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Save Up To 50% On Voice Lessons By Buying Now!

You can save up to 50% on voice lessons by purchasing package voice lessons now! Alexys Paris Voice Studio is committed to providing you quality voice training at a sliding scale when you purchase bulk voice lessons via APVS’ Voice Lesson Packages. I hope this incentivizes you to remain loyal clients of APVS. In order to do this, however there needed to be an adjustment to the pricing structure and voice lesson packages rates. Let’s face it, voice lessons ain’t cheap! Believe me, I know. I’ve paid for lessons for years and still pay to this day to acquire and maintain what I know and pass it on to you. Just as many of you are, I’m a student. That’s how it works. The student becomes the teacher, the teacher becomes the student. In fact, I pay annually by taking voice lessons and training to remain a Certified Speech Level Singing Instructor, and I do so for one reason and one reason only. Because the Speech Level Singing Technique works! – As many of you are learning! I am honored to be your voice instructor and I take that responsibility seriously. A Voice Lesson between student and teacher is one of the most intimate processes. So when I ask you do a vocal exercise, you know I’m asking so as to build positive vocal change and do no harm. To see the new package rates and take advantage of the current rates before July 1st, please go here: Purchase & Save.

BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THIS:
I am committed to providing priority-scheduling status to clients who purchase voice lessons directly from APVS as opposed to the Daily Deal sites. (Please don’t misunderstand. The Daily Deal sites have been great for APVS – as to how I’ve met many of you!) However, loyal clients who are seriously developing their voices and purchase directly from APVS now have priority service and I am committed to making sure you have every opportunity in scheduling voice lessons at either location. Voice Lesson Packages purchased directly from APVS allows you to schedule on all available days (except Sundays) and at either location. To schedule a Sunday voice lesson, simply email alexy@alexysparis.com or call APVS and we can arrange it. If you have any complications at all with scheduling or any matter whatsoever, please call Alexys at 415.637.4613. APVS is committed to providing the most professional service possible.

Also, Master SLS instructor & CEO, Jeffrey Skouson Events
Singer, producer, pianist, vocal instructor, and CEO of Speech Level Singing, Int’l Jeffrey Skouson is coming to the San Francisco Bay Area! For the first time is at 3 years, there will be two Public Master Classes! One in San Francisco and one in San Jose. These are workshops not to be missed. Go Here: Public Master Class Event!.

As well as Record Your Voice Lessons on SD Cards or Thumb Drives
Alexys Paris Voice Studio & The Voice Studio locations have the ability to record to an SD Card. Additionally, the Alexys Paris Voice Studio location has the ability to record directly onto a Thumb Drive! So, at APVS you can bring a Thumb Drive or SD Card. Save The Environment!.

Enjoy…

ALEXYS PARIS VOICE STUDIO, LORNA EMATA GOODWIN VOICE STUDIO, & SLS

PRESENTS SLS MASTER VOCAL INSTRUCTOR JEFFREY SKOUSON

Jeffrey Skouson

• Master Speech Level Singing Instructor
• Member: SLS’s Instructor Management Team
• 
Vocal Producer, Pianist, Musical Director
• Musical Theatre Expert!

DATE & TIME

• Date: Sunday – June 24th 2012

• Time: To Be Announced


VENUE

• To Be Announced


PRICING

• To Be Announced

ANNOUNCEMENT!

Singer, producer, pianist, vocal instructor, and CEO of Speech Level Singing, Int’l Jeffrey Skouson is coming to the San Francisco Bay Area! For the first time is at 3 years, there will be two Public Master Classes! One in San Francisco and one in San Jose. These are workshops not to be missed. The San Francisco event will emphasize all genres of music including Rock, Pop, R&B, Jazz, Opera and Jeffrey’s Mastery in the Musical Theatre genre. The San Jose event will focus primarily on Musical Theatre. Ten voice students from APVS’ clientele will work with Jeffrey on stage for the San Francisco event. Additionally, 10 students from Lorna Emata Goodwin’s Voice Studio will work with Jeffrey for the San Jose event. In both events, Jeffrey will demonstrate the effectiveness of The Speech Level Singing Technique. Details of the event are being finalize and will be updated very soon.

BIO

For more information contact Alexys Paris: alexy@alexysparis.com or call 415.637.4613.

Let’s Stop Polluting The Environment!

Record Your Voice Lessons On SD Cards or Thumb Drives!

Every voice lesson a CD-ROM is given out so we can practice and improve, but CD-ROMs pollute the environment. The fastest way to improve is by practicing with a recording of each voice lesson. But we don’t need to continue polluting the environment with CD-ROMs! Alexys Paris Voice Studio & The Voice Studio locations have the ability to record to an SD Card. An SD Card is the type of media used in today’s digital cameras and can be used multiple times. With an SD Card Reader you can USB the voice lesson recording into your computer and then onto an iPod or MP3 Player for practicing. Additionally, the Alexys Paris Voice Studio location has the ability to record directly onto a Thumb Drive! So, at APVS you can bring a Thumb Drive or SD Card. A 1 Hour Voice Lesson takes up no more than 100 megabytes. (Note: You need to bring dedicated media to either location, because the machines will initialize the media on the initial visit. So don’t bring media with any data you need to keep!) Let’s save the environment and stop using CD-ROMs!

