. miles: 2¼ percent of planet earth’s land mass.
It has 16% of planet earth’s humans -- a democracy of 1,404,791,500 people speaking 22 different languages.
Indian Classical music has two main sub-genres: Hindustani Classical and Carnatic Classical.
Both evolved from the 1100 BCE Saamved -- 1,875 verses of public worship (liturgy).
Wow- you are so inspirational, Mark! I’m 76 years “young” and have been singing at church for 38 years. I didn’t know I could sing until then. I sang solo at weddings and funerals until 8 years ago, when I knew my vocal chords were no longer solo quality. My love of singing, constant practicing and lots of encouragement from others keeps me singing. I do vocal exercises with you every morning and am so grateful for you. And I still sing every weekend with the support and love of a small group. You sound fabulous, Mark, and inspire us all to keep singing!
Thank you for posting your inspirational story Judy!
I started my first voice lesson when I was 25, I'm 31 now, have my own 6 original songs, sang on many local festivals, and sang in a band... I'm roght now in a band. Singing makes me so happy... ❤❤❤
Best reason to sing!
Thanks so much Mark, it was really interesting to hear about your career, you certainly have had a successful one. I’ve been singing since I was about 5 years old, I am now 71, 11 years ago I had a spinal stroke, which has left me partially paralysed and as a result my voice has been affected too. I’ve only just recently started to sing again and am having lessons to try and remedy my crackly, hoarse voice, sometimes I get down about it but I’m determined I will sing again. I’m really enjoying your videos so thank you.
There is something about Mark Baxter; just seems so genuine.
Mark, I'm in tears! Happy belated! What a beautiful video of passion, heart and progress. You are SUCH an inspiration to all of us. THANK YOU for sharing your gifts and guidance and also charging all of us with this important duty; take good care of your voice so you can enjoy it for a lifetime.
Thank you Emily!
Happy Birthday..... Master Baxter.. Thank you for all the vocal wisdom you have so kindly supplied to me over the years....Free of charge..! As Singer's "We also share this day":) with the likes of Patsy Cline.! Hope you have a Great Day.! Vocalize Blowing outta all Dem Dare Candles....Thank You From Sept 8th 1969
Thank you fellow Virgo! :)
Aaaaaw! 🥰 loved this! Enjoyed going down memory lane with you, and how you critiqued & compared your changing voice over the years. Happy Birthday, brother! Cheers. 🍻
Happy Birthday 🎊 🎉 thanks for the lessons over the years
Thanks - and you're welcome!
Happy Birthday Mark!! 🍾🥂
You look fantastic and sing better than ever. You are the greatest teacher. Thanks for sharing.
With love from London xxx
Thank you!
Happy Birthday!!! ...and thanks for everything you do for us!!! Blessings and success for you always!!!
Thanks!
Have a blessed and a happy birthday! Thank you for the simplicity of your voice lessons. You inspired me snd gave me confidence to start using my voice again after so much damage from stress, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.
I'm happy to help!
muchas pero muchas felicidades y que cumples muchos años más de vida le deseo lo mejor maestro que Dios bendiga tu vida 👏👏 hasta pronto 🙋♂️ .
¡Muchas gracias!
Wow Mark Happy Birthday this an amazing career. Inspires, sure, a lot! I am getting closer to singing coordination right. I am not in the sound I would like on all notes but start having it on some, so getting closer. Also trying to recall piano and music theory I learned as a child and didn't pay attention to. It's amazing what you can learn. You sound like you can do anything in your 65 and never give an old man impression, with your crisma and always going forwards.
Thanks Irine!
Happy Happy! Thanks so much for everything! ❤️️ Cheers to you! Greetings from Berlin! Rocco
Thank you!
That is a tough thing, to assess one's own performance and skills like this!
I was classically trained to sing, from age 14. Now that I am "pushing 60," certain notes in my range are very unreliable and "warbly."
I'm so glad to have found your vocalises! So far, so good with reclaiming my solo voice!
