February 2010 Newsletter

Published: Tue, 03/02/10

February 28, 2010

Dear ,

Welcome to my 31th newsletter!

Articles About Voice

At "All Things Vocal" blog this month (consider subscribing):

At "Judy Rodman Produtions news" this month:

What Radio Programmers Want

At The Modern Vocalist.com"

Tips for classical singers singing on mic

In the "Indie Connect Newsletter" this month:

Pitch Problems...tip to fix them

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Breaking News

If you're in Nashville and can access channel 19 (Davidson County), my vocal student Buttons' TV interview on R.O.C. show with Wander Hayes will air Monday March 1st 1:30 will be replayed Tuesday March 2nd at 6pm & Wednesday March 3rd at 2pm.

Buttons & Me

April 7th I will be performing with old friend Jerry Foster, along with Wayne Carson and Jim Weatherly. It will be a 2 hour songwriter-round at the Commodore Grill in Nashville, but will also air live on Neon Productions Radio. I'll send more details in next newsletter.

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PPP Client News

Hugs to my dedicated recurring vocal students.I so love to hear your progress!

Thanks to Jimmy Richie, Bernadette Wolfe, Randy Allen, Jim Wilkes & Ron Oates, for referrals... and welcome to the new PPP students of February:

Paige Halkett
Brandy Lynn
Arron Council
Austin McLaughlin
Chase McLaughlin
Brett Eldredge (signed with Atlantic Records)
Alie Sperry (with the new group 'Sweetwater Rose')

Check out this new music video young artist Emil Bishaw has on my song "If You Let Me". If you like... please comment.

YAY!! Indie alt rock singer/songwriter/pianist/guitarist Tee Tallent has his new cd project... brilliant cuts, awesome cover design, shrink wrap and all. Watch for him about town- for now!

Tyson Bowman played a CRS showcase at the Limelight this month. He included our anthem co-write "Thank God For People".

Rock artist Billy Devereaux has been playing all over Nashville lately. My "little brother" has lately been writing some incredible material. He is slated for a big show in April... details next newsletter.

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Judy's News

I flew to Tampa this month with producer Ron Oates and worked with my client, renown attorney Jim Wilkes there; it was an interesting ride to the airport in all the Nashville snow! What a wild weather event THAT was.

I took another snowy ride to sing background vocals on a project for dear friend Karen Taylor-Good... great to catch up with her again! Session was at Brendan Harkin's beautiful Wildwood Studio.

New country girls' group "Sweetwater Rose" (Lala Deaton, Marna Taylor & Ali Sperry) has been cutting some songs with producer/manager Mac and Diane Gayden. I produced some vocals on them this month, which were creatively arranged by group member Lala .. and next month they are going to be cutting my song "The One Who Loves Her Wings"... I'm thrilled! Side note... Mac, an incredible session guitarist and hit songwriter, was once signed at MTM Records, my old label. Small world.

I produced a sweet children's Christian music project for Ginger Shamblin, with Dug Grieves on guitar. She's a dear old friend from my childhood in Miami, Fla... who found me through the power of Facebook! It was a huge pleasure to catch up on each other's lives after so long.

Manager Alie Campbell brought her amazing client Simone Balkey in for me to produce vocals on at Nathan Smith's Mainframe Studio.

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My Services for your voice

Vocal Training: in person and by phone, event speaker, full day seminars or workshops, or my vocal training products on cd
Recording studio: vocal production with your team, full production, background vocals and/or pre-production vocal lessons.
Songwriting:catalogs of songs, limited co-writing with my clients.

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Judy
Judy Rodman Productions
Tel. (615) 834-4747
www.JudyRodman.com

In other news:

Pop Quiz of the Month

What is the most important thing you can do when you get a case of laryngitis?

Prize:

The FIRST with corr

ect answer wins a 30 min. vocal assessment from me, by phone or in my office.

Last month's correct answer:

... the three ways you can impact your audience are: Musically, Visually and Lyrically

Vocal Tip of the Month

When "going for" a note... remember that you want to use the power of resonation... not excess air pressure... to "get it done". This spares not only your voice, but also communicates so much better to your listener. Learn the fine art of "pulling" instead of "pushing" your lyric out.

Bonus tip:

Tiz the season

to be sneezin...bad for singers.

I have kicked the beginning of a cold by...

drinking fresh veggie juice made of romaine, carrot, celery, apple, tomato and beet (don't drink if allergic to any of these),

taking Airborne and Echinecea (don't take if you are allergic or sensitive to it),

soaking in a hot bath with epsom salts(don't bathe in hot water if you have circulation problems or might be pregnant )

plus sleeping well .

I have really come to believe that adding some kind of alkalizing agent (and fresh veg juice is great at this) to the diet protects us from colds. Just my experience... check with your medical professional.

Tip For Actors:

Check out a great no-cost-to actors audition site I highly recommend: Now Casting

My Social Networking Links

On A Personal Note:

My backyard:

I have enjoyed the Nashville snows this year, but I know many in the US and around the world are suffering from severe weather events. My heart goes out to those in Haiti, Chili and elsewhere and I'm so proud of all artists who have assisted in so many ways. May all of us do what we can to help where we can.

Love to all of you...And come on, spring!!