From the course: Vocal Lessons: 3 Expanding Your Range

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Listening vs. hearing: Improving vocal tone

Listening vs. hearing: Improving vocal tone

From the course: Vocal Lessons: 3 Expanding Your Range

Listening vs. hearing: Improving vocal tone

- Some years ago I was working with a particular singer and we were doing vocal exercises, and I noticed that her voice was very weak-sounding. So I began to explore what was going on, what she needed, and what would help her to improve the strength of her voice. Well, while I was investigating, I found a very interesting angle on vocal work. I'm going to share it with you, because this section is called Singing Secrets. So you can tell one other person, but no one else. Only kidding. All right, so, when you sing, you are the creator of sound. You're not also your own audience, and that's different than singing for your own pleasure, for example. In fact, I would think that when you're singing for your own pleasure you may feel freer than, unless you're a developed performer, you may feel freer singing for yourself than in front of other people. Think of a time when maybe you were driving in your car or in your shower, or just somewhere private, and you were singing a song and loving…

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