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I learned a lot from being a Bond Girl. There I stood, in drop-dead gorgeous sequins, in front of a magnificent orchestra, belting out power ballads to an adoring audience… and yet, everything inside me wanted to run away and hide. |
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I recently addressed a NEWZATS conference about teaching contemporary singing to predominantly classically-trained singing teachers. I aimed to show the commonalities of good vocal production between genres. Nevertheless, there are huge differences in vocal usage within the contemporary field(s) alone. Read Crossing Over |
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I’ve been noticing how often we performers give our power away. Rather than being personally responsible for our success, we often have a long list of excuses why we didn’t learn something, improve in an area, sing or perform as well as we could have. |
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Yoda – Sigh… “Always with you what cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say? You must unlearn what you have learned.â€
Luke – “Alright, I’ll give it a try.â€
Yoda – “No! Try not… Do! or do not. There is no ‘try’.†|
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It’s not encouraging to hear, “There’s nothing we can do – you’re the expert,†from Auckland Hospital’s Voice Clinic, especially when you’re experiencing vocal difficulties that you, speech pathologists and ENT surgeons don’t understand. |