Singing Lessons For No One

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Hi there, thanks for listening!

We sing about procrastination. It's all rainy and moody, and my heart says relax but my brain knows it time to sing. 

Off we go!

We sang Procrastination in G, going up to the minor 3 chord, the 4 chord and getting to the 5 chord every now and then. 

Then we head on to the Mixolydian Mode. 

5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5. 

Or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, flat 7 8. 

I'm playing the chords C Major and Fminor. 

Thanks heaps for listening. 

Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia

"The Shelter I Need" By Shelly Brown

It would be so amazing if you could add this song to a playlist somewhere. Let it pop up while you're out walking. If you like it. That would be so appreciated. 

I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ

Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod
Drums - Grant Gerathy
Mixed + Edited by James Bound

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There's a lot going on in this episode. 

We start in a B Dorian Scale Warm up. 

1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, 6, flat 7, 8.

I'm playing a B Minor Chord. 

Then we head to Velma The Moose. 

The Chords I'm playing are B minor, E Major, F# Major. 

With the B Dorian Scale in harmony from the 8, 

the flat 7, the 5 and the flat 3. 

Massive thanks to Aurora Jane in Vancouver for mixing and mastering tips. 

So you know, you can support this podcast via Patreon.

xx

Shelly

Also, my Podcast hit 150,000 Streams this week. That is amazing. I can't even deal with it. 

Thanks so much for listening. 

Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia

"The Shelter I Need" By Shelly Brown

It would be so amazing if you could add this song to a playlist somewhere. Let it pop up while you're out walking. If you like it. That would be so appreciated. 

I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ

Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod
Drums - Grant Gerathy
Mixed + Edited by James Bound

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www.shelly.com.au

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So, 

I was feeling down on the weekend. And so I took myself on a walk. And the more I walked, the more I found myself singing the times tables to music theory. 

I can't really say how I got there, but this is where we've ended up. 

Needless to say, I felt better after the walk. So, wether it was the fresh air, or the times tables, no one can say. 

In this episode, We sing

the 3 times tables to the F Major scale. 

Ascending:

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21

Descending

21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39

The Vague chords I'm playing are:

F | Amin | Bb | C | Dmin | Bb | Amin | F |

I know. 

Pretty weird. 

Then we sing the 

4 Times tables to the G Minor Pentatonic scale.

4 , 8, 12, 16, 20, 24

28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48

Woo!

THEN

We sing the the 6 times tables to my little Mixolydian melody I made up in 6 / 8 feel, 

and the chords are 

| A | A/G |

Mixolydian is 

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, flat 7, 8

6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36

42, 48, 54, 60, 66

"I don't know what you've been told, but I'm gonna go down, My Own road. "

I cant really say when my times tables album is coming out, but if you LOVE this, you should let me know, cause right now, I feel pretty funny funny. 

Is it ha ha funny or funny funny?

Anyhoo. 

Thanks for listening, 

you're fun. 

x

Shelly

Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia

"The Shelter I Need" By Shelly Brown

It would be so amazing if you could add this song to a playlist somewhere. Let it pop up while you're out walking. If you like it. That would be so appreciated. 

I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ

Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod
Drums - Grant Gerathy
Mixed + Edited by James Bound

Support the show

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www.shelly.com.au

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On this episode we take a little adventure to the other side of the globe. 

I take a "walk" around a far far away town and create a songwriting exercise using the Cycle of Fifths:

F, C, G, D, A, E, B

Fat Charlie Gets Drunk After Eating Blueberries

And then we think of five things about a town and write a song using repetion and relaxing!

Write using a land formation - a mountain, a river, a natural landscape as the theme. 

I wrote this song using the Cycle of Fifths 

as

the first part of the song uses the chords

F, C, G as major chords, 

and then it goes on to 

Dminor, Aminor, Eminor. As minor chords

The Words! are:

Part 1:

On Badger Road, at the Polar Expresso,

The sun is setting low, the sun is setting low. 

Part 2:

That rivers got a long way to go, if it's searching for the sea, 

that rivers got a long way to go, if it's searching for me. 

