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Saturday, March 15th, 2008Yes, it is true. The online singing course – The Captivating Singer – has been discontinued, and a lot of people who were planning to start the course are upset at me wondering why. Well, let me explain. And more importantly, let me explain how this is directly going to benefit you in a huge […]
American Idol Blog - How To Sing With Emotion
Saturday, February 9th, 2008How 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 […]
Your 2007 Singing Voice
Sunday, December 30th, 20072007 is coming to an end and we are about to set things in motion to make 2008 our best year ever. Right? You bet 2008 is going to be your best year ever. But in order to make that happen we need to reflect - reflect on the year that has been. Rather than listing […]
“Stomp Out Loud” - a show that speaks to you
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Talk about communication!
I just saw “Stomp Out Loud” in Las Vegas. What a show! All of the cast members are master percussionist using both hands and feet, creating the most amazing rhythms together. Talk about team work. And what is so fascinating is how they master the art of non-verbal communication. Not a word is […]
Video Example: How To Perform/Communicate and “Win” The Audience.
Monday, October 8th, 2007What do great performers have in common? How can you improve your performances? How do you "win " an audience? Let’s watch another video clip of a wonderful "performance", and see what we might discover.
Maybe you saw the video clip in the last blog post of Mister Rogers testifying in the US Senate? I thought I’d follow up that […]
How To Make $20 Million In 5 Minutes
Thursday, October 4th, 2007We all need to be able to present, perform, communicate, negotiate in one way or another. I came across this phenomenal video on YouTube that serves as a great example. Perhaps we should call it "How To Make $20 Million in 5 minutes". Watch it. It’s a briliant example of the art of communication and persuasion. Three things […]
The Reason You Don’t Want To Sound Good When You Sing - Part 3
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007After having read part 1 and part 2 of “The reason you don’t want to sound good when you sing”, you have come to realize that when we talk about not needing to sound good we are not saying that we don’t want to sound good. Of course we want to sound good when we sing. […]
The Secret To Paul Potts’ Voice
Thursday, September 27th, 2007A couple of months ago, I wrote an article in my newsletter "Empowered Voice" about Paul Potts’ remarkable performance in Britain’s Got Talent . You can watch Paul Potts’ first audition here I adressed the freedom he has when he sings, and while many singers engage in trying to control and force the sound (especially high […]
Kinesthetic Awareness For Rapid Learning And Healing
Monday, September 17th, 2007A skilled pianist has trained to be able to move two fingers with incredible speed (as in a trill) while still being able to maintain complete relaxation in the rest of the hand. If a beginner piano player attempts the same fast trill, the entire hand will undoubtedly tense up. Tension will probably even spread […]
The Reason You Don’t Want To Sound Good When You Sing – Part 2
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007In the previous post “The Reason You Don’t Want To Sound Good When You Sing – Part 1” I spoke about the mindset that enables us to experience a new level of freedom. We gain this freedom in conjunction with developing our kinesthetic awareness. Once we start experiencing how it “feels” physically to let out […]
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