| Originally published: August 19, 2020 |
Learning Just Got More Personal
We’ve been hearing from you about how you use Singdaptive and some of you have said you didn’t know where to begin once you got to the Singdaptive dashboard. Well, guess what? We totally agree the dashboard is a little overwhelming, so we’ve made some changes! We have created a free personal course for every singer who completes the survey.
The new personal course introduces you to your suggested areas of focus and gives you a sample lesson in each value area. We think the personal course does a great job of showing you where to begin. It also helps you get motivated to develop your singing life. Now, of course it can’t be just one personal course, because everyone has different focus areas. Singdaptive creates personal courses to cover each combination of focus values. Whew! It was a lot of work creating this new experience, but hey – we love motivating singers to take charge of their singing lives.
If you have already completed your survey, a new personal course for you has already appeared in your SingerPath feed. If it has been a while since you completed the survey, you might even want to re-take it, and see if your focus areas have shifted.
| To take your personal course, sign-on to your account, go to the Singdaptive Dashboard and complete the SingerPath survey. |
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Memorable Performances
Watch Lianne La Havas’s performance of “Bittersweet” on A Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Notice how she creates a close, intimate feeling with her voice. Then she builds at 2:10 to a gorgeous chest-dominant mix/belt as the lyrics express her conviction that the relationship isn’t right. She’s singing a C5 (the C above middle C), which is the pitch where many women can mix a lot of “chest voice” with a little “head voice” (paired with a good amount of breath connection), to achieve a belt quality. It’s often the “money note” in many songs.
Kathy Alexander is VP of Curriculum for Singdaptive. She was a staff writer for 6 years at VoiceCouncil Magazine and works for the University of Victoria as a practicum supervisor. Kathy is also a singer, vocal coach and choir director. Career highlights include guest appearances in Europe with Quannah Parker jazz fusion band in Norway, and back on the West Coast with Vision TV’s Let’s Sing Again, The Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra and the Victoria International Jazz Festival.
