I want to go over my take on the world of learning how to sing and vocal training methods, my summary of what I’ve found to be true, and then my approach for a solution. The world of vocal training and vocal education is too subjective, opinionated, and...
Have you ever heard the phrase “You either have it or you don’t.”? Well it’s a load of crap. This is what ‘It’ is. The idea of the ‘Mind’s Eye’ has been around philosophically and spiritually for ages. It is the...
The world of vocal training and vocal education is too subjective, opinionated, and confusing. And that sucks. When you want to learn how to sing, I mean really learn how to sing, where do you start? Who is right? What are the basics? Why is one coaches opinion better...
In Part 1 and Part 2 of How To Sing In Time With Music we touched on the difference between having rhythm and singing in time with rhythm. We also went over some basic informal exercises to help understand what singing in time with music or rhythm is. Now lets get in...
In Part 1 of How To Sing In Time With Music we discussed having rhythm. But singing in time or singing with rhythm is a whole other level of complexity. Technically speaking it is the ability to recognize patterns within patterns and distinguish between...
How to sing with rhythm or how to sing in time with music is a more common question than one would think. The first thing to realize is that having rhythm and singing in time, are not the same thing. You can have rhythm and not be able to sing in time. What? Let me...
How to sing the melody while others sing harmonies was a question I received recently. I have this question posed a lot actually. Students sometimes have a hard time holding their own and singing the melody with the harmonies blaring in their ears at the same time....
As you probably know, I do not believe in the permanency of tone deafness. I believe that it is a low level of proficiency that can be overcome, not a condition. In a response to a mother’s question on Quora, I went over that in regards to her daughter. Well...
After long wait, the first Singing From Scratch Video course is finally here! Singing From Scratch, The Basics is all about learning how to sing and sing in tune. If you or anyone you know has been told you are ‘tone deaf’, this course will give you that...
Yes this may be a matter of opinion, but this my blog. My opinion (he said in a petulant manner). The degradation of the cultural climate today is a direct result of the the degraded, low quality, mass produced, insidious creations being propagated throughout our...