Thoughts

What I learned in the past 24 hours

In the last 24 hours, I learned some things about my voice. If I want to treat my voice as the instrument that it really is, I will have to change aspects of my life. Some basic fundamental daily things I do. This is the first time in my life I’ve had proper vocal training, and this time I’m learning with the best. 

My vocal coach told me he stopped training Whitney Houston partially because she wouldn’t make important decisions to change her lifestyle. That because of that she couldn’t get the color in her voice back. 

We also talked about how he felt that there are some really terrible singers in the industry who are making millions of dollars because of auto-tune. He works and trains those to be great live singers. As he was saying this I was staring at the Lady Gaga platinum plaque in his office. Hard to ignore. 

I told him that I believed that since I was getting older, I feel I’m losing my vocal ability. He told me that is a myth. The reason why people feel like they are losing their vocal ability is because as adults we live with tensions, stress and pressure. That the more I am tough on myself in my head about my singing and music, the worse the sounds will come out. The harder I try, the worse it sounds. 

For someone who teaches the best of the best, it was amazing for him to have so much faith in my ability. To help me understand that I have what it takes, but I have learn to be technically adept with my voice, and replace all the previous things I believed about singing. I have a special tone in my voice, that if i know how to place it confidently on the right notes and learn the proper control and breathing – there won’t be any note I won’t be able to hit.