Empower Your Voice

Why be a singer if not to make a difference? Erin Guinup's message for singers is that there has never in her lifetime been a more important time to be a musician. Make a difference! Building community through music even when you have been forced to move across the world - that is the goal of the Tacoma Refugee choir, started by Erin Guinup in 2016. Erin is not only the director of the choir, she is also a professional singer, voice teacher, and the host of the Why We Sing Podcast The choir started as a project at the Tacoma Community House, an organization that serves the people of Tacoma. It was a way of building bridges between communities. Erin says about why the choir is great for refugees and non-refugee community members, "When we sing together we find out what we have in common. We build feelings of trust when we sing together." Nov. 4th, 2017 - Refugee Choir Community Sing-Along where 500 people will sing along together with Grammy winner Wanz as MC, Q Dot, Stephanie Ann Johnson from The Voice. Tickets are free but must be reserved. Reserve tickets at CommunitySingalong.com RefugeeChoir.org www.eringuinup.com The song, Everyone Has a Song, is available on RefugeeChoir.org, iTunes and Bandcamp at tacomarefugeechoir.bandcamp.com Proceeds from the song benefit the choir and serving refugees in the community. Join the Every Sing podcast group on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/1711090705861666/ Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod Nancy's website: NancyBos.net/podcasts

Why should an artistic performer follow the rules and stay in the lines? Find out why they shouldn't from Bridgette Moody, Haunted Summer, as she talks about artistic flexibility and manipulating sound. Downloadable resources and show notes @ nancybos.net/podcast

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Bridgette loves the risk of having her music always change and being able to sing all over the map. She loves singing live to manipulate the sound. Then it feels like the other half of speaking as a singer. She says it can be an out of body experience which is what keeps her coming back for more.

Haunted Summer can be frequently seen up and down the west coast. The band, comprised of Bridgette and her husband John, is based in Pasadena, CA.

She mentions a Brazilian band, Os Mutantes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Mutantes

"What you feel is what people hear. Not really what you're saying really. It's not about the technique. It's the feeling."

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Mike Allen is driven by his need for music. He is an Audio Engineer at Microsoft and in his own business, MARS Studio, he is not only an audio engineer but also a producer.

contact information: facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000597374508 [email protected] Mike got his Bachelor's in music and when he started seeing there weren't any great career choices in performing for him, he started down an engineering path. That way he could always have music in his life. Mike likes to work with people - "That's how you make music." One of his favorite projects is to record a choir, with each voice on a separate mic, as well as instrumentalists, and then to mix the whole thing for a perfect version. Join the Every Sing podcast group on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/1711090705861666/ Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod Nancy's website: NancyBos.net/podcasts Support this podcast through a small monthly donation and receive great rewards at https://www.patreon.com/everysing

Every Sing with Clint McCune https://clintmccunemusic.com https://www.facebook.com/ClintMcCuneMusic/ Clint's music comes from a combination of a reaction to his surroundings and from that deep mystery from within himself. Right now he is writing about his experiences over the last year at Standing Rock. Standing Rock is a native American reservation in the middle of the northern plains of the US. https://www.standingrock.org If you'd like to learn more about the protests at Standing Rock, start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_protests Peter Yarrow at Standing Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avHB1QtxZRY To hear directly from Peter Yarrow about activism singing, check out http://www.wnyc.org/story/peter-yarrow-power-music-political-movements/ "Singing gives your voice something to do. Singing makes it so that you aren't scared any more and you can breathe." ------------------------- Join the Every Sing podcast group on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/1711090705861666/ Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod Nancy's website: NancyBos.net/podcasts Support this podcast through a small monthly donation and receive great rewards at https://www.patreon.com/everysing Write a review on iTunes of this podcast, notify Nancy, and she will send you a free audiobook copy of her book, Singing 101.

Clint McCune, Activism through Music following Standing Rock https://clintmccunemusic.com https://www.facebook.com/ClintMcCuneMusic/ Clint's music comes from a combination of a reaction to his surroundings and from that deep mystery from within himself. Right now he is writing about his experiences over the last year at Standing Rock. Standing Rock is a native American reservation in the middle of the northern plains of the US. https://www.standingrock.org If you'd like to learn more about the protests at Standing Rock, start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_protests To hear directly from Peter Yarrow about activism singing, check out http://www.wnyc.org/story/peter-yarrow-power-music-political-movements/ "Singing gives your voice something to do. Singing makes it so that you aren't scared any more and you can breathe." ------------------------- Join the Every Sing podcast group on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/1711090705861666/ Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod Nancy's website: NancyBos.net/podcasts Support this podcast through a small monthly donation and receive great rewards at https://www.patreon.com/everysing Write a review on iTunes of this podcast, notify Nancy, and she will send you a free audiobook copy of her book, Singing 101.

