A Search for Purpose
Michael joins Anthony Robbins, Wayne Dyer and others in this highly inspirational book about living your dream This is another best seller in the Wake Up…Live the Life You Love series.
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BackStage: Taking Your Voice on the Road
Singers and actors are expected to be at peak vocal performance every day, regardless of their punishing eight-show-a-week schedule. It’s hard enough when you’re playing the same theatre in the same city. But what happens when you take the show on the road? Whether in a musical or a play, vocal challenges on tour are greatly multiplied.
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BackStage: Creating a Cabaret Act
Cabaret is the experience of being private in public. Andrea Marcovicci defines it as “an intensely personal evening of song and stories, delivered in a simple, honest way in an intimate space that shatters the fourth wall. The audience participates in a direct, emotional conversation with the artist and leaves feeling contacted and personally touched.”
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BackStage: Performing Sick
It has probably already happened to you. You have a performance, recording date, or big audition and find yourself with a cold or some other ailment affecting your voice. Your mind begins to race with concerns: Oh God, they’re going to think I really sound like this. Will I hurt my voice if I sing? Is there anything I can do? Yes, there are things you can do — and sometimes they work.
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BackStage: Making a Demo
For singers in today’s market, a demo is like a résumé or a headshot — it’s a necessity. With karaoke tracks aplenty and studio time readily accessible, making a demo is far easier now than it was a few years ago, so serious singers are expected to have one. There are many reasons for recording a demo, and each one has specific parameters.