If a singer can’t get their voice to move the way they want it to, it’s often not for lack of talent—their voice may just need more room to move. Myofascial release strategies can provide just that.
Myofascial release exercises can promote fuller range of motion for your breathing anatomy and promote ease and efficiency for your breath support system.
Myofascial release promotes improved range of motion and flow throughout the human movement system, including our vocal anatomy.
Timothée Chalamet does not wish to work in a field propped up on life support rather than sustained by the love and support of enthusiastic audiences. Neither do the rest of us.
Don’t assume things can be swiftly changed just because it seems obvious that they ought to be. But also don’t assume that things can’t be changed, just because the prospect feels overwhelming.
“Empathy” is a word that has lately been receiving rather casual treatment, like we’re all in agreement about what it means… but perhaps we aren’t.
Artists are, by and large, progressives. We believe in equal rights for women, civil rights for LGBTQ individuals, and fair representation on our stages. Saudi Arabia’s rulers do not, and Metropolitan Opera artists should not be compelled to perform for them.
My generation bore witness to extraordinary social progress. It is traumatizing to now see those with status, power, and money leveraging their resources to vigorously and viciously reverse that extraordinary social progress.
Free, expressive singing requires both skill and focused, uncomplicated conviction. I would argue that the conviction part is more significant than than the skill part.
Resistance training is a dance with gravity. Practiced mindfully, it can enhance the quality, power, range, and expressive potential of all our movements.
If you are unaware that something horrific is being done to you, you cannot defend yourself. You cannot advocate for yourself, or advocate for change. Your only option is to numb yourself against the misery while weaving stories about how everything happens for a reason.
It’s one thing to know about anatomy in the abstract, but quite another to apply that knowledge to the training of someone else’s anatomy, given that each of our bodies is unique.