by Michael Mayer | Feb 18, 2015 | Career Development, Singing Success Tips
A very important aspect of our life as a singer is to celebrate our successes. This is true in any endeavor. Whether sports, arts, business. We need to celebrate our successes, even small ones, to reinforce that we are moving in the right direction. There are several...
by Michael Mayer | Feb 14, 2015 | Articles, Career Development, Mental-Physical Relation, Performance Anxiety, Singing Success Tips
There is a great benefit to using a mirror in your practice. Actually, there are benefits on more than one level. You might be familiar with using a mirror in your practice to observe various aspects of yourself while you sing. The obvious things we can use this for...
by Michael Mayer | Nov 29, 2014 | Career Development, David Jones, Promotions, Singing Success Tips, Testimonial
First, I want to wish everyone a (belated) Happy Thanksgiving. Even those who don’t observe this US holiday, I still send my wishes to you. Because when you wish someone a Happy Thanksgiving what you are really doing is expressing to them your own thanks for what they...
by Michael Mayer | Dec 17, 2012 | Performance Anxiety, Singing Success Tips
I have recently discovered a TV show on Paladia music channel called “Live from Daryl’s House”. It is an interesting concept, each episode is a live jam session of a guest artist with Hall and Oates founder Daryl Hall at his upstate New York house....
by Michael Mayer | Nov 29, 2012 | Singing Success Tips
I learned today of the passing of motivational speaker Zig Ziglar yesterday. I admit I am not an avid reader of his material, but I did read a couple of his books when I was in college. And when I have come across his quotes I have always found them helpful. In fact,...
by Michael Mayer | Apr 18, 2012 | Singing Success Tips
Singing Success Tips is a series of posts discussing non-vocal aspects of being a successful singer. “You can avoid reality. But you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” – Ayn Rand I saw this quote the other day and thought it is...