How to Yodel by Wylie Gustafson (2007, Package)

I'm a big fan of yodeling and new yodeling recordings are relatively hard to find. "How to yodel" recordings are even more rare. I was thrilled when I saw that Wylie Gustafson was releasing an instruction cd on how to yodel. I preordered right away.
After hearing the CD, I declared it a winner. Wylie is a superior cowboy yodler and I've always enjoyed his sassy yodel sound. Wylie keeps things simple and provides both instructional yodels and sing along tracks so you can practice the songs once you learn the basics. He includes one lesson that other yodeling instructions often leave out. That is, how to find the break in your voice.
I like Wylie's technique for learning the voice break a lot and think it's one of the most effective tricks I've heard. It consists of "toggling" between your chest voice and your head voice. I think anyone could find the break if they use this technique.
I partucularly enjoyed the little book that comes with the CD and it is very humorous. It contains some history and is a general reference guide for all things "yodel". I loved Robert Payne's very skillfull and funny illustrations that permeate the pages of the book.
Wylie is up front about this being an introductory level effort and that his aim was to keep it simple. I found myself wishing for more though. But I'm a more advanced ameture yodeler and pretty much have all of the Wylie's yodels covered. This isn't meant to detract from the very fun instructions that Wylie has provided and beginners should buy it right away.
I still favor Kerry Christensen's You 2 Can Yodel (but, I favor alpine yodeling) as the best yodeling instruction CD out there. Having said that, I highly recommend Wylie Gustafson's HOW TO YODEL as a terrific, fun, approach to learning the art of yodeling.