I know that I am not the only one. I belong to a generation of numb warriors – a Sisyphean generation – constantly thrusting those boulders that are trying to defeat us over and over again. Up the hill we go, and back down again. Pushing. Pushing. Pushing. Humanity is repeating that same journey, fighting…
Category: Singing
The Forgotten Songs
… and why we must not let them die – a study and review My connection with the music of a woman in the late 1800s began with a vintage music livestream… But first allow me to provide some background and personal context which long precedes this event. Singing as a volunteer church choir member…
All Those Years
All those years when we could have been singing.All those years if they didn’t go away.All those times when we could have been laughing.All those days when the children would have played. Time stood still while lives were disappearing.City streets silent when the people stayed inside.All those years when we could have been living.Swallowed by…
How to Sing When You Don’t Feel Like It (or Can’t)
All singers, whether you are a professional, hobbyist, or volunteer, will encounter times when creating music just won’t come easily for various reasons. The most obvious reason will be because of an emotional event that has happened to us or someone we know. This has happened a few times for me when asked to sing…
Instrumentalists: don’t drown your singers!
As singers we have many reasons and personal purposes for singing. But essentially our ‘mission’ is to deliver a message to our listeners based on the composer’s lyrics. We want to impart this message with feeling, dynamics, and emotion. We also want to articulate the words well, so that people will understand what we are…
Book review: ‘Master Your Voice’ by Freya Casey
Firstly, please don’t be put off by the title of this book – Master Your Voice by Freya Casey. Even if you do not sing or are not a musician, there is so much to learn from this book. We all have a voice for speaking as well as singing, so loving it and taking…
Singers, you must have a purpose
When you sing, do you think about why you are doing it? It could be just because we love to make a joyful noise, or that we want to improve our technique, we want to hit a particular note as accurately as possible, or just because we are happy to be alive. We don’t want…
Singer beginner? Start with your head!
Everyone is musical and can be a singer. We all have music in us – to some it just comes more easily, strongly, and naturally, while others have to work harder to find it, but it is there as part of our souls – that is what I believe. And you don’t have to be…
The MuSinGer 