Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Learn Speech Level Singing into Your Head Voice with Joett

I've covered speech-level singing in my private-lessons training programs, but of late, I have added a more intensive and extensive speech-level singing vocal exercises regime to ALL the programs from Beginners 1 to Pro Club. What this really means is, every student that walks into my studio right now gets a full hour of Speech Level Singing exercises regardless of what program they're on. And the results? Well, if they couldn't quite hit the mark with a song they'd been working on, suddenly they CAN! It's that good. It's INSTANT.

Most singers use excessive muscular effort when they sing. Muscles the body normally uses to chew and swallow food, as well as open the throat wider when it needs to get oxygen into the lungs quickly, are used to manipulate the larynx—forcing it up or down. This is done to accomplish a difficult pitch, increase intensity, or "improve" the quality of one's tone. We call these muscles the outer muscles, because they are located outside the larynx.

Whenever you use your outer muscles to control your voice in any way, however, you prevent the free vibration of your vocal cords inside your larynx, and alter the relationship (and the over-all condition) of the resonance spaces above your larynx. The result is a labored and unbalanced sound.

Only when your larynx is in a relaxed, stable position can your vocal cords adjust easily with your breath flow, to create the pitch and intensity of your initial tone. And, only when your larynx is in a relaxed, stable position will your final tone contain a balance of top, middle, and bottom harmonic qualities—like a good stereo system—so you never sound "muddy" on low notes or "splatty" on high ones.

Yet, there's another important reason why your larynx must be kept free of outer-muscle interference. Many of these muscles are involved in the production of speech sounds, and their interference in the tone-making process inevitably disrupts the word-making process as well. It's hard to form vowels and make consonants when the muscles controlling the movement of your tongue and jaw, for instance, are also trying to control your tone. Hence, voice production using the muscles outside your larynx is a hopeless battle in which both your tone and your words become the casualties.

Generally, when you speak in a quiet, comfortable manner, your outer level— muscles do not interfere with the functioning of your larynx. That's because a foundation for tone is not your primary concern—communication is. Therefore, your lar-vocal freedom-ynx is allowed to rest in a relatively stable, or what we call a speech-level, position. This is the ideal vocal condition or posture with which to sing.

If you can learn to initiate and maintain your tone with this comfortable speech-level posture when you sing, you can sing with the same easily produced voice you use—or should be using— when you speak. Nothing will feel any different in your throat or mouth. Both your tone and words will feel natural and sound natural.

But be careful! Speech-level singing doesn't mean "sing like you speak!"


You are the instrument, learn to sing like a pro!

 JOETT
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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Epic Bongo Star Search 2012 Norman Severino Akutana na Joett

Mshirki wa Epic Bongo Star Search 2012, Norman Severino, alikutana na mimi kujadili swala la kufanya mafunzo ya kuimba ili kujianda kushiriki Tusker Project Fame 2013. Nilimfundisha Norman kwa kipindi kifupi mwaka 2009 na sasa amerejea. Nafurahi kumkarubisha tena Joett Voice Studio na nitawaonyesha vitakavyo endelea kwa kupitia kwenye blog langu na YouTube. Angalia mchakato huu katika documentary video clips za Norman Severino kwenye link zifuatazo.

Epic Bongo Star Search 2012 Norman Severino Akutana na Joett
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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Jinsi Halisi ya Kupumua, Kuimba na Kumudu Sauti [VIDEO]

Kuimba kunahitaji pumzi kwasababu pumzi ndio itakayo kuwezesha kumudu ile sauti na kuipeleka popopote pale unapotaka. Bila "control" sauti yako itakua hafifu na isiyo na mvuto wala. Kwa hivyo basi, nimeanda video fupi ya kama dakika tano hivi, ili kukuonyesha jinsi ya kupumua na wapi kupumua (kabla ya kila mstari); na ukiangalia video vizuri utaona jinsi ya kumudu sauti yako na kuongeza kasi na ujazo wenye ladha ya kuvutia. Kwa maelekezo zaidi angalia video Jifunze Kuimba na Joett: Jinsi Halisi ya Kupumua, Kuimba na Kumudu Sauti.

Kama unamaswali na ungependa nikutengenezee video maalum kukusaidia wewe kusawazisha ama kurekebisha linalo kushinda ama linalokupa matatizo kwenye kuimba, wasiliana nami. Namba zangu za simu na barua pepe zipo hapo juu, na vile vile, naweza kupatikana kwa kupitia SKYPE ambapo ID yangu ni tojona. Mafunzo ya kuimba ni muhimu sana kama unataka kuwa na uwezo wa juu katika fani hii. CD yangu yakufundishia inaweza kukusaidia. Mpaka hapo siku nyingine, nakutakia siku njema!



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Wewe ndio chombo halisi, jifunze kuimba kama pro!

