Music’s Worst Motivational Techniques (that worked)
kerryjk Musicians can be an unruly bunch, so producers, bandleaders and managers need some way of knocking them into a high performing unit. But what to do when an employee of…
The Colour Of Music – Finding Your Mood Niche
In the last article I looked into the finer points of finding genre niche as part of defining your identity as an artist (also why you should even bother when…
The Perfect Jeans Fit – Finding Your Genre Niche
Quick – what, in a nutshell, is the genre category of your music? If you can’t answer that succinctly, you’re not alone. Every artist goes through a period of exploration…
Changing Your Voice Part 6 – Cross-Gender Vocal Techniques
This is the sixth article in my series introducing ways you can develop and change the sound of your singing voice to get the sound you want, whatever style, setting…
Changing Your Voice Part 5 – Hard Rock, Metal and Extreme Vocal Styles
So now you’ve sung like an angel, it’s time to scream like a demon. This is the latest in my series of articles introducing the aspects of developing a unique…
Changing Your Voice part 4 – Creating A Character
Changing Your Voice part 4: Creating a Character Though this might look like a topic for actors and musical theatre types only (dahlings), any time you sing for an audience…
Changing Your Voice Part 3 – Modifying Your Tone
Please note: The purpose of these articles is to provide an introduction to some of what can be learnt from vocal studies and is in no way intended as a…
Changing Your Voice Part 2 – Expanding your range.
One of the first things I read about singing that I knew to be false was an old book in my school library that stated in no uncertain terms that…
Changing Your Voice Part 1 – Overview
Singing and vocal teaching has changed a lot over the last fifty years or so, as popular music styles and musical theatre challenged the dominance of pure classical training. The…
Basic Voice Projection part three – General Tips
This is the third and final part in a series of articles I posted on the Magic Cafe in 2005, during my days performing escapology as Helen Held. Though this…