Are you an aspiring songwriter? If so, how can you improve your songwriting skills? General Considerations First, do you know some of the rules of writing songs? If you listen to hit songs, they have certain things in common that “don’t break the rules.” People are used to hearing certain chord progressions. What are they?…
Tricia Grey, the founder of Sing Like A Star, has had much success with her students over the years. There’s Angelica Hale, a runner-up on America’s Got Talent, as well as Jennifer Geller, a Broadway actress/singer who has been in Rock of Ages, Bring It On, and Hamilton, and, of course, various competitors on both…
Tricia Grey, MM Every large city has local theater companies as well as professional theaters that cast for their shows. Many cities have auditions called Unified Auditions. These are annual professional auditions that allow Equity, qualifying non-Equity, and Emerging Artists 18 years and older to audition before fifty or more local and regional theater companies. …
Life is pretty busy these days. It can be hard to remember to do everything we need to do, when it needs to get done; this unfortunately can often include giving our bodies the attention they need to perform. And not just perform in a performance aspect, but perform through everything our day throws at…
Happy New Year to you all! The holidays are always the most hectic time of year, and time really does just fly away. With that said it’s unbelievably already January 2nd, and if you haven’t come up with New Year’s resolutions for 2014, you may think you’re off the hook; think again! There’s still plenty…
The title of this blog may seem laugh-worthy to some. Performance anxiety is a real problem for so many and no laughing matter. It can hinder a performance and restrict a person’s true talents to a highly discouraging level. Getting rid of it is seemingly impossible to the many who suffer from it, and to…
Here is a list of audition songs to consider for musical theatre or pageant auditions: A Accentuate the Positive A Change In Me A Change Is Gonna Come Adele’s Laughing Song Die Fledermaus A Dream With Your Name On It After You Ah Sweet Mystery of Life Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Medley Ain’t No…
TRICIA GREY, MM INTERVIEW 1. What age or event in your life made you decide to make music your life and career? I don’t ever remember NOT singing. I sang for show and tell. I sang for kids on the school bus. I made my 5 brothers and sisters learn all the parts to every…
TRICIA GREY, MM Onset can be defined as the manner in which a vocal tone is initiated. The initiation of vocal tone determines the quality of the sound, and thus is of primary importance to us as singers and teachers. I would like to discuss the various types of onset here, and to make…
THE DAZZLING STORY OF PRINCE RUMI or How the Universe Sometimes Conspires for Our Benefit This is not my usual Vocal Technique oriented blog, but I felt compelled to write it. Hope you enjoy! About three years ago I got a call from a member of a choir I was then directing. Knowing I have…
