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How to Overcome Anxiety Using Breath and Intention
dottodman Using the power of Breath and Intention, to Empower Your Voice Though I have always been a musically expressive person, when I first heard about the chakras, I actually did not believe they were real. The idea of having seven major points that governed certain organs in my body, radiating different colors and notes, and spinning clockwise when in balance seemed strange to me. It was not taught to me in school (as it is to children in India) and …
Vocal Olympics
Have you been watching the Olympics? https://corevocalpower.com/vocal-olympics-tay-zonday/ Even though they’ve been around forever, I still think it’s exciting to see the world come together in a way that brings unity because people are actually genuinely interested in watching another person who has disciplined themselves to excel in what they do. These people spend their lives training for one moment in time – that sometimes might only last 9.8 seconds, like my adorable fellow-Jamaican Usain Bolt who once again set the …
How to Sing on Pitch- Part 3
If you missed the previous articles check them out- Part 1 and Part 2 THE TOP 3 REASONS SINGERS MISS THE NOTE… Now that we have talked about the Physical and Emotional reasons people sing off pitch, I’m going to get to the most common reasons – the MENTAL ones. I mentioned in Part 1 that if you think it’s simply the fact that you’re not supporting your airflow correctly, or your ear is “bad”, you may only be partially correct, …
My Biggest Singing Exercise on Trust…
A couple years ago I was just fiddling around at home with the two songs “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin, and “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes and I realized the two songs are pretty similar. I created an arrangement doing all the vocal parts a cappella on my GarageBand and then last year I was in Sedona Arizona, and was playing up in the lovely mountains and just for fun, decided to grab some footage en route, …
Secrets of Singing Outside
https://youtu.be/kbYCbPtUAx0 One of the most popular questions my students ask me, is how to warm up their voice so they do not hurt themselves. There are many techniques a person can do, including the exercises in my Practicing CORE Vocal Power CD, but if you want to get the most out of your vocal warm ups, the location of where you sing is also an important factor to consider. Oftentimes, singers are afraid that other people will hear them when …
Resonating on the Ocean
https://youtu.be/gG_Jw67es_U Connecting Voice and Nature When’s the last time you went out into nature? Walked around barefoot in the grass or sand? Smelled the air? or Felt the breeze? If you haven’t spent time in nature recently and you feel out of alignment I’ve got a wonderful tip for you! A great way to get into alignment with the earth is to go barefoot and stand in the earth. Then take in a silent loving breath and resonate on “Oh”. …
Can Anyone Learn to Sing?
Can Anyone Learn to Sing? Dot Teaches Hearing Impaired Student to Sing! (Listen to Before & After Audio Tracks!) When this young man called me, and asked if I would work with someone who was hearing impaired, I thought “Well, why not?” If what I knew was true about pitch issues, and, like Arthur Joseph taught me, “singing has more to do with the brain and muscle memory than hearing,” and “less than 2% of the population is ‘tone deaf'”, then why can’t I …
Where do we sing from?
Where do we sing from? When I ask singers, “where do you sing from?” I typically get 2 answers. The heart, and the diaphragm. Both answers are right, but they’re only partially correct. After all, singing is the sound of your soul! Here’s how we can understand this. For example, read the following statements and ask yourself, which hurts more? “Your basketball shot is lousy” or “Your singing is lousy.” Chances are you can shake off the basketball comment, but hearing …
