This is something we do: 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month we get together and improvise music together. We start Drum Circle style and then see where the magic takes us. You never know!
What’s really cool about this is that musicians, and people with absolutely NO musical experience can play together. The games and […]
Most of us would agree music is good for us; it’s fun and important. It’s a great mood regulator. Music is comforting us when we’re down and cheers us on when we’re happy.
Music energizes us, motivating us to exercise, clean the house and buy things […]
I use improvisation all the time in my singing workshops and lessons because it is through improvisation that we can get comfortable with our voices, and into a state where we can really explore from a place of non-judgmental […]
This photo is from an article about babies and imitation. Imitation is a key skill for both beginning and experienced singers for some of the same reason that it helps babies learn – interesting!
Everybody deserves to sing! People have been singing for […]
I often hear “non-singers” say that they are tone deaf. If there is such a thing as tone-deafness I’ve never met anyone who actually suffers from it. “With life-long certainty I told Nancy I was tone-deaf and within two minutes she had me matching a note she […]
I came across this powerful video today about a series of choruses in England for people experiencing mental illness – it’s part of a program is called the “East Kent Singing for Health Network”. I think this is a pretty extraordinary organization – I’m impressed with how they think about singing in England – community singing seems much […]
Check out this blues improv. It says so much! The value of listening and responding unselfconciously – this is what we learn to do at Music for People. The guidebook for the program is called Return to Child. How cool to sing so unselfconsciously! And to be able to connect so […]
The little band I’m in, “Crabgrass” played it’s first open mike last week at Fritz’s. Fun! If you, either on your own or with friends, learn how to sing even just a few songs, an open mike is a good way to get out there, if […]
Can you see how amazing it is what Bobby McFerrin is doing here? From his totally centered place in the middle of thousands of people, he is invites everybody to play with him. He doesn’t ask them if they can – he assumes they can – and of course they can! By sharing his own soulful […]
A couple of weeks ago we completed our first IndieGoGo fundraising campaign to help support my new project – the Fear of Singing Workbook/CD. It turned out to be an amazing experience on a variety of levels.
First, the obvious. We raised almost $3,500 (including donations made through the IndieGogo site and off-line donations) and this will […]