Let’s choose to be real – not perfect! Here’s a look at how the music industry is faking it and steps you can take to support your singing and the singers you care about!
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May
2014
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May
2014
Singing Lessons: How Yawning Can Help Your Singing
Creating a yawning space while singing has long been a part of vocal pedagogy. Today let’s learn the benefits of this natural and simple yawn action and see what big pay-offs it has for your voice.
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May
2014
Singing Lessons: Turn Your Singing Upside-Down & Get Surprising Results!
Change Your Singing By Changing Your Perspective In my voice studio, I often use words like play, experiment, feel, and imagine. I incorporate untraditional movements into the lesson time; the goal being to override vocal muscle-memory and allow a space for the student to see their potential in a new light. This […]
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Apr
2014
Awesome Speak-Singing Exercise Inspired by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dave Mason
Imagine being 68 years-old, singing and playing music you love to sold out crowds across the globe… this is the life of Dave Mason, Hall of Fame inductee and singer/song writer/ guitarist of the 60’s band Traffic. This week,I was lucky enough to see his Denver concert and meet him back-stage. Here are 6 things Dave Mason does to keep his voice youthful, plus a vocal exercise to use elements of your natural speaking voice to help you sing with ease.
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Apr
2014
Singing Lessons: “Kəniii” Vocal Warm-up is Your Go-To Tool for Healthy Placement and Focus
Do you struggle with a breathy tone, laryngal fatigue, or vocal placement that feels too far back?
Then this “kəniiiii” vocal warm-up is your “ninja” move to master… it is quick, focused, and gets the job done!
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Apr
2014
Singing Lessons: Want to Sing With More Freedom? Be a “Bird Brain”
Does a bird, teetering on his branch, think about how his voice may be criticized, judged, or analyzed? Does he get nervous or tense hoping he will please those that hear him? Does he wonder if his voice would be beautiful? Nope. A bird’s voice is conjured from pure instinct… divine genetics… a melodic destiny… and so is yours.
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Apr
2014
Emotions… are you faking it? 6 Steps to Take Your Singing to a Deeper Level
Music connects the memories of our life and for those of us whose calling is to hold the silence and fill it with our song know all too well the vulnerability necessary to transcend the body to reach another person on a heart level. We are the storytellers, the torchbearers that draw people out and into the beauty of wholeness… embracing shadow and light – death and life, love and hate. Music gives us permission and space to feel the entirely of our human experience.
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Mar
2014
Singing Lessons: Focus Your Sound with Vocal Warm-up “zzzz-uuuu-iiii”
– Does your voice sound or feel breathy? Use the Zzz-uuuu-iii warm-up.
– Do you feel you placement is too far back? Try the Zzz-uuuu-iii warm-up.
– Do you want to get your air moving while gently waking-up your voice? Use the Zzz-uuuu-iiii warm-up.
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Mar
2014
Singing Lessons: Vocal Warm-up to Help Healthy Placement – Open Mouth Hum
Click above on the video to watch my Open Mouth Hum Vocal Warm-up demonstration Welcome to my complete warm-up series… Over the last few weeks, I have shared with you two body warm-ups, a mind warm-up, and a popular vocal warm-up…today, I am giving you another valuable vocal warm-up #2. Let’s […]
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Mar
2014
Singing Lessons: Give Me Some Lip with a Lip Trill Vocal Warm-up – Complete Warm-up Series #4
Used by professional singers worldwide – this popular warm-up… the Lip Trill will help you sing your best!