Hey

So I went to MUSE concert last Sunday night and plan to write a concert review about them.

This week I asked a native speaker to improve my diction, since English is not my first language. Hopefully this helps.

Anyway, I will see you guys tomorrow!!!

Relaxation

So, it kind of struck me today that music is very simple. All the things that we think of during our average day--homework, what to eat for lunch, girls (or boys)--just distract us from that simplicity. I've found that I have had the best sound when I focus on the music and relax. Everything just seems to come much easier

wallpaper & fool's gold

Hey!

so i was at the troubadour on thursday night for Wallpaper and Fool's Gold.. it was pretty fun. i noticed how wallpaper gets up very close to the mic and pretty much eats it. i don't particularly like their sound except for more party type situations. and i'm not sure i can really tell what they actually sound like, because auto-tone?tune? takes over everything now. but what i could catch of actually human voice was nothing amazingly good, but entertaining. i'm not sure if it's just the concert environment, but everything was more shouted and forced, to the point where veins were showing and it seemed like a lot of tension was building up.
Fool's Gold was better, although their songs were literally 10 minutes or longer each, mostly instrumental. nice groove though, and when they did sing, there seemed to be tension in their faces... i'm not sure if that was just a face for emotion or if that tension was actually there in the tongue or jaw. either way, it was really fun, and i was quite deaf after.

Hey

Hey everyone!

I'm so glad that I finally figured out how to use this blog!

I feel like everyone has been getting sick recently, and unfortunately I think I am starting to get the flu too. Would you sing when you are sick? Obviously not when you have a soar throat, but how about like a runny nose and coughs? Is it okay as long as you know you're using the right way to sing?

See you all in class later!

Best,

Kavinee

Yeah!! I got the invitation finally!!!!

Hey Guys! How is everything going?

When I practice, I found out that I have problem with the transition from chest voice to head voice. Do you guys have any helpful hints or do you guys have the same problem as I do?

I will see you guys on Thursday!

Have a great day!

April

Two Different Voices

Hey everyone,

So I've been noticing that I sound really different - like two different people - when I sing low notes and when I sing high notes. I'm a soprano and the high notes come easier to me than the low ones, but I feel like I don't sound like myself talking with either. When I sing high notes, I feel like I sound like I did in high school choir - you know, soft and shaky. And then when I sing low notes (according to my roommate, who took MPVA 141 with me), I sound like I'm talking more. But not in my regular voice. Anyway, I keep thinking about how we're supposed to sound like ourselves talking when we sing. And I practice reading the lyrics before singing. Only I still don't think I sound like me, the way I sounded naturally, before choir. Anyone have the same problem / advice?

i am finally on the blog!!! woohoo! i'm also upset that i didn't sign on earlier since i LOVE bruno mars (gotta support the hawaiian boy!)

i'm going to blog about a relatively obvious topic: the influence of pop music on voice. as part of an a cappella group, i often feel that the need to follow the rules of good and healthy singing are not as important, especially because a lot of a cappella is replicating sounds and encompassing the feeling of the music with only voices. even when you listen to mainstream pop artists, you find that very few, if any, of them follow the rules of good singing themselves. now i know that this is a stylistic choice made by the artists, record labels, and consumers which does not necessarily need to be carried forth into the more classical styles of voice training, but i find myself so used to these bad habits that i can't shake them. even if i do work on fostering good habits when singing less contemporary pieces/showtunes/what we work on in class, i can't carry these sounds/ideas forward when i'm singing for myself. is there a specific place and time for singing with these rules, or should we always use them no matter what we're singing?