#how to sing

[jenellecatherina]

Started a new series on my TikTok. If you’ve ever been interested in being able to sing The Ballad of Jane Doe, I’ll be posting some tips and tricks! 😊

[kentamplin]

AMAZING SINGING!  Watch This!

[psychagoguedigitalmusical]

My way in - Analysis and Concrete Action Plans

Anyone can be inspired by art. But can anyone create art?

I think that's a complicated question. Generally speaking, of course anyone can pick up a paper & pencil and draw something, or type out some poetry from their stream-of-consciousness. But is the artist in this scenario satisfied with what they've put out into the world? I wouldn't be. The artistic inspiration often comes paired with a clarity of purpose. And when our own lack of technical skill prevents us from matching the clarity we have inside, it feels helpless. Like there's some sort of "skilled artists" club out there in the world, and somehow they all got the mysterious membership card somehow, and it's just a gulf that can't be crossed. "Man, it would be cool, but I just don't have the stuff." It wasn't until last year when I completed the first project I was ever truly proud of creating that I realized that the gulf is crossable.

Basically, what I'm saying is that before I can make art that I am proud of, I need to understand my current limitations and learn my tools.

I have some music experience and some theatre experience, but I primarily studied a STEM subject in school. My experience with the arts has been enough to dabble, but not enough to express, and basically everything is hard. Tag urself in this meme, I'm both people

So what's my plan for dealing with this?

First: What skills will I need in order to create a project on the scale of Epic?

Writing (Plots)

Writing (Characters)

Writing (Lyrics)

Music (Composition)

Music (Singing)

Music (Production)

(There's other stuff like social media, advertising, etc. but I'm intentionally choosing to ignore other necessary aspects unrelated to the creative process, because honestly a lot of that stuff is interchangeable and can be figured out as it comes up. No use overplanning. The most I'll do for now until I've got something to show is to keep up these blog posts and crosspost to other sites. Hi Instagram!)

I have done minimal creative writing before. I know just enough music theory to play the trumpet, but I can't improvise my way out of a paper bag and don't know a chord progression from a lydian triad. I don't even feel comfortable right now singing in general, even by myself. And even if I did, I doubt I'd be good at it, and my space at home isn't exactly conducive to practice mush of anything loud. Lots of challenges, but with the confidence that even these large gulfs can be crossed, it feels not quite so overwhelming as it might have to me as a younger man.

Second: What are the concrete actions within my power to start to cross the skill gap?

Writing - I'm going to make a spreadsheet. I will start with systematically analyzing each song from Epic, laser targeting some basic information from the text (starting with lyrics only, musical analysis later once I have a better idea of what I'm doing). I will be focusing on identifying how the situations, characters, philosophies, and relationships are communicated through the lyrics. After I get through everything in Epic, I'll probably do a similar exercise for some of the other seminal works of musical theatre, and even non-musical theatre. If I want to make a competent contribution to the artistic conversation, I need a solid foundation of artistic context.

Parallel to this, I will map out the narrative shape of Epic and other stories I'm drawing inspiration from. By discovering patterns, I can reverse engineer what Morvic's journey through the Realm of Shades could look like.

I am also personally taking notes whenever specific ideas about Psychagogue, its characters, situations, and its themes come to me.

Music - I'm less certain about this one. At the very least, I'll sign up for a singing class and emphasize that musical theatre is the style of singing I would like to focus on. Music theory and composition is currently looking like the actual most difficult part to me right now. At this point, I'm honestly struggling to find appropriate resources for learning music theory and production that will stick with me this time. But I also was never able to consistently work out until about a year ago when I found a sustainable way in, so if it's possible for that, it's possible for this. It'll just take more time. I have some tentative ideas for what this might end up looking like, but I'm keeping the horse before the cart on this one.

Ramble over.

Next post, I'll show off initial progress on the spreadsheet and what kind of progress I've made on learning music.

[extremevocalinstitute]

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[doeyedbambi]

I wish I knew how to sing so I can be that cute girl singing in the empty halls but it sounds more like a beautiful enchanting whisper

[songwriternews]

New Post has been published on SONGWRITER NEWS

New Post has been published on https://songwriternews.co.uk/2021/06/warm-ups-for-singers-the-jaw/

Warm ups for singers - the jaw

Chris Johnson from The Naked Vocalist helps you to get your jaw ready for singing.

