Artistic Singing Comes From Within

What makes a great singer is her ability to connect with and impart to the audience the emotional content of a song. There are many artists who over-sing to TRY to add to the emotional content of the song, but this sounds forced and inauthentic. You must relate to your own experiences when you sing. If you are singing about heartbreak, drawing on your own experiences should give your interpretations a special power. Emotional singing comes from your experiences, so be courageous and try to live your life as though you are gathering emotional fuel to fire up your singing. Sometimes singers become so caught up in vocal technique that they lose sight of the heart of singing, which is singing from the heart. You must nurture the spirit of music by living passionately in the here and now.

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“The Divine Couplet Of Singing”—The OO and EE Vowels

On a bio/mechanical level, singing is, one might say, flexing vocal muscles musically; this means that the actions of singing organize the vocal muscles in such a way that they could perform the physical requirements of artistic singing in a strong and coordinated fashion. It’s in this light that the oo and ee vowels, in particular, have special significance.

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Entertainment, Electronics + Spectacle

My staff shared with me a few songs from some popular artists topping the charts today: Calvin Harris, Justin Bieber, Rita Ora, and The Wanted. I tend to avoid modern pop stations, so it was an enlightening, if predictable, experience. On the one hand, I would be lying if I were to say I was impressed. And yet, it was instructive.

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Sex: SOLD!

When students ask me how they can increase their marketability, I often have to remind them that sex sells. Don’t be too wrapped up in your image, though; sexual energy can be marketed through your lyrics, your mood, and even through the resonance of your voice.

What is your sexual mood?

Britney: Entertaining, If Unqualified

After much speculation, Britney Spears has been confirmed as the next recruit to judge a hyper-sensationalized televised singing competition (the ‘X Factor’) for a record $15 million a year.

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