Charisma is "the art of enchanting others". So says a common saying. For the speaking voice, experiments have shown: a distinctive speech melody has a more convincing effect on other people than average voices - and more seductive. The effect of speech melody becomes vocal art in the sung word. However, the charisma of the singing voice is not only based on its ability to melodically ...
Practicing is the be-all and end-all of becoming good. For many singing beginners, however, practicing also raises completely new, practical questions: How does my neighbor react when I sing loudly in my apartment - or don't sing, but instead sing up and down in the same tone levels over and over again? What is the best way to regulate ...
An important focus in singing lessons is the vocal sound. We deal intensively with the question: How can we change our oral cavity in such a way that we produce the best possible resonance depending on the vowel? It is often underestimated how important it is to train the muscles that are responsible for the formation of consonants. While the resonance ...
They are iconic, those extremely high notes sopranos sing in some operatic arias. They are notes with which the singers ascend in chordal steps to dizzying heights, penetrating and of brilliant clarity. One of the most famous examples is the aria of the Queen of the Night from Mozart's "Magic Flute". Here we see up close the soprano Diana Damrau, ...
The Whistle Register: The Secrets of Whistle Notes Read more "
Often singer-songwriters are more appreciated than singers who sing cover songs. Many think that singing a song is not particularly creative, even if they admire the vocal performance. But this way of thinking is based on a misconception. A good singer does not simply imitate a cover song. She makes it her own, her own song. Many stars in ...
Today I am addressing all of you who have not yet stood on stage and are wondering what the first steps there might be. Many of my singing students have developed a solid singing technique and know what kind of music they want to make and for which audience. They sing in choirs, in bands ...
You want to go on stage? First steps for singers Read more "
Have you ever tried to sing like that: with a full voice in a high register? We hear it all the time in rock and pop music, in soul, heavy metal or independent music: these high notes, full of power, passion, on the edge. This is "belting", a quality of sound or singing style that always captivates the audience.
I went on stage. Today was my record release concert, at the Frannz Club in Berlin. I had rehearsed a lot with my band Red On Blue in preparation for the big day, but I still had stage fright. During the last sound check, I had draped the lyrics of a few of my songs on the stage, near my ...
From time to time, singing students with previous classical experience come to my singing studio. They had previously taken classical singing lessons, but actually don't want to sing classical repertoire, but rock or pop songs. They have found that they cannot sing the songs with their classical singing technique or that their vocal "sound" does not suit them. Why is that? And ...
One singing technique for everything? Classical versus popular singing Read more "
"When I sing I always have a frog in my throat", "I'm still so slimy": I often hear that from my singing students. Do you also know that your voice is so busy? It's annoying, and maybe you wish that your throat was really dry for once, that your voice was completely free of "mucus", so that your notes could be ...
The parents of girls are often irritated when they hear that I only teach adults or teenagers after the voice change. They assume that voice change only occurs in boys. This is about as far-fetched as believing that only boys go through puberty. This blog post is about the question of ...
