…where Performance meets Psychology
…where Performance meets Psychology
…where Performance meets Psychology
I’d like to talk about one of my favourite teaching and coaching tools today: Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions. As singers, we probably all know one thing: Feeling isn’t hard (we do it all the time), but being at ease with our feelings, and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, is. We so often talk about “negative …
Today’s quote: Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ~ André Gide This is another post about technique… There are various schools of thought in vocal pedagogy. Some are open-minded, others not so much. If we are talking about pedagogy, methods and technique, I would imagine this to be the same …
A couple of weeks ago, I read an interesting article on the Voice Council Magazine blog, written by vocal coach Kim Chandler. In case you haven’t read it, please have a look here. In short: Should we really try to formalise the language we, as singers and teachers, use? Do we need to mean the …
Today’s quote: If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing. ~ Marc Chagall I am a singing teacher. I know a lot about technique, the physiology of singing and teaching methods. And sometimes, it annoys me greatly that I analyse every tiniest detail that is “off”; that I analyse …
Some time ago, I asked the following question on both Twitter and Facebook: Singers, how do you practise? I would be really interested to know. Please be honest, I don’t want to know what you THINK you should be doing, but what you actually DO! I received many responses from vocal coaches interested in the …