Discord Office Hours Nov. 11th: warm ups on Spotify
[11:03 AM] Let's get started
[11:04 AM] Today I definitely need a good vocal work out!
[11:04 AM] I pretty much always start with lip trill sirens for a few minutes
[11:05 AM] It's nice because I can do it anywhere really. I'm doing it while typing right now! I lip trill on any comfortable pitches while getting my space set up - maybe while making a cup of tea, or clearing my piano of clutter.
/@J/ I've gotten a lot better at trilling since I started lessons.
[11:09 AM] It is hands down my favorite exercise!
[11:09 AM] I found some new exercises on Spotify!
[11:09 AM] I'll put a link in the chat
[11:11 AM] I'm going to do a few exercises from this album: https://open.spotify.com/album/5GorfkQpmey0rPzYIcVx1u?si=uCFeRz4fRk2z10zqEP_kNQ
[11:11 AM] Jeannie Deva is a well known voice teacher who has published many books so I expect the exercises to be good.
[11:12 AM]I'm starting with track 4
/@J/ Great! I just tried waving my arms and shaking my hands when I was thrilling and it was a lot of fun.
[11:14 AM] I appreciate that she spends time to demonstrate do's and don'ts and explaining the sensations the singers should be looking for
[11:15 AM] I agree with everything she just said for track 4.
/@J/ Very similar to your exercises.
[11:19 AM] Yes! I know where she's coming from and what she's wanting to accomplish from singers. It's all same musculature that hasn't changed for millenia, ha ha!
[11:20 AM] I really enjoy hearing other voice teachers teach because they'll explain the same concept in their own way and I learn from that too. Hopefully my students enjoy hearing different perspectives that have the same end goal.
[11:20 AM] That's why I would probably recommend this album to my students. But, I want to hear more from Deva......
[11:21 AM] I'm letting the album play on. I'm on track 7 now.
/@J/ on Spotify I just went to a really great jazzy track from Ken Burton's vocal exercises. I'll go back to track 7 now, but this Ken Burton thing is awesome.
/11:25 AM/ Oh! please link the Ken Burton if you can! I want to try that album!
/@J/ https://open.spotify.com/album/4IHHdTA3IbCkAyczlBc4q2?si=3yrp8vbfQbGnFg9Na-Qcjw
[11:26 AM] I'm on Deva's track 10 now. This is the last one I'm going to do from her album.
[11:28 AM] I'm stretching when she's talking. Feels good to get some blood flowing in between the singing parts.
[11:33 AM] That was an interesting last track. Practicing holding vowel shapes is good work for singers. I believe her goal in alternating an /ng/ sound is to help move the air and sound forward for each of the vowels.
[11:33 AM] Still, with the first half of the Deva album the range is pretty limited. I need some more exercising for my voice so I'm going to move onto the Ken Burton album @J recommended.
[11:34 AM] I feel like my breathing is ready to go so I'm starting with "Loose the Jaw"
[11:36 AM] Whew! That was FUN!
/@J/ Yeah!
[11:39 AM] Start a Sound exercise is about onset
[11:45 AM] Open Up the Voice is also FUN!!
[11:45 AM] challenging but it felt really good
[11:52 AM] The track Stretch the Range is fantastic and Classically focused.
/@J/ I loved that.
[11:54 AM] Arpeggiate is Classically focused and also great!
[11:55 AM] More about Ken Burton https://www.kenburton.com/about
[11:57 AM] Phew! That was just what I needed! I've got to wrap it up and head to a lesson, but I hope everybody had as good of a time as I did this morning.
/@J/ Yes!
[11:59 AM] Final note on the Ken Burton album - I really, really like the backing music. It made the whole thing just a blast to do. I kept thinking "Gee, this feels like I'm in an exercise class at the YMCA!" and then I looked at the album cover and he calls himself a "personal trainer." It's a perfect description. So glad we got to explore it together today!
[11:59 AM] Thanks for letting us know about it, @J!