![]() You must be convinced that your technique will carry you forward and that you believe in your message – beyond the shadow of a doubt. Hopefully, your message is more sincere than some politicians, especially this one…Īnd like a golfer, you have a game to play, and you have to play through. Like a politician, you have a message to share. You never get far away from the meaning of the piece, because you’ve done your homework, and you’re out of the way.” ( The Student Becomes A Master, July 2003) “If you’ve done your homework, when you stand up and start an aria, your swing thought will be the meaning of what you’re singing, and an occasional technical issue. You can think about it when you start (the swing thought), but once you’re on your way, you just have to trust. And then once you start to play, you can’t think of them or you’ll tie yourself up in knots. When you learn to play golf, you learn all the techniques. This reminded me of an interview from tenor Ricky Leech from a Classical Singer article from 2003 (!!), where he likened singing to golf. ![]() Herbst said one thing that made me stop walking and jot it down in my little “blog notes” file in my phone:Īs a singer, as a performer, I am more like a politician than a scientist. ![]() This particular one, from April, featured voice scientist Christian Herbst, who was talking about the role of voice science in vocal pedagogy, and of all the tech-y, geeky, science-y things that that entails.īut although all that science is invaluable for figuring out how to measure the data involved with singing – the acoustics, registration, anatomical – Mr. The other day I was out for an early morning walk and I was listening to a podcast on VocalFri. ![]()
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