This ebook, An Alexander Technique Approach to Singing (Singers’) Technique, is published on this website in a PDF format. It is very detailed and practical, and it will give you the physical tools you need to take the limits off of your ability to create the accurate singing technique you want without sacrificing your body.
This ebook is also for sale on all AMAZON websites in a KINDLE format.
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IT IS EASY TO BE A GREAT SINGER. IT IS HARD TO NOT LET YOURSELF BE A GREAT SINGER. I really enjoy being on the flip side of what most people believe is true. What I mean, is that “common sense” says it’s hard to become an extraordinary singer, and it is easy to be a mediocre singer.
It is the opposite! Let me explain. If you are singing two hours or more a day, why not become extraordinary? There is a cause and effect thing happening here. What you expect of yourself as you sing – how you sing, and whether you’re choosing the best technique (most effortless way to sing), will determine whether you’re standing still as you sing, or are choosing a way to make singing a place to fully express yourself with ease.
Whether it’s conscious or unconscious, I believe most singers believe it is much harder work to become a fine singer, than muddle through being an average singer. There are two major considerations here that show it is much harder not to be as good as you can be.
The first is, if you are an average singer, do you have the potential to be a great singer. If you have the potential to be a great singer, and you’re practicing consistently, and you’re hiding this from yourself, THEN YOU ARE IN PAIN.
Why? Because if you really love singing and your repertoire, and you’re muddling through, isn’t this an attack on yourself? What I mean, is that if you know what you would love to hear coming out of your throat, but all you’re offering yourself is pain, strain, struggle, and boring interpretations, this is incredibly unloving, when you could do infinitely better.
The second major unloving thing a singer can do to him or herself, is to believe it is too hard to be as good as want to be and can be. “Too hard” is based 100% on a lie. IT IS TOO HARD NOT TO SING SMART, SO THAT YOU ELIMINATE ALL OF YOUR TECHNIQUE WEAKNESSES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BY CHOOSING A TECHNIQUE AND POSTURE THAT MAKE SINGING EASY.
But this isn’t all, when it comes to beliefs that make being extraordinary singing too hard. When I was an aspiring concert guitarist, I was told that I had to think about the guitar ALL OF THE TIME, if I wanted to be one of the best concert guitarists. WHAT A CRUEL THING TO TEACH A KID!
I believe there are a whole lot of singers out there that believe smart limited practice sessions aren’t enough. That if you want to be any good, you have to eat, sleep, drink, and think singing 24/7. I can’t think of a quicker way to burn out a singer, than to NEVER get away from singing.
PRACTICE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF HOURS WITH INCREDIBLY CLEAR AND SMART GOALS WITHOUT SACRIFICING OUR BODY, AND “PUT THE VOICE DOWN” WHEN YOU’RE NOT SINGING OR PRACTICING IN YOUR HEAD.
When you “put the voice down” most of the day, then it is psychologically and emotionally possible to commit 100% to effortless singing when you “pick the voice up”. Then it will be easy to be a wonderful singer without exhausting yourself or attacking yourself by muddling through in your designated finite practice time.
