Being a Singer: The Art, Craft, and Science, Paperback

Being a Singer: The Art, Craft, and Science provides the solutions you need to make practical, consistent changes in your singing. This book pulls back the curtain on how singing actually works, from cognition to anatomy to your amazing hearing system and even your instincts and emotions. Based on the training approach of Seth Riggs, supported by vocal science, neuroscience and motor learning, Being a Singer offers clear tools and strategies that train your voice, empower you to find solutions, build your awareness, and develop confidence. Stories and interviews will inspire you. Exercises with clear how-to's, evaluations, and troubleshooting will train your voice, mind, and body.

Linda Balliro has been nominated for a Grammy as Music Educator of the Year and is one of the most in-demand teachers at the Berklee College of Music. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in vocal performance, she studied for ten years with Seth Riggs, who worked with Prince, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, and Barbra Streisand; she also performed as a classical singer for thirteen years.