“Vocal improvisation is more than singing,” said Rebekka Goldsmith during our recent Vocal Improvisation Singing workshop, “it also teaches you life skills”. At the end of our workout, I knew what she meant. Most of us improvise all the time: figuring out what kind of meal to make from leftovers, giving an unplanned speech, or putting [...]
Humming is a drug-free way to overpower your “monkey mind”. Daily humming starts your generator, warms your voice, and keeps the bears away.
It works the same way for your voice. A good vocal warm up will gently loosen your muscles, rouse your voice, and move you from a quiet, grouchy, introverted, or the-cat’s-go- your- tongue mode to something more freeing. Let’s call this “yoga for your voice.”
For me, scripts are out. I don’t like them. If I use notes, I like them to be messy with scribbles here and there. Christina, on the other hand, likes a clean copy. I like to handwrite changes on my notes. Christina re-types them so they are clean and fresh.
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