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Make Your Voice Heard

An Actor's Guide to Increased Dramatic Range Through Vocal Training

by Chuck Jones ...

• Focuses on the relationship betweenvoice training and acting• Simple, easy-to-follow exercises to strengthen the voice in just 10 minutesper day• Revised and expanded edition includesnew techniques• Replaces ISBN 0-8230-8333-0Chuck Jones, the leading expert on using the voice to convey character, explains his groundbreaking techniques clearly and concisely in this revised edition of a classic. ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

• Focuses on the relationship betweenvoice training and acting• Simple, easy-to-follow exercises to strengthen the voice in just 10 minutesper day• Revised and expanded edition includesnew techniques• Replaces ISBN 0-8230-8333-0Chuck Jones, the leading expert on using the voice to convey character, explains his groundbreaking techniques clearly and concisely in this revised edition of a classic.
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The Inner Voice

The Making of a Singer

by Renée Fleming ...

The fascinating personal story of one of the most celebrated talents in today’s music sceneThe star of the Metropolitan Opera's recent revival of Dvorak's Rusalka, soprano Renée Fleming brings a consummately beautiful voice, striking interpretive talents, and compelling artistry to bear on performances that have captivated audiences in opera houses and recital halls throughout the world. In The ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

The fascinating personal story of one of the most celebrated talents in today’s music sceneThe star of the Metropolitan Opera's recent revival of Dvorak's Rusalka, soprano Renée Fleming brings a consummately beautiful voice, striking interpretive talents, and compelling artistry to bear on performances that have captivated audiences in opera houses and recital halls throughout the world. In The
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Peggy Lee

A Century of Song

by Tish Oney ...

A June 2020 Library Journal Starred ReviewLee stood out among her peers as an exquisite singer possessing a cool vocal style, a songwriter frequently collaborating with leading composers of American jazz and film music, and a globally-loved entertainer with star quality. Tish Oney sheds new light upon this Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner’s impressive musical talents while guiding the ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

A June 2020 Library Journal Starred ReviewLee stood out among her peers as an exquisite singer possessing a cool vocal style, a songwriter frequently collaborating with leading composers of American jazz and film music, and a globally-loved entertainer with star quality. Tish Oney sheds new light upon this Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner’s impressive musical talents while guiding the
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Your Body, Your Voice

The Key to Natural Singing and Speaking

by Theodore Dimon Jr ...

Develop your vocal skills—whether for singing or speaking—in this comprehensive guide with over 50 illustrations and holistic techniques for vocal training and healing.Understanding the voice as part of a larger system: What interferes with it? And how can we restore it to its fullest potential?In this innovative book, Theodore Dimon, EdD, shows how each part of the vocal organ (breathing, larynx, ... Read more

$17.19 CAD

Develop your vocal skills—whether for singing or speaking—in this comprehensive guide with over 50 illustrations and holistic techniques for vocal training and healing.Understanding the voice as part of a larger system: What interferes with it? And how can we restore it to its fullest potential?In this innovative book, Theodore Dimon, EdD, shows how each part of the vocal organ (breathing, larynx,
... Read more
The Healing Power of Singing

Raise Your Voice, Change Your Life (What Touring with David Bowie, Single Parenting and Ditching the Music Business Taught Me in 25 Easy Steps)

by Emm Gryner ...

Vocal health tips, stories from the tour bus, and action items to improve your voice and boost your self-confidence from an award-winning musician and life coachPerforming with David Bowie, surviving the murky depths of the music business, enduring a painful divorce, and making the first music video in outer space, award-winning recording artist Emm Gryner has navigated through life’s highs and ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Vocal health tips, stories from the tour bus, and action items to improve your voice and boost your self-confidence from an award-winning musician and life coachPerforming with David Bowie, surviving the murky depths of the music business, enduring a painful divorce, and making the first music video in outer space, award-winning recording artist Emm Gryner has navigated through life’s highs and
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The Naked Voice:A Wholistic Approach to Singing

A Wholistic Approach to Singing

by W. Stephen Smith ...