And we try to add a Drone Harmony note on the second part. 

Hope you enjoy and Lotsa love to all the folks that live at North Pole, Alaska!

Thanks for listening. 

xx

Shelly

Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia

"The Shelter I Need" By Shelly Brown

It would be so amazing if you could add this song to a playlist somewhere. Let it pop up while you're out walking. If you like it. That would be so appreciated. 

I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ

Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod
Drums - Grant Gerathy
Mixed + Edited by James Bound

Support the show

https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown

www.shelly.com.au

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Hi end of your friends, 

I hope you're going ok. 

I love my little deadlines, but this is getting ridiculous. 

I hope you celebrate the ends and starts of things how you see fit and all is ok for you. 

Sending you lotsa love, and sweet harmonies. 

is this Ep we sing in F# Major, the a B Major and a C# Major. 

And we sing

"Go inside your heart, baby, go inside your love, 

Set your love free". 

Lotsa love to you, 

xx

Shelly

Heya,

If you want to help an independent artist (me) out, go check out my music; if you like it- share it! Or if you want- set it on repeat and head to bed 😀😀😀 thanks heaps! I’ve put out a couple new songs on all the platforms. I hope you like them! Xx

Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia

"The Shelter I Need" By Shelly Brown

It would be so amazing if you could add this song to a playlist somewhere. Let it pop up while you're out walking. If you like it. That would be so appreciated. 

I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ

Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod
Drums - Grant Gerathy
Mixed + Edited by James Bound

Support the show

https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown

www.shelly.com.au

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Hi How are you?!

So I begin with singing a D Major Scale over two octaves over the chords: Bmin/G and F#minor/D. 

I'm referencing a song by Tainui Richmond called "Turning it Over", though I don't sing his song. Do go check it out, it's cool. 

https://tidal.com/track/469516330/u

Then I scat over the chords: BMajor to G#Minor. 

MY NEW SONG IS OUT TODAY ON BANDCAMP - It's called NORMAL DAY. 

https://shellybrown.bandcamp.com/track/normal-day

The other folks I mention are Bobby Alu and Steve Poltz. 

Both definitely in my favourite musicians box. 

Thanks so much for listening, 

xxx

Shelly

Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia

"The Shelter I Need" By Shelly Brown

It would be so amazing if you could add this song to a playlist somewhere. Let it pop up while you're out walking. If you like it. That would be so appreciated. 

I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ

Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod
Drums - Grant Gerathy
Mixed + Edited by James Bound

Support the show

https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown

www.shelly.com.au

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Oh October, you nearly won this round, BUT NO! Here I am! End of October! Yes! 

One Episode a Month is my promise to ME, and I will keep it!

Yay for self inflicted goals and joys!

Thank you so much for listening!

Today we sing - Always Take Your Instrument

A song I wrote ages ago when I was far far from home. 

I play the Chords 

G to C, then G to A minor. 

Thank you so much for listening and emailing and giving me stars and writing reviews. I appreciate it so much. 

The Lyrics are:

Always take your Instrument, 

It'll make you feel a little less alone. 

When all the stars are falling down around your head, 

It'll take you straight back to home. 

Hey also, 

I have a song coming out - 

OCTOBER 31 - 2025 - My new Song "Bookshops" is coming out as I go on a small  Regional Tour Supported by Music NSW. 

Pre-save here: 

https://gyro.to/Bookshops

Support Here!

https://shellybrown.bandcamp.com/

The Regional Tour is 

Fri Oct 31 - Grafton Jacarandah Festival

Wed Nov 5th - Byron Bay Beach Hotel

Sat Nov 8th - Bellingen N0.5 Church Street

With a Gospel Choir Workshop at 11am on 8th No at Bellingen Memorial Hall. 

The Tour is with Pam Hata (NZ/Grafton) and The Florin Arc (Armidale).

Come up and say hi if you're at any of these gigs!!!!

Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia

"The Shelter I Need" By Shelly Brown

It would be so amazing if you could add this song to a playlist somewhere. Let it pop up while you're out walking. If you like it. That would be so appreciated. 

