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The Slump No One Talks About (and How to Survive It)
🎤The Unforgettable Singer Newsletter 🇫🇷Français en Bas👇 Here's what I'm scatting about this week : The Slump! Hey Reader, I think one of the hardest things we have to do as professionals in the entertainment field is to remain positive throughout our career. Let’s face it, we typically receive more no’s than we do yes’s and that is if we even get a response at all. We are often met with crickets….. meaning no feedback as to why our audition submission didn’t land the job.This can leave you...
The Non-Negotiable Rule of Being a Professional Performer
🎤The Unforgettable Singer Newsletter 🇫🇷Français en Bas👇 Here's what I'm scatting about this week : Know thyself! Hey Reader, There’s so many pieces to the puzzle of being a working performer. But once you’ve gotten the basics (vocal technique, style and stage technique) the thing you’ll need to know is what conditions you need in order to do your best work. For example, how long do you need the material you are performing in advance in order to kill it on stage? Do you need recordings or...
Stop Avoiding Imitation—Here’s Why the Greats All Did It
🎤The Unforgettable Singer Newsletter 🇫🇷Français en Bas👇 Here's what I'm scatting about this week : Copy your idols! Hey Reader, One of the strangest things I’d ever heard when moving to France was that it’s best not to copy other singers. Say what???? I’d especially heard this from teachers telling students. I was shocked. How was one to ever come close to greatness if one has to re-invent the wheel? All the greats I’ve listened to always had remnants of other greats. They took what they...
What Samara Joy Can Teach You About Vocal Mastery
🎤The Unforgettable Singer Newsletter 🇫🇷Français en Bas👇 Here's what I'm scatting about this week : Expectations! Hey Reader, I’m always in awe of those singers who bang out flawless performances one after another. I’m talking about those singers who have both technical prowess, stage presence, and style for days. One such singer is Samara Joy. This 25-year-old, 5 time grammy winner is changing the face of jazz along with some of her colleagues such as Jazzmeia Horn, Michael Mayo and Cécile...
Think You’re Not Progressing? You Might Be Wrong
🎤The Unforgettable Singer Newsletter 🇫🇷Français en Bas👇 Here's what I'm scatting about this week : No Progress? Hey Reader, Whenever I greet a student I always ask how they are doing and how their voice is doing. This is standard and seemingly just small talk but in fact it gives me important information that will help me decide which direction I will take for the class. You see while I have long term goals for each student, I MUST take into consideration the current physical condition of the...
The Shocking truth about Auto-tune🎤
🎤The Unforgettable Singer Newsletter 🇫🇷Français en Bas👇 Here's what I'm scatting about this week : Auto-tune Hey Reader, I recently had a student tell me that vocal technique was overrated because there’s auto-tune and that there are lots of popular artists that don’t even sing in tune. OOOOH that got me hot, so let’s un pack this. Firstly, I won’t name the artists the student talked about cause I think that’s rude. You never know where someone is on their vocal journey or more importantly...
The Unusual Listening Ritual That Fuels My Creativity
🎤The Unforgettable Singer Newsletter 🇫🇷Français en Bas👇 Here's what I'm scatting about this week : Fall in the rabbit hole! Hey Reader, How often do you take time to explore other singers? Do you take the time to REALLY listen to singers you’ve never heard before or typically wouldn’t listen to in order to see what all the fuss is about? Every couple of months I allow myself to fall down a rabbit hole of checking out things on YouTube and on Spotify. I just let the browser take me wherever....
Want to Sing? Here’s the Sign You’ve Been Waiting For
🎤The Unforgettable Singer Newsletter 🇫🇷Français en Bas👇 Here's what I'm scatting about this week : To Sing or Not to Sing? Hey Reader, More times than I can count, I meet people who tell me that they dream of singing but never take the plunge. I even get people who tell me that they want to take lessons with me but they don’t dare do it because they don’t know how to sing yet. What the what????? I’m not sure what the stigma that surrounds singing is that keeps people from doing something so...
The Summer Survival Guide for Singers
🎤The Unforgettable Singer Newsletter 🇫🇷Français en Bas👇 Here's what I'm scatting about this week : Hotter Than July Hey Reader, Hey I don’t know where you are but if you’re in France at the moment it is literally hot as h$ll! I figured this would be a good time to discuss how extreme heat can adversely affect your voice. While I love the summer (it’s my favourite season) and the warm weather, it does come with a few downsides for us singers. Here’s what you’ll want to do to stay in great...
🎤 So You Want to Be a Musician? Read This First
🎤The Unforgettable Singer Newsletter 🇫🇷Français en Bas👇 Here's what I'm scatting about this week : Plan B Hey Reader, For some reason, even the coolest and most understanding parents on the planet want their kids to have a plan B when it comes to being a professional musician. This seems like a good idea, even a logical one because after all how many people do you know that are as successful as Beyoncé or Michael Jackson??? In fact, do most parents know anyone who is a successful musician?...