Ever wonder if voice science takes the artistry and joy out of music? Tune in to hear about this from Dr. Titze, who a big part of the foundation of modern voice science. I think of him as our Albert Einstein. He is the director of the National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS) and President of the Pan American Vocology Assoiation. He has tenured professorship at the Univ. of Iowa, where he is teaching this semester, and teaches at the University of Utah. The Conversation Dr. Titze says his passion is to cover the whole territory of voice. But the field has gotten so big that it is difficult for him to do; music, theater voice, laryngology, speech pathology, and so on. Now one has to make some choices. The field now includes biologists, physiologist, engineers, and physicists. They try to serve the physicians. Also the field of neurology is exploding. NCVS works with Rachelle and Renee Fleming with what goes on in the airway for production of various different styles of sing. Dr. Titze started down this road over 40 years ago, after starting a career at Boeing in engineering. He was studying singing and performing in the chorus of the Seattle Opera. In searching for a way to learn more about the science of singing, and following his passion for singing, he found that very little work had been done. There was very little knowledge of how the voice works. He sought out Harvey Fletcher, acoustician, at BYU in Provo, UT, who developed stereophonic sound for Bell Laboratories. He also worked with Bill Strong at BYU. We took a side-trip to the story of his father, who was a German soldier in WWII. It is a touching story of his father who had to fire in the direction of Russian soldiers but was proud that he didn't think he ever shot anyone. Dr. Titze's father enjoyed talking about the community that soldiers from opposite sides of the war would occasionally have the opportunity to make. He was miraculously rescued after being shot. After the war the family was very poor and moved to the US in 1955 for a new chance. Back on topic, if a person wants to get into voice science, they need to be willing to devote their focus to it as an engineer, or if not an engineer then to humbly jump in with a program like the NCVS Summer Vocology Institute, and learn as much science as they can in order to serve a team. Behavior sciences and neurosciences are also welcome. He says to, "keep in mind that we are all neophytes in something." NCVS started in Denver as a bigger group than it is now. It has gotten smaller because of grants. A big part of their focus is education. They are largely funded by the National Institute of Health. Dr. Titze gave a definition of the word Vocology. 1. The study of vocalization of any type and any animal. 2. The science and practice of voice habilitation. The Pan American Vocology (PAVA) is discussing creating credentials for a PAVA recognized vocologist. In the area of the aging voice, Dr. Titze had a lot of advice for older singers (everyone post-midlife). The voice is always changing throughout life, and after midlife it requires more upkeep for various reasons such as atrophy, slow reflexes, tremors, hydration, arthritis, and stamina. He recommends that older singers sing frequently but not for very long, perhaps 15 min. at a time. In a choral rehearsal, singers often only need to sing for 15 min. here and 15 min. there, with breaks between. He highly recommends semi-occluded vocal track exercises. Singing through a straw and doing slides and sirens. Learn more about the exercises from this video by Dr. Titze. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xYDvwvmBIM https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY_UnMI5Y-WIONNHdW8WJGA is the site for all NCVS videos. Human voices are generally at their prime for singing around ages 45 - 50 when the cartilage has reached more calcification but the vocal ligament is still very flexible. The vocal ligament is the cord part of the old term Vocal Cord. We now call them Vocal Folds to consider the skin on the outside, the lamina propria, ligament, and muscle. He likes to call the vocal folds a Fiber-Gel model. They are good at withstanding the thousands of collisions we have each minute while making sound. High pitches are controlled by the ligament, so keeping it healthy is important for a good voice in later years. Regarding hydration, know the environment you are going to sing in. If you change environments (altitude or dryness) allow at least two days to sense the change. Drinking extra water during a climate adjustment doesn't really help that much because you pass it out quickly. It takes time to adjust. He is not a big fan of personal steamers and such, because the effects only last 20 min. or so. He is a fan of Mucinex and expectorants to create mucus. The "object is to sniffle!" Dr. Titze encourages engineers who have a passion for music to make room for it in their lives and pursue letting emotions go with singing. Dr. Titze greatly admired tenor, Fitz Wundelich but has found that opera singing doesn't work well with his voice. "At some point you have to stop putting your voice in a song and start putting the song in your voice." Samples of Dr. Titze's singing are at NCVS.org under his biography. Give Every Sing an iTunes review and contact Nancy so she can send you a free audiobook of her Amazon bestselling book, Singing 101: Vocal Basics and Fundamental Singing Skills for All Styles and Abilities. Contact Nancy on Facebook: Every Sing Podcast, on nancybos.net, or email her at [email protected] The gorgeous podcast cover art is by Ken Feisel at Ken Feisel Design. Please donate to hurricane relief for voice teachers. 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#15 Michelle Lang Contemporary Gospel Singer Michelle is busy transforming lives through her work in music, with the band Stillwater and through the teen summer musical program at Langston Hughes in Seattle, and as the Associate Director of Campus Ministries at Warner Pacific College and a worship leader at Imago Dei Community Church. She is also a writer for the youth reference magazine, Slant33.com. Contact Michelle and learn more about Stillwater at: http://www.michellelang.com Stillwater's music is available on all mp3 sites. To donate to hurricane relief for voice teachers, got to www.nats.org/nsaaf.html Join the Every Sing podcast group on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/1711090705861666/ Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod Nancy's website: NancyBos.net/podcasts Support this podcast through a small monthly donation and receive great rewards at https://www.patreon.com/everysing

