by Michael Mayer | Aug 31, 2010 | Function, Instinctive Function, Singing, Villazon
Tim: I guess my evaluation of Rolando Villazon goes back to my days as a basketball coach. I used to have kids who had great skills honed by daily hours spent on the playground. They could really play the game in such a way that it was beautiful just to watch their...
by Michael Mayer | Jun 16, 2010 | Instinctive Function, Perfect Attack, Singing
“If I’m not mistaken, you have mentioned several times that, based in your experience, you consider vocal function to be physiological and to a certain degree innate. Or at least inherent to the physiological reality of the phonating organs. You have also...
by Michael Mayer | Jun 8, 2010 | Singing, Uncategorized
“The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.” — Socrates ——————————————————————— I saw this quote recently...
by Michael Mayer | Mar 31, 2010 | Connection, Singing
Would you, perfect technicians, explain to me why Mr.Jones wrote this article?http://www.voiceteacher.com/renee_fleming.htmlI don’t share your golden ears nor your convinctions and it seems your mentor, Mr. Jones, doesn’t join your voices either. I have...
by Michael Mayer | Mar 25, 2010 | Glottis, Larynx, Perfect Attack, Singing
What puzzles me is…how does she [DiDonato] has control on her voice if she, in your opinion, sings with looseness of air? I mean, her voice would collapse because of the lack of air, or sound strained, and it doesn’t sound strained, nor she has any...
by Michael Mayer | Mar 4, 2010 | Breathing, Singing
I received this feedback from a reader after I answered some of their questions with a recording to demonstrate what I was talking about. I thought some of what she says might be helpful to...