STEVEN FLAM
  • Home
  • Join Us
  • What We Do
  • Supporting Singers
  • Supporting Speakers
  • Our Store
  • About Our Founder
  • Blog
  • Free Assessment
  • Testimonials
  • Home
  • Join Us
  • What We Do
  • Supporting Singers
  • Supporting Speakers
  • Our Store
  • About Our Founder
  • Blog
  • Free Assessment
  • Testimonials
STEVEN FLAM

Every Day Music

​Exercises for you to improve your Daily Practice

7/27/2016

Comments

 
This is the first of 5 warm up exercises. I will add to this exercise each week until we have all 5.

Find Your Breath: The Organic Breathing Exercise: Become Aware!
Picture
1. Lie down with pillows under your knees and rolled towel under your head or neck.

2. Place one hand on you lower abdomen and one on your upper chest making sure that both are completely relaxed.

3. Leave your mouth open letting air flow freely in and out through mouth and nose.

4. Let your breath settle into the most organic rhythm.

5. Take note of how your body moves when your breath is settled.

Steven Flam is the developer of the groundbreaking teaching technique called BreathingRx For Singers which includes diaphragm target training. For more information or to debate the content of this article please contact him at info@breathingrx.com or check out our website at: www.breathingrx.com
Comments

A newborn Knows the way

7/21/2016

Comments

 
When I was younger, my mother made me take piano lessons and every day I had to practice. I had a great teacher who loved to teach me the songs but I needed technique, I had to start my practicing extremely boring scales which gave me the familiarity with the instrument that I needed to play the rag time riff I loved to play.

So how does one make the daily ritual fun enough so that our students will actually do it? When you teach students to have joy, they will both do the work, and it will provide freedom for them to grow as singers more quickly.

Our recommended morning routine which warms up the body before singing, which our students find pleasurable and easy to integrate into their day is detailed below:
Picture

Here are some exercises for you to improve your Daily Practice and breath like a baby:

While you are still in bed – connecting body release and organic breath – the baby is breathing and turning over in his crib:

1. Find Your Breath: The Organic Breathing Exercise

2. Connect Your Vocal Cords: Diaphragm Target Training

(On the edge of your bed – loosening up the articulators – the baby is crawling)

3. Free your Articulators: Jaw Traction and Tongue thrust release exercises

(Standing Now — putting it on its feet — the baby is walking)

4. Taking your Stance: Balance and Body Release Practice

5. Put it Together: Vocal-eases

Steven Flam is the developer of the groundbreaking teaching technique called BreathingRx For Singers which includes diaphragm target training. For more information or to debate the content of this article please contact him at info@breathingrx.com or check out our website at: www.breathingrx.com
Comments

Hurry up and Relax! Speed up your vocal development

7/1/2016

Comments

 
The pace of our lives has increased geometrically.  And in turn we want faster results.  Students and their parents want to see real results in weeks, not months or years.  To accommodate them, we have to teach our students to relax.  No pressure!

Really, we mean NO PRESSURE. 

To experience the phenomenon of NO PRESSURE in your body yourself, try these steps in a morning routine.  When you do it every day for a month your diaphragm will grow stronger:  
Picture
  1.  Lie down with pillows under your head and knees – placing one hand on your lower abdomen and one hand on your upper chest.   Make sure that your chest and abdomen are completely relaxed.
  2. Breathe through your open mouth – 10-20 breaths and notice that there is no tension in chest and abdomen restricting your organic breathing pattern.
  3. For 5 breaths, use your exhale to passively produce a “la la la” sound.
  4. Do the exercise again, breathe for 10-20, and la la la for 5-10.  Then, get out of bed and go to work!
 
Notice that when you do this practice you do not have to consciously push air out – it is a reflexive, organic behavior.  Transferring this behavior to your students’ singing will result in a quicker development with less tension.  Viola!  Hurry up and calm down!

Steven Flam has perfected the training of your diaphragm for vocal power.
GET YOUR FREE ‘FROM THE PRESCRIPTION PAD OF BREATHINGRX’ EBOOK NOW 
​
Comments

    Steven Flam

    Founder of BreathingRx and vocal coach extraordinaire.

    Archives

    September 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed


​What Our Clients Are Saying

"I HAVE A HIT SONG BECAUSE OF YOU!"
​         CHRISTINE MARIE - RECORDING ARTIST

"I can't believe I have made this much progress in a Month! 
You are a dream come true to me. Your method is so intuitive, organic and natural, I can’t believe I’m getting answer to years long questions this gracefully. Thank you."
          Samaneh Vaezi

“Coordinating my breath using these methods has helped me to sing with a consistent flow of air, thus allowing my voice to carry without pushing.”    
          Robert Mack (Principal Artist, NYC Opera)

“This has been more of a transformative experience than any other singing training I have had. I know they have their lessons and coachings but I feel singers need to learn this FIRST!”         
          Mitalee Das – Soprano


​Contact Us

Subscribe

Join our mailing list today!
Contact Us