I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ

Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod
Drums - Grant Gerathy
Mixed + Edited by James Bound

Support the show

https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown

www.shelly.com.au

https://www.instagram.com/shellybrownmusic/

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Thanks so much for Listening!

This Episode has my number one tip for if you are releasing music... or practising singing and taking steps with your voice. 

Share your Music with people who adore you, 

Let them appreciate your Awesome Self. 

in Ebminor with the Eb minor Pentatonic Scale

1 flat 3, 4, 5, flat 7, 8. 

Then,

We head to Henrietta. 

I have a new EP coming out in OCT/NOVEMBER 2025, Via Bandcamp - https://shellybrown.bandcamp.com/

One of the songs is about a horse, called Henrietta. 

Let's go Henrietta, It's time to move away x4

Vamoose Henrietta, there's a coal mine on the way, 

Let's Go, Henrietta, I've got a nose bag full of hay. 

It's in C to an A minor. 

I hope you track down my song when it comes out!

www.shelly.com.au

Hey also - If you're releasing a song, and you'd like me to play with it and write a singing lesson around it on this podcast - send it to me~

https://www.shelly.com.au/singing-lessons-no-one-podcast/

Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia

"The Shelter I Need" By Shelly Brown

It would be so amazing if you could add this song to a playlist somewhere. Let it pop up while you're out walking. If you like it. That would be so appreciated. 

I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ

Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod
Drums - Grant Gerathy
Mixed + Edited by James Bound

Support the show

https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown

www.shelly.com.au

https://www.instagram.com/shellybrownmusic/

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I've got a new song coming out called "Call me for No Reason" AUGUST 17 - 2025  it's coming out on the Bandcamp Platform.

This Episode delves into where your voice would sit in a traditional Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass range, if you were singing this song. In A Major. 

You know I love playing harmony games, so it is more of that, but I really try to lay out the ranges of Vocal Registers. 

Please do head over and check out my new song. 

I'd be forever honoured!

Lotsa love and thanks for listening. 

Shelly

Soprano - C4 to A5

Alto - G3 to E5

Tenor - E3 to A4

Bass - E2 to E4

|| A.  | E.  | D.   | A.   ||

Call me for no Reason, Or call me just to chat, 

call me to say nothing, you know I'd like that. 

https://shellybrown.bandcamp.com/album/call-me-for-no-reason

Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia

"The Shelter I Need" By Shelly Brown

It would be so amazing if you could add this song to a playlist somewhere. Let it pop up while you're out walking. If you like it. That would be so appreciated. 

I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ

Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod
Drums - Grant Gerathy
Mixed + Edited by James Bound

Support the show

https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown

www.shelly.com.au

https://www.instagram.com/shellybrownmusic/

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I wanted to do a shorter episode for just the Vocal Warm up while you drive somewhere and you know you gotta speak and you need to warm your voice up ready to go. 

Singing in the G Major Key, 

and then moving to it's relative minor in E Minor. 

a Descending Relative Minor Key, or Natural Minor/Aeolian Mode,

8, b7, b6, 5, 4, b3, 2, 1. 

Chords: E minor and A Major 

And we Sing "Hey there Little Earthling, are you Earthing?"

I talk about going to a Regional Music Summit in this Episode, if you're interested, this is what I attended:

https://regionalmusicsummit.com/

Thanks for listening, you're the best!

If you LOVE it - you can support this Podcast on Patreon. I do it all for the love. It feels good in my soul. and If you wanted, you could buy me a cup of coffee as a thanks !

IF YOU are an artist and you would love to hear me sing YOUR song as a warm up, send me your song via my website here and I'll take a listen. 

https://www.shelly.com.au/singing-lessons-no-one-podcast/

Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia

"The Shelter I Need" By Shelly Brown

It would be so amazing if you could add this song to a playlist somewhere. Let it pop up while you're out walking. If you like it. That would be so appreciated. 

I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ

Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod
Drums - Grant Gerathy
Mixed + Edited by James Bound

Support the show

https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown

www.shelly.com.au

https://www.instagram.com/shellybrownmusic/