Being a Singer: The Art, Craft, and Science - Paperback

by Linda Balliro (Author), Jack Canfield (Foreword by)

Being a Singer: The Art, Craft, and Science provides the solutions you need to make practical, consistent changes in your singing. This book pulls back the curtain on how singing actually works, from cognition to anatomy to your amazing hearing system and even your instincts and emotions. Based on the training approach of Seth Riggs, supported by vocal science, neuroscience and motor learning, Being a Singer offers clear tools and strategies that train your voice, empower you to find solutions, build your awareness, and develop confidence. Stories and interviews will inspire you. Exercises with clear how-to's, evaluations, and troubleshooting will train your voice, mind, and body. Exercises are available online.

Author Biography

Linda Balliro has been nominated for a Grammy as Music Educator of the Year and is highly regarded at the Berklee College of Music. Her clients include nationally touring musicians, local artists, young opera singers, children, and teens. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in vocal performance, she performed as a classical singer and studied for ten years with Seth Riggs, who worked with Prince, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, and Barbra Streisand.