Archive for February, 2008

American Idol Review - Asia’h Epperson and How To Sing With Power

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

A very common tendency among up-and-coming female singers is to have little strength in the low registers and then overcompensate and force the voice in the high range. We see this a lot in this year’s American Idol too - wavering and weak singing in the verses (that tend to be in the low range) […]

American Idol Review - David Archuleta and Jason Yeager teach us a lesson

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Last week I was going to write about a great thing David Archuleta did to win the audience – a lesson we can all learn from. This week he did something else that was quite fascinating to watch. First, I must say that I am quite impressed with the guys this year. I feel as […]

Funny Video: How To Sing TO Win The Girl…

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Check out this video for your entertainment.  Maybe this could be our next American Idol?
The Serenader - How To Sing To Win The Girl…
 

 
Ouch…
Hey, having a litle fun and taking ourselves not so seriously is okay once in a while.
This is actually a clip from a film from many years ago with the terrific actors  Michael […]

American Idol - Nervousness and Peak Performance

Monday, February 18th, 2008

This last week was all about Hollywood week. The contestant were cut down to the final 24, and much of the behind the scenes reporting was in regards to how nervous everyone was. Naturally, it adds to the drama to bring everyone’s fears into our living rooms. And there sure was drama, from jubilation to devastation.  But […]

American Idol Blog - How To Sing With Emotion

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

How about American Idol this week? Was there something we can learn from? Not that we always have to learn things – it’s quite all right to watch shows for the pure enjoyment of it.
However, there were two sequences that stuck out for me as great examples to learn from. I’m talking about one […]

Heath Ledger - Do Prescription Drugs Kill?

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

As you know, another tragic death hit the world’s newsstands and the not surprising cause is now official. Heath Ledger died at the young age of 28 from a deadly cocktail of prescription drugs.
The talk has been about the dangers of mixing the drugs, but perhaps we should talk about the reason for drugs in […]