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T-Shirt Voice Lessons
by Shawn Earl Patterson
Relax. Take your shoes off. Let’s talk about singing.We cover fundamentals, musicianship, performance, and the practical side of music careers — along with the fun, slightly nerdy details that help voices become more reliable, flexible, and expressive.At the center of it all: sound like yourself — only fuller, stronger, with no breaks or strain.Learn more about the T-Shirt Vocals approach at TShirtVocals.com
Episodes
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Singing: The Deep Connection to Who We Are
This episode brings us back to our core as singers and even as people. To me, this episode is important and I ask you to stop and listen. Break away from the world of distractions, and let’s look at how singing shows us who we really are.
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You Are at Home On Stage: 5 Minutes to Control Stage Fright
I am going to give you a secret. I have never given this secret out to a public audience before. It is a powerful secret but one that will not sound powerful when you’re hear it the first time. All you have to do is what I’m telling you in this podcast and experience it and then you’ll understand...
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Posture: the Powerful Basics
In this episode we will talk about the fundamentals of posture. It is on the surface a boring topic but it is incredibly powerful to a singer, public speaker, actor, or athlete. Today you’ll even get a chance to work on your own posture through a guided exercise, some thing I rarely do in these...
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Why Do You Sing?
Today let’s take a moment to pause and ask ourselves a question of why we sing. Why do you like singing at South and what do we like about performing as a singer? In this podcast will dive into this topic with some examples and I hope that you get to re-discover your own whyfor singing and...
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It’s Time to Perform
What does it mean to be a singer in today’s world? It means that you need to get out there and perform. The world needs you. At this time in our history more than any other, this beautiful creature that sings called a human being needs to unfold and show its true beauty. This podcast is about...
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Breath: The Simple Version
Many of us over complicate the breath and how to breathe and how to use it in singing. This short episode keep things simple and direct.
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Bending Time with Narrow Focus
As a singer you can develop yourself very slowly are very fast. The more intensely focused you are, the faster you will develop. But it’s not just about the speed it’s about the depth. Intense focus gives you incredible depth of development and understanding. This podcast is all about how to have...
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The Greatest Music Class
In this episode I will tell you about the greatest music class that I have ever taken. It is the secret behind sports coaches that force their team to not only listen to the coach but also listen to the coach coaching others. There is so much value to learning from others that it only takes one…
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The Secrets to Finding Your Style
Today let’s work on identifying your unique style. If you’re an actor or sing in music theater you do this all the time every time you play a role. But I want you to try to do this intentionally with yourself. In this episode we are going to break down a specific process on finding your style....
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Singing Practice is Like Little League Baseball Practice
The other day I was at my son’s baseball practice and I noticed quite a few things that apply to the way I teach voice and the way I think everyone should practice voice. This episode is going to talk about a nerdy sounding topic: processes and principles. As a singer you must have a clear…
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Steady is Better
This very short episode as a follow-up to the don’t quit episode. In this one we are talking about how it’s better to have steady progress and grow like an oak tree without battling or fighting and really without much resistance. When we grow this way resistance is steady just like our progress....
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Don’t Quit.
March is the time of year when New Year’s resolutions start to fade away because the resistance of life has pushed on us. Whether you want to be a singer, public speaker, actor, anything else in life this is the time to double down and push forward. But we’re not pushing forward in an aggressive...
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How to Rap and Keep Your Unique Style
Rap is a style of singing. It is important to treat rap the same way you treat singing. If you are a rapper, respect yourself as a vocal artist. It’s time for you to sing with power and drive and phrasing and all the things that singers do. This episode will tell you about how to take care of…
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Singing Opera
Our discussion of singing opera will also involve talking about singing and concepts of singing and concepts of opera singing. It’s a wonderful art form, and it’s important that we start to have more connection to our true nature when we sing it so that more people will appreciate this beautiful...
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Singing Music Theater
While my music theater is not quite a style, there is a specific approach on how to sing it. Musically there are many styles in music theater, but there are some main principles to follow for all music theater. Remember, the goal of music theater is for a character to present a message, to tell...
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How to Sing Pop
Continuing our series on styles of music, today we are talking about how to sing Pop music. This is a style that requires a unique combination of singer forward mentality, specific vocal color that matches your persona, and extreme expressiveness. In this particular style of Music, we are…
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How to Sing Country Music
This episode in our series of music styles is all about country music! There are several unique things about country music and in this podcast we are going to talk about how your voice will best fit this style. Country music is very lyric forward and people listen to country music because they…
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How to Sing Rock Music
This episode is the first of a series on how to sing in different genre of music. Today we are starting with rock music because that’s where I started, so it’s an appropriate place to start. We will learn how to sing in the style, what to watch out for, and how to find your place.
