In this first Vocal Mastery Video Workshop, Jono McNeil gives you an idea of how to properly warm up your voice. Many singers skip this underestimate…
Vocal Mastery – Workshops for Vocalists
Vocal Mastery – Workshops for Vocalists
The Vocal Mastery is a series of workshops videos with ACM (www.acm.ac.uk/) vocal teachers Jono McNeill and Erika Footman to help you improve your singing.
The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) has a long history of success in training singers to achieve their full potential. In over twenty years, ACM has helped countless vocalists find careers in the music industry, from solo artists, session singers and singer-songwriters. ACM’s vocal alumni include such luminaries as Ed Sheeran, Newton Faulkner, Ammelle Berrabah (Sugababes) and Ted Dwayne (Mumford and Sons).
Workshop N°1: "Warm-Up"
Workshop N°1: "Warm-Up"
Workshop N°2: "Physical Warm-Up"
Workshop N°2: "Physical Warm-Up"
This second video of the Vocal Mastery Video Workshops is about warming up as well. But his time it is all about the body, not only the voice! Jono …
Workshop N°3: "Vocal Health"
Workshop N°3: "Vocal Health"
If the string of a guitar breaks, it will be replaced by a new one... Unlike other instruments, our very own instrument – our voice – can sometimes n…
Workshop N°4: "How to add personality to your voice"
Workshop N°4: "How to add personality to your voice"
As a singer, you don’t want to sound like everybody else. You want to add your own flavor to your sound and have that recall value, which makes peopl…
Workshop N°5: "Connecting with your inner core"
Workshop N°5: "Connecting with your inner core"
In this video workshop Erika Footman explains how to connect with the inner core, respectively with the entire body while singing. Many singers don’t…
Workshop N°6: "Connecting with lyrics"
Workshop N°6: "Connecting with lyrics"
In this video workshop Erika Footman gives a detailed explanation of how singers can better connect with the lyrics of a song. “Singers are historic…
Workshop N°7: "Gain Control"
Workshop N°7: "Gain Control"
To gain control of the voice while singing is a big topic, which many singers find difficult. But gaining control of the voice is necessary to get mo…
Workshop N°8: "Getting the rock sound"
Workshop N°8: "Getting the rock sound"
In this video workshop, Erika Footman explains how to add that special rock sound to your singing. She demonstrates it by teaching it to Gemma Zirfas…
Workshop N°9: "Vibrato"
Workshop N°9: "Vibrato"
Vibrato is a slightly contentious topic which divides the minds – some singers can only sing with vibrato and some claim they can’t get any. No matte…
Workshop N°10: "Performance"
Workshop N°10: "Performance"
Not all singers do automatically feel comfortable on stage. Whereas many singers find it very easy to go out there and perform in front of a crowd, m…
Workshop N°11: "Warm-Down"
Workshop N°11: "Warm-Down"
Whereas many singers put a lot of effort into their warm-up before singing, the warm-down often gets forgotten – although it is just as important! In…
Workshop N°12: "Recording Vocals"
Workshop N°12: "Recording Vocals"
In this last Shure Vocal Mastery video workshop, Steven Wilkinson from ACM talks about recording vocals in a studio and what to keep in mind before a…