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Vocal Improv: Much More than Singing

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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December 22, 2010 – 9:07 am

Now what? That’s me staring at a blank canvas.  Lately it’s been harder than usual to start a painting, writing, or learning a new song.  It’s the “blank”  that happens before I begin which can seem like days or weeks.   It’s a weird and uncomfortable place and an opening for my Critic to step [...]

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Changing Stories

October 4, 2010 – 1:00 pm

Excerpt from blog . . . “When I work with a client who believes they are not a good speaker, I have to nudge them away from their story. To do this, I use guerilla camera work.”

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Stories We Carry

September 8, 2010 – 7:36 pm

Our stories are deeply ingrained and got created to serve a purpose. If I tell everyone I’m shy, then I won’t be asked to speak in public and I won’t have to risk failure and humiliation that might accompany that experience.

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Sound Grace: Becoming Aunt Betty

August 11, 2010 – 4:00 am

Humming is a drug-free way to overpower your “monkey mind”. Daily humming starts your generator, warms your voice, and keeps the bears away.

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Awaken Your Voice

June 17, 2010 – 5:00 pm

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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