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Singing When Sick Pt. II
What do you do if you have to sing when you are sick? In this podcast, we will address how to continue practicing and how to handle performances when your voice is not at its best. We will also talk about what types of sickness Requires vocal rest and which ones we can sing through with some...
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Fixations
Performers, I know a secret about you. You easily get fixated on things. These fixations can cause distractions and can cause you to get sidetracked and can cause you to lose your relationships and so much more. Fixations can stop you from succeeding. Fixations can stop you from getting an...
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Face the Weather Face the Music
How often have you heard singers and public speakers complain about the weather or about a cold or being sick? Do you do this? It’s time to find the mental and physical tools to help you face weather and sickness with boldness and power. Face the weather and your sickness and face the music like…
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Normal Vocal Projection
How to project the voice naturally is the main topic of this podcast. Everyone’s your projector voice at all times. It doesn’t have to be loud doesn’t have to be forced in fact if you’re doing it correctly it is not forest it is not loud. This is a simple short lesson and one that’s very…
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Vocal Colour is Under Your Control
Your voice is your voice. But you can also add texture to your voice what some call colour. Today, let’s talk about this important subject and how we differentiate between our specific type of vocal tone that we have naturally from the tone that we put on for different purposes and singing.
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Weed-killing Flowers
I have an analogy that I use with almost all of my students.. Is the analogy of all of the good and beautiful things about your voice being flowers and all the things that you don’t want being weeds. It’s a simple approach but it is absolutely fundamental to developing a great voice that sounds...
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The Calling
Continuing with our day one idea from the last podcast, today it’s time to center ourselves to our goal. If you have the dream it is proof that you are supposed to pursue it. Other people don’t have those dreams. In this podcast we will discuss how to move from being someone who fantasizes to...
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Want to Be a Singer? Today is Day One.
The singers out there are the want to be singers who say someday I will be a singer, today is not that one day but today is day one. I will give credit where credit is due to this concept what would you need to know is how to start your day one as a singer. We are all singers as human beings. We...
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Three Top Tricks for Daily Discipline
To continue yesterday‘s podcast, and this podcast I will talk about the ways that we can establish daily discipline without it feeling like discipline. As performers we love variety and thought of a regiment of discipline program doesn’t sound very good to most of us. So I will show you ways to...
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The Dumb Jock And The Shaolin Monk
When singing in public speaking and acting you need a little bit of the dumb jock’s released and relaxed approach and a little bit of a Shaolin monk’s highly disciplined and focused approach. This applies to showing up to practice every day and it also applies to how you practice. In this episode...
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Self Conscious Singers . . Why is it Always the Good Ones?
Why are good singers often the most self conscious? In this interview we will discuss how this happens and touch on what we can do to attempt to fix it. We will talk about the big question of why we would ever be self conscious about something that is perfectly natural
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We Are the Beautiful Creatures that Speak
Articulation can be a powerful thing for speakers and singers to develop. Bad articulation make speakers sound annoying or less engaging. It makes singers go off pitch. It makes singing and speaking difficult. In this podcast I will go over the fundamentals of articulation that will make your...
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How to Stand for 14 Hours Straight
How would you like to be able to stand for 14 hours without discomfort and without getting tired or without feeling you have to sit down? This can be done, and I have done it many times. I do it on a regular basis. I rarely feel the need to sit down. You can do this too through a very simple...
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The MOST Important Thing in Singing and Speaking
What is the most important physical quality that you need as a singer or public speaker? Is it breath control? Is it breath capacity? Is it articulation? Is it musicianship, artistry, tone of voice, what is it? In this episode we are going to identify the number one most important physical vocal...
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Discipline is not Motivation
Discipline is not motivation. Motivation is emotional and discipline is showing up whether you want to or not. I give Jaco Willink credit on this distinction, and I think it’s an extremely important distinction to know the difference between motivation and discipline. Singers are especially prone...
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Back to Who We Are
It’s time to get back and show the world our best nature as the beautiful creature that sings.
