Judy says:
Kayla Morrison has taken voice from me for several years. As I've gotten to know her, I've come to love, trust and respect her skills in many areas. She has managed several artists through the years, and in fact manages my vocal seminars. Kayla herself has covered lots of miles as a vocalist, group leader and vocal arranger in Christian music ministry. She knows what it means firsthand to have max voice available (OR NOT) for the road or the studio.
I have mentored and approved Kayla to be an official Power, Path & Performance teacher. I don't give this approval lightly; I want any associate teacher of PPP to be truly effective at teaching this method, with rapid results in vocal improvement of students. And so she is!!
Today Kayla graciously offers this guest post concerning her experience with teaching the PPP method.
Kayla says:
After studying Judy Rodman’s Power, Path & Performance myself and observing her as she worked with students in her private studio, the recording studio and through her intense vocal seminars, I have been anxious and excited about the opportunity to use the tools with my own students. I have witnessed so many people being set free by the methods Judy has developed, tested and successfully proved.
Just today, I worked with a new student, 13 years old. She has had three years of vocal training, but had never been taught about anatomy and its relationship to breathing. After I explained the information using the illustrations and props that Judy suggests and provides in her complete cd course, it began to click and make sense to her.
I am thrilled with the effectiveness of this course. My first concern as a teacher is to give my students information that will safely take their vocals and performance to the next level. I am confident that Judy Rodman’s Power, Path & Performance is the key to successfully accomplish my goals as a teacher, and as a performer. My students are excited, too!
Contact Kayla Morrison at 615-315-5519. For information about becoming a Power, Path & Performance teacher, contact Judy at www.judyrodman.com or call 615-834-4747.
Showing posts with label Vocal_teachers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vocal_teachers. Show all posts
Friday, March 16, 2007
Friday, December 15, 2006
Vocal teachers- How to pick the right one
Vocal instruction is an art as well as a science. Every good voice teacher (actually, every good teacher of anything else) I've ever known or read about has their own unique way of teaching. All voice teaching, however, should lead singers to the same basics of vocal production. After all, the human voice in everyone operates by the same anatomical principles.
BUT- singers have unique strengths and weaknesses. I would coach someone whose voice was thin and reedy differently than I would someone who was hooty and hollow sounding. Teaching voice has to be a creative and co-operative team effort on behalf of student and teacher, not just a curriculum of "one fits all". And I learn new ways to communicate healthy vocal principles nearly every day I teach.
Here is the criteria for assessing a vocal teacher's method. it should make your voice feel and work better!! and initial improvement should be rapid. You should not leave a vocal lesson with your throat hurting. End of story.
Here are some questions to ask yourself: does the teaching help you sing with less tension? Do you have enough breath to do what you want to do? Does your throat feel better with less strain? Does it increase your range and your accuracy of pitch and give your tone more resonance? Does it give you more vocal endurance? Do you communicate better to your audience?
If the answers are yes, go with it. If the answer to one or more of these questions is no, be careful. But before you change teachers, be sure that you really understand what the teacher is asking you to do.
There is no substitute for personal vocal lessons and/or someone who is a real vocal producer in the recording studio. But there are good products out there that can help, cds and books you can train with (others as well as mine-I'll be commenting on them on future posts) which can be better than an ineffective or incorrect vocal teacher. No training is better than bad training!
BUT- singers have unique strengths and weaknesses. I would coach someone whose voice was thin and reedy differently than I would someone who was hooty and hollow sounding. Teaching voice has to be a creative and co-operative team effort on behalf of student and teacher, not just a curriculum of "one fits all". And I learn new ways to communicate healthy vocal principles nearly every day I teach.
Here is the criteria for assessing a vocal teacher's method. it should make your voice feel and work better!! and initial improvement should be rapid. You should not leave a vocal lesson with your throat hurting. End of story.
Here are some questions to ask yourself: does the teaching help you sing with less tension? Do you have enough breath to do what you want to do? Does your throat feel better with less strain? Does it increase your range and your accuracy of pitch and give your tone more resonance? Does it give you more vocal endurance? Do you communicate better to your audience?
If the answers are yes, go with it. If the answer to one or more of these questions is no, be careful. But before you change teachers, be sure that you really understand what the teacher is asking you to do.
There is no substitute for personal vocal lessons and/or someone who is a real vocal producer in the recording studio. But there are good products out there that can help, cds and books you can train with (others as well as mine-I'll be commenting on them on future posts) which can be better than an ineffective or incorrect vocal teacher. No training is better than bad training!
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