I remember watching my Dad taking his afternoon siesta (not that he had planned it that way!) His lunch over, he would sit on a straight backed chair because he was determined to remain alert. Slowly his eyes would close (like young children do when they desperately want to stay awake) Then his head would Continue Reading
EVERYBODY CAN SING! Do you sit on the fence telling yourself that you can’t? Or you’ll never be as good as you want to be? Or you never got the best chance when you were young and now it’s too late? Take the test below for yourself; if you get under 5 ticks, it doesn’t Continue Reading
Today I have a little exercise for you, but first….. My student Sarah Spence, artist name Premratna says “It’s really been enlightening for me to be aware that my posture and things I do day to day play such an important role in how my muscles work; whether that’s singing or driving the car or Continue Reading
Today I would like to talk about a profound mindfulness…. !!! A tangible, useful one! Stop and think! “What?….what do you mean”? I hear you ask. What’s the connection between……..Think? And authentic voice? It’s actually the No. 1 importance for singers. Let me explain – You see, this connects directly with the heart and soul Continue Reading
Or are you a confident connected singer? There is an art to expressing your Self effectively. Today starts the journey to effective voice control and all that it takes. But first…… I am a story teller by nature. Mind you, I think we all are. Life just doesn’t always let us tell our stories. But Continue Reading
How do we operate? What really makes us tick? What makes us think; act; move; like we do? Researchers in the University of Delaware USA trialed some people dialing a phone number on their mobiles while walking on a treadmill for two minutes. What they noticed was that the walk was strange, exaggerated. They took Continue Reading
POSTURE? SINGING? CONFIDENCE? How are they linked? Read on…. I greet the stranger I pass in the street; she smiles tentatively. It’s not her usual response but she obliges. Unaware of what she shows the passing world, it is clear she lacks confidence. I notice her normal posture giving her an extra burden. Her eyes Continue Reading
Sitting at my computer the other day, I was trying to master a technical dilemma, you know how it is! You try this way, then that way and get stuck. You do it again just in case you did something wrong! Same result. Then you go back again and do it more carefully this time, Continue Reading
It is only the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The Little Prince Confidence is when passion and intention meet achievement! Lack of confidence: when your passion is overlaid with fear/panic. This is the ‘how to’ when you have tried everything to improve, but Continue Reading
*Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. Roald Dahl Do you ever wonder about those nerves you get when you are in a new situation? Think of a time when you had to perform but lacked confidence? Your voice just let you down? Your knees wobbled? You had that icky weak feeling Continue Reading
