Sunday, August 25, 2013

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Why can’t we sing more songs in English?

I often get asked this at workshops after people have struggled to get their tongues around a few foreign songs.

foreign lyrics

I point out that my speciality is “traditional songs from around the world in the original languages”, then I tell them that foreign songs are easier to learn. Really?

Sunday, August 11, 2013

What to do if you don’t have a ‘nice’ voice

Many of us don’t like the sound of our singing voice. Some people won’t even sing in front of others because they don’t want to inflict their ‘horrible’ voice on them.

gurning
photo by konch

Is there anything we can do if we don’t have a ‘nice’ voice?

Sunday, August 04, 2013

Singing the wrong note is not the end of the world

How many times have you been standing next to someone in your choir section and realised that they’re singing something different from you?

covering ears

Are you wrong, or it it them? Actually, it (usually) doesn’t matter!