Keep re-calibrating. The sounds you want are there - they're just not where you used to get them!
Happy birthday Mark! 🎂 This was inspiring to watch and a great reminder to just keep at it regardless of age or our life situation. You're videos are always entertaining AND informative, thanks all the lessons 🙏
Thanks Tate!
Hi Mark! Inspiring as well as heartwarming. Your advice about vocalizing is spot on. I vocalize with your videos and my voice, although it has changed, is better than it ever was. And your videos are the gym that my voice goes to for it's workout! I admire you and hope one day to be able to work with you. Thank you!!!
Glad to be there for ya!
Happy Birthday!!! I am impressed by your singing and your teaching, but also very happy to see that age is not necessarily an issue for singing. I am 68 and have been watching - and working with - your videos for a good five years in order to finally dare to sing. In combination with one-of-one singing lessons, I hope to be able to one day:-) Thank you for your excellent videos and your inspiration!
You can do it Cathrine!
By the way, my own experience began to worry me, but hearing that the opera singer Kiri te Kanawa would no longer sing, even for the joy of it, shocked me and breaks my heart.
Thank you for educating us on technique and proper vocal care!
To not sing is to not love - that's heartbreaking.
We ❤️🔥 you and we’re so thankful for how you make our voices progress.
Love your pics as a youngster and your voice development is inspiring. Happy b day!!! 🎂
I'm glad to help!
Happy birthday!!!! Best wishes and many thanks for your great videos from Germany!
Thanks!
I've been using your warm-up video, which is my favorite. Just discovered this video today! Very belated happy birthday! It never occurred to me that our voices deteriorate as we age into our senior years. I think my voice is richer and more resonate now than when I was younger. Why do we lose collagen in our vocal chords?
For the same reason we lose collagen in our hair and skin as we age. The body dries out over time.
Happy Birthday, Mark. Someone asked Ringo Starr, When are you too old to Rock n Roll. And he said, "You're too old to Rock n Roll when you can't rock or roll no more." In other words, when you're dead. Thought you would like that .
The perspective certainly changes as we age!
Happy birthday 🎉. I have been singing for ten years now. I am 29
That's great!
Happy Birthday!!! You are an inspiration, thank you. I really only started singing seriously at 50, now I’m 54 and getting gigs and LOVE to sing. Thank you so much for you continued lessons and support.
Happy birthday, thank you for sharing a lot of helpful exercises, you're great!!
Thank you!
Happy birthday wonderful coach, long life and prosperity in Jesus' name. God bless your new age mightily in Jesus' name
Thank you!
Happy birthday, Mark! This was a great look back. Such a difference between ‘71 and ‘77. And then more. (And you still have yer 4-track, wow...)
I wish the 4 trk still worked liked it used to!
Yesterday was the first time I practice the lessons for 5-7 mos. I sounded out of breath and listened to my fav female vocalists and thought why do I bother. I’m not shooting for professional. I want to enjoy what I hear from me. What an amazing vocal transformation you have shared. Thank you. You make a difference!
Happy Birthday Mark!!! Thank you for giving your wisdom, experience & well earned knowledge of all things Voice to all of us. Your videos are a daily part of my life & career here in Chicagoland. I am 50 & singing 2-5x a week for my supper. This video hits close to home in so many ways. Today I celebrate you!!!! Because you haven’t stopped evolving & giving, people like me are still going strong!!!!
Thanks Camille!
Phenomenal video Mark! Love hearing the backstory
Glad you liked it!
Happy Birthday Sir, Thank you for your service. You have done enough for the community and I'm always learning new things from you even now after 2 years of finding you.
Glad to help!
Happy birthday, you bloody legend! Another great video filled with brilliant insight.
Hahaha - thanks mate!
Happy birthday have an EPIC day!!!
Haha - Thanks!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU BIG TIME. MY FIRST LESSON WAS WITH YOU AT age 67. You are always so encouraging!!!!!!!
