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You have to be the driving force,
behind your own voice.
You can’t be in control of the car,
if you’re only the passenger.
When you get behind the wheel of a car for the first time, most of us are terrified. How are we going to manage hand, feet and eye co-ordination without hitting something? Yet we persevere because we really want to know how to drive; that this is an important skill to have.
After you pass your test do you sit there and say “Drive me?” No you don’t, but all the things that were confusing and difficult have become second nature. You don’t stop doing them: you’ve just stopped thinking about them.
At the beginning you might have to think about what you’re doing, how you stand, how you breathe. It’s hard to change the habits of a lifetime because we use our bodies every waking minute. The downside of the voice is that you can’t get your hands on it like you can with a guitar or keyboard.
The upside is that you carry your instrument with you wherever you go.
I can give you the tool box for a better vocal performance, and then you can experiment to find the best tool for the job.
At first you might have to think about what you do when you sing until the processes become automatic.
Then you can stop thinking and start feeling.
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