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Memo: I'm sorry to say that I won't be able to add new midi here because I can't able to get the paid version of NoteWorthyComposer. All these while I'm using the evaluation version to create all these midi. Even though there is no expiry date, I feel it is not right for me to continue to use it. I try to buy it using my credit card but not accept. I hope I can get the paid version of NoteWorthyComposer. Or I will try to use another credit card to get this software.

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"Most singing is not done with the voice but with the ears and the brain." Giuseppe De Luca

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Written by: Andrew Grenon
Source: http://singing.eblah.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b=GenVoiceDiscuss,m=1159845660

There are four stages in the learning of any skill. The first is when we are UNCONSCIOUSLY UNSKILLED. Now I'm not just talking about people who are not naturally talented, this also applies to a natural singer who does not know that the way he/she is singing, however aesthetically pleasing, is injurous to the throat.

The next stage is when we are CONSCIOUSLY UNSKILLED. This stage comes when someone(hopefully an industry expert of some kind - a voice teacher or performer and etc) points out our shortcomings. This is the scary bit and sometimes requires a bit of soul-searching. This is also the bit where we (hopefully) search out and learn alot about about singing. The first practise sessions may be disheartening to some, but it is important to see this as part of a stage on a JOURNEY and not trying to attain perfection. We cant run untill we've learnt to walk. As uncomfortable as it might be to recognise we're not as perfect as we thought, this is an exciting time where new neural connections are being made!

Once we have learnt the (at least the basic) tenets of our new skill, in this case singing, we can say we are CONSCIOUSLY SKILLED. At this stage the brain is continually processing and adding information to the parts of the brain responsible for learning singing and strengthening the neural connections already in place. At this stage, the technical aspects still require careful thought and that will be reflected in performance. Don't worry if someone says you are wooden, its just part of the process.

Finally, we reach the stage of UNCONSCIOUS SKILL. Vocal technique for a singer is the systematic acquisition of habits conducive to positive results during performance. Once we can do it without really thinking about it, we can devote our attentions to what it is we are really singing about, singing from out heart without tensions and noticeable flaws and continue to develop our acting facility much like we have our voice. This is the best part of learning, once the brain has hard-wired those skills into your brain your body will find them very hard to forget.