Tom’s Vocal Way
……the quest for effortless mastery
"There's an old Sufi story about a man who dropped his keys on the dark side of the street at night, and then crossed the street to the lamppost where it was bright to look for the keys. When a friend asked why he was looking under the lamp instead of where he had dropped the keys, …….”
Read MoreSimilarly, the new philosophy of contemporary singing has led us to believe that we can do without the net and simply whack the sound……………..
Read More"The Italian school of singing known as Bel Canto {literally "beautiful singing"} emerged in the seventeenth century in Florence, and spread during that century to other main musical centres in Italy: Venice, Rome, Naples and later Milan."
Read MoreWhen slicing an angel food cake one must use a knife with a serrated blade. With a downward MOVING motion it easily cuts the cake. If there is pressure on the blade it squashes the cake.
Read MorePopular culture uses the phrase to justify reckless behaviour (you only live once). However, the meaning of Carpe diem is not to ignore the future, but rather not to trust that everything is going to fall into place for you by learning to control the now.
Read MoreThe body is complex - but Nature has given us a mind to sift through all the relevant and irrelevant information needed to sing freely.
Read More"Silence is the greatest effect in music." W. A. Mozart
"Very often the effect of the rest is even greater than that of the notes." Rosina Lhevinne
Rests have a very powerful dramatic effect.
Rests have a very powerful dramatic effect.
Read MoreEven though we may be privileged to have a dishwasher in our home - we also have a kitchen sink. The drain is in the back of the sink. The body has a wind pipe behind our larynx and tongue. When we relax the tongue and don't use the larynx, the air drains deeply into the diaphragm.
Read MoreMassey Hall was one of the acoustical wonders of the world. A quiet murmur from the stage could be heard from the last of the uppermost rows. It rivaled the acoustics of Carnegie Hall in NYC,
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The singer too must take time to find that peaceful place inside. Little by little the ego begins to dissolve. Now the urge to break out becomes strong and stronger. Freedom at last. This is the transformation of the voice.
Read MoreWe have become an emotional society. Singing for the masses is emotional. Singing for the art of singing is passionate.
Read MoreThere is a fine line between a singer who was blessed with a beautiful voice and the one who sings beautifully. There is more to singing than possessing a beautiful voice. One must find the vocal beauty hidden WITHIN. Being confident that a beautiful voice will be enough, the singer can suffer a short career.
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