In The Naked Voice, W. Stephen Smith invites all singers to improve their vocal technique through his renowned and time-tested wholistic method. Focusing not only on the most important technical, but also on the often overlooked psychological and spiritual elements of learning to sing, his book allows readers to develop their own full and individual identities as singers. With philosophies and ... Read more

$53.59 CAD

In The Naked Voice, W. Stephen Smith invites all singers to improve their vocal technique through his renowned and time-tested wholistic method. Focusing not only on the most important technical, but also on the often overlooked psychological and spiritual elements of learning to sing, his book allows readers to develop their own full and individual identities as singers. With philosophies and
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Solutions for Singers

Tools for Performers and Teachers

by Richard Miller ...

While many texts and courses on the art of singing offer comprehensive overviews of technique and performance, few have time to delve into the specific questions they spawn. Solutions for Singers explores these unanswered questions, filling in gaps that professional performers, students of singing, and voice teachers have long sought to close. Fielding over 200 questions, distinguished teacher and ... Read more

$54.39 CAD

While many texts and courses on the art of singing offer comprehensive overviews of technique and performance, few have time to delve into the specific questions they spawn. Solutions for Singers explores these unanswered questions, filling in gaps that professional performers, students of singing, and voice teachers have long sought to close. Fielding over 200 questions, distinguished teacher and
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Learning To Sing

A Transformative Approach to Vocal Performance and Instruction

by Jennifer Hamady ...

Learning To Sing is a thoughtful and thought-provoking discussion of the principles of voice coach and counselor Jennifer Hamady's innovative teaching method. In this succinct work, Jennifer provides an academic look at the psychology, physiology, and neuroscience of the concepts presented in her book "The Art of Singing: Discovering and Developing Your True Voice", further revealing the 'how' and ... Read more

$8.13 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learning To Sing is a thoughtful and thought-provoking discussion of the principles of voice coach and counselor Jennifer Hamady's innovative teaching method. In this succinct work, Jennifer provides an academic look at the psychology, physiology, and neuroscience of the concepts presented in her book "The Art of Singing: Discovering and Developing Your True Voice", further revealing the 'how' and
... Read more
Anatomy of the Voice

An Illustrated Guide for Singers, Vocal Coaches, and Speech Therapists

by Theodore Dimon Jr ...

The first comprehensive, fully-illustrated approach to the voice that explains the anatomy and mechanics in detailed yet down-to-earth terms, for voice users and professionals of all kindsThis book is the first to explain, in clear and concise language, the anatomy and mechanics of the mysterious and complex bodily system we call the voice. Beautifully illustrated with more than 100 detailed ... Read more

$26.39 CAD

The first comprehensive, fully-illustrated approach to the voice that explains the anatomy and mechanics in detailed yet down-to-earth terms, for voice users and professionals of all kindsThis book is the first to explain, in clear and concise language, the anatomy and mechanics of the mysterious and complex bodily system we call the voice. Beautifully illustrated with more than 100 detailed
... Read more
Set Your Voice Free

How to Get the Singing or Speaking Voice You Want

by Roger Love, Donna Frazier ...

Learn to use your voice effectively to get your message across in this guide to voice techniques from "a truly amazing vocal master" (Tony Robbins, #1 New York Times– bestselling author of Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power ).Every time we open our mouths, we have an effect on ourselves and the way others perceive us. The abi... ... Read more

$17.59 CAD

Learn to use your voice effectively to get your message across in this guide to voice techniques from "a truly amazing vocal master" (Tony Robbins, #1 New York Times– bestselling author of Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power ).Every time we open our mouths, we have an effect on ourselves and the way others perceive us. The abi...
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The Voice Book

Caring For, Protecting, and Improving Your Voice

by Kate DeVore, Starr Cookman ...

Protect and improve your speaking voice with this comprehensive guide. This updated resource teaches you how to care for your voice, one of your most valuable assets.Learn simple explanations of vocal anatomy.Get up-to-date instruction for vocal injury prevention.Follow easy vocal-strengthening exercises.The Voice Book includes information on breathing basics, vocal-cord vibration, and working ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Protect and improve your speaking voice with this comprehensive guide. This updated resource teaches you how to care for your voice, one of your most valuable assets.Learn simple explanations of vocal anatomy.Get up-to-date instruction for vocal injury prevention.Follow easy vocal-strengthening exercises.The Voice Book includes information on breathing basics, vocal-cord vibration, and working
... Read more
Training Soprano Voices

by Richard Miller ...

