Delaney Simplified Singing Voice™ Training

Body flexibility and elasticity are central to singing.  The Rolfing® method is helpful to achieve this freedom.  See the Rolf Institute website for further information.

Rolf Institute of Structural Integration

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Here is Stevie Wonder singing with Tony Bennett.  Notice that they have different styles of singing, but you can understand the words of everything that they sing.

See this Youtube video of Len Cariou, famous broadway actor-singer. This is an example of someone singing with relaxation, in his own natural voice, without ever forcing it.  Watch his posture; notice that he never gasps for breath between phrases. This is what happens when you are speaking naturally, singing naturally.

Here is a Youtube video of Barbara Walsh, well known broadway actress (we both studied with Margaret Ribbleberger in New York) in the 2006 Broadway revival of “Company” by Stephen Sondheim.  Notice how relaxed she is and how clear the words are; she too, sings like she speaks.  She doesn’t begin to do something different when she is singing than when she is speaking like so many singers.  She knows how to use her body elasticity to support her singing (even though you might not notice it).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuTtl0cetAA

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Exercise- Singers need to regularly exercise all their small muscle; the interior muscles that we don’t see but which initiate all true movement; respiratory muscles.  These muscles need to developed and maintained in a relaxed and lengthened state without forcing them.  Yoga is a very good practice as it opens muscles and joints systematically, depending of course on the teacher and approach.

Another exercise system that I have practiced since 1979 and taught since 1988 can be seen at this link. PCALS

Contact me for further information about learning these 23 exercises that are perfect and complete for the singer.

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Speech training- Anyone who sings must have an either natural ability to place their voice with minimal throat involvement, or learn to do so.  Most of us have acquired regionalisms and family habits which prevent us from placing our voice effectively and thus our voice is inefficient.  Singing demands accurate placement in order to produce a pleasant and clear voice without every forcing or straining.  I was trained in the Edith Skinner approach (Edith Skinner, a speech coach and consultant to Broadway actors) at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with Deborah Ross-Sullivan.

I can access what your special needs are and provide you with exercises to enhance your speech placement, and thus your singing voice- since they are the essentially the very same process.  This is a muscular process and thus your vocal muscles can be re-conditioned over time.

David Delaney, MA, CAR

Singing Voice Training

david@singingvoicetraining.com

303-449-2004