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Saturday Mar 30, 2019
How My Vocal Training Can Hurt You
Saturday Mar 30, 2019
Saturday Mar 30, 2019
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is vocal training and how it can hurt you if you misunderstand it. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to correctly apply my and other coaches' vocal training techniques so they can help, not hurt your voice!
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If you’d like help with radically improving your voice while conquering vocal strain, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses. If you have questions about my or other coaches' training, email me at judy@judyrodman.com.
Subjects covered in this episode include:
Pull, don't push the voice
Take a breath and don't use it
Use your face
Press fingertips together for breath balance
Articulate clearly
Straighten your spine
You can sing as long as you want without strain
Apply the inner smile
Three other training techniques I never suggest
- Speech level larynx- Just relax and sing- Sing from your diaphragm
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Why you should not sing from your diaphragm
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Interview With Mark Thress - Classical vs Contemporary Voice
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today I interview Mark Thress… classical singer and teacher, voice science researcher, entrepreneur and colleague. He and I have been trading vocal lessons for about a year. Listen to this episode to hear us share our explorations and findings concerning the similarities and differences in contemporary and classical singing and teaching, as well as how cross-training can help both.
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If you want the best contemporary vocal training proven to maximize vocal ability and conquer strain, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.
Find Mark Thress and his services at his Facebook page, Instagram @MarkThress and website.
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
A video of one of our vocal lesson exchanges. (Watch us teach each other!)
Subjects covered in this episode include:
How we met and our intention behind trading lessons.
Similarities and differences between the genres of classical and contemporary singing.
How all art is about effectively and authentically communicating a message to the one heart.
Subtle technical differences in formal and contemporary genres in performance focus, creating volume, using self-compression, facial expressions, vowel lengths, vibrato, the need for mic technique or to fill the hall acoustically, conveying emotion without pushing.
How “less is more” in contemporary music, while continuity in sound is important in classical music.
Ways cross training can benefit both contemporary and classical voice.
Issues students typically have when trying to cross these genres and perform them authentically.
Using tools such as a trampoline or bosu ball to loosen the body and increase access to breath and tone, as well as a coffee straw or balloon for warming up.
How 'pulling' helps both contemporary and classical singing.
How both coaches have improved each other's voices.
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
How To Sing A Love Song
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is How to Sing Love Songs. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to go deeper into the various messages that are present in love songs, and the how to deliver love songs more interestingly and authentically to get a more powerful response.
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If you’d like help with performing emotional songs or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.
Subjects covered in this episode include:
Examples of various love song messages and songs that carry them
Four questions to ask
What to do if you’re not feeling it
Mistakes to avoid
How to create nuance
Two exercises
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Lots of songs
The vocal magic of intention and expectation
How Voice and Message create each other
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
Singing and Creating Harmony
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is Harmony. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to sing and create harmony parts.
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If you’d like help with singing or creating harmony, or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.
Subjects covered in this episode include:
The power of harmony
How to pick a part
How to train for harmony singing
Some examples of great harmony
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Flyte Three
Simon and Garfunkel
Bohemian Rhapsody
Africa by the band Toto
Emmylou Harris
Alison Krauss and Union Station - Down To The River (live)
HearFones
The Judds - Grandpa
Wynonna - She Is His Only Need
Pentatonix - Havana
Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choir
The Hall Sisters - Beginning To See The Light
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
Mending Vocal Breaks
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is Mending Vocal Breaks. Listen to this podcast episode to find out what vocal breaks are caused by and what you can do about the unwanted ones.
This podcast is now playing at iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio, . Subscribe and don't miss an episode... and please leave a review where you like to listen! REVIEWS ARE MUCH NEEDED and APPRECIATED!
If you’d like help with mending vocal breaks or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.
Subjects covered in this episode include:
What is a vocal break?
What causes vocal breaks?
Why do we use dysfunctional vocal technique?
