kmdowling1s

oh goodness. so often i feel such diverse feelings of embarassment and…. i don’t wanna hold on to them anymore. they don’t serve me at all. so, my goal is just TO LET THEM GO ! starting… NOW!

so, there are a couple tricks to singing to keep in mind.
1) keep your, jaw, throat, neck, and tounge free and loose.

so often i cramp these areas. RELEASE THEM.

2) the larynx should be Free and Floating. more of a yawn type position.

3) the jaw, neck, tongue, throat, tongue do NOT create pitch. air(breathing) and the vocal lips are the only two things that create pitch.

4) don’t open your mouth too much

5) BE CARING AND CAREFUL IN ALL YOUR SPEAKING, WHETHER IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY SINGING OR NOT.
develop a habit of working on breathing technique and feel the throat ect.. released.

Update: (IT REALLY WORKS**)I learned something more. while singing, imagine your neck going up to the ceiling and the shoulders expanding/broadening. Also, the WORDS are not back in the throat !!(like i had been singing before). when done correctly, the words will be in the far far front of the mouth and you will feel tingling. so often my problem with pitches is that i let my mouth get too much into the song. you should only barely open your mouth. only open your mouth more when you are crescendoing. AND, i CAN sing high !! i just was making it too much an effort before. LET YOUR JAW HANG DOWN !! WOOH ! I CAN SING SO MUCH BETTER NOW. :) :) :-D

“BE CONFIDENT, FEARLESS, AND ASSURED; NEVER DOUBTING THAT VOICE WILL BE ABUNDANTLY EXPRESSED NO MATTER WHAT SEEMS TO ARGUE TO THE CONTRARY.”

soooo… i really, really want to get confidence in my singing voice. ahg! i’ve been struggling with this ever since i started taking voice lessons. atleast now i’ve found the best technique that’s probably out there. but, i just get frustrated sometimes. especially when i record my voice and hear it played back. a part of me feels like i just need to let go and let whatever sound (no matter how potentially awful) come out, while the other part of me thinks i have to do all this manipulation to the initial sounds that come out of my mouth. so, instead of feeling like this big disgust ball who can’t SING, i need to come up with some sort of plan:

alright.
-i’m going to re-read ‘my voice.’ write notes in here about what i learn about it
-force myself (ever so gently) to be confident and assured that the sound that comes out is the best one
-love my voice unconditionally because after all… it is part of who i am !! woo hoo. okay. this should help for now.

i need to stop taking myself so seriously.