January 20, 2011 – 5:05 pm
“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 [...]
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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.”
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The most natural and obvious way you have to express yourselves is through your voice. You reveal much about your culture, education, emotions and vitality just through the sound of your voice. The word, “personality” comes from the latin “to sound through”. Our voice and our personality are inextricably linked. So, is it possible to [...]