Chris Ballew - aka Casper Babypants and lead singer of the band Presidents of the USA - gave us so many great takeaways about why we sing in his interview in Jan 2018 - almost 3 years ago. I had to bring it back to your attention. Chris's journey from the top of the industry in PUSA to becoming a children's singer is inspiring. https://babypantsmusic.com/home Singing 101 Courses! are now available at https://nancybos.mykajabi.com/   Thanks to PepperJill and Jack for the theme music and Ken Feisel for the podcast logo.

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Casper Babypants Strikes Again ES060

Scientists aren't certain about why we shed tears when we are emotional, but we can look to responses that others have when they see someone's tears as a possible reason why we evolved to have them. Strong emotions, tears, and vulnerability are important parts of singing. In this episode we begin to look at the pros and cons of vulnerability for the singer/performer and for the audience. Lisa advises us, preach from your scars, not from your wounds. Lisa Horst Clark is the Lead Pastor at Bellevue First Congregational Church, Bellevue, WA Thanks to PepperJill & Jack for the theme music, and Ken Feisel for the podcast logo. Visit nancybos.me for more Nancy!

Tears and Vulnerability with Lisa Horst Clark ES059

Is it possible that society's denial of singing is perhaps based in individual's fears around their own singing! It is easier to act like singing isn't important than to face the fears that most of us have around singing. In this episode I explore this possibility and ask for your help to sort it out. The article I sighted from the Mayo Clinic site is at https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/denial/art-20047926 After listening, if you have ideas for me, email me at nancy@studiobos.com or call my office line and leave a message at +1 425-653-5586. I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on this. Thank you to Pepper Jill & Jack for the theme music, and Ken Feisel for the podcast logo.

Facing Denial About Singing ES058

 Constanza Roeder, CEO and Founder of Hearts Need Art, came back for a second time to share the incredible value of singing for healing - physical, emotional, and mental healing. If you'd like to learn more about Constanza and her incredible back story, head over to Episode 41 - you'll love it!   We touch on the substantial amount of science that is being done in this field. You will undoubtedly be inspired and feel validated about the need for singing by all.   Thank you to PepperJill and Jack for the theme music, and for the cover art, thanks to Ken Feisel   You can support StudioBos Media buy purchasing and recommending the books on singing found at www.studiobos.com   

Singing is Healing with Constanza Roeder ES057

During the menopausal transition, which can start ten years before menopause and last for several more years after, there will be times when hormones fluctuate substantially from day to day. The voice, unfortunately, can seem unreliable and unpredictable because of the hormone roller coaster. At certain phases of the hormonal journey, many women need empathy and skilled assistance. Millions of women around the world are on the same path, and we no longer need to walk that path alone. Working together gives us a better understanding of the vocal issues women might face. Cate Frazier-Neely, Joanne Bozeman, and Nancy Bos SingingThroughChange.com Purchase the book on Amazon Every Sing on Facebook Every Sing on Twitter Every Sing on YouTube Music by PepperJill and Jack Art by Ken Feisel

Can Menopause Affect the Singing Voice ES056

Jeanne Kelly feels so strongly about her favorite thing to say, "sing for life," that she founded the non-profit Encore Creativity for Older Adults. The main emphasis of the organization is choirs for 55+ year olds from 28 different states. Encore Choirs understand the benefits of singing for each person, and helps seniors sing, through non-auditioned ensembles. https://encorecreativity.org/ Enjoying Every Sing? There's more at Nancy’s Website Every Sing on Facebook Every Sing on Twitter Every Sing on YouTube Music by PepperJill and Jack Art by Ken Feisel

Sing for Life with Jeanne Kelly ES054

Singers can't meet. We are in the middle of a pandemic of an airborne virus. But choirs are essential. So how can we keep singing. Keith "Doc" Hampton and Stephen O'Bent share their tips, encouragement, and enthusiasm for choirs. Dr. Keith Hampton http://drkeithhampton.com/ Artistic Director  Founder, Chicago Community Choruswww.chicagocommunitychorus.org Stephen O'Bent https://www.stephenobent.com/ First Congregational Church, Bellevue WA Digipen Institute of Technology Every Sing on Facebook Every Sing on Twitter Every Sing on YouTube Music by PepperJill and Jack Art by Ken Feisel

