Table of Contents

First Things

The Motive

Modi Operandi

My Peculiar Path

The Two Big Questions

Training

Why Bother?

Your Team

Teacher or Coach?

Finding a Qualified Teacher

Dealing with a Bad Fit

Cults

Teacher, Not Therapist

Authenticity and Uniqueness

Talent Shmalent

Corporate Singing

Schools

Not Schools

Roll Your Own?

A Degree in Something

Video Instruction

Distance Learning

Trademarked Methods Aplenty

How Long?

The Confusions

Paradoxes

Eclecticism or a Hot Mess?

Breathing

Support!

The Sad Lesson

Squabbling Teachers

The Black Box

Is the Voice an Instrument?

New Teacher, New Concepts

Melting Mysteries

Something to Hang on to

Imagery and Mirages

Mechanistic Directives: of the Devil?

Sensation and Sound

Fighting Words

Verbs and Bad Teaching

You Can’t Cover Everybody

Health versus Your Sound

Voice Science, Academic Religion

Where Am I?

Self-Assessment Is Crucial

Contents of the SAPS

Daily Technical Check-In

The Advice of Other Humans

Feedback from the Arena

The Singer’s Life

Practicing Better

A New Voice Every Day

When to Cancel

Consistency

Pre-Performance Performance

Age

Health

Retooling

Money

Midlife and the Artist’s Soul

Action > Attitude

Big Questions Again

Openness

Remember Fun?

Love Yourself, Love Your Voice

References

Appendix

Potential in Every Note

Lamperti and the Evolution of Appoggio (Support!)

Authors Who Pushed Me

Downloads

Recommended Reading and Media

Index

About the Author