by Michael Mayer | Mar 3, 2010 | Coup de Glotte, Glottis, Larynx, Perfect Attack
I was reading Richard Miller’s Structure of Singing, and he’s down on the phonation style Swedish-Italian uses. Are you familiar with what he says on it? I’m not trashing it, but curious. I was reading about types of onset, and there...
by Michael Mayer | Feb 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
I had a question about something that we discussed during the last lesson. We’ve been talking about allowing the emotional content of the music inform our performance, with the chief example of that being the slight smile which also opens up the nasal...
by Michael Mayer | Feb 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
This is the follow up email exchange from my last blog post. I thought it might be worthwhile to post because I explain these concepts more in...
by Michael Mayer | Feb 9, 2010 | Breathing, Facial Resonance
I would like to ask your advice about something. I’m already back at my homestate, and I have recently returned to my old job. I have a light schedule (9 hours a week) but even so I’m experiencing a greater degree of vocal fatigue than I’m used to....
by Michael Mayer | Feb 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am professional musician in the Ann Arbor area (in that I blessed to make a living doing music); and though my training is principally in keyboard instruments, my current job as a music director at a church requires me to sing frequently as well. I had voice lessons...
by Michael Mayer | Feb 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
The discussion about castrati and their supposed physical advantage made me think. There is one issue about singing ability that has worried me for some time now – I don’t believe it is addressed by many teachers, and I would really like to hear your...