Thanks Kimi!
Before Covid, I was singing solo at one or two vinyards each weekend for 3 hours apiece and was the music director at a church, in addition to my music therapy sessions. During Covid it all stopped for a couple of years. Now, I'm 73 and getting back into practicing music therapy, but ive lost vocal range and timbre. I'm, frankly, a little afraid to start booking vinyards again. Your "Wake up Voice" video is an essential part of my AM routine when i have 10AM therapy. I'm looking for the best way to rehab my voice. I wish I'd known how important is to KEEP SINGING. Any suggestions? Ill go to your website later to give contact info.
Do this to build your strength up again: ua-cam.com/video/RE6u7Y5eYbs/v-deo.html
AWESOME INSPIRATION JOURNEY! Keep singing. Music is life and life is music.
I agree about music!
Many many happy returns of the day Sir.
Have a blessed year ahead 🥳🥳🥳
Thank you!
You are indeed amazing. I work with your voice lessons regularly & it has done me a world of good. Cannot thank you enough.
I'm so glad my videos have been helpful!
I have been practicing through your video and I always thought you were on your 40's until I discovered this video.....
You look amazingly fit and you sing better than ever....
Thank you sir for everything...can't express how thankful I am to you in words❤️❤️❤️
Thanks! I'm happy to help!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!!! You still got it Mr. Baxter. Happy Birthday...(Just 2 years singing)
Thanks Cary!
Happy birthday !! Thank you for all the tips!
Thanks!
Wow that's awesome!!Thank you for sharing that with us😊I used to jam that song too😄I sing everyday.Im no pro but I love Aretha Betty Wright All the old school singers.R&B Country Rap I have a deeper voice like Mariah.My daughter did choir from 6th-12th grade.She had a beautiful Saprano voice.She loved singing.I was raised with good music and it's always made me happy.I'll keep singing everyday because it feels good☺Thanks for your inspiration💃🏽Have a wonderful day.🤗Oh btw is chamomile or green tea better for your vocal chords?
Drink any tea you like - and keep on singing!
Hey Mark , Thank you so much for this Generous authentic and insightful sharing mate .Ditto, Ditto !! Replying as I head from my" steam inhalations" to my "Collagen Supplements" ! !A bit younger than you and have been singing ,studying singing,all over the world , amongst other things ..... teaching and making a living at it ,"Mostly Opera " since 'Starring in High School Musical Days'!!. Cheers Mate !! . Happy Belated Birthday fellow Virgo!! A Gift and inspiration to us All .(Grew up in Philly but have based 'Down Under "for Years hence the "mate" Reps ) BIg Metta ....PS.. just Enjoyed hamering through your" epic warm up vid"so much, put me on a long time singers High .....Always more to learn and share .. thanks Again ...and like you I have had the technique Obsession for decades Must be a Virgo thing !!
Thanks for the post James! Happy Birthday to you as well!
Happy birthday Mark! Looking and sounding good!
Thanks!
Enjoyed this! Happy birthday 🎈🎉
Thanks!
I'm 67 and started singing with the choir last year, no experience. I was in Glee Club and plays in High School. Hahahaha! Love it. 🎵🎼🎶
Welcome to my channel, Denise!
Happy birthday.
Cool story of growing as a singer!
Glad you liked it!
In my mid-20s i was singing and taking lessons. I stopped. Now I am back taking singing lessons off of youtube for singing in church. Right now I am a backup singer but soon it will be time to sing a few solos. SO I am vocalizing every day. I am glad I found this channel, this has been a blessing!
Welcome back Marilyn! Glad to help you vocalize your instrument into "solo-shape."
I'm 29 started recording my wails in 2016, still rough to this day lol. It so God damn fun even though I always cringe when hearing back the recording. This is so inspirational thank you. I will sing TILL I DIE
Keep at it Luis - it definitely gets better!
