USING THE POWER OF YOUR VOICE – ULRIKE SELLECK – VIDEO

This is my talk about “Using the Power of Your Voice” at the Sondheim Theater in Fairfield. Were you ever told: “You can’t sing, you’re off key, you don’t have a pretty voice?” Or: “Shut up. Be quiet. Not so loud. Or sshhhhh?” Most of us use only 20% of our voice and breath as…

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Q&A: “I Have Only Low Notes, And Can’t Sing High. Can I Expand My Range?”

Answer: YES! Case in point: 20 years ago I had no high voice. Zip. Zilch. Nada. I had my speaking chest voice, and a few weak middle head voice notes, separated by a clunker of a break. After that, my voice came to a (literally) screeching halt. When I had a major health crisis, Deepak…

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Is Hitting High Notes With Your Chest Voice Good, Or Can It Damage Your Voice?

Three words: Don’t. Do. It. Here’s the thing: Ask yourself one question: WHY. That’s all. WHY do you want to do that? Or: WHY do you think someone else, or the song wants you to do that? WHY do you feel you need to push your chest voice high in order to HIT (… this…

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Why do Opera Singers get Standing Ovations in Reality Shows?

Did you ever watch one of those talent shows? Everyone gets a kind of “meh” reaction from both, audience and judges, and when the next unassuming, average looking person standing on the stage opens her/his mouth, and out comes an operatic sound, they all go wild? Interesting observation. This may very well be a non-rational…

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