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| Q. WHAT ARE YOUR MOST IMPORTANT GOALS AS A VOCAL COACH? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A. | MY GOALS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TO DEVELOP METHODS AND TECHNICS THAT WORK! METHODS THAT ARE COMPLETE, EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND ALWAYS RESULT IN SUCCESS! METHODS THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE. . .EVERY TIME! METHODS THAT CAN BE CUSTOMIZED TO EACH INDIVIUAL. . .ALL AGES - ALL STYLES. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q. WHY WAS IT NECESSARY TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN METHODS? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A. | MY OWN YEARS OF PRIVATE LESSONS, STUDYING AS A MUSIC MAJOR AT TWO WELL-KNOWN UNIVERSITIES, ATTENDING VARIOUS WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES, READING NUMEROUS VOCAL METHOD BOOKS AND PARTICIPATING IN COUNTLESS CHOIRS AND CHORAL GROUPS LEFT ME WITH MANY QUESTIONS AND GREAT FRUSTRATION! | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q. WHAT TYPE OF QUESTIONS? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A. | 1. DOES A SINGER HAVE TO HAVE THREE SOUNDS (CHEST
- MIDDLE - HEAD/FALSETTO) OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE ONE CONNECTED SOUND? |
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| 2. IS THERE ONLY A CHOICE BETWEEN A DATED, CLASSICAL SOUND OR A STRAINED, POP SOUND? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. DO THE LYRICS HAVE TO BE DISTORTED (AS MANY POP SINGERS SEEM TO DO), OR ARTIFICIAL (AS SUNG BY MOST CLASSICAL SINGERS)? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. WHY IS THE VOCAL QUALITY BASICALLY THE SAME ON EVERY SONG? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. IS IT NECESSARY TO EITHER HAVE NO STYLE, WRONG STYLE, OR OVERKILL ON STYLING? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. MUST FACIAL EXPRESSIONS BE STIFF AND MECHANICAL, STRAINED AND PAINED, A CONSTANT SMILE, OR NO EXPRESSION AT ALL? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. DOES THE VISUAL SELL HAVE TO BE EITHER THE PROGRAMMED STANCE AND GESTURES OF CLASSICAL SINGERS, OR THE OFTEN POINTLESS AND DISTRACTING MOVEMENTS OF POP PERFORMERS? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS A LOSS OF VOCAL AND VISUAL IDENTITY AS SO MANY CLASSICAL SINGERS EXPERIENCE, OR AN IDENTITY BASED MAINLY ON VOCAL INADEQUACIES AND VISUAL EXTREMES, AS SO OFTEN HAPPENS WITH POP SINGERS? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q. WHAT TYPE OF ANSWERS WERE YOU GIVEN? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A. | THESE QUESTIONS WERE NEVER AUTOMATICALLY ADDRESSED. WHEN I DID TRY TO ASK, THEY WERE USUALLY IGNORED OR DISMISSED. THE CONSTANT, GOWING FRUSTRATION WITH MY OWN TRAINING AND THE LACK OF SOLUTIONS FROM OTHERS, LED ME TO BEGIN A SEARCH FOR SOMETHING BETTER. AT THE SAME TIME, AS I BEGAN TEACHING EVER IN-CREASING NUMBERS OF STUDENTS, I REALIZED MANY OF THEM WERE FRUSTRATED AND DISCOURAGED BY THEIR PREVIOUS TRAINING. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q. WHAT TYPE OF PROBLEMS AND FRUSTRATIONS WERE THEY EXPERIECING? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A. | 1. YOUNG SINGERS WERE BEING GIVEN AN OLD, DATED SOUND AND A DISTORTED VIEW OF WHAT WAS REALLY NECESSARY TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL PERFORMER. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2. COLLEGE MUSIC MAJORS WERE BEING FORCED TO STUDY WITH A TEACHER ON CAMPUS, WASTING PRECIOUS TIME ON METHODS AND MUSIC COMPLETELY OPPOSITE FROM THEIR GOALS. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. ADVANCED SINGERS WANTING TO EXPAND THEIR TALENTS AND DEVELOP VERSATILITY, WERE BEING LIMITED BY TEACHERS CLOSED MINDS AND LACK OF CREATIVITY. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. PROFESSIONAL SINGERS DESIRING TO PACKAGE THEIR TALENT WERE BEING TOLD THIS WAS NOT NECESSARY, BY TEACHERS WHO HAD FAILED TO PACKAGE THEIR OWN TALENTS. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. MOST SINGERS WERE SPENDING YEARS STUDYING WITH VARIOUS TEACHERS, YET NEVER ACHIEVING THE SOUND, THE LOOK, THE SKILL OR THE STYLE THEY DESIRED. OFTEN, THEY HAD LOST THEIR ORIGINALITY AND INDIVIDUALITY. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q. HOW DID YOU OVERCOME THESE PROBLEMS? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A. | THESE PROBLEMS, QUESTIONS AND FRUSTRATIONS LED ME TO WATCH, LISTEN AND ANALYZE SEARCH AND RE-SEARCH, CREATE AND EXPERIMENT UNTIL CONCEPTS AND METHODS THAT WORK, DEVELOPED. CONCEPTS THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE, EVERY TIME! CONCEPTS BASED ON EDUCATING YOUR EYES AND EARS AS WELL AS YOUR VOICE. CONCEPTS THAT LEAD TO TOTAL INDIVIDUALITY. CONCEPTS THAT ENCOMPASS EVERY ASPECT YOU AS AN ARTIST MUST KNOW. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q. HOW CAN SINGERS LEARN THESE CONCEPTS AND TECHNICS? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A. | MY LESSONS, BOOKS, TAPES, WORKSHOPS, CRITIQUES AND CONSULTATIONS OFFER EVERYONE THE CHANCE TO TRULY DEVELOP THE TOTAL PACKAGE AND PUT THEIR ACT TOGETHER! | |||||||||||||||||||
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