Happy Birthday to you🤗🤗Hope it was a great one.May you be Blessed with many more.🎂🎂💃🏽💃🏽
Thanks!
Happy Birthday!!! All the best!! That was a great video!!!! Thank you so much for this and all the videos u 've shared with us!! Love from Greece :)
Thank you!
Have been following your videos for quite a while However, This one I kept ignoring to watch but what I have been missing. I just started singing . I’m 42. Never before. I’m struggling to get that coordination you said in the end of the video. But slowly getting there. What a beautiful video. “Putting the passion to action, never look back, keep working on it / vocalizing”. All great suggestions. Thank you and god bless !
Keep asking for it, Arun!
Happy Birthday, Mark! What a journey! And those are gems of advice! I have learnt so much from you. Thank you. Keep on rocking.
Glad you liked it!
Hey Mark ........ Great demonstration of so many aspects of singing. You are such an example for others to emulate. I have been singing for 50 years and I have hope for a higher range using the different aspects that you are teaching on. Great Stuff Mark! My whole viewpoint was changed when I watched the video with you and Dr Dan from Australia. I couldn't believe that a Baritone voice could sing so high and so clear. God bless you!!
Glad to help Rob!
Happy Birthday Mark! Tuesday was my little Min-Pin Molly’s fifth Birthday!
This was a fantastic video for many reasons… it was inspiring to see and hear your growth and it confirmed so many of the similar changes I, too, am experiencing with my singing.
I still remember absolutely blowing out my untrained voice at the tender age of 19 while on spring break in Cancun and coming home unable to speak, let alone sing. Jamie Rubin gave me your number, I came to see you on Charles St. and you reassured me that I had not done irreparable damage to my voice. Rather, I just needed to decide whether I wanted to be a guy who could sing a little or be a singer. I chose the latter and thus began our 4 year journey as student and teacher. What I learned from you has sustained me as a singer every time I open my mouth to sing ever since. Now, as I find myself in my mid-fifties, I feel the differences you described in this video. My voice is not quite as elastic as it was 20 years ago so I’ve been forced to dig into my “singer’s bag of tricks” that you give me and make those all important adjustments. Now I sing at lower volume when possible with less air pressure and walk that fine line between control, intent and passion. The result is that I’m still singing for my supper and loving it. I’m still a student of singing and am counting on being able to perform at a high level for at least another 15 years before the next set of major adjustments.
I’m honored to call you my teacher and, more importantly, my friend!
Many happy returns Mark!
Much love, Darin
Heeey Darin! Thanks and so glad you're doing well! Yup - just keep calibrating that beautiful voice of yours!
I love your story and your awesome style Mark!!! Thank you for sharing!!! I am 48 teaching a lot and singing a little 😄!
We're all in the same flow of time! Since there's no stopping it we might as well enjoy the ride!
Hi Mark,I bought your book over 20 years ago.I Love your video series.Thank you for sharing your journey and all your professional insights on how to improve by singing smarter and finding your own voice with us here on UA-cam.Inspiration is just a breath away! From Toronto Ontario Canada!
Thanks Tom! I'm glad to help!
I absolutely loved this video. Your unique mix of humor and high quality instruction is so much fun. I'm 58.When I started singing my Dad said I sounded like a cat with a hairball.😂(I did) I'm so glad I kept going. Like you I learned so much from my mistakes. I now coach and encourage everyone to sing
Glad you're spreading the love!
Well, I thought you were gorgeous before I knew your age, but holy guacamole, for 65, you are simply beautiful. Thank you for your technical vocal tutorials. I am reminded to always practice: "You don't use it, you lose it". With the Co-Vid pandemic, we aren't allowed to sing in class so it's nice to share these videos with my elementary students so that they can be guided at home.
