Sane Singing (eBook)

1. FIRST THINGS  1
The Motive  3
Modi Operandi  4
My Peculiar Path  5
The Two Big Questions  192. TRAINING  21
Why Bother?  23
Your Team  25
Teacher or Coach?  26
Finding a Qualified Teacher  28
Dealing with a Bad Fit  31
Cults  33
Teacher, Not Therapist  35
Authenticity and Uniqueness  37
Talent Shmalent  40
Corporate Singing  41
Schools  44
Not Schools  47
Roll Your Own?  49
A Degree in Something  51
Video Instruction  54
Distance Learning  55
Trademarked Methods Aplenty  56
How Long?  583. THE CONFUSIONS  61
Paradoxes  63
Eclecticism or a Hot Mess?  65
Breathing  67
Support!  70
The Sad Lesson  74
Squabbling Teachers  76
The Black Box  79
Is the Voice an Instrument?  82
New Teacher, New Concepts  84
Melting Mysteries  87
Something to Hang on to  89
Imagery and Mirages  91
Mechanistic Directives: of the Devil?  97
Sensation and Sound  99
Fighting Words  101
Verbs and Bad Teaching  104
You Can't Cover Everybody  106
Health versus Your Sound  107
Voice Science, Academic Religion  1084. WHERE AM I?  113
Self-Assessment Is Crucial  116
Contents of the SAPS  118
Daily Technical Check-In  123
The Advice of Other Humans  127
Feedback from the Arena  1295. THE SINGER'S LIFE  131
Practicing Better  133
A New Voice Every Day  136
When to Cancel  137
Consistency  138
Pre-Performance Performance  140
Age  142
Health  145
Retooling  148
Money  150
Midlife and the Artist's Soul  153
Action > Attitude  156
Big Questions Again  158
Openness  160
Remember Fun?  161
Love Yourself, Love Your Voice  162REFERENCES  163APPENDIX  167
Potential in Every Note  170
Lamperti and the Evolution of Appoggio (Support!)  172
Authors Who Pushed Me  181
Downloads  185
Recommended Reading and Media  186INDEX  189ABOUT THE AUTHOR  193