Vocal Coaching, COVID times, keep safe y'all! C'mon, let's go get my student. Where's my hug? Hey! Thank you. I'm so excited! I am the most excited. So, you'll be on this side. I'll be on that side with this Plexiglass. The microphone's there. This is the "X" for the six feet distancing. Okay. I'm really enjoying this look! I know it's cool, it's comfortable. Intonation! Averis, why you keep cracking? Why? Would you quit cracking, please? Support that freaking voice, that beautiful voice of yours! You're cracking on the diphthong (two vowels in a row). Pitch! Pitch! Mr. Anderson! Pitch, pitch, pitch! Pitch, pitch, pitch. It's pitchy! Nice. Nice! Better! Okay, you're gonna be the first person in history to ever do this exercise right. No pressure! I cracked. I'm sorry. What the heck is going on, Averis? You see how you be losing that support? Put the ball down, let's try with the gloves. Why do you think you keep cracking like that? I think it's probably a manifestation of that same like confidence thing, ya know. Cracking is for freaking amateurs. Yes. I mean, I will accept a crack from an amateur. I will. I'll accept it. If it's from somebody starting out, but not at your level. Sure. There's no reason for that. Not one of the best voices in Chicago. Don't look doubtful! Yes. Not for one of the best voices in Chicago. Not for one of the best voices in Chicago. You heard me? I hear you. All right. Now let's do it. Work through it! Averis Anderson has finally entered the room. I feel good. I feel good. I can tell. Get it! You better be happy there's this freaking plexiglass in the middle, because I will pop you! You better be happy that this plexiglass is between us! I'm gonna blow my whistle each time you're flat. Okay. And I don't wanna blow my whistle. All right, now where was I blowing? On the down (descending). Yep! On the down! Hamilton! Which one you said you want to do? Let's do "The Room Where it Happens." Okay. Kill it! Use your body! Is this how you would do your audition if you were actually auditioning for this in New York? Is this how you would do it? No. Then why aren't ya doing it? Cause I'll tell you what's gonna happen when you get there, this is how you're gonna do it. If you're doing it like this now, nothings gonna change. Practice for the big stages. Don't practice just to practice. Practice for real life. The music starts... Immediately! Come on, boy! I love it! I love that last look! I love it. Get there! Yes! Mmhmm. Okay, but it becomes like a reggae there: It like changes style there. Intonation! No, no, no. Each time it's wrong. It's not right. Try it again? But you ain't got no vibrato, the vibrato can't save you, boy! That's it. That's it. Get mad! Get mad, boy! Now if you gonna hit that note, it better be perfect, otherwise don't hit it. I ain't gonna take it if it's not. Okay. Almost. You show me right now, why the heck you moved to Chicago! Show me why you did it! In this passage show it, show it! Show everybody, "This is what I came here to do." "This is what I want y'all to know about me." Right. Heck yes! That's it! That's it, Averis! That last note was butter. The "click boom!", you had it! Give me some baby, give me my hands. Love you. I believe in you, Averis, with all my heart. All of those things that you dream for, for your life, you can do all that. Everything that you imagine. You ain't no joke. That's your future. But if you believe it, and work for it, that can be future or a dream. Now I want you to work for it, because I believe so much in you and in your talent that God gave you. And now it starts! And now it starts. I love you, baby. I love you back. I'll see you tonight.