Well thanks for getting me to blush! I'm happy to give the kids some guidance. :)
Happy birthday, Mark! Now i'm 35 and i sing in a church for about 8 years. I'm sorry because i did not went to a music college to learn to sing. My father was a great singer (some folk country singer in my country. Romania) now he s 79. He din not want to let us learn to sing because he said singers are like prostitute for some people who do not respect them. Like: "don t sing what you want but what i ask you to sing." All the time i was trying to sing but i didn t know how to master my voice. And don t know what to sing. A few days before i made a test and find out that i m a barritone. Now i vocalize for that. I started to vocalize since 2007 with you tube but not knowing my rang and if i hit the note made vocalize difficult for me. I find you 2 years ago and liked the videos with the clock. I liked many of your videos. Now i'm trying not to make faces and rise the eyebrows. And having an aplication that show me what note i sing make everything easier for me. I wish i knew some of the things and had some of the aplications on devices 10 years ago. But better later than never. Thank you for all you materials. I like you very much so i feel a little sad that you are 65 in a month 66. Time is passing by and in a way this is sad. Today we are, tomorrow not any more. So let us sing and enjoy every moment of our lives. Happy birthday again and thanks for everything you do and you did for us. With every lesson that you teach us you become part of us. Thank you!
Thank you for your post!
Happy Birthday!
Thank you!
Happy Birthday!
Thanks!
I’m alitle late to the video but happy belated birthday mark! 65 looking 45! Lol! You are truly inspiring and your lessons have helped me so much and I use them everyday! I’m no where near where I want to be, but I don’t plan on giving up. Thank you.
Never give up! :)
Happy Birthday! Thanks for sharing this inspiration to keep singing. I"ll be 59 in a couple months and am looking forward to singing with joy for many, many more years. Thanks for the lessons and motivation.
Rock on Laura!
🍺 hey old man! You’re doin a great job!
Thanks for sharing and all of the instructional vids👍🏼
Happy birthday!🥳
Hahaha - thanks!
65 is NOT old! I have been singing now six days a week, six hours a day busking - in acapella - on the streets of Madrid, Malaga, and now Gibraltar. I have been singing for two years. I had some voice lessons and they were priceless. I still have a LONG way to go. I don´t know when I will be ready to transition from busking to club singing to earn more money ...
You're ready now! Clubs only care about their cash registers. So start asking around and bring your passion indoors. Once people hear you they'll stay and have another pint.
Happy Birthday Mark & thanks for all of your instructions. I`m nearly 71 & have tried to keep my voice going for radio and choral performances
thanks!
A bit late but Happy Birthday. Really interesting video. I use your warm ups just for fun if I’m lonely. 🥰
Perfect! That's exactly why and when I shoot a warm up video!
Happy birthday, Mark! I am now 71 and noticing changes in my voice, and there is not a lot of information on the aging of the voice. I have lost vocal stamina - I get vocal fatigue much quicker. I need to get serious and regular about vocalizing - I just can’t skate by on past training anymore.
Well, you figured out the best approach all on your own! Regular vocalizing is absolutely the key.
It’s the middle of the night here in Australia and I have just discovered your videos! I am about to get onstage after 23 years…which is daunting but exciting! Your videos and tips are awesome! Thanks for being an inspiring teacher!
Glad to help - have fun back on stage!
Happy Birthday - what an inspiration you are!!!! thank you for sharing a nutshell version of a rock singer's life through the hey day. Simply brilliant. I am 57 and can relate to all of those style/culture changes. A question, I started singing /vocalizing about 5 years ago, prior to that i never sang, not even in the shower etc. Do you think its possible i may have been spared some of the age related collagen changes as i never ever pushed my voice/belt etc until 52? or does it come any way no matter how we treated our vocal cords throughout our life?
Losing collagen is just a part of the aging process. Your advantage is that you don't have an old program to wrestle with. It's amazing when I sang that old song how quickly all my bad behaviors flooded back in!
You are the best example to never let go of what you love. I belive that if we are doing something from our hearts it will eventually start to pay off. Also important thing is to love the process of singing. Even if this passion won't transform into big career we singers have this magic thing to share our emotion and love. Happy birthday to you Mr. Baxter! Thanks for all these years of sharing the same passion and learning me things and open my eyes for many aspects of singing since 2014 when I found your channel ✌️
Thanks - and you're welcome!
