Notes from Charlene James-Duguid
Charlene James-Duguid generously supplied some of her notes from the class:
PEARLS OF WISDOM FROM AMANDA AND MICHELLE
This is a partial list of ideas from the McBroom Master Class
“Stillness is your friend”
“Don’t begin till you are totally comfortable and take about 8 seconds to scope out the situation”
“Expand your shoulders so you expose your heart and give audience sense that your performance is coming from the heart”
“Watch out for excessive movements in your head and body”
“Use all your lyrics as if you were swimming in chocolate”
“Be VUNERABLE”
“Before launching into a full singing version, work your song as a monologue perhaps with different phrasing and to get it in your head and body, write it out long hand as many as 100 times but realistically 25. Sing it again and again with different intentions before you choose.”
“Rehearsal is meant to try many different choices”
“Changing emphasis on syllables may provide new and exciting ideas”
“Simplicity, Truth, Stillness, Economy”
“For more richness, sing through consonants l, m, n, ng, th, v, z and you will get much more resonance”
“Dive into notes:
“Give yourself the right to luxuriate in your sound”
“Singing in the pitch of your speaking voice is very effective”
“Song is a play and so don’t play the end at the beginning”
“Allow a loving breath”
“Don’t over or under sing”
“Breath and Diction are critical”
“Take care of your audience”
“In order to get relaxed performance try song lying on the floor”
“Make all your performances personal”
“Keep your performance in a simple and gentle place”
“Every repeat of a phrase must be different”
And there were many more pearls.
