Singing with Sharon D.

Hello..to hopefully my future students! If you are looking for a teacher with many years of experience on stage in various ways including musical theater, bands and also in the recording studio, you've come to the right place. If you are looking for someone who will not try to change you nor try to force you into singing songs that you do not like or change the love that you have for certain types of music by molding you into someone else, then yes, again, you have come to the right place ! My goal is to take what you have already and to improve upon it by giving you some warm-up techniques and structure so that you can preserve your talent as well as expand upon it. Want to try to sing a little higher? We will work on that. Can't hit those low Adele or Christina Perri notes? We'll tackle those. It is all about breath technique and placing your voice in the right spot and we will warm up so that we can do that and focus a lot on the breath. Do you find you lose your voice easily? I have many students that have that trouble and many of them are using their voices incorrectly on the soccer field or the softball field because they are encouraged to "be loud". One of my main concerns with my students is preserving their voices, and I focus a lot on getting them to work with me on that. It is important to preserve the voice even out of the lesson, 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Having lost my voice when I was younger, I learned the hard way about the things we have to do to preserve it. If you are to be a singer, then this is serious and is something I focus on a lot. Do you want to be part of a team instead of someone demanding things of you? Do you want to sing pop but have come across teachers who will force you to sing opera or classical? That will not be me. I find that whatever is in you guys that is natural is what I need to focus on as the core and I build around it and upon it. That works out so much better and having you guys choose your own songs shows me that you are engaged and interested and excited to have a lesson as opposed to having to drag your feet because you don't like what you're working on. There are songs that just don't work or are not challenging enough, and in that case I will absolutely say that we should move on to another but we do start with what is in your heart and what inspires you. That is always a good foundation and we can build from there. You and I are a team! :) Let''s do this!