vocal technique
vocal technique
Saturday Sep 14, 2019
How Great Voices Make Strategic Use Of Space
Saturday Sep 14, 2019
Saturday Sep 14, 2019
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is how great voices use space. Listen to this podcast episode to learn the different ways singers and speakers can benefit from various uses of spaces, commas, breaths and silence.
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Subjects covered in this episode include:
Separating run on sentences
Separating vocal and instrumental practice
Allowing space without filling
Embracing periodic silence
Disconnecting Completely
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
I'm Not Getting Married Today
Kristen Chenoweth: Breathe From Your Hoo Hoo
Beyonce': Halo
Lady Gaga: Star Spangled Banner
Getting Your Voice Back Exercises
Power, Path & Performance vocal training on disc
Penatonix: Sound of Silence
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Interview With Alexander Technique Practitioner Peter Jacobson
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today I interview Alexander Technique Practitioner Peter Jacobson. Listen to this episode to learn about this healing work created originally by Australian Frederick Mattias Alexander, and learn some fascinating things about how you can cooperate with your design to do all kinds of things better... including singing!
Peter is the Founder and Executive Director of Total Vocal Freedom, the world’s largest online Alexander Technique learning community. He is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, conductor, music educator and an AmSAT-certified (American Society of the Alexander Technique) teacher of the Alexander Technique. He discovered the Alexander Technique over 13 years ago after suffering from back pain and tendinitis while pursuing his music studies. Jacobson has earned advanced degrees in Conducting from the University of Illinois, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and is a Certified Transformative Coach (Michael’s Neill Supercoach Academy Europe – Class of 2019).
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If you want the best 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.
Subjects covered in this episode include:
What Alexander Technique is.
Peter's three-part formula for artistry... desire + coordination + technique.
How desire and intention change outcome in both Peter's and my work with students.
The elusive 'quick fix' for laryngitis or other vocal issues; instant help and life-long improvement with experimentation, curiosity and deeper learning.
How Alexander fixed his voice.
Judy's story of vocal recovery.
Conquering guarding stance and fear with freedom of choice.
Coordination = cooperating with our design.
Curiosity: Getting slow and being observant.
Using tools of anatomy (the truth about the design) and imagery (mind pictures to direct anatomy) for vocal training.
Why Alexander Technique prefers to use thinking vs feeling.
The importance of freely moving joints for the voice.
Changing conception by changing perception, such as using the balance pad, Bosu ball or trampoline.
Hands: touch communication. How teachers can use hands to help the student hold on to a new idea a little longer.
Why the happy voice needs happy feet! (Who knew?)
How we can help the voice heal itself by harnassing our innate intelligence
The kindness in our design, the kindness we need to show ourselves.
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
If you'd like to do some training in Alexander Technique, Peter is offering my listeners a special deal, available at this link: https://www.totalvocalfreedom.com/atv
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
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
Friday Nov 16, 2018
How Adversity Has Blessed My Voice
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is adversity and how it can be used to benefit the voice. Listen to this podcast episode to find out why I add humorously negative and seriously hard times to my voice’s gratitude list, and how you can, too.
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If you’d like help with difficult vocal issues 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:
My childhood demotion from lead to harmony
Mandatory piano lessons
Paying dues with vocal abuse
Serious illness and vocal damage
Multiple career failures
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
How my damaged voice came back
Interview with chiropractor Dr. Dwaine Allison
John and Judy Rodman ep 'Here We Are'
Rascal Flatts performance 'Bless the Broken Road'
Monday Jun 04, 2018
How To Get More Feeling In Your Singing
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is getting more feeling into your singing. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to increase your authentic emotional delivery of your songs.
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If you’d like help with singing with more feeling 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:
Assess the level of your emotinal authenticity
13 strategies for singing with more feeling
Other side effects from singing with feeling (all good!)
How to get more help
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
numb, lifeless, flat, thin sound
Happy
I Can't Make You Love Me
songs written about dogs
6 disc vocal training package
Monday May 07, 2018
The Danger of Meek Posture to the Voice
Monday May 07, 2018
Monday May 07, 2018
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today's topic is The Dangers of Meek Posture to the Voice. Listen to this podcast episode for tips for warnings about singing and speaking with poor, slumped posture, and what to do about it.
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If you’d like help with vocal health, 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:
Real stories ....Tall Recording Artist, Modest Female Singer, Cool and Shy Teenagers, Vocally Strained Elderly Singer, Victims of Abuse
What happens to the body and voice with meek posture
How to get yourself out of the slump
Situations where meek posture works
Bottom line thoughts
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Dowager's Hump
Adolescent male voice
The Diaphragm
Scoliosis
Kyphosis
Sling Blade
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Career Saving Tips to Protect Your Voice From a Hit Song - Part 2
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.
Today is the second part of my 2 part series... career saving tips to protect your voice from a hit song. Listen to this podcast episode for 7 more strategies to help your voice survive the increased performance demands that come with vocal career success!
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Suggestions covered in this episode include:
Nourish your body like your voice is attached
Workout like a pre-game athlete
Avoid voice saboteurs
Rehearse with and use in-ear monitors
Stay in touch with your vocal coach
Be prepared for the emotional ride
Know what to do about laryngitis
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Take care lifting free weights
Quit smoking
Shania Twain losing her voice to Lyme Disease
In-ear monitors - don't just use one
Doing vocal exercises wrong
What to do about laryngitis
Pre-show nutrition
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