Archive for April, 2009

A Lesson On Stage Presence!

Monday, April 27th, 2009
Connect with your audience! If you’re the singer, chances are you’re fronting your band, or leading your performance if you’re a solo act. Make sure you’re making eye contact and singing directly to specific members of the audience. An easy way to do this is to pick some people close to the front row… sing “to” them… look at them, pretend you’re in love with them, SING to them!

Engaging your audience this way is FANTASTIC for building a following of people to your performances. If you give your audience special attention, they’ll remember you and come back for more.

More great tips and techniques in the Sing Like A Pro vocal e-book, visit www.sing-like-a-pro.com for more information today!

Elisha

Singing Instructor
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Dumb It Down!

Friday, April 17th, 2009

When you’re singing, it’s natural to try and add a lot of style to your voice. It’s easy to add little note bends and trills at the end of phrases, scoops on high notes, and lots of vibrato. But there’s a fine line between just enough and overkill. A good way to prevent this from happening is to focus on the basics of the song.

Don’t push to hard trying to make it sound completely finished too soon, start by learning the basic beat and melody of the song, become really comfortable with it, and THEN add in your style tricks. If not, you could end up losing the whole feeling of the song… causing it to be buried underneath an unnecessary amount of note bends, trills and fall off notes in unnecessary places. Less is more when it comes to style, for most pieces of music.

The best tips and techniques are found in the Sing Like A Pro vocal e-book program. Click the link and visit www.sing-like-a-pro.com for more information today!

Thanks,

Elisha Rae

Singing Instructor

www.sing-like-a-pro.com

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Singing Low Notes!

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Here’s a tip just for the guys on singing low notes… being a girl myself it’s difficult for me to say whether or not for sure this works, but the technique (regarding breathing) came from a well known classical music teacher in Winnipeg.

He said that for men to hit low notes they should take a deeper breath than they would for singing high notes, so that your whole breathing system is completely supported, even more so than normal.

So the idea is to take a larger breath than normal, and hold it low in your diaphragm to support your frame when you sing the low notes.

I tried this myself to see what effect it had on me and it seemed to work, I was able to hit the A below low C with more ease than normal without being warmed up first.

Does anyone else have any experience with this? I would love to hear if anyone else has tried this and what other techniques you use for singing low notes, how low you can go, etc.

Leave your comments!

Elisha Rae

www.sing-like-a-pro.com

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Record Yourself!

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Here’s a little tip to get you really well prepared to sing in front of people…record yourself! You can use your computer’s webcam and microphone, an old-school style stereo and *giggle* cassette tapes, or whatever kind of recording equipment you have. (There are lots of software programs that’ll do it for you too)

You’ll hear things in your voice that you didn’t know were there before, and if you find something you don’t like, you can hear it and fix it BEFORE you go onstage.  This way you’re guarantees to sing your song in a way that you know for sure you’re comfortable with.

Lots more techniques and tips in the Sing Like A Pro vocal e-book system, visit www.sing-like-a-pro.com for more information, free singing tip videos, and lots more free tips and articles today!

Take care,

Elisha Rae

www.sing-like-a-pro.com

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