Stylizing! Today we worked on Olivia's style. Getting back into our voice lessons, we want to make sure that Olivia's mind, as well as her voice, are getting back into voice lesson shape! This means that we are working on getting Olivia's brain to a place where it will allow Olivia to not worry about sounding good - and instead worry about focusing on the exact placement variations we are doing. The way that we will continue to help Olivia improve so drastically is to get her brain back into being ok with singing FEELING strange. Today we worked on our style and pushing it past the point of comfort with both the pronunciation of our words, and the variation in the pressure we put on our cords.
Change in tonal sounds - style
Today we worked on really advanced style technique! We started working on changing the amount of tone we use throughout phrases and throughout our song to bring a different kind of dynamic to our song. This means depending on the word, we are making it sound more airy or breathy (a thinner sound), or adding a more tonal sound making the note sound more full (a thicker sound). Going between the two is very hard, but once mastered - it sounds great!! Mastering this technique will help Olivia further customize her songs, and give her more and more control over her vocal cords and her ability to manipulate and change the sound. We are working on giving Olivia the ability to use her voice like an instrument - using different sounds, style, amount of breath, and scats, so that it sounds style rich and original instead of simply a beautiful voice that sounds the same no matter what she sings, or like she's trying to mimic the original artist. We are giving her a more artistic voice! She's doing so awesome!