Singing Lessons For No One

Fan Mail Portal This week we sing a classic Sea Urchin masterpiece.  And then we dive deeper (see what I did there) to look at the clarity and pronunciation of words.  I've got some exciting adventures coming up this year - I wonder if you're near any of them?! I'm heading to Lismore Conservatorium NSW,  The Derwent Valley in TAS,  Callala Bay, NSW,  and  Bellingen NSW.  Choir and V...

Fan Mail Portal Heya,  Today we sing Somewhere in Heaven, and we play with wether that melody is Minor or Major.  And then we play with Vocal Blending over Hallelujah.  So fun.  I mention at the end that Im going to be leading a workshop at the Melbourne Singing Event Mountain Festival in Melbourne in two very short weeks. If you're near Melbourne, come sing!!! https://www.melbournesingingeve...

Fan Mail Portal Oh me oh my, what a delight. Here is a new Episode for your earsies! We warm up in the Key of A Major, and we sing Moaning and Wailing,  and then we sing a song in 5 4 about Rocky Creek.  Love it! Thanks for Listening! xx Rocky creek, you're so sweet, All that rain, all that sky,  Rocky creek, quiet game, Platypus oh my my CHORUS: Oh my my, oh my my, oh my my, oh my my x2 hmmm...

Fan Mail Portal Hiya, Im running off to teach workshops and singing and schoirs at a singing and dance retreat in Byron Bay. So Fun! And Im squeezing this episode in before I go! We sing these words: With these chords:  || G             | %             | E dim                | %             | | D              |        %      | G                       | %             || It’s all right here,  just c...

Fan Mail Portal Oh Crumbola, I usually try to do two different jimmy jams in an Episode,  but today, I was on a roll with this Jericho, couldnt stop. It was so satisfying.  I hope you jimmy jams your Jammy jims.  Lots of love to you out there.  xx Shelly Please Support this Podcast on Patreon! It helps me keep going. Support, share, sing. Lotsa love.  Shelly Thats all.  The Northern Rivers Conserv...

Fan Mail Portal Hi there, thanks for listening! We sing about procrastination. It's all rainy and moody, and my heart says relax but my brain knows it time to sing.  Off we go! We sang Procrastination in G, going up to the minor 3 chord, the 4 chord and getting to the 5 chord every now and then.  Then we head on to the Mixolydian Mode.  5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5.  Or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, flat 7 8.  I&apos...

Fan Mail Portal There's a lot going on in this episode.  We start in a B Dorian Scale Warm up.  1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, 6, flat 7, 8. I'm playing a B Minor Chord.  Then we head to Velma The Moose.  The Chords I'm playing are B minor, E Major, F# Major.  With the B Dorian Scale in harmony from the 8,  the flat 7, the 5 and the flat 3.  Massive thanks to Aurora Jane in Vancouver for mixin...

Fan Mail Portal So,  I was feeling down on the weekend. And so I took myself on a walk. And the more I walked, the more I found myself singing the times tables to music theory.  I can't really say how I got there, but this is where we've ended up.  Needless to say, I felt better after the walk. So, wether it was the fresh air, or the times tables, no one can say.  In this episode, We sin...

Fan Mail Portal On this episode we take a little adventure to the other side of the globe.  I take a "walk" around a far far away town and create a songwriting exercise using the Cycle of Fifths: F, C, G, D, A, E, B Fat Charlie Gets Drunk After Eating Blueberries And then we think of five things about a town and write a song using repetion and relaxing! Write using a land formation - a m...

Fan Mail Portal Hi end of your friends,  I hope you're going ok.  I love my little deadlines, but this is getting ridiculous.  I hope you celebrate the ends and starts of things how you see fit and all is ok for you.  Sending you lotsa love, and sweet harmonies.  is this Ep we sing in F# Major, the a B Major and a C# Major.  And we sing "Go inside your heart, baby, go inside your love, ...

Fan Mail Portal Hi How are you?! So I begin with singing a D Major Scale over two octaves over the chords: Bmin/G and F#minor/D.  I'm referencing a song by Tainui Richmond called "Turning it Over", though I don't sing his song. Do go check it out, it's cool.  https://tidal.com/track/469516330/u Then I scat over the chords: BMajor to G#Minor.  MY NEW SONG IS OUT TODAY ON BA...

Fan Mail Portal Oh October, you nearly won this round, BUT NO! Here I am! End of October! Yes!  One Episode a Month is my promise to ME, and I will keep it! Yay for self inflicted goals and joys! Thank you so much for listening! Today we sing - Always Take Your Instrument A song I wrote ages ago when I was far far from home.  I play the Chords  G to C, then G to A minor.  Thank you so much for lis...

