What kind of singer are you? - 4 Categories of Singers

hi guys my name is Madeleine Harvey and thank you for joining me today at Madeleine Harvey calm so my husband says to me the other day not everybody wants to be a gourmet chef like some people just want to eat and that comment very profound very profound but it got me thinking about you know artists and how not every artist I've ever worked with have all wanted to be you know the world's greatest singers some artists just really want to rock out some want to be really effective storytellers and some actually do treat their singing like it's the Olympic Games so I thought that this idea would be a really good topic for a video to showcase the awesome fact that's not every great performer is exactly the same and I want to talk about performance styles because we each have a way that we'd like to express ourselves so I want to cover four different performance styles today each of these styles are really effective and awesome really awesome but it's all about how you experience that energy and how you share that energy with your audience so let's go over those four performance styles that we're going to talk about today we have vocalist performer storyteller and musician so let's get started with vocalists singers in this category are incredibly athletic with their voices they're going to use a ton of vocal embellishment and lots of stylistic gymnastics in their singing because the essence of a great performance to a vocalist is in the sound itself so artists in this category are artists like Celine Dion Whitney Houston Mariah Carey Miss Christina Aguilera I mean just to name a few they're really apt to kind of plant their feet and just deliver a tour de force by Bray experience for their audience so if you resonate with vocalist what you want to focus in on is vocal training vocal training vocal training it's the same as like a professional athlete working with a coach to just stay in peak performance at all times so that's something that you want to keep in mind if you resonate with the vocalist performance style our next one is performer and the performers have that kind of look at me kind of attitude I mean they're going to wear a lot of color sequins rhinestones I mean even on their pajamas these folks have incredibly outgoing personalities and they have a ton of energy because that's how they experience the music is through their bodies so a lot of performers tend to come from a dance background as well the essence of a great performance to a performer is literally taking command of the energy of the entire room and then just raising it like a big time so lots of high energy lots of movement around the stage because again that's how a performer likes to express the energy of music is through their body some examples of some really great performers are Britney Britney Spears she's a really great performer a JLo miss Beyonce there are lots of really great performers out there but that's just to name a few if you resonate with the performer performance style then exercise is going to be really crucial to you to burn through some of that awesome energy that you have vocally you're going to want to stay focused on some techniques that involve endurance and stamina that way as you're moving around the stage you can still support and balance your sound that way you don't get out of breath another thing that you want to stay focused on is grounding and centering all that amazing energy that you have that way you know when to move and when to stay still but that's the performer performance style our next performance style is storyteller and to me storytellers are the most transparent they're a little bit more introverted and reflective as a performer they tend to write their own material from their lives or first-hand experience but their performance style is really concentrated on the story itself so they may not necessarily want you to focus in on them and they won't draw so much attention to them but again it's all about the story for the storyteller they're going to focus in on ways that they can make those words and those ideas come to life so again they're going to focus in on phrasing inflection they will create an interesting point of view or create a character conflict to keep you engaged as an audience member let's see some really great examples of a storyteller could be John Mayer I loved his writing style Zac Brown he's really good too again this is just a couple of artists just to illustrate that point ah let's see here I have five notes here oh and Jason Mraz I can't believe I forgot him Jason Mraz as a storyteller he's really effective Sam Smith as well but if you resonate with storyteller as a performance style you may want to dabble in songwriting if you're not already a songwriter if you enjoy singing some other people's material you may want to play with some musical elements such as arrangement to really make the story and song your own but again it's going to be more central on the words the words the words how can you take your subtext and your experience and filter them through these ideas and these lyrics to really make the words come to life so that's storyteller and our last performance style is musician and musicians are really awesome they're very similar to the performer in their energy and their ability to be so dynamic but they're going to concentrate all that energy on their instrument so instead of dance numbers you're going to get some really epic instrumental solos and the musicians really going to capitalize on mood because to musician it's all about the music so how is the music you know grabbing your body and how is it really you know how's that energy moving you know through your body so some examples of some musicians or Dave Matthews Band Keith Urban again John Mayer cuz I think I have a little bit of a crush but just to name a few because there's a ton of really amazing musicians out there they will probably experience their emotions and guitar riffs they're probably going to hear the music first depending upon their emotions they'll lay down the music and then they'll just listen to the music to really inspire the lyrics so if musician resonates with you stay connected to that like how are you experience the music where are you feeling it in your body and sink from that place vocally you may want to Center along the idea of vocal colors to really showcase mood again how is the music affecting your body what is it making you feeling and how can you how can you express that through your voice with a similar kind of vocal color so those are there you have it the for performing styles again we have vocalist storyteller performer a little out of order and musician but these are just a couple of examples so ask yourself what is it about the artist that you love how are they delivering their performances how are they being really effective how do you experience the energy that will tell you a lot about which category you kind of belong into but however you want to use your voice is entirely your preference and it's all well and good to use artists as a model to create your own performance style but remember it's all about you how can you create your own performer style and express that energy in the world around you thank you so much for watching this video I hope you've enjoyed it please feel free to join me at Madeline Harvey calm for more videos on vocal technique and performance and if you have any questions you'd like me to answer please feel free to give me you know a call or send me an email I would love to hear from you thank you again for joining me at Madeline Harvey calm and I can't wait to hear you sing you

Channel: Madeleine Harvey

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Keywords: singer categories, singing categories, what kind of singer am i, what kind of singer are you, madeleine harvey, madeleineharvey, west palm beach voice coach, west palm beach vocal coach, west palm beach singing instructor, west palm beach singer, west palm beach voice teacher, categories of singers

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Length: 9min 26sec (566 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 01 2015

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