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Being Connected to Your Music
What does it mean to be “connected” to a song? It’s part emotions, part your sense of style, sometimes it’s a little bit intellectual, but for the most part it is a feeling that there’s something special between you and the music. And this podcast we will talk about that connection and examples…
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Singing on a Sunday
It seems that no matter what the event or the venue, singing on a Sunday is a unique thing. Even a theatrical show on a Sunday has a different feel. The audience is a little more subdued and the overall feel is more mellow. Church performances on a Sunday are their own special thing. In this...
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Technical Tip: Two Secrets to High Notes
It seems like every singer wants learn to sing high notes and to expand the range up. Higher seems better and everyone wants to get there. Well in this episode I’m going to give you two important secrets to getting your high notes and having them come out on pitch and feeling great. Once you do...
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Applying Frequency in Music to Life
Sound waves have a regular pattern. Music is a combination of these regular patterns. Even music that is a regular has a type of pattern. Sometimes in our lives we tend to have a regular patterns. In this podcast I will argue that our irregular patterns and a regular frequencies of activity and...
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A Free Technical Tip & Why Some Singers Hate Advice
This is a two-part episode, one part inspirational and one part technical. I’m going to tell you a story about a singer that was offended by advice. We’re going to talk about becoming teachable as a singer. And then we’re going to give you a great fundamental. It’s a simple one that you can work…
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The #1 Most Important Attribute for a Singer
Besides musicianship, endurance, stamina, fortitude, and so many other personal attributes there is one that stands out the most. Listen to this episode where I will reveal the most important attribute that every performer must have to become a great performer.
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Two Kinds of Singers. . . Which One Are You?
In my work with singers, I have identified two main types of singers and maybe a third that’s a bit of an offshoot from the second group. It’s two approaches to performing and to music and the singing itself. Identifying which of these groups that you were in even if it’s a combination can help…
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Giving Your All While Remaining Humble
Being humble and giving your absolute 100% all on stage are not contradictory. Many performers think that you have to have a big ego to be a big performer. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this episode I’m going to talk about the balance between being humble and being an intense...
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Where to Perform Every Week
I recommend to all singers they perform every single week 1-2 times minimum. But how can you get all this performance practice and if you’re not a regular performer? Well this episode we will talk about that and get your mind rolling on a bunch of different options that you have and some pathways...
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Become by Doing
How do you become a singer? By doing singing every day. This is a special message to singers and to anyone who wants to become something and get success in life.
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What’s Wrong About “Technique”?
So many singers are “technique-averse.” They seem to be afraid that learning vocal techniques could make them sound weird or not like themselves. I Blame voice teachers partly, for making singers do strange things to get sound or to reach a note or break a transition. In this episode I will talk...
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It’s Time to Perform
We are living in a unique world right now, but places are opening up and it’s time for us to bring our voices to the world. As singers, we now have a duty to uplift the world around us. It’s time to sing for free, to say yes to gigs that you may not even have said yes to before, to perform at...
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The 5 Day Audition Prep
In this episode I’m going to show you how you can have an amazing audition and get ready for it in only five days. Even better is that if you follow this process you will have greater confidence going into your audition. It has worked with many performers including myself and I’m very excited to...
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Sound Like YOU!
It’s time to sound like you. If you’ve been working on your voice for any length of time, there’s a good chance that you’ve lost some of your special unique qualities as a singer. There’s an equally good chance that you even developed some artificial sounds in your voice. Today we’re going to…
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Breaking the Breaks in the Voice
Transition areas and brakes and flips to lighter voices Are things that many singers deal with. In this episode we’re going to talk about how to address those transition areas in a way that connects us back to our real voice that we are meant to sing with.
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All About High Notes
Many singers obsess about high notes. Some singers even think that higher is better and that they have to get higher and higher. In this episode we’re going to break down some of those myths about singing and talk about how we can develop our own voices and bring out the high notes within our own...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Relax. Take your shoes off. Let’s talk about singing.We cover fundamentals, musicianship, performance, and the practical side of music careers — along with the fun, slightly nerdy details that help voices become more reliable, flexible, and expressive.At the center of it all: sound like yourself — only fuller, stronger, with no breaks or strain.Learn more about the T-Shirt Vocals approach at TShirtVocals.com
HOSTED BY
Shawn Earl Patterson
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Relax. Take your shoes off. Let’s talk about singing.We cover fundamentals, musicianship, performance, and the practical side of music careers — along with the fun, slightly nerdy details that help voices become more reliable, flexible, and expressive.At the center of it all: sound like yourself —...
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