Product Description

Donna Soto-Morettini is one of the top performance coaches in the industry and has worked as casting director and performance coach for the hit BBC reality casting shows, I'd Do Anything, Any Dream Will Do, and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria. She was the founding senior vocal coach at Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Based on her years of teaching experience in a multitude of styles, this unique book is a practical guide to exploring the singing voice and will help to enhance vocal confidence in a range of styles including Pop, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Country and Gospel. Both singers and voice teachers will benefit from the clear analysis of these styles and advice on how to improve performance. Popular Singing provides effective alternatives to traditional voice training methods and demonstrates how these methods can be used to create a flexible and unique sound. A free CD of voice demonstrations is also included.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126552 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
"This book is a pleasure to read..." Communicating Voice (August 2006) "The book is practical, very interesting and informative... I am pleased to have it on my shelf as a reference work." Singing (Issue 51 Winter 2006)

About the Author
Donna Soto-Morettini has served as Head of Acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama and Director of the School of Drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She is currently Head of Musical Theatre at the RSAMD.

Customer Reviews

Amazing
I don't know why I am not giving this book 5 stars-IT IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ ON THE VOICE. This book provides you with a foundation in vocal technique and encourages you to find different colours in your voice. The cd is excellent and very resourceful. It is not a vocal training-sing scales book, it is a resource book showing you elements of style found in the major genres of music. Get it and you will be amazed at the rainbow that lies in your vocal palette.

I agree with Miss Isabella
I'm a guitarist. But in all my searching for a book or two that would help me through the basics of what you need to work on as a player and occasional singer, this book was the best. From my point of view, it explains everything you need to know about styles of singing, appropriateness of techniques, practice, voice and breath control - everything I wanted to know. And a CD to hear the examples and exercises. It's difficult to find books that don't either dumb it all down to X Factor, Fame Academy style or go to the other extreme - "If you not musical theatre and opera darling, you're a waster."

Check out a couple of other reviews at the USA Amazon site. Give this book a try if you're learning to sing at school or college, working up to gigging in a band (whatever style) or just want to sound better in the shower (if you have someone who hears you and complains - haha).

Can't point you to much else as I usually do with my reviews - didn't find anything else I much liked. Perhaps I'm too much a player than a singer? The Berklee singing book was one I had for a while, but I sold that and kept this book on the shelf.