Jeannie Gagné – Popular Singing Styles: Developing Your Sound
You’ve been studying the greats, working on improving your vocal skills, and building vocal technique. Now it’s time to take the next step as you put yourself out there. You want to shine as a vocalist. You want to have something really special; something that stands out as uniquely you. This course will help you define the music that you want to make: What is your message? How are you different from your favorite artists? What makes you who you are?
Through the curriculum and a healthy amount of personal exploration, you will find the answers to these questions, while developing a keen ear for style to develop your sound. You’ll learn how to shape your voice for tone and style, and learn which keys suit your voice best. You’ll become more skilled at vocal technique, including breath management, placement, belting, soft singing, and other proficiencies to bring out the very best in your own voice. You’ll learn how your voice actually works anatomically in different registers. You’ll gain more mastery over your singing voice, enabling you to make artistic choices as you develop and refine your sound. You’ll learn how to work with a live rhythm section, and how a vocalist should run an effective rehearsal.
Throughout Popular Singing Styles, assignments combine interactive exercises and singing opportunities. We listen closely to songs to find out what makes them pop. We learn how to get comfortable with different accompaniments. We shape your vocal to bring out the best elements in your style, such as when to belt, or not to belt; how to use vibrato, or straight tone. We also demystify the vocalist’s secret weapon: mix voice. We explore genres such as rock, pop, R&B, and jazz, as you decide where in the spectrum of popular music you want to land as a singer.
After 12 weeks you will have built your own style toolkit, creating an individualized final project that will help you launch your singing career.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Define and launch your personalized musical style
- Sing with more confidence, skill, and expression
- Lead a rhythm section confidently and effectively
- Train your ear for more accurate singing and listening skills
- Improve your vocal technique, including breathing, and belting
- Understand anatomical facts about how your voice works
Syllabus
Lesson 1 Essential Listening Skills for Learning Contemporary Songs
Lesson 2 Training Your Ear
Lesson 3 Vocal Styles and Tone Quality, Part 1
Lesson 4 Vocal Styles and Tone Quality, Part 2
Lesson 5 Mix Voice: A Key Ingredient for Mastering Contemporary Singing
Lesson 6 Singing Powerful Styles Healthfully, Part 1
Lesson 7 Singing Powerful Styles Healthfully, Part 2
Lesson 8 Training Your Ear: Styles and Rhythms
Lesson 9 Understanding the Function of the Band or Rhythm Section
Lesson 10 Building Your Style Toolkit
Lesson 11 Developing Your Sound: Style Awareness and Integration
Lesson 12 Launching Your Sound
Requirements
Prerequisites and Course-Specific Requirements
Completion of Voice Technique 101 or equivalent knowledge and experience.
Students should be able to:
- Understand basic vocal anatomy, display fundamental vocal skills, and have awareness of different contemporary styles
Required Textbook(s)
- Belting: A Guide to Healthy, Powerful Singing (Gagné/Berklee Press)
- Your Singing Voice – Contemporary Techniques Expression and Spirit (Gagné/Berklee Press)
Software Requirements
- A basic audio recording tool that will allow you to record yourself playing along with a background track, and/or live instrumentation, and save the recording in MP3 format. You will have a tool to use for this purpose inside the learning environment. Alternatively, you can use software like Audacity (Windows) or GarageBand (Mac)
Hardware Requirements
- A low impedance professional-quality hand-held microphone (i.e. Shure SM58)
- XLR microphone cable
- Audio interface
Instructors
Author & Instructor
Jeannie Gagné is a world-class vocalist who has been teaching vocal lessons and performing for more than three decades. She has sung with Philip Glass, Cher, toured with reggae legend Frankie Paul, and opened for Barenaked Ladies. She has sung on movie soundtracks and on dozens of recordings, been featured on television and radio, and travelled world-wide to teach and perform. On YouTube she’s known as The Vocal Genie. Her three solo albums highlight her four-octave range and unique vocal style. Jeannie also co-founded Berklee College of Music’s Performance Wellness Institute, where she is a professor on the voice faculty. She is the author of two groundbreaking books, Your Singing Voice: Contemporary Techniques, Expression and Spirit; and Belting: A Guide to Healthy, Powerful Singing.
Instructor
Jamie Lynn Hart is an award winning singer songwriter known for her powerhouse vocals and infectious melodies. After receiving a Masters Degree in Vocal Performance From Boston University in 2009, Hart has recorded three albums and maintained a demanding and packed performance schedule with award winning groups. Jamie has been coaching vocalists from all over the world at Berklee College Of Music for seven years and specializes in contemporary vocal technique and performance skills. Jamie is currently working on a new recording project while touring during the weekends and throughout the summer.
What’s Next?
When taken for credit, Popular Singing Styles: Developing Your Sound can be applied towards these associated programs:
Associated Certificate Programs
- General Music Studies Professional Certificate
- General Music Studies Advanced Professional Certificate
- Vocal Styles Professional Certificate
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