Save The Environment.

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Come Out and Enjoy Group Vocal Technique & Performance Class Showase at Farley’s!
Happening this Sunday, March 11th at 7PM, you won’t want to miss the wonderful performances of six very talented artist presenting music and voices you will sure to love. See the two post below.

In Group Class Showcase…
Are the details of the upcoming performance of the Group Vocal Technique & Performance at Farley’s…

Also, Two Group Vocal Technique & Performance Classes…
There is still space available for the next Beginners and Intermediate Classes of Vocal Technique & Performance. Check out the New 8 – Week Vocal Class Intensives!!!.

Happy To Present
In this newsletter, three events are rolling forward! First, March 11th at 7PM, at Farley’s, The Mixed Level Group Vocal Technique and Performance Class presents its Showcase of songs I am sure you al will appreciate. Further, on Saturday, April 7th, the Beginner’s Vocal Technique and Performance Class begins. Third, on Sunday, April 8th the Intermediate Vocal Technique and Performance Class begins. See the details of each class below. I look forward to seeing you at Farley’s!

From my Heart… And I Hope You Enjoy…

Vocal Technique & Performance Classes! – April 7th & 8th

Level I: Beginner’s & Level II: Intermediate Classes

Vocal Technique & Performance:
Starting April 7th & 8th! 2012

Dear friends and singers,

I am honored to present these Level I: For Beginner’s and Level II: For Intermediate to Advanced singers of Group Vocal Technique & Performance Classes, starting April 7th & 8th respectively! The video displays vocal students who are working on their craft. As that’s the only way to improve! I want to thank all the students who have performed and are sharing their presence, their image, their heart and souls, and most of all their voices!

Registration has started and we are looking forward to hearing from you soon! 
To register for the beginner’s class or private lessons with Alexys, click the Enroll Level I button, sign up and pay online or please reply via email at alexy@alexysparis.com and reserve your spot. Group vocal classes at The Voice Studio provide you with the highest standard of group vocal instruction, fast results in a professional and fun environment.

To register for the Intermediate class or private lessons with Alexys, click the Enroll Level II button, sign up and pay online or please reply via email at alexy@alexysparis.com and reserve your spot. Group vocal classes at The Voice Studio provide you with the highest standard of group vocal instruction, fast results in a professional and fun environment.

A unique combination of Speech Level Singing® (*) technique instruction and performance coaching.


Level I: Introduction to vocal technique and performance

Prerequisite: Ability to sing a song in tune

Level II: application of technique and performance skills in a more advanced way
. Prerequisite: Level I or workshop “What is SLS? or “Getting To Know Your Vocal Instrument” and performance experience.

For a more detailed Beginners Class Description, go here: Level I: For Beginner’s Group Vocal Class: 8 – Week Intensive

For a more detailed Intermediate Class Description, go here: Level II: For Intermediate To Advanced Group Vocal Class: 8 – Week Intensive

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Happy 2012!
I love the articles I’ve written in Health Tips about singer’s health, but I renew my commitment to addressing our primary concern and address issues about…, the voice.

In Vocal Tech…
I share the intricacies of vocal technique in the Nuisances of Vocal Technique…

And in Group Technique & Performance Class
There is still space available for the next Vocal Technique & Performance Class. Check out the New 8 – Week Vocal Class Intensive!!!. But first…

Happy New Year!
Welcome to an exciting new year! 2011 was awesome and I am looking forward to an even better 2012. To start the new year off right, an exciting 8-week class is scheduled to begin Jan. 15th! In this issuance I unveil a new series labeled “Vocal Tech” and I speak again about the importance of vocal training and share information about vocal technique which is so critical to singing. I know I’ve spoken a lot about issues related to health, but this is a Voice Newsletter, so let’s share information about…, The Voice!

From my Heart… Happy New Year! And Enjoy…

The voice is a very intricate instrument…

Unfortunately, it is more difficult to move a singer from bad habits to good habits. Yet, it is very easy for a singer who has good habits to be influenced by others and adopt bad habits, if they are unaware of what they are doing that is good, is better left unchanged. Is the previous statement a metaphor about life? It’s difficult to build an empire, but an empire can be dismantled in no time flat! Such as is the voice. I will always remember how my friend, Michael Jeffries so succinctly stated it. He said: “… to re-program is harder than to program!” I love the concise way in which Michael stated it, and I use that in my teaching to this day. Please don’t get me wrong, because improving a voice is done everyday – as to why good vocal coaches are in business, and singers provide testimony as to their success.

