2009/04/27 15:27:23
stuhldreher
Hi All...has anyone had anything to do with a singing course offered by Per Bristow... four DVDs for around $100.00. I'd love some feedback...
thanks

2012/07/01 17:14:33
jhughs
I was just wondering the same thing and searching the forum but didn't find anything so, since some time (years) have passed let's pop this back up to the top and ask again: has anyone here tried Per Bristow's "The Singing Zone" course and have some insights? (I really need to learn how to sing... as I found with guitar, learning to just play it right works out better than fixing it in Cakewalk (except perhaps some minor tweaks)).
2012/07/01 19:08:17
Beagle
Jeffrey - I have not tried it, but I don't put a lot of stock in an online or DVD course for singing because learning to sing is a very personal journey and you need real feedback from someone who knows what to listen for and be able to tell you how to work on the problems.  you won't get that from DVDs or the internet (unless maybe you do it via webcam or something).

I decided I needed to learn to sing better, so I took voice lessons from a local community college.  they're really inexpensive that way compared to taking private lessons from an individual and you get good classical training in most cases as long as your instructor is good.  

I  took 6 semesters of private voice lessons under the same teacher.  She was the best one at the campus and I learned a LOT from her.  It is classical training, but you can always use classical training to transfer to ANY genre.  The classes required solo performances in front of other teachers and peers and I think that was a very important part of the lessons as well.  I'm not sure you'd get that from regular private lessons.

Cost was about $150/semester and that will vary of course depending on the college.  so for each 9 months of private lessons I paid $300.  that's a bargain IMO.
2012/07/01 19:29:29
craigb
What we really need is a course that teaches certain people just how BAD they really sound (drunken skaroke NOT excepted) so they learn to keep quiet.  Heh...
2012/07/01 19:34:27
Beagle
I'm sorry, Craig!  you don't HAVE to listen to me!  
2012/07/01 19:37:39
craigb
Oh I seriously doubt my comment really applies to anyone on this forum!
(Ok, maybe one - just to cover my bases.)
2012/07/01 20:12:06
jhughs
Thanks Beagle.  That sounds like good advice and we do have a wonderful community college that I haven't really taken advantage of.  (Should be easier now that both kids are out of the house.  And, having that structure of a class would help motivate me to practice.)

BTW, the pyramid in the background of your icon (for a moment there) sort of reminded me of Las Colinas circa 1980s; like someone had dropped a bunch of buildings into an empty field.   ;-)
2012/07/01 20:33:59
bapu
Beagle


I'm sorry, Craig!  you don't HAVE to listen to Bapu!  


2012/07/02 01:49:31
Old55
craigb


Oh I seriously doubt my comment really applies to anyone on this forum!
(Ok, maybe one - just to cover my bases.)

Your comment can't apply to me--I know how bad I sound!  
2012/07/02 06:35:01
Beagle
jhughs


Thanks Beagle.  That sounds like good advice and we do have a wonderful community college that I haven't really taken advantage of.  (Should be easier now that both kids are out of the house.  And, having that structure of a class would help motivate me to practice.)

BTW, the pyramid in the background of your icon (for a moment there) sort of reminded me of Las Colinas circa 1980s; like someone had dropped a bunch of buildings into an empty field.   ;-)

yep!  I didn't wait until the kids were out of the house myself, but they are now, so I can work more on music in general!
 
the pyramid is Chichen Itza in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico.
 
Las Colinas ?  TX?
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