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Archive for the ‘Bloggers’ Category

Pop Shields and Women’s Tights

Discover time honored ways to de-pop your vocals –says Wes Maebe Hey all you vocalizers – Happy New Year. We’re steadily rolling into February already and I hope you’ve had a fabulous time over the festivities, managed to rest your vocal chords, experiment with that new microphone you managed to get as a Christmas present [...]

Being Unique

This week we’re looking at what makes your music or singing different from everybody else! Throughout musical history there have been many artists who have made a difference due to their sound being uncommon and distinct. In fact, those who strived to be different have done more to shape music throughout the years than those [...]

Conversations with Satan

I’ve spent much of my working life responding to the requests and needs of those around me. As noble as that can sometimes be, one day my soul told me that I needed to devote more time to my own creative work. For me that involves

Condenser Mics: First Choice For The Studio

Did You Know That…Condenser Mics Are the First Choice For Recording in the Studio? -asks Bill Gibson Condenser microphones are usually the first choice for studio vocal applications. Commercial sounds may vary, but most professionally recorded hit vocals are recorded with a good condenser mic set on cardioid pick-up pattern, from a distance of 6 [...]

The Significant Song

This week we’re looking at music that’s changed your life! There are many different way in which a song or entire album can affect you as a listener and have an impact on who you are. Whether it was a song you heard at a poignant moment, the first song you played live or even [...]

The Case: A Lost Ear

The Case: A Lost Ear The Singer: Alex, 18 years old, a musical theatre student. Case Summary: Alex arrived on the course with exceptionally poor pitch but was accepted because of his dance skills. He was tense and anxious so I decided to take the music outside of his body for a while. A Lost [...]

Making a Connection

This week we’re wondering what makes you connect with a song! There are so many varied types of music in the world. Differences in tempo, lyrical content, mood and other factors all affect how we relate to songs and are part of the deciding factor in our personal choices of what we listen to and [...]

I Want to Increase My Vocal Range

Discover what stands between you and a larger range –says Leontine Hass

The Biggest Challenge

This week we’re wondering what your biggest challenge is as a vocalist! Generally, there are so many things that you need to work on to maintain and improve your ability to sing and perform. We’d love to know what it is that you personally consider the toughest out of them all! So the question is:  Out [...]

There’s No ME In My Monitors!

To put it bluntly, if your monitor mix sucks, very likely, your performance is going to suck. I’m sure you’ve all read Bill Gibson’s 19th November post on crucial headphone mixes. It’s not a big leap to cross this over into the live monitoring field. Obviously, there are no hard and fast rules on what [...]