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I’ve been a lead singer in a variety of Pop/Rock/Soul covers bands for the past 27 years, and a teacher of Popular Music styles for 16 years. After such a long time inhabiting that world, very little shocks me these days. But I recently experienced an unusual and very pleasant surprise when I joined the… Continue reading You gotta fight… for your right… to sing in the right key? // Jo Sear
The importance of having a good ear and excellent rhythm is of utmost importance in any style of music but in my experience, the depth of harmonic and rhythmic understanding required to sing commercial music has proven more intense than in my classical studies. Therefore, I feel it is imperative that the teacher of commercial… Continue reading Amping Up Your Ear Training To An Eleven // Wendy Jones
As voice teachers, we commonly work on how the voice sounds, feels and how to produce the sound necessary to create a beautiful tone that can be reproduced consistently without difficulty and strain. We as a community are starting to embrace teaching techniques that allow for health, well being and good sound production within modern… Continue reading The Importance of Rhythm in Singing Modern Black American Music Styles // Alison Crockett
I’ve had an insatiable curiosity for quite some time to know which scales (or modes) that songwriters of hit songs intuitively use to create their vocal melodies; the main interest being how this knowledge applies to the vocal exercise patterns we use in training singers. Clearly, at the present time, there’s a strong bias towards… Continue reading Hidden in Plain Sight: The Discovery of an Important Scale // Kim Chandler
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Jess discusses ways she teaches music theory to students in popular and commercial genres.