"Challenge is what motivates me. Particularly doing new things." Jeff Brumley is part of a Multi-potentialite community. His day job is in the tech world; he has an MBA. Jeff grew up singing in church, studied piano starting at age 8, performed in musicals, the choir, and played acoustic guitar in high school, before taking up his primary instrument, bass. In college he sang and played bass but usually not at the same time. Jeff went to college at Seattle Pacific University and studied voice with Jacinta Koreski. Jeff loves to engage with people in his bands, creating or recreating art with real people in real time. Little Harold was his group where the guitar player and Jeff, the bass player, would trade off singing lead. Jeff played a 12-string bass. Regarding multitasking, Jeff feels that if you are actually playing an instrument and singing at the same time, that is pretty close to real multitasking. If you are singing and playing, you are doing twice the work. Your brain is very busy. He loves playing Beetles songs as well as Toad the Wet Sproket. His absolute highlight was doing "Under Pressure" with Marcus Shelton. Jeff's next challenge is to master a fretless instrument, because you have to engage with the instrument that much more. He says if you are going to learn to sing and play at the same time, isolate the tasks - play in the dark, not looking at your hands, and learn to play that way. Practice moving around the room and having distractions to imitate a real performance. Communicate what you are trying to do with the band so they can give you chances to try it out. "As a bass player, the groove is more important than your need to sing." Here's a video clip which shows Jeff in action This is the performance of "Under Pressure" Jeff told us about. Little Harold on Bandcamp: littleharold.bandcamp.com/ To see Jeff perform, check out the band Rise Up - a tribute to the musical Hamilton. https://www.riseup.band/shows/. Or on Facebook, Rise Up Hamilton Tribute Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod Nancy's website: NancyBos.net/podcasts

We turn the tables on our host as Nancy Bos's son, Quincy Costlow, interviews Nancy for the podcast.

Nancy suffered serious performance anxiety because the music she was trained to sing did not speak to her; classical music wasn't her genre of choice. Once she committed to singing and teaching in other styles, her performance anxiety dissipated and confidence took its place.

Nancy's joy in teaching singing is that she can be a key part of someone's journey and help them realize their dreams.

Her passion for singing is to be an artist of the audiences emotions through song. She has been amazed to learn through this podcast that every guest has had a different reason for their passion. Hers is to change the dialog, the energy, of the audience.

Nancy's recommendation for singers is that they have a goal to work toward, and if they don't have a goal set for them, then to set one themselves.

Quincy Costlow, the guest host, is a 21 year old apprentice in the field of heating and air conditioning. He dreams of having a podcast of his own some day.

The song at the opening of the podcast is "O Magnum Mysterium" by Morten Lauridson with Nancy Bent on piano. The video is at https://youtu.be/D-A2W6M0uh4

The closing song is "Seattle When Its Raining" by Robert Edwin and Richard Crosby, with David Close on piano. It is also on YouTube at https://youtu.be/vIvnqvPyrI8

Send your videos of you singing (if that is what you set as your goal, she would love it) to Nancy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, nancybos.net, or by email to [email protected]

Show Notes Every Sing episode 012

Aaron Norman - Male Soprano - I Music

Trained gospel, classical, and music theater singer, Aaron Norman, talks about what motivates him and what he has experienced so far. He arranges music, directs choirs - He likes to music. Contact Aaron @ [email protected] Aaron talked about a lot of great ideas to follow up on; like the youth program at Village Theatre in Everett and studying with Nancy Zylstra. He also gave us some great quotes, like he says he is "trying to be living in all of my story, to not be afraid." "It's the music that drives me and gives me life and purpose for what I'm doing." My favorite quote, "I Music." Every Sing on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1711090705861666/ Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod Nancy's website: NancyBos.net/podcasts Teadora beauty.com Our favorite Teadora products around my house are the beauty butter, Brazilian glow radiance oil, and the sugar scrub mask. We also love the soap - the scent is delicious. The 25% discount code is everysing