Vocal folds

In 1912, Arnold Schöenberg used Sprechstimme in Pierrot Lunaire, a set of poems that the vocalist shifts between singing and speaking. Like in speech, the vocal speed fluctuates from rapid to slow and the vocalist’s voice slides between notes. The “human but not quite human” sounds create an eerie mood and show the dark sides of human emotion in an expressionist way. Later on, New Vocalism rose out of works…

Show choir has always played a big role in my life. Even when I don’t want it to be. But it has always been my fall back; my backbone. The people still seize to amaze me in every way possible. I’m glad I joined show choir and it really is a life experience, it teaches you how to be social, how to help someone who is in need, it teaches you to learn how to work with others and have a good work ethic and respect everyone. This is how show choir has impacted my life then, and still impacts me. In…

“Please state your name, age, and which piece you will be auditioning with today,” said the woman behind the table as she picked up her pen to take notes. I squeaked out the information she asked for, nervously shifting weight from one leg to the other and picking at the bottom of my dress. I performed the piece that I had practiced every night for a week leading up to this moment, making awkward eye contact with the director after the song had ended, and I scurried back to my seat to watch the…

Justin Moore lets his fans know how appreciative he is of all they’ve done for him in ‘Flyin’ Down a Back Road.’ Moore tells Taste of Country the song was written in the same spirit as ‘Small Town USA,’ he’ll continue to include songs like this on future projects. “People want to know what you sound like coming out of the radio but they also wanna know who you are as a person,” he says. “They wanna know that opening up for Alan Jackson still gets you excited.” The first two verses are focused on…

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born August 9th, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. She was the youngest of 3. Her parents are John Houston and Emily "Cissy" Houston. Her mom was a Grammy-award-winning gospel singer and her godmother was Aretha Franklin and her cousins Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick were also singers, as well as her other godmother, Darlene Love so she knew singing and was born for it . At age 11 she started performing in her church’s gospel choir as a soloist and learned to play the piano.…

Miranda and Me The start of my YouTube craze began with a simple, humorous video of Miranda Sings. Miranda, a bizarre, comically talentless and narcissistic internet character created by Colleen Ballinger, sings popular songs with a peculiar accent and excessive use of vibrato, performing various satirical parodies of musical artists. Resembling a child who inappropriately applied her mother’s make-up, Miranda lavishly smears her face with superfluous lipstick and wears purple cat sweaters and…

Ever since I joined choir, I knew from the start I knew the goal to make the Regional and Allstate Choirs. My first year I auditioned, which resulted in a poorly fashion. Consequently, the next year I put more effort into my preparation. While I had prepared a great amount for the audition, the score came back resulting me staying out. Feeling upset, I continued to work hard on achieving this goal. My Junior year of high school I auditioned and was one point from making alternate. I was upset.…

voice isn’t warmed up. Spend ten to twenty minutes warming up before you sing so your vocal cords will be ready to produce the best tone possible. Practice breathing. If your shoulders and chest move when you breathe, it will be impossible for you to have a nice tone. Practice keeping your chest and shoulders still and moving your stomach when you inhale and…

Colbie Caillat is a pop artist who loves to love love, and she’s not afraid of letting the whole world know all about it repeatedly in her 2007 hit album, Coco. Her work was far from enjoyable, but in order to fully dislike her for her work on this album, and to prevent you from picking it up, or listening to another album like it, it’s important to understand some of her past history, such as the reasons that explain her desire to get into the music business in the first place. For instance,…

During this session, compression was applied to both the Kick Drum microphones, Drum Overheads, Floor Tom, both Rhythm Guitar microphones, Saxophones and the Lead Vocal. The Klark Teknik SQ1 were used for everything with the exception of the Lead Vocal which was the Focusrite Compounder Class A. Other effects include Reverb and Autotune on vocals and a Choral/Flanger and Dynamic Delay on the Guitar solo which was rendered to the track in Pro…