by Michael Mayer | Sep 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’m a 58yr old spinto tenor, studied voice part time for 25 yrs I sang in weddings, funerals, and at senior living places, but I always had a problem singing in front of people or an audience, my voice is never up to par when I sing in public, but when I’m...
by Michael Mayer | Sep 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
My frustration is that I can vocalize on vowels well, but not when I apply them to a song. I know my throat needs to stay open, however I can’t seem to coordinate it. Do you have to be concious of raising the soft palate and stretching the throat by imagining an...
by Michael Mayer | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
In the exercise for the laryngeal tilt, David Jones speaks of using a slightly deeper vowel on the second, higher note. What does he mean by “a slightly deeper vowel” – does one achieve a slightly deeper vowel by lowering the larynx slightly, by imagining the larynx...
by Michael Mayer | Aug 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
It is sad that operatic singers mistake the craft of singing for the more popular form of self-expression which is pop music. In Opera, the singer must train his vocal function into an instrument, whereas in pop music, the performer is basically expressing himself,...
by Michael Mayer | Jul 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
How can l lower my larynx using appoggio instead of my throat muscles, l know the second one can be damaging to the voice, but I don’t quite get it.The main thing I emphasize is not so much the lowering of the larynx as the stabilizing of the larynx. We want to...
by Michael Mayer | Jun 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
I don’t get this support from the diaphragm stuff. All it does is put an excess of pressure on the vocal chords so that I cannot sustain like I use to. As a Operatic Dramatic Baritone I use to be able to sing the two big baritone arias from Pagliacci and Un...