Training Soprano Voices provides a complete and reliable system for training each type of soprano voice. Designed as a practical program for singers teachers and voice professionals it couples historic vocal pedagogy with the latest research on the singing voice emphasizing the special nature of the soprano voice and the proper physiological functioning for vocal proficiency. Renowned singing ... Read more

$62.39 CAD

Training Soprano Voices provides a complete and reliable system for training each type of soprano voice. Designed as a practical program for singers teachers and voice professionals it couples historic vocal pedagogy with the latest research on the singing voice emphasizing the special nature of the soprano voice and the proper physiological functioning for vocal proficiency. Renowned singing
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Singing and Communicating in English

A Singer's Guide to English Diction

by Kathryn LaBouff ...

From the Foreword by Renee Fleming: "Kathryn LaBouff has developed an approach to singing in the English language which is wonderfully user-friendly, and which has surely saved much wear and tear on my voice. It is a technique that has empowered me with the knowledge and skills to bring a text to life and to be able to negotiate all of the sounds of the language with the least amount of effort. I ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From the Foreword by Renee Fleming: "Kathryn LaBouff has developed an approach to singing in the English language which is wonderfully user-friendly, and which has surely saved much wear and tear on my voice. It is a technique that has empowered me with the knowledge and skills to bring a text to life and to be able to negotiate all of the sounds of the language with the least amount of effort. I
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The Bel Canto Buzz

by Debra Lynn ...

Debra Lynn shares her unique and highly-effective approach to singing with ease! ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Debra Lynn shares her unique and highly-effective approach to singing with ease!
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On the Art of Singing

by Richard Miller ...

This engaging and long influential collection of essays looks at the art of singing in its totality. Written in a lively, non-technical style, On the Art of Singing is a comprehensive manual that deals with all aspects of singing, from the physiology and acoustics of the singing voice to career-building. Divided into four main sections -- vocal technique, style and interpretation, professional ... Read more

$34.39 CAD

This engaging and long influential collection of essays looks at the art of singing in its totality. Written in a lively, non-technical style, On the Art of Singing is a comprehensive manual that deals with all aspects of singing, from the physiology and acoustics of the singing voice to career-building. Divided into four main sections -- vocal technique, style and interpretation, professional
... Read more
Mastering Google Home - Ultimate Guide To Quickstart Your Google Home Experience

by Adidas Wilson ...

Google Assistant is a digital helper that understands audio commands or questions. Other companies have their digital assistants. For example, Apple has Siri and Amazon has the Alexa assistant. Microsoft also owns the Cortana smart digital assistant. The unique aspect about the Google assistant is its ability to hold a conversation. Other assistants give answers to a single question without ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Google Assistant is a digital helper that understands audio commands or questions. Other companies have their digital assistants. For example, Apple has Siri and Amazon has the Alexa assistant. Microsoft also owns the Cortana smart digital assistant. The unique aspect about the Google assistant is its ability to hold a conversation. Other assistants give answers to a single question without
... Read more
Teaching Singing to Children and Young Adults (Third Edition)

by Jenevora Williams ...

A practical, accessible guide with the latest research in vocal pedagogy, child development, and voice scienceThis fully updated and expanded third edition offers fresh insights and strategies for fostering healthy vocal development throughout all stages of growth.Addressing all aspects of the needs of young singersTeaching Singing to Children and Young Adults is an invaluable resource for singing ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A practical, accessible guide with the latest research in vocal pedagogy, child development, and voice scienceThis fully updated and expanded third edition offers fresh insights and strategies for fostering healthy vocal development throughout all stages of growth.Addressing all aspects of the needs of young singersTeaching Singing to Children and Young Adults is an invaluable resource for singing
... Read more
The Singers Talk

The Greatest Singers of Our Time Discuss the One Thing They're Never Asked About: Their Voices

by Jason Thomas Gordon ...

A groundbreaking collection of inspiring and instructive conversations about the beauty, brutality, discipline, and technique of being a successful singer.“This is a captivating look at both the nitty-gritty preparation and emotional energy that ‘it takes [for artists] to stand up to that mic... reach down into their guts, and give everything they’ve got for the sake of the song.’ Its star power ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

A groundbreaking collection of inspiring and instructive conversations about the beauty, brutality, discipline, and technique of being a successful singer.“This is a captivating look at both the nitty-gritty preparation and emotional energy that ‘it takes [for artists] to stand up to that mic... reach down into their guts, and give everything they’ve got for the sake of the song.’ Its star power
... Read more
Singing Lessons for Beginners

Teach Yourself How to Sing (Free Video Available)

by LearnToPlayMusic.com, Peter Gelling ...

