here's another singer that my friend Elizabeth from the charismatic voice said I had to check
out given that she contributed vocals to Frozen 2 I'm guessing this is quite a bit
different than the last recommendation that came from Elizabeth and will Ramos but Elizabeth has
good taste and hasn't steered me wrong yet and given that Aurora was 11 when she wrote this
song I have an 11-year-old son who's quite the musician and starting to write his own music as
well so I feel like I already have a bit of a relationship with this [Applause] [Music]
artist I was listening to the oan I saw face in the Sun but
when I picked it up then it vanished away from my
hands I had a dream I was seven climbing my way in a
tree I saw peace of Heaven waiting in patience for
me that's a dark and mystical Vibe for someone to write at 11 although the arrangement which
is amazing those those lower um harmonies coming in at the beginning the electric drum pad this
also has a very campfire sound to it even though the arrangement doesn't suggest that I can tell
that this is going to be a song that would work well with a couple acoustic guitars accompanying
her around a very intimate campfire setting it'll be interesting to see how it develops
from here and I want to go back and point out some key vocal nuances that make her voice so
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the way she shrinks and grows notes is really
sophisticated listen for that in the midst of some of these other
articulations that wonderful Sun wonderful intentional slide which it's just supposed
with saw face in the and but when I picked it up then it vanished away from my
hands so she has this
Legato and then she's also got very intentional abrupt or hard onsets H
she she switches up her phrasing and her vocal approach so many times in the be in
the very beginning of this song it creates lyricism without lyrics she's clearly saying
words but the way she articulates almost brings you into another place entirely if
you'd like to learn how to do what Aurora is doing with her voice pulling from all
these different Dynamics and emotions and freely exploring different types of sounds
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comment and I think she's entered into that other place you can see the way she's moving she's fully
engaged in this moment that they're creating and has removed herself from herself climbing
my way in a tree I saw a piece of Heaven waiting patience for me waiting that really intentional
flip up into her head register that reminds me a bit of bork I hear a little bit of bork in
her very agile as
well love the world somay nobody knows nobody
knows that was a neat head voice flip too on then on
[Music] nose I was dancing in the rain I felt love and I can't complain but take me home take me
home any some of them are so subtle I love the little flips listen to this one
again on
I on The Vow change right after that slide this brings up something that's key for any
singer to realize your head voice is not just there for notes you can't reach in your chest
voice you hear her articulating in and out of her head voice constantly subtly not so subtly
it's an artistic move here if we begin to think about our head voice as a way
to create motion with our voice and not just oh I can't hit that note in full voice we will be
far more interesting and far less plowing we will actually find that it's easier to
enter into this character state with our voices when we're able to be playful between our two
registers
sorry I have to stop it again listen to how she grew that note and moved the resonance
around it any small
small small focused forward raspy her closure is
loose and then she throws the resonance back and makes it a bit more nasal so
cool another thing that a lot of singers who are trying to be good won't do because they
I don't want to mess with my tone that'll be mess with your tone mess with all ways
to let sound come out with your face direct it through your nose direct it
through your mouth this is what makes her so interesting and compelling from a vocal
standpoint I was painting a picture the picture was a painting of you and for a
moment I thought you were but then again it wasn't
true all time I been that was cool listen to how she sigh into that
section and and great singers sigh a [Music]
lot this time I Ohr to myself I've been putting s on the forest on my
show so many subtle flips into her head voice there wow wow that is she's very accurate and
intentional while she is free and removed and fully immersed in in the story and the experience
of this song that's really hard to do it's hard to be precise and intentional while you're [Music]
abandoned and all this time I have been lying oh in to myself so so so try that
with your own voice sing a note and then go just one like self a whole step or half step
up and see if you can change from your chest voice to your head voice self self
it feels cool oh L secet to myself I've been putting s on the forest place on my
show and I was R far away would I enough the world somay nobody knows
nobody knows I was dancing in the rain I felt in love and I can't but take me
home take me home where I belong I got no all the place to go take me home take me
home all the she's on the very edge of a belong there's this brightness and and edginess to her
voice that comes and goes as she flips in and out of her head voice but also when
she tends to add vocal weight she also tends to almost honk a little bit belong no it's belong
B and the contrast that she's creating vocally she's also displaying with her body language
I've talked about this a lot the mark of a great singer is someone who can get their
whole body involved with the performance that's not tension it's only tension if your body is
keeping you from getting fully involved in the performance if your hands are moving and you're
gesturing and your face is doing all sorts of things that wear the emotions of what you're
saying and communicating on your face and in your body this actually creates opportunities
for your voice to follow your body your body encourages more expression and playfulness to
come out of your voice you want to be dynamic with your tone and your resonance and your
placement you want to be free to approach notes that you never dreamed you would be
able to approach move immerse yourself in the experience of the song with your whole body
don't believe me watch the iconic singers like Michael Jackson Whitney Houston Mariah Carey
any of those singers thetha Franklin they are all so fully immersed in their performance and
certainly that list is very limited there I it's there's tons of singers that do this she's doing
an equally great job of immersing herself in the experience [Music] home [Music] I
any but I kept running for a soft place to
fall and I running hear how she's singing on the very edge of her
breath she's not only lightened up it's like you listen to the exits from these
notes
I there's like a an a slight air dump at the end that's a really neat subtle
articulation for a s place to there she cut it off though and I kept running for S [Music]
place she grew in that brashness that I was talking about earlier ah ah it's almost like
this if you were to isolate just that one note you might go oh that's some interesting
tone but it's because she's surrounding it with all these other uh Dynamics and
placements that it works so well ooh cool [Music] I it works and thrives because it
is so Dynamic there's not she's not locking in herself into any one type of tone here's
so many singers I I just got to find the right tone for this song is my vocal tone
okay well great vocal tone is dynamic and constantly changing like we see her doing
and I was running far away would I the world somay you
know take me home take me home for I belong I got to all the place to
go take take here she enters into that with that sigh at the
beginning I got no all place to go no take me home home the no no no take me home home
around no no home no no I'm not trying to sound like Aurora I'm merely trying to put her energy
a little bit of it into my own voice and be inspired by what what she's doing it's pretty
incredible all the little subtleties that you wouldn't really notice unless you spent
time unpacking like this no no she breathes into no it's not just no no it's no no just
desperation siging in and out of it with take home home on oh no no no take me home home or I
belong I can't take it
anymore what struck me most towards the end there is her phenomen phal use of breath her support is
fantastic that's how she can get so Dynamic loud quiet all these different approaches of their
voice but she has this way of attaching breath to the exits of her notes where it might start
a bit more pure vocal engagement but she has this breathy Sheen over it it's really hard to put into
words thank you so much Elizabeth for recommending Aurora this will not be the last video I will
check out from her and again if you i' like to get the foundation down so that you can be free with
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