Choir Go Forth and UnMute ES053

Dr. Lynne Gackle is President of the American Choral Directors Association, author of the book Finding Ophelia's Voice, Opening Ophelia's Heart: Nurturing the Adolescent Female Voice: An Exploration of the Physiological, Psychological, and Musical Developments of Female Students, and Director of choral activities Baylor University. She has a big message to share with us. Science has proven the value of singing to mental and physical health, community connection, and education. Singing is essential. Now is the time to advocate for it. Thank you to PepperJill and Jack for the theme music, and Ken Feisel for designing the Every Sing logo.

Singing is Essential with Dr. Lynne Gackle ES052

According Lynn Helding in her book, The Musician’s Mind, “One of the best techniques shown to sustain motivation and keep attention on track is goal-setting, the conscious act of listing one or several goals that one wishes to reach. On the surface, it can look like giving performances is the main goal of singers. I propose, however, that the performance is way down the list of goals for all singers. There are so many other reasons why a singer sings, and sometimes performing doesn’t even factor in.  The Musician's Mind by Lynn Helding We Are Not Alone by Pepper Chopin performed by Bellevue FCC Nancy’s Website   Every Sing on Facebook Every Sing on Twitter Every Sing on YouTube Music by PepperJill and Jack Art by Ken Feisel

Why Singing is More Than Performing ES055

Singing is Essential with Dr. Lynne Gackle

In this episode of Every Sing podcast, Nancy discusses why we sing, the reason that singing is not the same as performing, who singers are, and asks the question, "Why don't we sing more." This episode launches the new podcast season. During this season Nancy will explore the connection of singing to big topics such as communication, health, and business. Look for all the episodes on your favorite podcast player. Not all the episodes will appear on YouTube, but there will be a summary episode for each series in the season. ***** Theme music composed and performed by PepperJill & Jack Podcast logo designed by Ken Feisel

Why We Sing

Stephen and Shannon, a married couple living in Seattle, WA, make up Pepper Jill and Jack. But on top of that, they have the Give Back Brass Band, Shannon sings in two other groups, Stephen plays for other groups, teaches at DigiPen, and has independent students and a church choir.  This inspiring and talented choir deserves our support. Check them out on their websites, buy their first album, and follow them on Facebook so you hear about the next album (and the baby due in May 2019!) www.stephenobent.com www.pepperjillandjack.com   The church is Bellevue First Congregational Church, Bellevue, WA. Join us any Sunday.   Join the Every Sing podcast group on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/1711090705861666/    Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod   Nancy’s website: NancyBos.net   Podcast Cover Art by Ken Feisel at kenfeiseldesign.com 

ES050 Juggling Everysing w/ Shannon and Stephen O'Bent

Petra is a Vocal Coach, Singing Teacher, Life & Career Coach for Creatives in Glasgow, United Kingdom. she has special expertise in helping (performing) artists and creatives to overcome limiting beliefs and emotional blocks to perform better and without fear. She has helped hundreds of people to prepare for or sustain a singing career, find personal fulfilment through music and overcome limiting beliefs and performance anxiety. Our conversation is broken into two parts, first dealing with performance anxiety for the singer, and second, setting oneself up for a growth mindset as a professional.    Petra began in this field by wanting to move the conversation with her students from the pure level of empathy to actually knowing the steps to enable the client or student to come up with their own solutions.   Here’s the important points I’ve picked up so far.   Performance anxiety may be caused by  1.a trauma from the past 2.perfectionism, we don’t feel we are enough yet 3.Too much outward focus, not enough inward focus.   As a mindset coach, Petra works with people to “get a grip” on their own minds, like  self limiting beliefs not wanting to reveal a weakness comparing themselves too much of others Becoming aware of where you are on the continuum of a fixed mindset is a good start   Petra recommends the Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck - https://amzn.to/2ADUwnY   I’d like to talk to you briefly about my book the Teen Girl’s Singing Guide because there is a big section in that book on performance anxiety, written by Dr. Diana Allen, who was a guest of one of the most popular episodes of this podcast, episode ES022. In the book, Diana talks about many similar things to what Petra talks about here.    Diana calls herself a peak performance coach. And Petra calls herself a mindset coach. These two awesome women have in common that they work with creative professionals and amateurs, and specialize in singers. There are many mindset and peak performance coaches who work with athletes, business people, and others, but to have these two women available to us as musicians - that’s a great thing. Both of these people base their careers on helping us achieve our dreams. So we should take advantage of that.    Wherever you are in the world, you can reach out to Petra. The best way to find her is through her website: www.singingsense.com  What you’ll find there is her 3 Step Breakthrough Program for Creatives, her blog, and links to her totally useful social media pages. Facebook: @singingtutor   Thank you to Ken Feisel of Ken Feisel design for the fabulous podcast cover art.  

