Wednesday, July 30, 2008

How to Increase Your Vocal Range through Proper Vocal Exercises

Have you ever wondered how to increase your vocal range? Well, the answer is yes! You see, some people enjoy singing, but find it impossible to hit the high notes. If you are one of those people, you probably listen to professional singers and think that they are amazing and you will never be half as good at singing as they are, but, in reality, it is easy to improve your vocal range and sing like a pro, if you know where to begin.

Basically, to learn how to increase vocal range, you must learn the 2 muscle coordination’s that allow you to sing in your higher vocal registers. These registers are called:-
• Head voice
• Mixed voice

In order for you to be in that select group of people who can easily hit a higher vocal range, you need to learn which muscles control your higher vocal registers, known as head voice and mixed voice. Using your mixed voice properly is really the primary issue. Your mixed voice will allow you to sing higher notes, but with the richness and fullness you usually sing lower notes.

That means, essentially, that you will no longer sing in a falsetto or nasal sounding voice when you try to sing notes in a higher vocal range.If you’ve tried vocal range extension exercises in the past, only to get a sore throat and many wasted hours for your trouble, you may think vocal warm-ups are a waste of time. However, if you use the right vocal warm-ups and vocal training tips, you can be singing high notes easier in no time at all.

Once you understand some simple vocal warm-ups and vocal training tips, singing in your upper vocal registers will become so easy that it’s automatic. You’ll wonder why you were unable to do so before. Your vocal chords will easily adjust to allow you to continue singing higher notes.

The first step is to understand the science behind reaching the best possible vocal range. It is not as simple as some people have talent and others do not. While it may be true that some people take to singing a bit easier than others, anyone can sing better if they learn how to increase vocal range with the right exercise to the right muscle groups. Most people do not know that, so they continually have trouble hitting those elusive high notes when they sing.

So, as you can see, starting out with a good foundation of vocal warm-ups and vocal training tips is key to singing in a higher vocal range. Just remember, you need to find the vocal exercises that will help you to strengthen and control the proper muscles. So, learn the proper vocal exercises and sing as much as you want without worrying about damaging your vocal chords, losing your voice or hurting the ears of those around you by singing off key. Once you can control your larynx and vocal chords better, you can hit all those high notes and have learn all the theories on how to increase your vocal range easily!



Sunday, July 13, 2008

第五屆〖我要寫歌給他聽〗詩歌創作比賽 入圍決賽名單 出爐~NEW!!

DATE : 7/10/2008
9/7是收作品最後的期限﹐大會在最後的階段都忙透了。
經過評審漏夜的考慮和篩選﹐終于誕生了入圍第五屆[我要寫歌給他聽] 詩歌創作比賽的決賽名單﹐初階段的評審之一收穫音樂總監方嘉雄說:“這將是有史以來最難決定的一次。
直到最後一分鐘大家都還在爭議﹐後來才投票表決。
雖然大家意見各持不一樣﹐但叫人期待的是這次作品的水準都難分上下。”
這一次也看見許多新朋友的嘗試﹐而且曲風開始更多不同的嘗試。
這無疑對馬來西亞中文的福音音樂是最大的喜訊。”
收穫音樂不難發現裡頭有些非常具恩賜的朋友﹐若加以好好栽培﹐相信將能在福音音樂上有所成就。這次大會由于太多好作品,而難以取舍,所以通融讓福音流行組有7首入圍,盼望從中能交由當晚的評審們決定。

以下是成功進入決賽的作品。
敬拜讚美組 P&W
1.懇求 詞/曲:鄭聯晨 (文冬華人基督教衛理公會)
2.全地當向神歡呼 詞/曲:朱恒偉 (澳洲中央華人浸信會)
3.回應 詞: 黃智浩 曲:林國煌(班登英達衛理公會)
4.單單愛你 詞/曲:連翎翔 (吉隆坡第一神召會)
5.一生讚美你 詞/曲:鄭聯晨 (文冬華人基督教衛理公會)
6.詩篇117 詞/曲:劉本紡 (班登英達衛理公會)
7.我們的讚美歌 詞:郭怡君 曲:吳希平 (臺灣臺東浸信會)

