The Naked Voice - A Wholistic Approach to Singing

In The Naked Voice, W. Stephen Smith invites all singers to improve their vocal technique through his renowned and time-tested wholistic method. Focusing not only on the most important technical, but also on the often overlooked psychological and spiritual elements of learning to sing, his book allows readers to develop their own full and individual identities as singers. With philosophies and techniques drawn from a lifetime of teaching voice,Smith demonstrates how one can reveal the true unique sound of one''s own voice by singing with the whole self. The master''s method, presented in concrete and comprehensible terms with helpful illustrations, is enhanced by a CD containing exercises performed by singers from Smith''s own studio-singers whose talent andtraining bring them across the USA and around the world. The clear and easy style of The Naked Voice welcomes the reader into Smith''s teaching studio, and into conversation with Smith himself as he presents the six simple and elega