Series series Progressive Beginner
Teach yourself how to sing with our easy singing lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free singing videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is sung by a teacher, then sing along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.***"Great beginning singing instruction. Great basics in user friendly format for the new ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Teach yourself how to sing with our easy singing lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free singing videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is sung by a teacher, then sing along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.***"Great beginning singing instruction. Great basics in user friendly format for the new
... Read more
Fortissimo

Backstage at the Opera with Sacred Monsters and Young Singers

by William Murray ...

H. L. Mencken declared that “the opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.” It was not meant as a compliment, but to William Murray, former New Yorker staff writer and aspiring opera singer, a bawdy house is an apt metaphor for the opera: a place of confusion, high and low drama, fleshly pleasures and raucous song.In Fortissimo, Murray follows twelve young singers in the Lyric Opera ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

H. L. Mencken declared that “the opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.” It was not meant as a compliment, but to William Murray, former New Yorker staff writer and aspiring opera singer, a bawdy house is an apt metaphor for the opera: a place of confusion, high and low drama, fleshly pleasures and raucous song.In Fortissimo, Murray follows twelve young singers in the Lyric Opera
... Read more
Complete Vocal Fitness

A Singer’s Guide to Physical Training, Anatomy, and Biomechanics

by Claudia Friedlander ...

Complete Vocal Fitness: A Singer’s Guide to Physical Training, Anatomy, and Biomechanics is a primer on sport-specific training for vocal athletes. Elite athletes apply cutting-edge research in movement and physiology to customize fitness regimens that ensure peak performance. The principles of sports science that enable them to fine-tune strength, flexibility and dynamic stabilization to meet the ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

Complete Vocal Fitness: A Singer’s Guide to Physical Training, Anatomy, and Biomechanics is a primer on sport-specific training for vocal athletes. Elite athletes apply cutting-edge research in movement and physiology to customize fitness regimens that ensure peak performance. The principles of sports science that enable them to fine-tune strength, flexibility and dynamic stabilization to meet the
... Read more
The Naked Voice

Transform Your Life through the Power of Sound

by Chloe Goodchild ...

Both science and spirituality agree that every particle of matter, every phenomenon we experience, is a form of resonance or vibration. The human voice is quite literally a mouthpiece of this truth; there is no form of expression more personal, more tied to our identities, than our voices. With simple inspirational exercises, this book by renowned voice teacher Chloe Goodchild gives readers the ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Both science and spirituality agree that every particle of matter, every phenomenon we experience, is a form of resonance or vibration. The human voice is quite literally a mouthpiece of this truth; there is no form of expression more personal, more tied to our identities, than our voices. With simple inspirational exercises, this book by renowned voice teacher Chloe Goodchild gives readers the
... Read more
The Unbearable Ease of Singing

by Raija Roivainen ...

Human voice is a psychophysical phenomenon. Singing can be considered as a continuous muscular movement. The elasticity, mobility and tension-free action of the muscles of the entire body are the essential prerequisites of easy, natural singing. Stress and anxiety, stiff postures and conscious attempt at muscular control will impede the ease of performance. In brief, don´t do the singing, let it ... Read more

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Human voice is a psychophysical phenomenon. Singing can be considered as a continuous muscular movement. The elasticity, mobility and tension-free action of the muscles of the entire body are the essential prerequisites of easy, natural singing. Stress and anxiety, stiff postures and conscious attempt at muscular control will impede the ease of performance. In brief, don´t do the singing, let it
... Read more
Singing For Dummies

by Pamelia S. Phillips ...

Go from singing in the shower to taking your audience’s breath awayWhether you picture yourself as the next Ariana Grande or just feel like picking up a new hobby, Singing For Dummies walks you through the surprisingly straightforward steps you’ll need to take to develop your voice. It’s a practical guide to every important aspect of singing, from vocal techniques to performance tips.You’ll learn ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Go from singing in the shower to taking your audience’s breath awayWhether you picture yourself as the next Ariana Grande or just feel like picking up a new hobby, Singing For Dummies walks you through the surprisingly straightforward steps you’ll need to take to develop your voice. It’s a practical guide to every important aspect of singing, from vocal techniques to performance tips.You’ll learn
... Read more

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