Magic Sing Blog

Everybody loves to sing. I don’t think there’s a human in this world who doesn’t. For Filipinos, singing is an art that has to be shared and enjoyed. Many of us may not be blessed with beautiful voices. But I believe a person can be a good performer through proper exercises. There are various ways of mastering the art of singing. Here are some of ways to consider to become a better performer:

Breathing Exercises:
The most important discipline to learn is the breathing technique. Breathing is a natural process of life, but few of us know how to breathe properly to be able to sing beautifully. How to breathe properly: Lie down or stand against the wall. Inhale and exhale naturally, expanding the rib cage and doing it at least five time, increasing as you do this daily exercise. Breathe through the nose and exhale through your mouth.

Vocalization:
Some may think that this exercise is boring and unnecessary. Actually, this is a key to a strong and wide vocal range. It is basic articulation and rewards you with confidence to develop your own style of singing. You can vocalize by using the do-re-mi-fa-so in increasing and decreasing scale.

Diaphragm Exercise:
Pant like a dog. In each inhaling ang exhaling, it must be coordinated with the rising and lowering of the rib cage. Concentrating on the movement of your diaphragm, try to vocalize in broken notes or stacatto.

These exercises may help you come close in achieving your dreams of becoming the next… singing idol.
Good Luck!

I remember the first time I get a chance to sing in a karaoke machine. Actually, it was my first Christmas in five years working as a Technical Support Specialist in an internet service provider way back 1999. And so we sang our blues away, three male co-workers (two of them were my former rivals, but eventually became good acquaintances, the other became my best bud) having the same function like mine, three female co-workers, one assigned in marketing, one assigned in sales, and one assigned in accounting, and finally, our boss - the manager.

Honestly, I don’t have guts to sing in front of people I just met (I was just hired then and still absorbing information I should expect to learn). It’s sort of being formal whenever I communicate with them, and impression was still a factor because it’s where I would become regular employee or not depends on.

So we rented a room just right for the eight of us. It was a little cozy and relaxing,  like you wouldn’t care for the world even if you sing in your most awful way because you know nobody would hear you except the people whom you are with.

But these people were new to me, so hey, I spotted beer, and drank my shyness away. After few moment, thinking, “I’m good at it, why be shy… I mean, I’m not that good but I do sing at home especially when I’m alone and I can tell my voice is just fine”. I started grabbing the mic and drowned all the timidity in me (LOL). And I sang as loud as the person who was actually singing like it was my song so we ended up on a duet.

And we were so drank that we were even singing all the way home.

Well, if you happen to read this (I don’t know what twist of event that your browsers get to be redirected to this site), I’m sure you’d know it’s you people I’m pertaining to. And I bet you surely agree that that night sure was a blast.