The Prof Says

American Idol is ready to kick off another season, and men and women young and old across America are getting the “bug” to better their own vocal skills.  We have a video for you below, but first, allow me to make a familiar but often overlooked point:

“Great vocal control knows no musical boundaries.”

What do I mean by that?  When you learn to sing properly; with strong voice control, appropriate power, head and chest voice mix…the whole gamut of excellent vocalizing; when you learn to do that well, you can mix and match your vocal styles, even when they are normally rather divergent in style.  For instance, my daughter Hannah, is being classically trained, but she currently has no real aspirations to become an opera singer.  Her background is musical theater and pop.  She also has an interest in contemporary Christian music as well as hymns.  She auditioned this fall for a spot on the Worship Band for a large college age Christian Christmas conference in San Diego during the Christmas break.   She earned her spot and was both excited and a bit nervous.  Why?  Well, for the last year and a half she has been learning to sing in a classical style and she wondered whether it would be difficult to switch over and not hurt her voice, grow hoarse and more.  The outcome?  She sounded fantastic, had

Vocal Performance Around Styles

Learn To Sing Better

Randy Moomaw

No matter how proficient you become from a technical perspective there is an intangible element that always factors into the perception of your performance as a singer and its reception by your audience.
Think about this. Singing is an emotional experience, a physical workout, and a full throttled sensory exploration. You are at once intimate and wide open. Your singing builds a bond or bridge that connects you with your audience. You are completely vulnerable, relying on the quality of your performance to take care of you.
So what can you do to secure and shore up these facets of some intangible element that determines whether or not you and your audience are satisfied?
Technique Grows Confidence
One of the keys comes with technique and commitment to ongoing training to strengthen your voice and realize the full potential of your singing success. As you improve your technical skills, you become more confident, capable, comfortable and committed to continued growth and improvement.
Think of how it was when you first started singing. There were areas where you lacked technique. So there was material you would have liked to tackle as a singer

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