Singing is in my blood:Deepika INDIA IS a hub of many talented young individuals. From this talent pool Deepika, a singer, is one of the strongest candidate to knock the door of success. Nominated in the year 2009 for young achiever award from Karnataka, Deepika has also won a silver medal in National level rifle shooting representing Karnataka. She recently won the 5th Karmveer Puraskar for Social Justice and Citizen Action Artist for...more
When you have a headache your singing voice has a headache. When your toe hurts it's very hard to sing well. When you have an argument with someone and it bothers you later your singing voice will be negatively affected.Notice I said "singing voice", not just performance. I'm talking about a physical reaction in the vocal cords to problems you are experiencing. Consider this: the guitar player is not the guitar, the drummer is not the drum set,...more
If a singer isn't getting enough breath upon inhalation the "fuel tank' is always nearempty. With a car, we can drive with full power and control until it runs completely out of gas, but for singing, we always need a reserve to call on for high notes. or when we decide at the last minute to hold a note longer than usual, or make it louder. Almost all people breathe "shallow;" meaning they don't fill their lungs completely up on inhalation. ln fact, most "mere mortals" (non-singers) take in about one-half the air they are actually capable of, even though they feel like they're "packing it in." Here are some relevant questionsand answers concerning this problem: (question) "So what are I doing wrong? I take a breath in, your chest rises up and expands when my lungs fill, and I sing until Ineed another breath." You're not doing anything wrong. It's just that there is a better way- a much better way to inhale. The secret lies with something you just said: that your chest rises up when you breathe in. The chest must remain high and still during inhalation. "How can my chest stay still when my lungs are in there? Don't they expand when they fill? Yes, but they expand downward, not up....more
If you keep hearing about the "chest voice", the "head voice" and the "falsetto", and have no idea what these terms mean, read on. Understanding these different parts of your singing voice, and learning to use them are vitally important to the success of your singing. If you start singing an "ah" on the lowest note you can hit, and slide up-up-up...more
Singing Gospel and Harmony Is singing harmony and gospel one of your dreams? To help you learn sing these, some tips are detailed to guide you.Singing can be a difficult skill to master, but harmonizing can be more difficult. Since harmonizing involves synchronizing your voice with the other singer, you need to work hard to sound correctly....more
Pointers for Singing Well There is a saying that goes this way, the more you sing, the more you become better at it. This is a common knowledge and it goes with the saying that practice makes perfect. If you want to know how to sing well, performing some warm up exercises is important.If you wish to learn how to sing better, it is a good idea that you fit in a short warm up every day. It is much better doing a short warm up exercise than none at all. For sure you have few spare moments in a day, where you can do this.Remember that if you are going to do a short warm up, it is a good idea warming up your vocal cords. There is much benefit to be gained through warming up your vocal cords on a daily basis. To sing better, you need to ensure that you relax, control your breath and listen to your sound and pitch. The more you are practicing, the better you can able to sing, though you only do small amounts of practice each time. A few tips are detailed to help learn how to sing better.Warm up. In order to avoid damage and work well, your voice needs a gentle warm up . Singing powerfully without doing a warm up will definitely produce a rough sound and could possibly done damage...more
The Start of the Singing Career Have you dream of starting a singing career during your teenage life? Do you want to know the feeling of having a deafening applause and a thousand of fans? If yes, do something to make singing your...more
Perfect pitch. What is it? Does having it make us better singers? Are we born with it, or can it be learned. Perfect pitch seems to be some mysterious, unexplained mystery power granted to a few lucky humans. Here are some facts and revelations.The...more
Having "perfect pitch" means you can "hear" and sing any note without it being sounded before you sing. Someone says "sing an Ab", and you sing it. No problem. As I wrote in the earlier article, this isn't always a plus for most musicians.So, if you...more
"To belt, or not to belt, this is the question." I don't think Shakespeare wrote this, but that doesn't mean it's not an important question. Singers have forever been told by teachers, coaches, directors and bands to "belt it out." Well, are they...more
Poets and songwriters use self-expressive words often and effectively. For the singer or actor, the trick is to train yourself to recognize those special words quickly and easily, and then to speak or sing them almost reflexively, letting their...more
I'm an older guy now, but I can still remember vividly the time when I was 6, and decided to clean the kitchen while my mother was upstairs. I worked and worked, smiling all the time, imagining how happy my mother would be when she saw what I had...more