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VOCAL CONTROL – A new way to look at it! (aka You’ve got it all wrong!)
We all want vocal control, but 99% of you out there are going about it ALL WRONG! When you learn to educate your system – the larger, more powerful part of yourself – and discover the CONTROL OF NO CONTROL, you’ll never go back to the old way. Here’s what I mean…
RULING THE EXCEPTIONAL TONGUE: The Tongue at Rest and the Tongue in Vocal Action
We talk a lot about releasing and mobilizing the tongue, but there are two other crucial topics less-well understood: how to hold it when at rest and just what to do with it in order to optimize its function in action. Let’s explore both…
UNDERSTANDING VOCAL SUPPORT – The Bare Bones of Singing
We talk a lot about support in singing and usually about breath support, but there’s more, much more to this idea of support that has more to do with the skeleton than anything else. Learning to support one’s self and one’s singing skeletally changes everything.
REVISIONIST FUTURE: Why do we need to recover after recovering?
Why is it that we seem to have to recover vocally long after we’ve already recovered from some other impactful event – grief, surgery, break-up, move? Why is there often a second recovery after the first? There could be lots of reasons, but for sure there’s one sure-fire way to recover and keep recovering and it’s… PLAY!
The Best Way to Experience Big Vocal Improvements: Do Less, Sense More!
We think it’s best to do more all the time: sing more, practice more, exercise more, etc. in order to get better. But, that just isn’t the case! Here’s another way to get more by doing less…
SINGERS, STOP IT!: 5 Alternatives to Compulsive Warming-up, Endless Exercises to “Fix” Problems that Don’t Exist, and Repetitive Mindless Practicing!
Singers: Are you sick of vocal warm-ups, endless exercises and quick-fixes that don’t last? Are you practicing and practicing and still not getting better in the ways you want? Well, the good news is you can stop. No, really… STOP IT! None of it is actually helping you and I’ll tell you why. And not only will I do that, but I’ll tell you what to do instead. But, don’t just take my word for it, experience it for yourself!
THE JOYS OF SINGING AND SEX – A Somatic Approach
Over the years, as a voice teacher and Feldenkrais® Practitioner, I have noticed a direct connection between how we think of and organize ourselves for both singing and love-making (regardless of sex, gender and sexual orientation). If you are interested in exploring these ideas experientially sign up for my upcoming online class series, SENSE AND SENSUALITY in which I will guide you through awareness lessons designed to clarify and expand these connections, let’s be honest… bring more pleasure and satisfaction to both activities… singing and sex.
The Important Difference between Exercise and Learning
THAT WAS GREAT… SHOULD I DO IT EVERY DAY FROM NOW ON? The Important Difference between Exercise and Learning A question that comes up all the time in my classes or after presentations - especially with people new to this work - is: “I feel so great after that thing we...
Re-Imagining Vocal Imagery… For Better Vocal Learning
We have the old artsy, creative and metaphorical way of vocal imagery for singers. Then there’s the other cold, hard, reality based approach to imagery for voice. How could we re-imagine vocal imagery for better vocal learning? Well, I have a wonderful solution… It’s what I call a “physical image.”
TEACHERS: What is Voice Training?
I’ve been running a course for the last few years, TEACH WITHOUT TEACHING, which has become the heart of my TEACHER TRACK Program. And, the idea that that course centers around is that it is possible to teach a student whatever it is you feel you could teach them...