✦ The Map
Your singing aspirations may be modest or world-conqueringly ambitious — either way, it’s easy to get stuck in a phase. Progress in singing is messy, chaotic, and often doesn’t go to plan. Singing does not, inconveniently, develop in a tidy straight line. Although we don’t — and shouldn’t — all follow the same path in singing, it is useful to have ideas to bounce off. Present a singer with an unappealing choice of direction they will immediately think of something they would much prefer to do instead! There’s no finish line with singing — it’s not a competition — just a series of personal achievements that may be private or have great impact on whole load of other people. Either way, to enjoy the process is the biggest win. This 7-stage map is not meant to be rigid followed. The point is to help you through those “So what should I do NOW?!” moments. Not random ideas either — they come from years of helping singers through their stuck points. You may go round this several times.