New Year's Resolutions

With the New Year just around the corner, many people (including myself) go over their past year and figure out how they want to make this year better, hence, the New Year's Resolutions. There are many of them that we make. Sometimes we keep them, sometimes we don't. The good thing is that we always keep trying to be better. That's what it all boils down to: becoming better. Whether it's to get back in shape, get better grades, be a better parent, a better friend, etc., it's us trying to be better.

That is why I love teaching private lessons. I meet people who are wanting to do the work to become better at singing or any other instrument and I am honored to be a part of that process.

There is a fine line, however, between wanting to be like someone who seems better and trying to be a better self without comparison. I always run into the potential students who want to belike a certain famous singer, not realizing that that particular singer doesn't know a C# key from an A minor chord. I'm fortunate enough to get to work with the famous people seen on television and heard on the radio--fortunate enough to know it's not real but a lot of fancy work done by the engineers, producers and song writers.

So I strongly stick with making yourself better because no one else has your voice, so it's up to you to find it and keep it strong for the rest of your life. That is how I teach and I LOVE it! I love to hear this one-and-only voice come shine through in a healthy, correct way--so healthy and correct, that the singer will be able to sing with that amount of gusto like Pavarotti.

So I am writing today, excited to embark on my own New year's Resolutions as a musician and even more excited to help my students do the same.