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I'm always working on my head voice. For a long time I wasn't able to access it at all, but then I started focusing on it and strengthening it. Basically, on most days I CAN get into it and do the stuff I want to do, which is usually either R&B (Stevie Wonder) or Metal (Queensryche, Priest, Helloween, etc.). I can't always do full songs up in a key just above my passagio unless I am fully warmed up. As long as you drill all the exercises you have and stay focused, you can and will be able to sing basically anything after a while. But, as soon as you slip on your technique and lose a little focus or even something as small as not drink enough water one day, your head voice will always suffer. Thats because they have to thin out and adduct a very certain way to access head voice. Pushing in the lower range too much or being dry from not enough water is going to cause some swelling. That extra swelling will prevent the thinning out/adduction process. There is a way around that which is to sing scales on the vowel EE and do lip trills to thin everything out again.
The guy in the video does basically the exercises found on the CD. I don't think Robert really teaches many scales outside of whats on his CD method judging from the DVDs, but i'm not really sure. Basically, just doing exercises with focus on seamless transisitions through the passagio then working on placing the tone in the head cavities once you get above the break is helpful. A good thing to try to remember as far as placement is to get rasp, you try to direct the tone to the soft pallate. If it kind of scrapes off of it like Merkaba says, then your getting a good rasp. For a strong and resonant head voice, try to place and feel it on the hard pallate. Thats directly behind the teeth and its good if your teeth buzz too.
I have the original version of Rob's book/CD, plus a video lesson on CD, and the ebook version of the new updated book. If you want to buy it you can email me at [email]firehouse108@hotmail.com[/email]. It's basically the same thing but without the two new DVDs. The first DVD is him doing an exercise followed by a student doing the exercise. The 2nd DVD is basically just some tips and clips of him and his students singing songs.
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