Taking Command of Your Vocal Performance, by Jeannie Deva
Wed, 08/28/2013 - 9:43pm
Otherwise known as stage projection, presence or charisma, the ability to command your performance space is an essential ingredient to your song delivery and performance success. When you perform, if you are closed-in to yourself, you will not be able to emanate enough energy from the stage and to the audience to create much if any impact. Conversely, extroverting your attention outward to your audience can help to give you a sense of space and certainty into which you can project yourself and your communication.
Hearing Yourself on Stage
Sun, 08/04/2013 - 5:15pm
Lyrics and melody being the center of attention for most music fans, great vocals are arguably the most essential element of successful song performance. Most singers take this responsibility to heart and work hard to sing well; which is why it so lamentable when all that practice and preparation is nullified by modern technology.
In this vocal lesson we’ll see if we can alleviate the anguish and frustration experienced by so many live performance singers by investigating:
Monitor Madness - Hearing Yourself on Stage
Harmonizing with other Singers
Fri, 08/02/2013 - 5:45pm
Harmonizing with other Singers, by Jeannie Deva
For those of you already singing in or desiring to sing in a group with other voices, here is some information and tips on this fun but often challenging setting.
No matter how many other singers are in the group, there is, of course going to be a melody. Sometimes the arrangement moves this melody from one singer or chorus section to another, and many times the melody is sung by only one singer or, for example in a chorus, is sung only by the soprano section.
All the other parts are harmony parts. The harmony parts can be considered melodies as well, but as they are not the lead melodic line, they support what is thought of as the melody.
Tongue Placement for Singing
Fri, 07/12/2013 - 1:22pm
Here's a fun and interesting vocal exercise on how to use your tongue when singing, it's a sample vocal lesson from Jeannie Deva's online vocal school. Did you know that the tongue is one of the physical tools that you have in singing? Of course you do. Sounds simple yes, but the tongue is actually a complex and diverse tool to get your voice sounding like a pro. In this vocal lesson Jeannie Deva goes over tongue placement for singing and how it reacts to different sounds of letters.
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