Mark JW Graham: Singing Lessons Nottingham
Mark is the Midlands' leading Certified Voice Coach, providing professional singing lessons in Nottingham. Mark is known for getting BIG results in voices, fast. – 0115 871 7660 || admin@markjwgraham.co.uk
Phew! It’s been a particularly busy week! LOADS of new students booked in and we’re already chokka more or less for the next two months… wouldn’t have it any other way! This week we’re looking at another success story, and this is with one of my especially favourite students.
So, how many of you play guitar? Whether you play guitar or have ever seen a guitarist play, you will likely have come across something called a ‘capo’. What this nifty gadget does is make it possible to shift songs from one key to another, without having to change what the fingers would be doing. …
This is Steve Balsamo’s performance of ‘Gethsemane’ from Jesus Christ Superstar, and he does the mentalness of Ted Neeley’s original performance from the Jesus Christ Superstar film decades ago. I’d recommend watching the whole thing, but if you want to skip straight to the mentalness, shoot to 2m44s and you’ll get about 20 seconds run …
Great artist, great tune, great performance. Bruno (real name Peter Gene Hernandez) has only had one album to date, entitled ‘Doo Wops and Hooligans’ released in late 2010, but it’s pretty epic as a first offering. He’s currently getting a new album recorded and I plan on picking it up as soon as it’s out. …
The topic of ‘falsetto’ comes up a lot in lessons. Questions like “what is it? when should I do it? SHOULD I do it? Where is it useful?”, etc. Recently I’ve had some clients ask me whether I even like it when singers sing in falsetto, as I’ve often given the impression that I don’t …
Last time I went over things I love about my job. Now we get to the stuff people might not know or even consider as a downside to my job… but since last week’s article, I can tell you I’ve had a LOT of verbal interest in what the difficulties are. In truth, a lot …
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