福音流行組CCCM
1.生命的改變 詞/曲:周麗仙 (亞庇浸信會)
2.得著火焰 詞/曲:蔡德榮 (文良港信義會)
3.只要你願意 詞/曲:劉本紡 (班登英達衛理公會)
4.黑白 詞/曲:楊謙庭/張以勒/李榮鉅 (美里福音堂杜當堂會)
5.不再偏離 詞:林志強 曲:曾小菁 (士古來衛理教會信心堂)
6.指教我當行 詞:林志強 曲:陳泓芝 (士古來豐收教會)
7.十架上的愛 詞/曲:朱恒偉 (澳洲中央華人浸信會)

就約定在19/7/2008 見!!!
日期:19/7/2008 星期六
時間:8pm
地點: 吉隆坡浸信會


*Our ex-conductor, Desmond , 创作了一首诗歌去比赛,希望他的作品能打动所有人的心。。。加油哦。。。想要得到更多的资料,
请游览:www.soulworksmusic.com

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Bohemian Rhapsody (Toilet Remix)

For my dear, dear toilet...

Bohemian Rhapsody (Toilet Remix)

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Trapped in a toilet
no escape from reality...

Open your eyes,
Look into the toilet bowl...

I'm just a piece of poop
I need no sympathy
because I'm easy come, easy go,
sometimes hard, sometimes soft...

Anywhere the poo goes,
doesn't really matter to me...

To me.......

Toilet, just KILLED a man,
It smells so HORRIBLE,
how unreasonable!!
Toilet, life has just begun,
but now I've gone excreting all away!!
Toilet, ooh
didn't mean to make you cry,
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on

As if nothing really matters

Too late, my poo has come
sends shivers down my spine,
body's aching all the time...
Goodbye, everybody
I've got to go...
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth...

Toilet! (ooh... anywhere the poo goes)
I'm constipated
I sometimes wished I've never been born at all!

I'm just a peice of poo,
nobody loves me

IT'S JUST A PEICE OF POO
NOBODY LOVES IT
SPARE IT ITS LIFE FROM ITS MONSTROSITY!!

Easy come, Easy go
Will you let me go?

BISMILLAH *UUURRRGGGHHH!!!*
I CANNOT LET YOU GO!!

Let me go!!

BISMILLAH *UUURRRGGGHHH!!!*
I CANNOT LET YOU GO!!

Let me go!!

CANNOT LET YOU GO!!

Let me go!!

CANNOT LET YOU GO!!

Let me go Oh OH OH...

*URGH* *URGH* *URGH* *URGH* *URGH* *URGH* *URGH*!!!

Oh Mamamia, MAMAMIA!!

MAMAMIA THIS ONE'S TOUGH!!!

BEELZEBUB HAS CONSTIPATION IN MIND FOR ME,
FOR ME, FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing really matters,
anyone can see
Nothing really matters...

And the toilet (and the toilet)
is TOR-TURE to MEEEE!!!!!

Anywhere the poo goes...

*UUURRRGGGHHH*!!!!

Help

I need some help in maintaining our choir's e-mail address...
it's:

methochoir@yahoo.com

Those willing to help me, please let me know. You job will include sending members an e-mail regarding the time of the next practice (though there won't be many from now onwards) and e-mail anything you find interesting.

Your help is much appreciated.

Another year

Another year has past, and so has another choir competition. Though we didn't do as well as last year, we're still very proud of ourselves. Not suggesting we were number one, but suggesting that everyone ought to too.

We were second only to KL (which was pretty much predicted)...
If anyone objected their winning, that person would have absolutely no sense of justice whatsoever. Their song "stand by me" was mesmerizing. Only one thing can be said: We have to work harder.

Who knows what we'll do next year? On top of the insane singing practices, will we have to attend extra dancing lessons to make our performance a Broadway musical? XD

That's entirely up to the teachers...

For pictures of the competition, please send your request to methochoir@yahoo.com

Finally, would like to thank all the choir members (of S'wak) for cooperating with each other, and a big well done to us all (that includes choir members all over M'sia... including Putrajaya... Great courage and spirit!)

We haven't failed, we have just discovered a thousand ways that don't work.

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