ES049 Growth Mindset for Creatives w/ Petra Raspel

Dr. MATT SCHOLONEGER ES048 The purpose of Matt's study was to examine the use of dosimetry-derived tessituragrams and Voice Range Profiles (VRPs) in selecting appropriate voice repertoire for singing students. Matt’s project for the Van Lawrence fellowship, funded by a grant from NATS and the Voice Foundation, was a study in Voice Dosemetry - that is, measuring and studying individual’s voice range profiles - the actual pitch range and loudness range of a persons voice. Specifically, he focused on the voice load of songs - how much time on each pitch, how many vibratory cycles on each pitch - in different keys.    The singers were recorded singing the same song in 3 different keys. He got their own perception of difficulty, had an expert panel listen, and using the score, kind of like the map of the song, which he calls a score based tessituragram. With each singer he made a voice range profile with the dosemeter. (A dosemeter looks like earbuds on a hard collar, that sits around your neck and rests in the front. It measures skin vibration in the neck.)   He also looked at overall voice use through the day. He found that people think about how much they sing, but not how much they talk, or how loud the environment is.    ------------   To revisit the episode with voice scientist, Ingo Titze, you can look for episode 16 in your podcast player or visit the podcast page here. http://everysing.libsyn.com/016-every-sing-dr-ingo-titze-voice-scientist   Matt’s first episode on Every Sing was episode #2 http://everysing.libsyn.com/002-every-sing-dr-matthew-schloneger-on-voice-dosimetry   You can find Matt @ Friends University in Wichita, KS   matthew_schloneger@friends.edu   Others involved in Matt's project: Eric J. Hunter, PhD, Dept of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University  Lynn Maxfield, PhD, National Center for Voice and Speech   Previous Studies  Thurmer, Stefan, “The Tessiturogram,” Journal of Voice 2, no. 4 (1988): 327–329.  Titze, Ingo, “Quantifying Tessitura in a Song." Journal of Singing, 65:1 (September 2008), 59–61.  Hanrahan, Kevin, "Use of the Voice Range Profile in Assigning Repertoire: An Evaluation." NATS National Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, July 2010 (Best Poster Award) Nico Paolo Paolillo and Frano Fussi, “The Vocal Score Prole/Vocal Range Prole Rate and APM in Artistic Voice Evaluation: Application Tested on Opera and Musical Singers; An Evaluation of Voice Suitability and Vocal Fatigue,” in Claudia Manfredi, ed., Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (Firenze, Italy, August 25–27, 2011), 85–92. Nix, John, "Measuring Mozart: A Pilot Study Testing the Accuracy of Objective Methods for Matching a Song to a Singer.” Journal of Singing, 70:5 (June 2014), 561-572 Thanks Go To The Van L. Lawrence Fellowship – The Voice Foundation and the National Association of Teachers of Singing Matt’s work was partially supported by the National Institutes of Health Grant R01 DC012315 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. 

ES048 Quantifying Rep Tessituras w/ Dr. Matthew Schloneger

The world of singing is so much more than we can easily grasp. In this podcast, Nancy Bos is joined by singers, scientists, educators, choral directors, audio engineers, and more, in conversations about what drives them. Every episode examines a different aspect of singing and digs down deep to expose the driving passion of the guest.

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