EXPLAINED || Whitney Houston’s Voice || Act One: The Early Years

The Voice: EXPLAINED is a music education docu-series created by award-winning multi-disciplinary artist Milik Kashad, designed to educate listeners and viewers on the science and history of music and singing in an easy-to-understand and engaging way! In a two-part special, we will take a look at the life, career, and voice of “The Voice,“ Whitney Houston. Chapters _________ 0:00 - Call to Action 0:14 - Cissy Houston 1:27 - The Old School Gospel Technique 3:23 - Cissy Houston’s Technique 6:19 - Whitney Houston 6:58 - The Gospel Alto 8:29 - The Whitney Houston Chest Voice 9:56 - Cissy Houston Jr. 11:56 - Does Whitney Have a Higher or Lower voice than Cissy? 14:38 - Sing Like Your Teacher! 18:13 - The Whitney Head Voice 21:07 - Redefining The Power Singing 23:24 - The Houston Tone 24:21 - Redefining The Look of The Power Singer 24:45 - Singing In The Mask 28:54 - Whitney Houston, Superstar 29:28 - The Greatest Love of All Tour 31:08 - Whitney: soprano, mezzo, contralto? 34:05 - I Am Changing 38:38 - Whitney 39:49 - Developing Body. Developing Brain. Developing voice. 40:49 - The Whitney Power Zone 42:03 - Where did the high notes go? 42:12 - Whitney: soprano, mezzo, contralto? 43:45 - The Greatest Breath Control of All 45:48 - Choir Director Houston 47:38 - The Trouble Begins 49:40 - Bringing The Gospel to Pop Music 52:16 - Here Come The Whitney Clones 53:40 - I’m Your Baby Tonight 55:54 - Tapping Into Black Markets 57:52 - First Vocal Problems 58:38 - Whitney: soprano, mezzo, contralto? 1:00:18 - he, I Believe 1:01:57 - Passagio 1:06:37 - Vowels and The Operatic Head Voice 1:08:07 - The National Anthem 1:09:35 - Did Whitney Lip The National Anthem? 1:10:33 - The Underrated Success of “I’m Your Baby Tonight” Episode Credits ----------------------------- Director: Milik Kashad Executive Producer: Milik Kashad Consulting Producer: Matt Brown Editor: Milik Kashad & Darien Meggett Motion Graphics: Milik Kashad Voiceover: Milik Kashad Script: Milik Kashad Inquiries: blackmusicarchive@ To support this channel in its efforts to continue making quality and accessible music education content, please consider a donation: $BlackMusicArchive #WhitneyHouston #MariahCarey #VocalTechnique #Documentary #MusicDocumentary