Luke! Good work bud! I loved how emotionally connected you were, it was great! My main commentary for you is that I think you could release your jaw more, especially on the "e" vowels. They feel bit musical theater ;) If you open your mouth more and give them space to ring they will be a lot richer and more operatic. I have this problem too and something that helps me is the tootsie roll thing that Cindy does because it forces me to create more space in the back of my mouth for the vowels! Great job Luke!
Thanks for your comment Sarah! I realized that I didn't post my self assessment for this video so I'll attach it here: My main comment for myself is that my phrases weren't shaped the way I wanted. Some of it is this bad recording, but some of my notes were sausage shaped instead of getting straight to the vowel sound. Also I pooped out at the end instead of going for the high notes. The runs at the end weren't very clear either. :( "bene" sounds like "bin-e" sometimes and I need to make the 'e' vowel more pure. Well, I still have a lot to work on, but I've come a long way...
Luke, I see that you've been working on your upright posture, it looks great! However, I feel as if you aren't allowing your rib cage to expand, and maintain the gesture of the inhale. I think this would help to release the unwanted tension in your voice, and even fix those spots where there are intonation problems. I think the intonation problems are really due to breath management, and lack of energy. But, don't fret! There are many good things that are happening, and I can see the improvement.
I think the posture you have lends itself to good breathing. you gave your rib cage good space to expand, but a lot of the breaths still involved the shoulders and I think that robbed your tone of some of its potential energy at certain points. There were also some problems with intonation especially towards the end of the piece that will probably be fixed with better breathing. I really liked the emotional involvement in the piece, though.
Lukey! I want a greater sense of movement in your voice and body. It seemed like your concern for singing well and getting it all right inhibited your movement with the flow of the music. Maybe you just need to give yourself permission to fail! I think with greater freedom, your pitch problems would be improved. Generally well balanced sound that is very enjoyable. I notice your musical theater singingness comes out on [u] vowels. Perhaps more back space? I don't know how to fix that... On ascending intervals, I want you to land on the top note, not climb up to it. It's definitely not super heavy, but those high notes could be lighter. #rockstar
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ReplyDeleteLuke! Good work bud! I loved how emotionally connected you were, it was great! My main commentary for you is that I think you could release your jaw more, especially on the "e" vowels. They feel bit musical theater ;) If you open your mouth more and give them space to ring they will be a lot richer and more operatic. I have this problem too and something that helps me is the tootsie roll thing that Cindy does because it forces me to create more space in the back of my mouth for the vowels! Great job Luke!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Sarah!
ReplyDeleteI realized that I didn't post my self assessment for this video so I'll attach it here:
My main comment for myself is that my phrases weren't shaped the way I wanted. Some of it is this bad recording, but some of my notes were sausage shaped instead of getting straight to the vowel sound. Also I pooped out at the end instead of going for the high notes. The runs at the end weren't very clear either. :( "bene" sounds like "bin-e" sometimes and I need to make the 'e' vowel more pure. Well, I still have a lot to work on, but I've come a long way...
Luke, I see that you've been working on your upright posture, it looks great! However, I feel as if you aren't allowing your rib cage to expand, and maintain the gesture of the inhale. I think this would help to release the unwanted tension in your voice, and even fix those spots where there are intonation problems. I think the intonation problems are really due to breath management, and lack of energy. But, don't fret! There are many good things that are happening, and I can see the improvement.
ReplyDeleteI think the posture you have lends itself to good breathing. you gave your rib cage good space to expand, but a lot of the breaths still involved the shoulders and I think that robbed your tone of some of its potential energy at certain points. There were also some problems with intonation especially towards the end of the piece that will probably be fixed with better breathing. I really liked the emotional involvement in the piece, though.
ReplyDeleteLukey!
ReplyDeleteI want a greater sense of movement in your voice and body. It seemed like your concern for singing well and getting it all right inhibited your movement with the flow of the music. Maybe you just need to give yourself permission to fail! I think with greater freedom, your pitch problems would be improved. Generally well balanced sound that is very enjoyable. I notice your musical theater singingness comes out on [u] vowels. Perhaps more back space? I don't know how to fix that... On ascending intervals, I want you to land on the top note, not climb up to it. It's definitely not super heavy, but those high notes could be lighter.
#rockstar