Common Sense Singing Blog:
The Emperor’s New Voice
examinations by a malcontent vocal altruist
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Build your team. Find one person that can help you realize your dream. Dream beautifully. Asking for help is beauty. Acknowledge others as dreamers. Help others’ dreams come true. Believe in your future before your dream. There are no great plans without a dream....
I am still learning.
Pick up a sport. Encourage the use and co-ordination of mind and body while interacting with others slightly more skilled than yourself. Learning is changing. Developed limitations are the same as unrealized potential. Encourage developing skill with character. Learn...
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
Take a break. Find Fun. Go for a walk. Use your body & relax your mind. A relaxed perspective is everything. Going beyond what is required is necessary. Walk with a friend and feel your relationship grow closer. Exercise 1 better decision a week. Create playlists to...
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Volunteer. Help others and experience something new. Kindness is the greatest learning experience. I believe hope is the default of life. Often others’ hopes can only benefit from your kindness. Unconditional optimism selflessly serves hope. Greatness in giving is...
It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.
Go to the library and read. Be random and spontaneous. Cultivate habits of learning and research. Stumbling into specific information can help general understanding. Deciding what musical skills you want to learn can define your vocal skills. Emerging skills are an...
People think I’m disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.
Attend live singing in all its forms. See all the great singers live. The need is innate. Inspiration is everywhere. Say yes to your passions. Your love has to be more than the pain. Devotion can overcome fear. Witnessing other artists create in person urges humanity....
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Think of 3 things that define you as an artist and expand their meanings. Then redefine. It starts with a vision. Your heart sees the clearest vision. Dreams are best fulfilled when awakened. Draw yourself in your current season. Understand what brings you fear and...
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
Be taught. Teach someone. We learn from multiple, different interactions. With context information transforms into knowledge. With meaning experiences emerge as understanding. Chaos and change are essential to learning. Chaos and change are essential to teaching. To...
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page
Travel. Be someone with an experience worthy to share. I believe our journey is improved by experiencing the world. Customs, food, music, and people give meaning beyond any written word. Living commonly in uncommon places is a benefit of travel. Write new chapters by...
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
Get lost in the internet! Follow links that interest you to live in curiosity. I believe curiosity requires enthusiasm, imagination, and persistence. There are moments you must travel without a map and use your inner compass. Create one day where you do not use a...