We did an extra long warm up to make sure that Ella could feel her forward "hit the wall" placement, a placement that we wanted to move into a comfortable place by the end of the lesson.
We vocalized on: humming, me-me, yah-yah, hooty, be-be, oh-ah, started into belt exercises and started scatting!
Our goal by the end of our lesson today was for Ella to use our forward placement as a "check point" that she passes through as she adds her "Ella"-ness back into her song. She did so great!
By using our forward movement mixed in with her own style, Ella has started to bridge the gap between everything she knows about singing, and everything she's learning. Her style will now start to not only sound better, but be easier for her to control.
It was so awesome for her to have 2 lessons back to back!! She seriously rocked it!!