Since Sunday January 17, it’s been one year since I began writing this blog. Back then, it was hosted on Wordpress.com and was called Life of a Beginning Singer. When I began self hosting, I shortened the name to just Beginning Singer. I also tried to focus less on me and more on the needs of all beginning singers out there. It’s been a lot of work, but I have learned so much in the process and have felt a real thrill when someone finds something useful here.
And I plan to continue. I am really enjoying working on this blog, and I have lots of ideas for its second year.
For those of you who have stopped by, commented, subscribed, retweeted, shared, or emailed me; thank you. I always look forward to your feedback. As always, if you have any ideas to make this blog better for you, then please let me know.
-Ian
 How often do we teach through “don’t”, and is there a better way?
…[Continue reading Build Goals]
 It is easy to get caught up within and impressed by complexity. Sometimes, though, we just need to keep things simple and reduce tasks to their most basic functions.
…[Continue reading Vocalise of the Week: Simple Quarter Notes]
 Say something nice about yourself. What you are doing is extremely difficult and brave, and it’s ok to acknowledge your strengths.
…[Continue reading Say Something Nice about Yourself]
 This is a challenging set of scale patterns running back to back with no chance to breathe.
…[Continue reading Vocalise of the Week: Third, Fifth, Ninth, Eleventh Scale]
 This vocalise is modeled on one that Placido Domingo demonstrated in Great Singers on Great Singing.
…[Continue reading Vocalise of the Week: Fifth, Ninth, Eleventh Scale]
I’ll be performing in L’Elisir d’amore and Die Schöne Müllerin in Spring 2010.
…[Continue reading Upcoming Performances]
 Placido Domingo is great. If you believe many of the comments on Youtube, however, you would think that we’ve all been fooled.
Last night, I had an Actor’s Nightmare – you know, the nightmare where you’re on stage in a play that you’ve never heard of…and you’re naked – that was more along the lines of the “Audition Nightmare”.
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Beginning Singer is about the challenges of becoming a professional singer.
My name is Ian Sidden, and I have been performing since I was a very little boy. I have always sung, and whether it was in musicals, rock bands, choirs or operas; I just couldn't shut up. I just completed graduate studies in Vocal Performance, and now it is do or die time to attempt a professional career.
Within this blog there will be writings on my own singing experiences as I live them, writings on singing technique and pedagogical observations, interviews, book reviews, and all sorts of singing related material.
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