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So You Want to Sing Rock

A Guide for Performers
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Matt Edwards, one of the leading voice teachers for commercial music styles, shares his approach to coordinating the voice so that singers can focus on performing. Fully updated and expanded, this new edition provides specific advice for beginner, intermediate, and advanced performers, as well as those... Read More
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Matthew Edwards provides a comprehensive guide for singing rock β€˜n’ roll, covering history, voice science, vocal health, audio technology, technical approaches, and stylistic parameters. This fully updated and expanded edition gives specific advice for a variety of skill levels and for those crossing over from classical or musical theatre.

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Matt Edwards, one of the leading voice teachers for commercial music styles, shares his approach to coordinating the voice so that singers can focus on performing. Fully updated and expanded, this new edition provides specific advice for beginner, intermediate, and advanced performers, as well as those crossing over from classical or musical theatre.

So You Want to Sing Rock offers a comprehensive guide covering a wide variety of topics: rock history, voice science, vocal health, audio technology, technical approaches to singing rock, and stylistic parameters for various rock subgenres. The book is not only the ideal guide for singing professionals but also the perfect reference work for voice teachers and their students, lead and back-up singers, record producers, and studio engineers.

The So You Want to Sing series is produced in partnership with the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Please visit www.nats.org to access style-specific exercises, audio and video files, and additional resources.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781538185711

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 May 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield

Edition: Revised edition

Illustration: 48 BW Illustrations

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 494g

Pages: 362

About the Author

Matt Edwards is one of the leading voice teachers for commercial and musical theatre styles in the United States. He is currently an Associate Professor of Voice at Shenandoah Conservatory where he developed the first pop/rock training program for musical theatre majors in the United States. He is also Artistic Director of the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute. He has been a recipient of the Van Lawrence Fellowship and a master teacher for the NATS Intern program where he collaborated with Dr. Aaron Johnson at NYU Langone Voice Center to measure vocal tract adjustments between styles using real-time MRI. His website is: https://www.edwardsvoice.com/.

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