Auld Lang Syne: Know this version?

I’ve just discovered a different version of Auld Lang Syne that I’m going to learn for this New Year’s Eve. Much nicer than the standard one. Like a mix of Robert Burns’s Red, Red Rose and something else I can’t quite place. I’ll sing a bit of it for you...

Just because someone can’t sing in tune…

Just because someone can’t sing in tune does NOT mean that they are tone deaf. There’s a difference between not being able to perceive pitch and not being able to reproduce pitch accurately. A world of difference, in fact. There are so many things we can do to get in...

Waiting for Permission?

Are you waiting for permission? Is there something you’ve always wanted to do but haven’t started for fear of being presumptuous? Is there something you wish you could do but are too scared to find out whether you can or can’t? I spent most of my childhood fantasizing...
Roger Federer for Singers

Roger Federer for Singers

Is Federer relaxed, as Jim Courier says, and what can we, as singers, learn from watching him? One of my singing teachers used to tell me to RELAX as I was rushing off from my lesson back to the conservatorium for a class. It always had the opposite effect from what...