The Word of the Year has become my favorite New Year’s ritual. I wrote the article below 11(!) years ago when it was still a relatively new discovery for me. You’ll feel my enthusiasm around this practice of choosing a single word to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Singing is something you learn to do, just like anything else. Some people learn it quickly and it comes easily to them while others learn more slowly and have to be coached and practice the basics more to “get it”, but people are made for singing – and if you want to, you too […]
Driving the 5 hours back today, this New Years Day, from New York City to my home in New Hampshire with my kids, I spent most of the trip obsessively working out a problem in my head.
I have been using the online freebees of a wonderful business coach over the last few years named Christine […]
So much fun to sing with everyone – a wonderful group of people. Brave New Singers!
Each time I lead one of these workshops I am amazed at how powerful a connection we all form in such a short time. There’s something about the way that […]