From: Lisa-Marie Olson
Subject: Re: warming up
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
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Roxanne wrote:

>i was wondering if it is possible that its a result
of my not Warming up properly? does warming up your
voice even affect it?

>"I've been thinking about this a lot lately, and the
conclusion that I'm drifting toward at the moment is
that warming up is as much about warming up the BODY
as warming up the voice."

AMEN to that! After studying for 15 years, I took a
class last year named "movement and the voice" and it
changed my WHOLE outlook on singing. I (hardly) ever
sing now without doing some form of physical warm up.
It clears my brain, it relaxes my body, and the voice
always feels more organic to my self. It is not a
strenuous workout, but more enough movement in every
joint to remember that there is a body underneath the
voice.

I beleive very firmly that EACH voice and EACH
personality is different, and that EACH has to be
treated individually, i.e. one technique will never
work for every singer. But i also beleive that the
body, or whatever sense of it you have, will always be
a part of your singing voice.

New to the list!

Lisa-Marie

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