I attended Kurt Moll's master class at Zankel Hall last week. It was a revelation. At 72, the veteran bass has the most perfectly coordinated, expressive, and economically produced voice I have ever heard at close range. In fact, I've never even heard anyone come close
Remember Napster? Back in 1999 the only legal way to acquire a recording of a song was purchasing the entire CD that included it. Napster was the first peer-to-peer online file sharing service whereby you could download an MP3 file of any song available on the site, as
I cannot overstate the importance of learning as much as you can about how your instrument is constructed and how it functions. I know this may seem daunting. I myself actually have pretty low aptitude for science! If I can achieve a comprehensive understanding of vocal anatomy, you can, too.
I recently paid a long-overdue visit to Brattleboro, Vermont where I lived for about three years after graduating from Bennington College. I came to Brattleboro a clarinetist and left a singer. While I was there I had countless opportunities to perform as both, often on the same program, as
Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North – meaning that calling or action it most wants to stop us from doing…Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance
My name is Cosmo Lee. I run a heavy metal blog called Invisible Oranges. Believe it or not, not only is heavy metal music, it can also be quite musical. Some of metal's greatest singers are some of rock music's greatest singers. I have been following
Chiaroscuro is an Italian term for a painting technique employing fiercely contrasting light and dark color. It is also commonly used to describe the perfect balance of bright and warm qualities in the singing voice that we all desire. To achieve this, I think our actual practice of singing needs
“When you begin your meditation practice, you experience meditation as one of your activities during the day. Somewhere along the line, a figure-ground reversal takes place, and you begin to experience all of the activities of the day as happening within meditation.” - Shinzen Young While many disciplines can support
A beautiful voice is a free voice. When you find yourself exceptionally moved or dazzled by a singer, it's likely that one of the most significant things you're responding to is how free their voice seems: an effortless flow of sound, unfettered musicality, unrestrained emotional sincerity.