by Michael Mayer | Mar 28, 2018 | Facial Resonance, Lamperti, Mask, Nasal Resonance, Placement
G. B. Lamperti was a historical voice teacher that left many lessons through the book Vocal Wisdom. I feel these are the most accurate teachings we have available to us and I try to explain the concepts in these video lessons. In this one I address Lamperti’s...
by Michael Mayer | Sep 6, 2017 | Lamperti, Placement, Resonance
G.B. Lamperti is a pedagogue that I have used as a reference since early in my vocal development. The book “Vocal Wisdom” is a compilation of his teaching from notes taken by his student William Earl Brown. There are so many valuable insights and concepts...
by Michael Mayer | Feb 2, 2017 | Facial Resonance, Mask, Nasal Resonance, Placement, Q&A
I recently received a question asking about “all aspects of placement”. I have talked about this topic quite a bit over the years because it is often recommended but not well understood how it happens. Here is a post about it from several years ago to get a basic idea...
by Michael Mayer | Nov 16, 2011 | Facial Resonance, Placement, Q&A
I have been having contradictions about “voice placement“, some encouraging forward placement during singing, while others even stating that there is nothing like placement, either forward or ‘backward‘. Plus, I have been trying to train my soprano and tenor singers...