Psychology of Singer: Be Your Best Fan!
Have the willingness to see clearly: Be Your Best Fan and Achieve Your Goals. I often tell my students to will themselves to be calm, and see clearly while visualizing their success. Combine this with the Acapelladiva method of proper breathing, support, and clear sound placement. Employing these tools, I remind students to ease their negative thoughts or performance anxiety by conquering their thoughts. Often we let others who criticize us determine our destiny, or we become our worst critics in our minds and undermine and sabotage ourselves. This totally limits our potential as singers. There are plenty of critics out there so choose be your Best Fan Not your worst critic! Conquer self defeating thoughts acknowledge your successes each and every day. Master your mind as well as your voice. When mastered you are a singer who knows infinite possibilities the universe has to offer.
About Julie Brown Voice Studio The Julie Brown Voice Studio is an internationally acclaimed salon located in Austin, Texas, U.S.A. The studio’s proprietor, Julie C. Brown, is an accomplished performer and instructor in voice technique, singing, and vocal control. In addition to Julie Brown Voice Studio, Ms. Brown is also President and CEO of Sing Your Best Julie Brown Voice Studio, an online instructional website featuring many of her unique vocal teaching techniques in video format. An international opera singer and performer, Ms. Brown is also known by her stage name of Acapelladiva®. She is the creator of the genera of music that combines heavy metal / gothic rhythm with opera overlays know as Gothera®. Her students include celebrity artists and singers from established and upcoming bands in all genres from all over the world. Ms. Brown does not just give vocal instruction, but creates singers. You can also follow Julie Brown Voice Studio on Twitter at @JulieBrownVoice, on Facebook at Julie Brown Voice Studio, on Google+ at +Juliebrownvoicestudio on her YouTube Channel: JulieBrownVoiceStudio, and see her client reviews on Yelp. Acapelladiva and Gothera are registered trademarks of Julie C. Brown.
Preservation Tips for Pros
The most important thing for any professional singer is the preservation of their voice and musical instrument. which is your most important asset. This asset can not be replaced if lost. This post highlights the importance of tools to preserve the voice.
Voice student Hayes Carll works so hard performing tours ten months a year. He has come to me for tools to help him increase his stamina endurance and preservation of his soulful lush rich voice.
As a coloratura opera singer and vocal instructor I know the value of preserving the voice by employing the proper vocal technical tools. Very few vocal teachers know how to do this. I was taught this with Pavorotti’s coach on proper techniques.. Note I sing as lush and clearly as I did when I was 19 years old. It would break a persons heart is to lose their voice.
All professionals know their livelihood is contingent on their vocal health. Every professional should get a good vocal coach who knows how to help you preserve your instrument and understands the correct breathing, support, resonance all encompassed in the Acapelladiva method. Even accomplished musicians need coaching and vocal tools every now and then to increase stamina in order deliver more powerful performances and and preserve their voice.
Now Hayes Carll has tools to help him preserve his voice for the next 20 years. Too many people with beautiful voices lose it because they don’t know the right techniques to preserve the beauty of their voice. Even great singers and athletes need coaches. The reason they do is to refine their voices with effective tools.. Tiger Woods has a coach, Michael Jackson, Pavarotti had a coach ( I was fortunate to have the same coach.) This is key most great singers, especially with professionals who tour and do a preponderance of live performances.
We are not super human but with my tools If you learn my techniques you can sing with more volume range without losing your voice. Protect your vocal instrument and your asset. Thank you Hayes Carll for allowing me to write this post and use of your name and image. A lot of these techniqes I teach in my studio in Austin Texas. If you are a professional and not in Austin you can sign up for the Diva package with video instruction. I also have remote instruction via Skpe and you can sign up for that too.
Outside of Class: Visual Reminders
Now incorporating beautiful Julie Brown Voice Studio “Conscious Breathing Bracelets” for my students as visual cues for them to wear as reminders to consciously breathe. Visual cues serve as neural reminders to help reinforce new vocal technical concepts and neural pathways.
Technique Tip: Conscious Posture
Conscious posture begins with conscious appropriate thought. Just as I tell my students to consciously breathe I also emphasize conscious posture. Proper body alignment takes awareness. Not just at lessons but 24/7. My students wear their conscious breathing/posture bracelets to facilitate neural connections where they incorporate conscious posture at all times. This also promotes feeling well-being and calmness. Make this a daily habit. It is a gift to yourself to have conscious posture which in turn promotes conscious breathing and beautiful singing.
Sing your best!
Julie