The Singing Self
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EXPERIENTIAL VOCAL LEARNING – HOW TO TEACH YOURSELF TO SING
Even if you’re working with a teacher, you’re always teaching yourself to sing! And of course, you can teach yourself to sing well… if you know how!
RE-IMAGINING VOCAL MASTERY: From Tradition to Transformation in Vocal Learning
We think we know what voice training is: endless exercises and tasks to master, lots of practicing and perfecting… but no! There’s another way.
Harmonizing Breath and Integration in Vocal Training: A Comprehensive Approach
Breath cannot be seen as independent or causal within the vocal system. Doing so can have detrimental effects.
HOW TO BE A BETTER VOICE TEACHER FOR YOUR SINGING STUDENTS
Voice teaching is complicated, but with simple guiding principles you can go from average instructor to great somatic vocal learning facilitator in no time.
EXPRESSING VOCAL UNITY – BIG BODY, BIG VOICE, BIG YOU
We think that vocal training should limit possibilities from unwanted to wanted. Another way: expand, integrate and unify ALL possibilities with choice!
OH THE TONGUE!: THE CENTER OF IT ALL?
Unlock your true singing potential with our comprehensive guide on the influence of the tongue. Harness its power, from rest to action, and enhance your vocal prowess.
UNTANGLING THE TONGUE – The Tongue at Rest and Resting in Action
We think of the tongue as one thing, but really it’s a complex organ made of many structures and connects, locally and globally, to many other parts of the self/body. Learning to release and coordinate the tongue in integrated action is key to optimal vocal function and expressivity!
VOICE TEACHERS – What is good teaching?
We think we know what teaching is, we think we know how to teach well, but is it possible that the whole premise of teaching is in need of some questioning? I think so. Here’s a whole case for learning to “teach” without teaching at all!
SINGING IN SYSTEMS – Is your diaphragm supporting your voice or your voice supporting your diaphragm – or BOTH?
Most singing approaches out there are futzing around with the “parts and pieces” of the system as if that were enough to organize and coordinate the entire system for complex actions. It’s insane. But, there is another way…
PHONEMES – Like having hundreds of Voice Teachers Living in Your Own Mouth!
Most of us aren’t aware of phonemes and their incredible power to bring about vocal awareness and learning. And if we are aware of phonemes it’s usually related to diction. But there’s so much more and in this blog I’ll let you in on a few of those phonemic secrets…