Well, the concept of singing is easy.
I can describe how to sing well in about one sentence, but putting the techniques into practice can sometimes take a long time.
I spoke with a fellow singer yesterday about his "vocal journey" and his past teachers. We both agreed that there are lots of...
You call Axl Rose's voice teacher.
He will wave his magic wand, and POOF, you'll sing however you want.
Yeah, right...
Tom Cruise talked about training 5 hours a day for six months to sing in the movie Rock of Ages.
"[My vocal coach] was an opera singer who taught me how to control my voice,"
...
But we're gonna sing it anyway.
Last week, I saw the musical, Hadestown.
It's an incredible piece of theatre that tapped my toes, made me gasp, and made me cry.
But, like the caffeine coursing through my veins right now, the emotional impact of Hadestown continues to affect me.
Hadestown is the...
Rebecca wants a new pug puppy.
I'm not so sure.
Let's take a poll!
Should Josh and Rebecca get another pug puppy? (comment below yes or no)
Positives:
- Cuteness
- Josh can sing to two pugs instead of one (are there any pug songs?)
- Siegfried (our current pug) will have a friend.
- Our boys can have...
There is a sign in the office at Opera Colorado that says:
They don't call it Show Fun - They call it Show Business.
In my private voice studio, we just had our Spring Recital. It was a lot of "business." We moved into a local theatre for the day, set up sound and lights, and... showtime!
"Shows"...
A lot is going on lately!
Illness, taxes, Covid, craZy schedules, you get the point - You have a lot going on, too!
Thank God for YouTube karaoke.
I'm not saying to shirk your responsibilities and sit in a dark room singing YouTube karaoke all day long, but if one fabulous show tune can get you...
Boulder County, CO, has seen its share of fires lately.
In late December, the Marshall Fire, Colorado's most destructive fire in history, destroyed 1,084 homes collectively worth more than $513 million.
The NCAR fire last month was about a mile from our home.
I was watching my son in his show,...
I'm currently taking a pop/rock piano course through Berklee College of Music.
The professor, Dave Limina, is one cool cat. He's an in-demand keyboard musician, playing professionally all over the place for the past 30 years.
Last week's lecture was eye-opening. The story goes like this:
Waaaaaay...
"I'm tired of offending my own ears when I sing!"
A prospective student said this to me recently. She talked about how she wanted to sing along with the radio in the car, but couldn't stand the sound of her voice, so she stopped singing altogether.
But she wanted to sing.
I think we all...
It seems all of us have never been busier.
Practicing your art is probably not at the top of the to-do list!
It is somewhere on there, though, or we wouldn't be chattin' it up right now.
So, here's a checklist of how to practice singing in 5 minutes:
- Breath
- Breath...