There are not many students who come into a voice lesson and who mixes from chest voice to head voice without vocal breaks of one kind or another with little or no vocal training. They are far and few between. When a singer comes into a voice lesson that has good vocal habits, I’m quick to tell them what and why what they are doing is right and to continue using that by reinforcing it – making it even better! Most often they are not even aware they possess good habits, and I have to inform them so we can build on that. Then they know that’s a good habit – and if anyone of influence tries to change it, they are aware to be cautious!

Things must work in the right way in order to get the best vocal performance that the voice is possible of producing. And a high-larynx, for instance, is not a good thing. The vocal cords are housed within the larynx, and for better or for worse, they are strongly influenced by the activity or inactivity of the larynx. Basically, whether we singers know it or not, we have an easier time vocalizing when the larynx is not active; that is, vocal cords function better when the larynx stays in a low, relaxed position. This allows the vocal cords to function as best they can based on proper vocal training and exercises they have been given. The swallowing action of the hyoid bone and the epiglottis is not conducive to good vocal cord phonation. Too often, a singer uses the wrong extrinsic muscles to assist them in making pitch. Those outer muscles are better left outside of the pitch-making process, for engaging them is the long way around to one’s destination and causes serious vocal abuse in the process. I am always observing students to see or hear if their larynx is high. Getting the larynx down and to stay down avoids vocal hoarseness and other vocal complications such as nodules.

There are many tools to address vocal bad habits, including a high larynx so it remains low and stable. But these varied number of tools placed in the wrong hands or utilized by an untrained person, and even an unskilled vocal instructor, is down right dangerous and can lead to vocal damage. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on one’s point of view, a teacher has to study and teach proper vocal technique for years before they grow into proper usage of the tools with skill and creativity. Proper vocal technique is not something anyone can go and acquire in one or a few voice lessons without truly understanding why the technical vocal instructor gave them particular exercises. Because a skilled technical vocal instructor might give Student A one exercise to fix Student A’s particular problem, but will give Student B a different exercise because Student B’s problem is completely different from Student A’s! A different prescription for a different ailment as it were… The very same exercise given to Student A could be poison to Student B and feed into Student B’s problem. In my opinion, a teacher seeking to understand vocal technique needs to study, go to class, research, and take technical voice lessons from masters of the trade. Vocal technique takes time and years of study to master.

Again, as opposed to fixing problems, the wrong exercises over a period of time can feed and exacerbate vocal problems. Vocal exercises strongly influence what habits the singer adopts, as does the demonstrations the instructor uses to influence the student. So applying the correct exercises and good vocal demonstrations from the instructor to cure vocal fatigue, hoarseness, straining, chronic falsetto, and unease to influence good vocal cord phonation are critical. The vocal instructor must be grounded in good vocal habits so they can influence the student to move in a better direction. When a student confirms that what they are experiencing is easier than before our voice lesson(s) and (get this) sounds better! – It makes what I do worthwhile and enjoyable. I love it!

I love it!.

New Mixed Level I & II Class!

Vocal Technique & Performance:
Jan 15th – March 4th 2012

Dear friends and singers,

I am honored to present highlight video performances from previous Vocal Technique & Performance Classes. The video displays vocal students who are working on their craft. As that’s the only way to improve! I want to thank all the students who have performed and are sharing their presence, their image, their heart and souls, and most of all their voices!

Additionally, I am honored to present the next series of Group Vocal Classes starting Jan 15th!
 Registration has started and we are looking forward to hearing from you soon! 
To register for the class or private lessons with Alexys, click the Enroll button, sign up and pay online or please reply via email at alexy@alexysparis.com and reserve your spot. Group vocal classes at The Voice Studio provide you with the highest standard of group vocal instruction, fast results in a professional and fun environment.

A unique combination of Speech Level Singing® (*) technique instruction and performance coaching.


Level I: Introduction to vocal technique and performance

Prerequisite: Ability to sing a song in tune

Level II: application of technique and performance skills in a more advanced way
. Prerequisite: Level I or workshop “What is SLS? or “Getting To Know Your Vocal Instrument” and performance experience.

For a more detailed class description, go here: Group Vocal Class: 8 – Week Intensive

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Thank You For A Wonderful 2011!
In this article, I say Thank you all for a wonderful 2011 and I hope you are looking forward to a fantastic 2012! To get the 2012 party started right…

In this newsletter issue, I present the next Vocal Technique & Performance Class. Check out the New 8 – Week Vocal Class Intensive!!!.

And in Health Tips
I share my experience and information I recently learned about the relationship with Calcium & Phosphorus… but first, Thank You!

Thank You
2011 has been a very active and productive year for Alexys Paris Voice Studio and many of you have shared positive feedback. APVS looks forward to an even better and productive 2012! Ideas for events and continued training are flowing in all the time and APVS is committed to the passion of vocalizing, training the voice, and sharing all that is learned with you! Continue to look forward and remain in touch with Alexys’ Voice Newsletter.

From my Heart… Thank you! And Enjoy…