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Chapter Summaries from Singing Excellence

Chapter 1 -- The True Power of the Singer

•     Why Is Acting so Powerful?
•     The Essence of Singing Excellence

 

Chapter 2 -- Physical Preparedness

•     Just How Important Is Body Language Anyway?
•     How Should I Stand?
•     What Does This Do for Me?
•     A Great Way to Be Magnetic

 

Chapter 3 -- Emotional Openness and Holding

•     What Are We Defending Against When We Tense Up?
•     Here Comes the Judge -- Goodbye Judge!
•     What Does the Alexander Technique Have To Do with It?

 

Chapter 4 -- Hands

•     How to Use Your Hands
•     When Is It Truly Organic?
•     My Great Sin

 

Chapter 5 -- The Eyes Have It

•     Trust Your Self
•     When You Focus...
•     Stop This, Please Stop This!
•     Keep the Muggers off the Stage

 

Chapter 6 -- Movement That Moves Your Audience

•     Show Me How to Move
•     Which Way Do We Go?
•     Is It Time to Go yet?
•     Less Is a Whole Lot More

 

Chapter 7 -- Breathing

•     Can Breathing Really Do That?
•     What's Another Word for Breathing In?
•     Breath and the Emotions
•     Breathing Dramatically

 

Chapter 8: Vocal Preparedness and Voice Lessons

•     The Absolute Best Thing You Can Do for Your Voice
•     A Very Pleasant Awakening Awaits You
•     Who Should You Let Teach You?
•     The Imaginary Number, the Anchorman, and the Surgeon
•     The Most Important Qualification For A Voice Teacher

 

Chapter 9: Vocal Health

•     The Main Thing Is to Do No Harm
•     Lose Weight and Sing Great
•     Let's Talk about Talking
•     So If I Practice All the Time I'll Get Better?
•     Warming Up
•     Keep It Down, Please!
•     Don't Blow It

 

Chapter 10: Breath Technique And Power

•     Three Aspects of Breathing
•     How Much Air Can You Hold?
•     Controlling Your Airflow
•     Building Your Breathing Power
•     Breath Power Is Performance Power

 

Chapter 11: Breathing in Song

•     A Throat That Is Open for Business
•     Am I Really Asking This?
•     Now Act like a Dog

 

Chapter 12: Throat and Mouth

•     Muscles Have Memories
•     Here's How to Relax Those Muscles
•     Less Is a Whole Lot More
•     How to Sing the Vowels
•     How to Sing the Consonants

 

Chapter 13 -- Range and Resonance

•     Which One Is the Cash Register?
•     The Power of Mixed Voice
•     And for the Ladies
•     Does This Resonate?
•     I Hate to Be Repetitive, Redundant, and Repeat Myself

 

Chapter 14 -- Acting and Song

•     Changing Our Point of View
•     It Was an Instant Conversion
•     This Is Funny, Don't Do This
•     Storytelling Is So Much Better

 

Chapter 15 -- Being Organic

•     How Do You Grab Them by the Neck and Shake?
•     Phony Phony Phony
•     I Write the Songs
•     So How Do You Do It?
•     Go As Far As You Want
•     This Makes Organic Easy

 

Chapter 16 -- Me, You, Here

•     Knock Knock Who's There
•     Finding the Best Scene Partner
•     Finding Your Atmosphere

 

Chapter 17 -- Struggle and the Moment Before

•     Will I Live or Eat Ice Cream?
•     How Could You Not Sing Powerfully?
•     I Have Met the Enemy. Now What?
•     How to Use Those All-Powerful Verbs
•     Action -- Reaction
•     The Beauty of a Performance Where You Don't Know

 

Chapter 18 -- Bringing the Words to Life

•     It's Not Just for Web Sites
•     Take Note of the Notes
•     Discovering Unexpected Treasures
•     Playing with the Phrasing
•     Reinventing Your Own Wheels

 

Chapter 19 -- Stage Fright

•     Disclaimer: I'm Scared Stiff
•     Hey Me, Get Out Of My Way!
•     Getting at the Root of Stage Fright
•     A Practical Technique
•     Step-By-Step, Slowly I Turn
•     Let's Get Psychological
•     Vive Le Stage Fright

 

Chapter 20 -- Taking Stage

•     Ladies and Gentlemen...
•     Who Are All These Other People?
•     And Now Give Him the Nod
•     What's She Looking At?

 

Chapter 21 -- Stage Technique

•     The Sound and the Light
•     Microphones -- Friend or Foe?
•     How to Hold Your Microphone
•     Holding on for Dear Life
•     A Little Bit Closer, a Little Bit Farther
•     Take No Chances
•     What Do We Have To Do Now?

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