JOETT
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Ramadhan Akutana na Vocal Coach Joett [Jifunze Kuimba Video]


Ramadhan ni kijana ambae anadhamira ya kujifunza kuimba na hatimae kuingia katika gemu hili la mziki. Anacho kipaji, na muonekano wake na swaga lake limekaa kisanii. Natumaini mtakubaliana nami mkicheki video clip Ramadhan Akutana na Vocal Coach Joett (Part 1)

Ningependa kusistiza kwa watazamaji wa video hii, kwamba jinsi ya kupumua vema na jinsi ya kutumia CD yangu ya Jifunze Kuimba na Joett zinapatikana kwenye blog langu na YouTube rasmi. Tafadhali hakikisha unaangalia mifano ninayo toa humo.

Kama mnamaswali yeyote, tafadhali wasiliana nami. Namba zangu zipo hapo juu kwenye bango la blog hili. Na pia, ninatoa ushauri kupitia SKYPE ambapo ID yangu ni tojona.

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Wewe ndio chombo halisi, jifunze kuimba kama pro!



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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Daft Punk Disco Track Get Lucky Tops Charts Around the World

I think disco is back bigger and louder than ever, thanks to the robots that reign supreme once again. I'm one of disco's biggest fans--I MAKE disco music myself, TODAY--so I had to blog about this. I'm so excited. Daft Punk tops the Billboard albums chart for a second consecutive week, as their Random Access Memories sold nearly 93,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Last week, the dynamic duo posted the year's second-biggest debut, moving an impressive 339,000 copies of RAM to claim their first-ever #1 album in the U.S. This week, that number wasn't quite as high, but it was enough to easily outpace Alice In Chains' The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, which opens at #2 with sales of more than 61,000 copies.

"Get Lucky" is a song by French house music duo Daft Punk, co-written by and featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers (I'm a HUGE fan of Nile Rogers 70s disco group Chic). It is the lead single from Daft Punk's fourth studio album Random Access Memories. Before its release as a single, "Get Lucky" was featured in television advertisements broadcast during Saturday Night Live, after which Rodgers and Pharrell announced their involvement in the track. Small excerpts also appear throughout the promotional video series The Collaborators.

Musically, "Get Lucky" is a disco and funk song while lyrically, according to Pharrell Williams, the song is about the fortune of finding chemistry with someone and not just about sexual chemistry. Following a leak days earlier, the single was released as a digital download on 19 April 2013. "Get Lucky" has since received acclaim from critics and was commercially successful, reaching the top ten in the music charts of over 28 countries.

In France, "Get Lucky" debuted at number one on the French Singles Chart on 24 April 2013, becoming the duo's first chart-topping single in their home country since "One More Time". The song sold 38,887 copies in three days, making "Get Lucky" the best-selling digital single in a one-week period. In Belgium, where two independent official charts are published weekly (one for Flanders, one for Wallonia), "Get Lucky" entered in the top position on both charts, making it Daft Punk's highest Belgian chart entry ever and their first No. 1 song in the country.

In the United Kingdom, "Get Lucky" entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 3 on 21 April 2013― only 48 hours after its release—selling more than 50,000 copies; the song became Daft Punk's first top ten hit in the country since "One More Time" in 2000. The song then peaked at No. 1 the following week, with sales of over 155,000 copies, and became Daft Punk's first ever No. 1 single in Britain. The song remained in the top position during the following week and sales reached 163,000. "Get Lucky" remained atop the chart for a fourth consecutive week and once again sold over 100,000 copies; as of 19 May 2013, over 600,000 copies of the song were sold in just over four weeks. According to a report from the Official Charts Company on 22 May 2013, sales of "Get Lucky" are higher than those of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop", making it the country's best-selling single of the year thus far. On 27 June, the Official Charts Company announced that "Get Lucky" had sold over a million copies in the UK; only the 136th single and first released in 2013 to do so.  The song is the first involving Daft Punk, Pharrell or Nile Rodgers to achieve this feat as well as being the second by a French act (after David Guetta's "Titanium"). Both Martin Talbot, Chief Executive of the Official Charts Company and Rodgers were impressed by the quick time (69 days) the single took to cross the million sales barrier.

Dig up some more on the Get Lucky single on Wikipedia.

JOETT
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Jifunze Kuimba na Joett: Mawaidha, Ushauri na Zoezi (Video)




Nilikutana na Musa, mshiriki wa Epic Bongo Star Search 2012, kwa mahojiano na assessment ya sauti yake, na kumpa CD yangu mpya ya Jifunze Kuimba na Joett. Angalia angalia mahojiano hayo kwenye YouTube Video hapa!

Na kwenye video ifuatayo, ninatoa Mawaidha, Ushauri na Zoezi la Mteremko (Descending Scales). Kwa mifano na mazoezi kabambe ya kuimba, angalia YouTube Video hapa!

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JOETT
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