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Blog/podcast inputDate: September 5, 2010 by Amy Gould
I'm starting a new blog and podcast for singers. I'm a classically trained singer and hold a degree in vocal music performance from Michigan State University. I have taught voice lessons for over ten years and also perform. I enjoy writing articles and creating podcasts and thought that it would be fun to put together a podcast and blog that would be useful to other singers. I'd really like your input on things that you would like to read about and hear about on a podcast. I've written a few articles to get started, but I don't want to waste time writing about things that no one is interested in.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Amy Gould
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John Howell on September 5, 2010 2:11pm
Hi, Amy. I wish you all the best, and I'm sure your blog and podcasts will be of great interest to some people, but I have to say that I won't be one of them. I hate monologs (although I love active discussions), so I never read blogs. And I don't really know what a podcast is, since I've never owned an iPod. But younger folks will certainly enjoy the things that I will not.
All the best,
John
Amy Gould on September 8, 2010 2:24pm
Actually, I was thinking it'd be great to have guests or a second host to make it a discussion and not a monologue. Thanks for your input.
on September 6, 2010 5:46am
Amy,
That sounds like a lovely idea. Some good themes for a vocal podcast would be:
-VIbrato - (when it is needed/not needed) (using natural vibrato, not faking it)
-Discuss the argument of Head Voice vs. Falsetto in men's voices (not everyone agrees on their definitions, some people call head voice falsetto and vice-versa, making it difficult for someone with more than one vocal instructor)
-Choosing repertoire for an audition
-Composer themed podcast (focus on popular songs/arrangements by a singular composer)
-Warm-ups for the solo voice, and which warm-ups are good for what techniques
-Famous classically trained singers (I have a degree in music education with a focus in voice, yet I can count the amount of classically trained solo singers on one hand, so I know that would be very useful to me)
That is all I can think of right now. One last bit of advice: As amazing and worth while as this podcast will be informatively, make sure you have fun with it so your listeners have fun. Are you familiar with the podcast, "Mouthoff"? It is all about a cappella music and it is a very successful podcast because of their various segments and inbetween music.
Best of luck, I look forward to subscribing!
on September 8, 2010 2:30pm
Wow! Christopher thank you so much for all of your great suggestions. I'm going to head over to check out the a capella podcast. I didn't know about it, but I'll definately be adding it to my podcast subscriptions. It sounds like fun. Those composer themed podcasts and famous singer podcasts would be lots of fun. I'm definately going to add them to my list of ideas as well as your other ideas.
Amy Gould
on September 26, 2010 6:20am
Hi Christopher,
I checked out Mouthoff and also the CASA.org podcast. If you get a chance you should check out that one. They play full recordings. I really enjoy a cappella music. It blows my mind what people can do using only the human voice. I'm still working on my plans for the podcast. I have a few ideas in place. Now I just need to get that first podcast out there.
Amy
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