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From Shower To Stage….7 Easy Steps For Singing Like A Pro!
Author(s): Beth Lawrence (Author)
- Publisher: Viva La Voice
- Publication Date: July 19, 2011
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 97 pages
- ISBN-10: 0965619699
- ISBN-13: 9780965619691
Book Description
The book is based on the natural, healthy Bel Canto singing technique, which can be applied to any voice or style of music.
This book was written for shy, shower singers; challenged singers; ‘re-entry’ singers starting later in life; and professional singers who want to maintain a healthy voice. ‘Everyone can sing!’, and this book will help you do just that!
What this book will teach you: how to capture, visualize, and utilize energy; how to breathe naturally so that you are supporting your tone securely; how to use the body to produce a powerful, rich, always centered voice; how to release the voice, not control or constrict it; how to sing with an open, consistent tone throughout your range; how to increase your range and sing high notes effortlessly; how to get rid of your ‘break’ – developing one voice; not a ‘head’ and ‘chest’ voice; how to use open vowels to create a velvety flow of words and sounds; how to use your mind and your emotions to help you sing authentically; how to sing from your heart, not your head; how to get rid of false beliefs that hold you back from joyful singing; how to sing without fear or self-judgement!
Lessons help you to improve. They show you how to do something you may not fully know how to do. They take the mystery out of singing. All of a sudden your confidence grows because you see that you are capable of doing something that you may have thought you couldn’t do! Taking lessons; reading this book; and practicing the Lawrence Vocal Exercises empower you to succeed where previously you thought you would fail.
Buying and using From Shower To Stage is the first step in getting over limiting beliefs and moving on with your life. Getting over the fear of singing in front of others is a huge step towards healthy self-esteem. You need this instruction to show you that you can sing, and do it well! This is an exciting journey, so be proud that you’ve taken this first step to learn how to sing, or how to sing better!
Editorial Reviews
Review
Beth has quite an impressive bio. She has been studying singing for over 30 years, and the result is this gem of a book she has published to teach us her singing method, The Lawrence System. With this book, you will learn 7 simple steps to improve your singing, and help to correct anything you may have been taught wrongly in the past.
If you’ve taken singing lessons somewhere along the line, you may very likely have been taught wrong things, and therefore developed bad habits which have caused you to not enjoy singing as it should be enjoyed – joyfully! Beth accurately describes the most common mistakes taught by many singing instructors, and then tells you how to do it the right way.
The exercises in the Lawrence System force you to focus on things other than hitting the right notes, and before you know it, you’re able to sing notes you didn’t think you could, and without straining. The improvements come easily, but you do have to make the effort to practice the exercises, to replace old habits with new ones. If you have about 15 minutes a day, the end result will all be worth it. You’ll forget about producing a perfect tone, but rather focus on releasing your natural voice. And that’s when you find yourself wanting to sing, no matter who’s around … or whether you’re in the shower or not.
Relax… Beth’s method promotes relaxation, because, not only is it important in our everyday stressful lives, but it is also important to be relaxed in order to sing properly. Being nervous doesn t help us do anything well, singing included. However if you relax, and know what you re doing, you ll sing like you never imagined you could. You may be hiding the next Beyoncé or Steven Tyler, (or fill in your own blank here) somewhere in there; and if not, that s okay; the one thing you will certainly learn is to be confident enough in your ability to sing, and that s really all some of us may be striving for here.
This book is not only about the ABC s of how to sing. Beth gets you to involve your whole self body and mind in your singing. I found that these 7 steps were all I needed. The exercises are simple and effective. And you can practice them anywhere in your car, in the kitchen while cooking, even when you re in the shower!
Finally, you ll definitely want to read this book more than once. I read it the first time, just soaking up all the information. Then I read it again, this time actually doing the exercises as I went along. And I’m not done yet. I plan to keep reading it over again until I no longer need to consult it, until all the information becomes second nature to me. (And then I m going to lend it to a friend of mine who recently claimed she has the worst singing voice ever.)
This book comes with a CD for vocal exercises based on the Lawrence System. These exercises are so well explained, they re not just there for you to mimic. In fact, before each exercise, Beth describes the exercise, she then explains the purpose of it, and then guides you along, sitting at her piano while you stand beside her.
I believe I have found the only singing teacher I ll ever need. And I highly recommend her to you, too.
About the Author
Beth develops and facilitates educational and team-building workshops for speakers, songwriters and singers, helping clients to ‘up their value in the marketplace’ with renewed stage skills and confidence. She works with stroke patients to restore impaired voices and uses the Lawrence Vocal System to renew and promote healthy, powerful communication for Parkinson’s patients.
Passionate about the transformative power of music, Beth uses her 30 years of experience to help clients return to a place of confidence and self-love by re-discovering the joy of singing, while finding their authentic voices in the world. Beth loves developing the brilliance in others!
