I love Broadway musicals and I love singer-songwriters and their creativity and I love pop music. But frankly I’m getting a bit bored by it all. Why?
Each genre has a vocal “sound” that has become the ideal and it seems that almost everyone sounds the same! What happened to unique voices? What happened to individuals sounding unique – sounding like themselves? Isn’t that what artistry is all about?
You may be thinking that your voice isn’t all that compelling – unless you do something extraordinary when you are singing. That just ain’t so.
I train them to use their natural instrument as it was meant to be used and get out of the way. I train singers to find their unique, signature sound. Why be a bad imitation of someone else when your natural sound is so compelling?
When a singer decides to “do something extraordinary” to make their sound “better” the result is almost always strain, struggle and manipulation. Even the sound of those words – strain, struggle and manipulation – is not pleasing to listen to.
The sound, the performance that is most interesting to an audience is simply – you. What makes your voice unique and how your voice sounds naturally.
The majority of the training I do with singers is to help them get out of the way so their natural voice can sound.
Here are some singing tips that help to promote your signature sound…
*Use your inhale to open your body, your instrument
*Open all the way to the pubic bone to engage the powerful low abs and back muscles
*Let those powerful muscles do their job without interference
*RELEASE your breath and sound as you sing
*Observe – do not judge – observe your voice and how it sound
*Observe – do not judge – observe how your abs are working
*Let it work without pushing or straining
Voice work is always best done with a great teacher because it’s counterintuitive. What you think should be right 99.9% of the time actually adds tension that strangles your signature sound.
SING OUT WITH COURAGE AND CONVICTION!!!
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BIO
Sally Morgan, NYC voice teacher, wrote the book on contemporary vocal technique — literally. Sing Like You Speak™ (Sing Like You Speak) is specifically designed to restore the effortless vocal production that is natural to the human instrument making your singing powerful, joyful and free. Sally has been successfully teaching people how to sing for more than 35 years.
“This is the most genius singing technique of all time. Absolutely amazing! You made singing seem so simple and fun without strain and extra vocal things that we don’t have to do for a natural healthy vocal rage. Genius!!!” 8J
Sally has helped her clients heal vocal damage, expand vocal range, land a Broadway show, record their original music and tour internationally without vocal fatigue or strain. She even built the Sing Like You Speak™ Academy https://SingLikeYouSpeak.com/onlinelessons – online singing lessons to serve all singers.
You can see and hear some of Sally’s clients on Broadway stages, Off-Broadway, in Musical Theater – Regional, on Major Label Recordings, the Conan O’Brian show, A Prairie Home Companion and in Federal Courts, the PA House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate.
Sally teaches singing voice lessons in NYC and worldwide on ZOOM and offers online singing lessons Sing Like You Speak™ Academy https://SingLikeYouSpeak.com/onlinelessons
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