Fan Mail Portal Thanks so much for Listening! This Episode has my number one tip for if you are releasing music... or practising singing and taking steps with your voice.  Share your Music with people who adore you,  Let them appreciate your Awesome Self.  in Ebminor with the Eb minor Pentatonic Scale 1 flat 3, 4, 5, flat 7, 8.  Then, We head to Henrietta.  I have a new EP coming out in OCT/NOVEMB...

Fan Mail Portal I've got a new song coming out called "Call me for No Reason" AUGUST 17 - 2025  it's coming out on the Bandcamp Platform. This Episode delves into where your voice would sit in a traditional Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass range, if you were singing this song. In A Major.  You know I love playing harmony games, so it is more of that, but I really try to lay out the...

Fan Mail Portal I wanted to do a shorter episode for just the Vocal Warm up while you drive somewhere and you know you gotta speak and you need to warm your voice up ready to go.  Singing in the G Major Key,  and then moving to it's relative minor in E Minor.  a Descending Relative Minor Key, or Natural Minor/Aeolian Mode, 8, b7, b6, 5, 4, b3, 2, 1.  Chords: E minor and A Major  And we Sing &...

Fan Mail Portal Heya, I wanted to work on a warm up that is a minor pentatonic descnding run, and on open vowel sounds.  Then we head into a song about my chickens.  Here's the words -  Amin                          C7 You Never let me down, you always pick me up, Amin                            F   G You never shut me out, But now you’re out there looking for dirt. There is a worm solo at th...

Fan Mail Portal Hiya beautiful people!  Thanks for tuning in to my podcast. Lotsa love to you out there.  In this lesson we look at the Relative minor scale as a warm up.  1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, flat 6, flat 7, 8.  For my exercise I leave out the flat 6 once I get going.  We then look at two songs and moosh them together,  a song called ' Wondering where the Lions are " by Bruce Cockburn. S...

Fan Mail Portal Hello beautiful people!  Thanks for listening! I reference a new song of MINE in this Episode and I will be eternally greatful if you were to check it out on Bandcamp (Here is the link) and Pre-save it's RELEASE (Here's that link) on your preferred Streaming Platform.  Thank you so much! That helps me so much! I also mention the Songwriting Workshops I'll be teaching...

Fan Mail Portal Happy New 2025 has Begun.  And I've squirrelled away an afternoon to say hi.  I wanted to sing a big hard song to start the year.  It's called Magalenha, by the incredible Sergio Mendez.  I begin in D Major, and an Aminor.  And we sing a major scale and then, technically a Mixolydian scale cause I flatten the 7, as the song requires.  We sing this bit: Calangulango, do ca...

Fan Mail Portal This is a message to a friend, and I thought you'd like it too.  Cause you're my friend.  I don't swear in my pod, but I do say sh*t twice in this.  Sorry about that.  Is Sh*t a swear word? Thats all.  The Northern Rivers Conservatorium approached me to write a fundraising song. I found myself reflecting on my year studying there — running barefoot between classes, l...

Fan Mail Portal May I begin this introduction with the clearest heading that I am in no way a Doctor and nor have I studied anything close to something offical in that realm.  This is a story about a friend, and a singing lesson from an empathetic, well meaning person on a rainy day.  I send this with the best intentions and care and I hope you're going ok today.  In this episode I jam along...

Fan Mail Portal Hi beautiful folks,  It's been too long, But here is a new one.  I've been busy singing the things and writing and working and all the things.  But you've been on my mind, so here's a new episode to hum along with for sure.  A Major Scale with a Drone,  And exercise that the amazing Harry James Angus shared with me. Check him out, he's got a new song out. ...

Fan Mail Portal Hey,  I ran into a friend in the shops and he asked if I teach five year olds... and Its been on my mind ever since... Like... Maybe, what would I say to my five year old self? I grew up singing with my family. After dinner dad would play guitar, we sang all these funny old songs that I don't even know if anyone else knew.  The other kids listened to Michael Jackson and Prince...

Fan Mail Portal Hi there, This is a project that has been on the burners for about two years, and now I've made it to this point - I'm holidng my breath - Is this a thing? Does this work? For about two decades I have attended so many songwriting workshops. I love word games, heart games, writing, creative writing, all the things. And for the last two years, I have been teaching songwriti...

Fan Mail Portal Heya, How's it going?! We dive straight into a warm up in the Key of F Major scale and some harmony games. Breath work! Vibrato! Open your mouth and let your sound out! Then we think about near and far, projecting- what do you differently when you speak to close by, compared to out the window and far away. If you're here from Patreon,  then you already know about my Patre...