You: Finding Length
How often do you think about posture? Trying to make your posture better, complaining about it, and/or working on it? For many of us this is a common preoccupation. We know we look and feel better when we are in…
Repost: Friday Focus – Alignment in Pursuit of Sound
This post is an oldie but goodie on why alignment matters for voicing. Let me know what you think. Over the past few Fridays, we have explored, in brief, the structure of the vocal instrument. Now we come to the…
Disrupt: Pain In The Neck
Imagine this. The alarm rings and you reach for the stop or snooze button (no judgments here). Maybe that's when you notice it, your neck is not right. It isn't until you sit up that you understand the extent of…
Observe: S curves
No one argues about the importance of the spine. It is the centerpiece of the whole skeletal system but is not a rigid centerpiece. The spine is designed to articulate in every direction with its most limited mobility points being…
Perform: Lift Weights
We've talked about hands before, notably what to do with them as you perform. One of the problems is that our arms and hands are perfectly willing to telegraph our emotional state. So, if you are feeling frenetic your hand…
Acquire: Adjust Your Profile
Whenever I talk to people about breathing, I watch them adjust their posture. Usually this involves some straightening of the torso with culminates in a hard shift of the shoulders backward. I suppose it is great that we correlate breathing…
Observe: Sitz
We spend a lot of time sitting down. Unarguably too much time. Since we do it so often, we really should consider the body's alignment in the sitting position. Did you know that our pelvis provides a fabulous pair of…
Acquire: Say what you mean
I realize that I speak about Intention a lot, and I'm going to do it again. Many of you ask me how to keep your thoughts on track, how to keep from forgetting what you want to say, or even…
Friday Focus: A Week in the Body
This is my 50th post! I wanted to commemorate the moment so I decided this was a great week to take you into my voice practice and how I manage this instrument. This is not a common week because I…
Friday Focus: Poise
I was at a networking breakfast last week where, as you do, I was giving my elevator pitch and starting conversations with strangers. This morning, in particular, I noted how many people associate voice production with "good" posture. I can see…