Tag Archives: Freddie Mercury

What do you make of this performance?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by

What would it be like if you had 100% belief in what you were doing? A month ago, my friend and colleague Ben Angel (Lead singer from The Bohemian Embassy) showed me a video performance on Youtube which has really had … Continue reading →

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Lee Risdale, Soul Singer, Walks the Walk

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

One of the key principles of NLP, Neuro Linguistic Programming, is that if you desire to get better, find the people who are already doing what you want to do and work out from them what YOU need to do. … Continue reading →

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Is Musical Technique the refuge of the insecure, or a foundation for Mastery?

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

This question popped into my mind whilst in conversation with the professional singer and vocal coach Basira Ward-Davies with respect to the slight difference in approach she had experienced collaborating with Youth, a producer who has worked with Primal Scream, … Continue reading →

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Using Props in a Performance

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

Performing and pretending to be somebody else can help to push our comfort zones. If we use a costume or props in our performance, this can help us to act in a different way and try out new things with … Continue reading →

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