Shannon Coates
friday fav five – 19|01|04

friday fav five – 19|01|04

by | Jan 4, 2019 | Fri Fav Five, Productivity 101, Singing 101, Vocal Health & Hygiene 101, Voice Pedagogy 101

New Year | New You Edition

Yeah … I’m not really into setting a whole bunch of resolutions to change things up BIG TIME in the New Year.  But you know what I AM into? These cool ‘reset / set intention / start the year off right’ thingamabobs that everyone offers at the beginning of the year. I totally dig those. (Maybe because I don’t have to do anything except show up and let the folks who are running the show, well, run that show? But ENOUGH ABOUT ME)

Here are five super-cool ‘reset’ singingteachery thingamabobs that I found on The Internets last year:

1. 14 Day Vocal Reset from Elizabeth Rotoff at The Fit Singer

I mean, for a very low price point, you get meal plans, workouts, vocal exercises, personal consults, AND MORE. So you don’t have to figure all that out. All you have to do is, well, everything else. But the BIG STUFF is taken care of.

i am fluffy and very happy with my own fluffiness, #thankyouverymuch. but if you want to change my meal plan to include more wet food, i will not say no #isallimsayin.

 

2. 21 Days to Your New Voice from Kerri Ho at The Songbird Tree

This is a free YouTube series that you can just follow along. Again, all you have to do is SHOW UP. Okay, and DO the things. But there’s a tonne of great info here parsed out in short segments that are easily digestible. Also? THAT ACCENT.

accents aren’t all that, human. you’re so weird.

3. Dedicate – 30 Day Yoga Journey with Adriene Mishler from Yoga with Adriene

Okay, this one isn’t exactly SINGER focused. But it’s the one I’m doing. And I’m loving it so far: free, short, daily videos with a down-to-earth guide. We’re only two days in so it’s not too late to join.

this is my cat/cow pose. don’t ask me to do a downward dog. that’s just insulting.

 

4. How to Run Your Studio Without Hating Your Boss with Michelle Markwart Deveaux from FaithCultureKiss

Yeah. This one isn’t really a RESET for the New Year thingamabob. It’s more of a BLOW YOUR BUSINESS OUT OF THE WATER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE thingamabob. You know, if you’re into that kind of thing.

i’m into sleeping. that’s what’s resetting me for the new year, human.

 

5. Favourite (and only, frankly) New Year | New You Thingamabob: You Can Change Your Life. Yes, You Can, from the same crazy-inspiring peep who developed How to Run Your Studio Without Hating Your Boss. Yep. #shesallthat

Seriously.

my resolution is to sleep more. JUST KIDDING: it’s to trick you into feeding me more wet food.

 

Whatever you choose to NEW YOU this year, just know (from my therapist’s lips to your ears): you’re enough.

And you’re good enough to #teachyourfaceoff,

friday fav five – 18|11|23

friday fav five – 18|11|23

by | Nov 22, 2018 | Ageing Voice 101, Fri Fav Five, Productivity 101, Singing 101, Vocal Health & Hygiene 101, Voice Pedagogy 101

(now on a once-per-month basis. because: real life.)

1. favourite not-really-related-to-voice-teaching-but-SO-TOTALLY-RELATED-TO-VOICE-TEACHING YouTube episode: How to Remain Calm with People, from The School of Life*

Friends, if your default is to assume the worst of the folks who come through your studio door? You may soon find yourself with not a lot of folks coming through your studio door.

i assume the worst about every human i see every time i see them. because i am a cat.

 

2. favourite blog post: You Wouldn’t Want to Hear Me Sing, by Liz Jackson Hearns

I mean, not to get all up in your head but …

too far into my head, human. GET OUT OF THERE.

 

3. favourite poopy interview: How the Founder of Poo-Pourri Went From Business Failure to a $300 Million Company, with Marie Forleo**

Seee … that’s a nice little palate … ummm … cleanser … right? (Seriously though, you’re running an awesome-sauce voice studio that has nothing to do with poo, right? So go on and DO THAT THING.)

blue eyed cat with white whiskers

you are unbelievable, human.

 

4. favourite voice-related, insanely-cool thing: personalized sound wave prints, from Newton and the Apple (on Etsy)

Need a gift for your favourite voice teacher? HANDLED. #yourewelcome

can you make a picture-thing for my kind of unbelievable eyes?

 

5. favourite podcast episode: The Radio Drama Episode, from This American Life

This is an episode from when Lin-Manuel Miranda was best known for In the Heights sooo …

this might be the weirdest #FFF collection so far. congratulations, human. and i mean that as sincerely as i’m able to mean it. which is not very sincerely at all. #yourewelcome

 

Go on and teach your ever-loving face off,

 

 

 

 

* Thanks for the heads up on this one, Dann!
** Thanks for this one, Cara!

 

plant a carrot (Daily Blog – Day 2)

plant a carrot (Daily Blog – Day 2)

by | Nov 4, 2018 | Daily Blog, Productivity 101

future singer thanks you

Seth Godin says:

Twelve years from now, your future self is going to thank you for something you did today, for an asset you began to build, a habit you formed, a seed you planted.

Even if you’re not sure of where it will lead, today’s the day to begin.

And I muse about what things we can encourage the singers we work with to start now (like, right now) that their future selves will thank them for …

Steaming every day? Choosing one great singer in their fach/voice type/style to listen to every day for a month? Developing a hydration habit? Doing a character study on a role that they aren’t ready to perform yet? Finding the perfect warm up and cool down for their voice? Investing in an acting course? Discovering who the incredible sound people are in their town? Taking a dance class? Learning how to learn music? Taking a song-writing course?

I come from a long line of pastors so I’m pretty sure I’ve heard every harvesting analogy out there. Choose your favourite one. And know that you have control over what future singer thanks you for.

#teachyourfaceoff

 

 

 

ps my friend Vanessa says this too. only she’s WAY DEEPER than I am.

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