Sam! Good work. I love your rich tone! One thing that I noticed was that you were running out of breath often at the end of phrases. I think you were taking low breaths, deep breaths, now it is just a matter of keeping them suspended throughout the phrase. Don't take the good breath and then let it deflate, ride it through the phrase. (Haha, easier said then done I know :) ) Great job!
I think if I were to do this performance again I would emphasize having more energy in my face. It looks like I'm about to fall asleep at some points. Also, I think that I would strive for more release in my 'o' vowels because they don't seem to have the same timbre that some of the other vowels do. I also constricted a little at the end of one of the final phrases. Having better posture would probably help me get a fuller breath.
Samuel Meredith, you have a deep, velvety voice. I feel like when you go to your high notes you are engaging more muscles than you really need to. Just let air be available, like a buffet for your voice, and pay particular attention to how your voice uses it during the high notes don't let it skip out on eating and go off your voice and reach and grab with extra muscles. It is way too easy for us to get caught up on how high a note is instead of what we need to provide our voice with in order to get it. They don't get a special menu, they get the same vowel and space as the rest of your notes which means you have to be ready for them with your very first note of the phrase. It would help you a lot if you improved your posture and gave energy and feeling as you sing. Think about increasing your energy as your breath leaves your body. that way something is replacing it and that will help you not to readjust your energy level before every phrase.
Sam! Awesome! I see greatness in you. Funny thing, I'm noticing that when you breath your jaw is completely released! Look at it! It's far more open and released than when you sing! Try and get your jaw to have the same released sensation when you sing as when you inhale. That would make your vowels carry so well. I also feel like your face needs more energy, especially in the eyes. This will sound weird, but I feel that you need to bring the resonance higher into the mask of the face, and I can see that it's stopping below eye level. Unicorn! That's what you need, the unicorn resonance. I can't get it yet. So I won't tell you how. Ask Liz. But ya, there's definitely resonant spaces that you haven't tapped into yet and when you do boy howdy! That's gunna be big.
You have such a beautiful and mature sound. The resonance was good and you have nice control of forward placement. At the end of phrases you tended to grasp for air. I know its hard when singing Handel, but maybe you can try just practicing where you are going to take your breaths. I agree with Sarah Bernay, let your face have more energy and enjoyment.
Great resonance. The placement of the vowel is very good. There is some tightness when you go for high notes. Just let it fall out of your mouth instead of reach for it. There was some gaspy breathing. Breathe on the gesture of inhalation. Some more expression would be nice but its different when there isn't an audience and your singing to a camera.
Sam! Good work. I love your rich tone! One thing that I noticed was that you were running out of breath often at the end of phrases. I think you were taking low breaths, deep breaths, now it is just a matter of keeping them suspended throughout the phrase. Don't take the good breath and then let it deflate, ride it through the phrase. (Haha, easier said then done I know :) ) Great job!
ReplyDeleteI think if I were to do this performance again I would emphasize having more energy in my face. It looks like I'm about to fall asleep at some points. Also, I think that I would strive for more release in my 'o' vowels because they don't seem to have the same timbre that some of the other vowels do. I also constricted a little at the end of one of the final phrases. Having better posture would probably help me get a fuller breath.
ReplyDeleteSamuel Meredith, you have a deep, velvety voice. I feel like when you go to your high notes you are engaging more muscles than you really need to. Just let air be available, like a buffet for your voice, and pay particular attention to how your voice uses it during the high notes don't let it skip out on eating and go off your voice and reach and grab with extra muscles. It is way too easy for us to get caught up on how high a note is instead of what we need to provide our voice with in order to get it. They don't get a special menu, they get the same vowel and space as the rest of your notes which means you have to be ready for them with your very first note of the phrase. It would help you a lot if you improved your posture and gave energy and feeling as you sing. Think about increasing your energy as your breath leaves your body. that way something is replacing it and that will help you not to readjust your energy level before every phrase.
ReplyDeleteSam! Awesome! I see greatness in you. Funny thing, I'm noticing that when you breath your jaw is completely released! Look at it! It's far more open and released than when you sing! Try and get your jaw to have the same released sensation when you sing as when you inhale. That would make your vowels carry so well. I also feel like your face needs more energy, especially in the eyes. This will sound weird, but I feel that you need to bring the resonance higher into the mask of the face, and I can see that it's stopping below eye level. Unicorn! That's what you need, the unicorn resonance. I can't get it yet. So I won't tell you how. Ask Liz. But ya, there's definitely resonant spaces that you haven't tapped into yet and when you do boy howdy! That's gunna be big.
ReplyDeleteYou have such a beautiful and mature sound. The resonance was good and you have nice control of forward placement. At the end of phrases you tended to grasp for air. I know its hard when singing Handel, but maybe you can try just practicing where you are going to take your breaths. I agree with Sarah Bernay, let your face have more energy and enjoyment.
ReplyDeleteGreat resonance. The placement of the vowel is very good. There is some tightness when you go for high notes. Just let it fall out of your mouth instead of reach for it. There was some gaspy breathing. Breathe on the gesture of inhalation. Some more expression would be nice but its different when there isn't an audience and your singing to a camera.
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