Afternoon,
Lesson: Today we will begin learning our parts for our group song. We will be using the given techniques that was taught durring the 3 day breathing class. We will discuss overall performance and standards in our pieces.
Class:
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Warm Up (Physically)
Warm Up (Vocally)
"Castle on a Cloud"
Work on "Stand by me"
Blog: Please watch the following clip then express your opinion. Do you think he is breathing correctly? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od3sbMeYokI
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WOW! What an AMAZING performance by Von Smith! His voice is gorgeous and he has so much power when he sings. Those notes that he held at the end were jaw dropping! I think he is breathing correctly because if he wasn't then I do not think he would have been able to belt out those long notes, especially towards the end. Also, his shoulders didn't come up when he took a breath, so I'm assuming that he was breathing from his diaphragm. He's absolutely amazing! I loved it!
ReplyDeleteI think he's breathing right, because he's holding his notes without the choppy screachy sound that comes when you don't have enough air. His shoulders arn't moving up and down when he's inhaling. Oh and his mouth is wide open. :)
ReplyDeletewow haha im sorry that was funny. He sung amazingly but, his facial expressions had me laughing so hard. That was a great performance by...Von smith. His mouth was WIDE open like all the way so i guess that was why he was louder because of that. Yes i think he was breathing correctly because if you breathe with your shoulders you aren't reallly able to hold that long of notes when you sing. He held that last one for a good 15 second of the video. That is pretty hard. Even if he isnt breathing correctly that was pretty good for someone who is using his shoulders to sing. Also, he moves his body a lot and neck and it looks like he is trying to force out the notes.
ReplyDelete"OMG", this dude is awesome! Im pretty sure he was breathing correctly or else he wouldn't have been able to last through out that powerful performance. Like Aly said, his shoulders didn't rise, and thats great because he didn't look too nuts. His mouth was clearly open [two fingers], and he added a type of personality to it with his tone of voice. Overall, he did great but I honestly prefer the lady from Dreamgirls :] She really took my breath away &nd holds that song in my head....<3
ReplyDeleteI think that Von Smith was breathing correctly only half of the time. I say this because he starts his performance without moving his shoulders very much. After his performance is a little more than half way done, his shoulders start jerking. He kept going after that. His mouth was open for those long notes. It annoyed me that he would go from high notes to low notes and visa versa. I have not heard the original song, but for me, Von's performance was definitely above average, but not something I would listen to very often. For the most part, his breathing looks okay, but not perfect. Like mine.
ReplyDeleteI think that he was breathing correctly, his shoulders didn't move as much and he was taking deep breaths. I thought it was funny when he was making the facial expression while singing. What I thought was annoying was the parts that he was yelling really loudly, but besides that I thought Von Smiths voice pretty good.
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