Casper Babypants Strikes Again ES060
Every Sing
Chris Ballew - aka Casper Babypants and lead singer of the band Presidents of the USA - gave us so many great takeaways about why we sing, in his interview in Jan 2018 - almost 3 years ago. I had to bring it back to your attention. You'll be inspired by the deep messages about Chris's journey from the top of the industry in PUSA to becoming a children's singer.
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Tears and Vulnerability with Lisa Horst Clark ES059
Every Sing
In this episode we begin to look at the pros and cons of vulnerability for the singer/performer and for the audience. Lisa advises us, preach from your scars, not from your wounds.
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Facing Denial About Singing ES058
Every Sing
Is it possible that society's denial of singing is perhaps based in individual's fears around their own singing! It is easier to act like singing isn't important than to face the fears that most of us have around singing.
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Singing is Healing with Constanza Roeder ES057
Every Sing
Constanza Roeder came back for a 2nd time to share the incredible value of singing for healing. (hear her full story in Ep. 41)
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Can Menopause Affect the Singing Voice ES056
Every Sing
During the menopausal transition, which can start ten years before menopause and last for several more years after, there will be times when hormones fluctuate substantially from day to day. The voice, unfortunately, can seem unreliable and unpredictable because of the hormone roller coaster.
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Sing for Life with Jeanne Kelly ES054
Every Sing
Jeanne Kelly feels so strongly about her favorite thing to say, "sing for life," that she founded the non-profit Encore Creativity for Older Adults. The main emphasis of the organization is choirs for 55+ year olds from 28 different states. Encore Choirs understand the benefits of singing for each person, and helps seniors sing, through non-auditioned ensembles.
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Choir Go Forth and UnMute ES053
Every Sing
Singers can't meet. We are in the middle of a pandemic of an airborne virus. But choirs are essential. So how can we keep singing.
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Singing is Essential with Dr. Lynne Gackle ES052
Every Sing
Dr. Lynne Gackle is President of the American Choral Directors Association, author of the book Finding Ophelia's Voice, Opening Ophelia's Heart: Nurturing the Adolescent Female Voice: An Exploration of the Physiological, Psychological, and Musical Developments of Female Students, and Director of choral activities Baylor University.
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Why Singing is More Than Performing ES055
Every Sing
According Lynn Helding in her book, The Musician’s Mind, “One of the best techniques shown to sustain motivation and keep attention on track is goal-setting, the conscious act of listing one or several goals that one wishes to reach. On the surface, it can look like giving performances is the main goal of singers. I propose, however, that the performance is way down the list of goals for all singers. There are so many other reasons why a singer sings, and sometimes performing doesn’t even factor in.
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Why We Sing ES051
Every Sing
In this episode of Every Sing podcast, Nancy discusses why we sing, the reason that singing is not the same as performing, who singers are, and asks the question, "Why don't we sing more."
info_outlineES042 Orchestra Enhancement in the Pit w/ Prof David Smith
And a musician, started as a vioilnist, then composer
Dean, School of Professional Studies at NYC College of Technology
David is inspiring right from the start, sharing how motivating his music teacher from his youth was and how it changed his life. Then we go into Moogs and synthesizers in the ‘70s, and finally we land on what a gift his business project is to singers; Realtime Music Solutions.
Every Sing is supported by donations through my patreon site - www.patreon.com/everysing. It is also financed through sales of my books, Singing 101: Vocal Basics and The Teen Girl’s Singing Guide, both available on Amazon. I hope if you are enjoying this show you will help support its continuation through patreon or one of the books.
David has composed incidental/underscoring music for around 150 plays, including the Cincinnati Playhouse’s Christmas Carol which has been playing for decades.
He is a classical symphonic violinist, including playing in the Wolftrap Academy Orchestra.
Got exposed to the Moog Series 3 synthesizer in 1973.
From then was always working within the context of an electronic music studio. His Doctorate is in Composition and Electronic Music.
Was responsible for creating the sounds of avant-garde plays in the 80’s.
David’s specialty is integration of technology into an existing paradigm (19th century symphony), which requires:
Tempo flexibility
Dynamic adjustment
Constrain pitches to those in the score
This means that someone must be playing the virtual orchestra, the enhancement system, so that it is active and flexible. David explores the limits of Human/Machine Integration and Limitations.
His company does several thousand shows a year, mostly in the amateur market, but also in the professional market.
"The fact is we were coming up with solutions. We would hear, "This is putting people out of jobs," but the fact is if they hadn’t used it, they would have put 300 people out of work.”
RMS.biz - Realtime Music Solutions