First of all: Happy bithday, Mark. Stay happy and healthy🍀
Great video!!!
One question. Did you take singing lessons with a real vocal coach?
There are some singers who have performed for many years but eventually have damaged their voice because of bad singing technique. We have to use our voice in a healthy way, right? How do we know if we do it correctly and what /how to change sth without a teacher?
I appreciate your answer 🤩
Yes - I worked with a few professional coaches. But many contemporary singers sing well without any training. You know you need help when your voice isn't producing the sounds you want - or is hoarse or painful.
Happy birthday! Enjoyed seeing and hearing the evolution of your vocals progression
Thanks!
Happy happy happy birthday 🎶
Thank you!
Happy Birthday to you! Have a wonderful year! Thank you for the Music!!
Thanks Nicki!
Happy Birthday & thank you for all vocals lessons and tips! Awesome job 👏
Thanks - and you're welcome!
Happy Birthday Mark, Thanks for your inspiration and smiles!! Wishing you a fab day!
Thank you!
Happy Birthday Mark! 🥳🎂🎁🎈Keep on rocking! 🤟
I plan to!
Happy Birthday 🎈 very interresting!
Thanks!
Happy Birthday Sir, stay healthy and active, I enjoyed your videos, and thanks for all the lessons.
Thank you!
Wow! You were a great drummer even at such a young age!!! Loved listening to the evolution of your voice! Never seen this ever b4! Fascinating!!!
Thanks - glad you liked it!
Happy birthday, you sound fantastic! I don't want to sing but I just can't stop, it's too much fun, and all the breaks in my voice turn into trills and wobbles and sound so cute, so there's really no reason to stop, ever~
Thanks! - No reason to stop ever!
Happy birthday Mark! Thank for all the lessons and to be true inspiring human and teacher. Cheers!🍀🍀🍀💪
Cheers!
Happy Birthday Mark! 🎊🎉🎶🎼❤️🍷🍾🙋🏻🌺🎶🎼🎵
Thanks!
Happy birthday Mark!! You are an inspiration 👏🎂
Thanks Jim!
Happy birthday.
God bless you. You have shared so many lessons to help us sing. Thankyou so much.
Thanks! Glad to help.
Belated happy birthday , hope you had a good one
Thanks!
Legend, I wish I found you sooner, am hooked on your presentations, making sense in an entertaining way, thank you Mark for sharing your wisdom 💗
You're very welcome!
I've been singing for ~12 years, but it turns out the whole time I've been fighting undiagnosed Muscle Tension Dysphonia which is why I always plateaued at a certain point. Now that I have my diagnosis, I'm having to relearn to sing correctly which is NOT easy after all that incorrect muscle memory. This video was great inspiration to never give up Mark thanks!
65 years younger...you inspire people. Thanks. HBD
I hope to!
Happy Birthday!!!
Thanks!
Happy birthday!!!
Thank you!
Happy Birthday 🎉
thank you!
Your music is so beautiful. Happy belated birthday!!
Thanks you!
Happy birthday!
Thanks!
Happy Birthday, dearest Mark!
Thanks!
i'm about to be 20 and i've been thinking like "it's too late" "other artists started soon" "you won't be able to do it"
but i guess this video is for me. thank you !!
It's not your age - it's your passion that makes the difference!
Happy Burthday Mark!!! 🎂 🎉
Thank you for inspiring us all and your brilliant voice lessons. I am 60 years myself and don`t give up, thanks to people like you.
I bought one of your courses and just one of the vocal exercises made me belt i 3 days. Amazing!!!
I have to say that I`ve taken private and online vocal lessons my whole life, but nothing really helped me THAT FAST!
Thank you!
My respects to you
Ilian
Cheers!
I'm happy to help!