Reasons to re-train the voice to mend unwanted breaks
Ways to begin changing bad vocal habits
My specific approach to mending vocal breaks
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
How my damaged voice came back
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
How Dissonance Moves Your Music, Voice and Life Forward
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is Dissonance. Listen to this podcast episode to learn how we can turn uncomfortable, unsettling and fearful dissonance into an energy that moves us forward musically, vocally and culturally.
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If you’d like help with resolving vocal issues, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.
Subjects covered in this episode include:
A-tonal music
Dissonance as a lyric writing tactic
Dissonance as a production tactic
Dissonance in the music business
Dissonance in voice and vocal training
Dropped technique
Physical dissonance
Relational dissonance
Cognitive dissonance
Historical dissonance
How to use dissonance to move forward
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
2 definitions of dissonance
composer John Corgliano
conductor Giancarlo Guerrero
the book Sapiens
cognitive dissonance
Bob Weir
Viheart on 12-tone music
Pierce the Veil's Low On Gas And You Need A Jacket
Bareilles' She Used To Be Mine
Nettle's Stay
Bruce Hornsby
Wednesday Jul 11, 2018
10 Vocal Issues a Vocal Coach Should Fix
Wednesday Jul 11, 2018
Wednesday Jul 11, 2018
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is 10 (plus a bonus) vocal issues that a good vocal coach should be able to fix. Listen to this podcast episode to learn what a good vocal coach can do to eliminate vocal problems, unblock limitations, enhance and protect your voice. Learn what kind of results you should expect of a vocal lesson.
This podcast is now playing at iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio, . Subscribe and don't miss an episode... and please leave a review where you like to listen! REVIEWS ARE MUCH NEEDED and APPRECIATED!
If you’d like help with vocal issues, limitations or any other vocal matter, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.
vocal range limitations
vocal strain
weak voice
numb performance
laryngitis
voice cracks
vocal control
pitch inaccuracy
style issues
the need for vocal warmups
mysterious vocal issues
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Vocal Strain
High Notes
Low Notes
Middle Voice
Numb Performance
More Feeling in Singing
Laryngitis
Pitch practice
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Heal Your Spirit, Find Your Voice Interview With Life Coach Terry Smith
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is my interview with founder of Coaching Life Matters Dr. Terry S. Smith. We talked about how psychology affects voice... about how healing the spirit lets you find your unique and authentic voice, as well as a much better life.
This podcast is now playing at iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio. Subscribe and don't miss an episode... and please leave a review where you like to listen! REVIEWS ARE MUCH NEEDED and APPRECIATED!
If you’d like more information to powering and protecting your singing and speaking voice, check out Power, Path & Performance vocal training at www.judyrodman.com.
You can find Terry S. Smith for help and to donate to his highly recommended nonprofit at www.coachinglifematters.com.
Points covered in this interview include:
Terry’s background - his dysfunctional childhood and adolescence, his deep questioning, and his spiritual quest for truth.
How he used singing to find joy, to connect to his inner being, to create brain endorphins, and to question what is real.
The power of gratitude.
What Terry experienced in vocal lessons.
Terry’s training in listening helps people learn to listen to their own voice and questions.
Three core beliefs that determine our actions: security & survival, protection & esteem (love), power & control.
How finding true voices can help successful entertainers can avoid feeling fake.
Terry’s core method of life coaching is mapping people’s stories. His coaching initiates the healing power of understanding your own story.
The parts education, process, discipline and decision plays in healing and finding the true self and voice.
How we act from the 12 year old inside who was wounded. How children are the best recorders and worst interpreters.
95% of people’s behavior can come from believing the lie that they are not worthy of love.
God as compost maker
Be careful what you’re looking for (you’ll find it). Look for truth with an open mind. Look in your history for those who validated and affirmed you.
How authenticity can power songs and speeches.
A conversation between Peter and Jesus.
The power of living out of knowing you are loved.
The impact of enlightened voices on others.
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
coachinglifematters.com