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[mikedupont]

Learn How To Sing Like a Pro

I am a huge fan of using youtube for learning; i have renovated my house and taught myself to play the musical saw and the spoons and can usefully turn napkins into credible terra dactyls. For anyone interested in singing, there is an alladin’s cave’s worth of imaginative, researched and properly useful information that is truly worth plundering but be careful as there is also a lot of utter tosh out there, particularly when it comes to singing, so do exercise caution. you can also find out how to sing like a pro here http://learnhowtosinglikeapro.s3-website.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Singing-Lessons/Learn-How-To-Sing-Like-a-Pro.html

[halffinishedpoetry]

How to succeed at singing without really trying!!

Ok, so I know that singing takes years and years to master. Trust me. But, I sing semi- professionally sometimes, and I've done a lot of work in musical theatre and choirs, plus, I've gotten a lot of good advice from clinicians that would really help anyone if they want to not pay 1000's of bucks for shitty lessons

- First of all, throw everything you know about singing out the window. I'll assume you haven't had lessons or anything, and your previous experience is singing in the shower. Anyone can be a good singer, you probably aren't tone deaf (only like, 2 % of the population are) and you don't need to be a specific body shape to hit the notes you need. (My best friend weighs around 110 pounds and is 5'7 and she's our top first soprano and can sing ridiculous notes, and my other best friend is 5'2, and weighs around 200 pounds, and she can also sing the same ridiculous notes.)

- It's way easier to sing loose than tense. Everyone thinks that you need to push the notes, or like my choir director says, push harder on the gas to make the car go up the hill. This is actually not true. The best thing you can do to go high, is imagine feeling loose, and pushing down. I know. I told you to forget everything you know about singing remember? There's some cool tricks to practice this technique. If you dangle your body at the waist, like you're trying to touch your toes at the doctors, and sing the song like that, up until the high note. Right before the highnote, slowly bring yourself up. This makes it so you can't sing from your abs, and it will make super high notes feel natural and comfy.

- Another thing you can do is take a little step backwards, imagining yourself stepping onto soft grass right as you're going for that high note. This will also help take your mind off of trying to get to the notes and a lot of times, it just works perfectly.

- DONT SING FROM YOUR THROAT/SHOULDERS!!!!! Sometimes, it feels like we should sing from our throats to get the high or low notes. Some vocal teachers even encourage students to sing from their throat in order to advance quickly in certain ways. It will wreck your voice. I sung a production of fiddler on the roof like this because I didn't know, and I thought that if I could train myself to sing higher, I would have better chances at getting lead roles in the future. (Alto roles kinda suck in most productions). It was only a few months, but we were singing daily for an average of 3+ hours a day, and my voice still isn't the same. I can no longer sing as long as I used to, and I need to take a lot more breaks. I actually couldn't perform multiple nights because I had fucked my voice up so much.

-Use your soft palate!! Take your finger and feel the top of your mouth, running your finger along it, and feel where it goes from hard to soft. (Try not to barf while doing it). This is your soft palate! A lot of people will tell you to lift your soft palate, but honestly, for me, I like to just make sure I’m keeping it loose. (Literally, just keep everything loose and you’ll be fine)

-Everyone will tell you to "sing from your diaphragm”, but sometimes it's hard to figure out what that feels like or how to do it. For me personally, I like to keep my bottom ribs distended, and try to imagine my back fat pushes growing air. (Like, where your kidneys are). It’ll feel weird for a while, but just play with it!

- When you breath, it shouldn't be forced. Instead imagine a stream of air just entering your mouth, and falling out, like the wind. Practice breathing really loud, and then, use this technique, and do it silently. It’ll feel really damn nice.

- Your lungs are actually closer to your back than they are your front. TBH, this isn't a tip, more of just a crazy fact that helps me visualize my air flow.

- don't focus as much about the specific high notes to hit, and just sing where you're comfortable. I know it's super fun to jazz out to Adel, and vocal training can work after working on it for a long time, but work on making different shapes with the back of your mouth, feeling the different feel of the notes, and grooving with the music. And have fun!!!! Honestly, these are just tips. Sing how you want to sing, and if anyone tells you that you suck, call me, and i’ll beat their ass while singing show tunes with you.