Open Your Mouth!

This week will have a short post, but I would like to dive into singing since I have covered acting and dance in the previous week's blogs.

This seems like a very small thing, but it is seen in many singers. We all have heard of inertia before, right? We as humans constantly try to find ways to relax into things (pretty much being lazy). This is no different singing.

Before you read on, sing any song. It would be a few bars or the entire length and record it. After doing so, you may continue.

Singing Tip 1

This nice lady is right. Watch both professional singers and inexperienced ones alike and you'd be surprised how many of them have almost closed mouths when singing. We're singers, not ventriloquists!

Now, record another song and sing the song you did, but this time do it with wide-mouthed vowels and consonants. You can even exaggerate it if you need to. Now listen to both recordings and compare. There might not be too much of a difference (especially if your mouth is already naturally opened in the first video), but it really makes a difference in one's overall technique and especially when performing publicly.

So any time you plan to perform on stage, keep it in the back of your mind to open your mouth! People want to hear what you have to say in your song. :) And they want to hear those clear whole resonant notes.