The Connected Singer Julie Thompson

The fascinating chat continued with the classically trained singer, coral conductor, vocal coach and clinical hypnotherapist Julie Bale on how hypnotherapy can help build confidence and reduce anxiety when performing.
00:00  - 08:48  How hypnotherapy can help support beyond vocal technique or support technical break throughs.08:48 – 14:01 Hypnotherapy to help singers beyond the stage with an exercise.14:01 – 22:03  Increase in anxiety levels of performers.22:03 – 25:00 Finding your uniqueness and authentic self through the use of hypnotherapy and open up to exploration.25:00 – 27:17  Amazing results of hypnotherapy and reduction of pain.27:17 – End  Upcoming hypnotherapy workshops and programmes.
 
Resources:
Julie’s Website
https://www.hypnotherapyforperformance.com/
Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/431079748873045/
 
National Council for Hypnotherapy
https://www.hypnotherapists.org.uk/about-nch/code-of-ethics/

Have the nerves before a performance felt at times almost too overwhelming that you have almost not gone on to perform or do you regularly suffer from anxiety days before a performance?
You are not alone, we certainly have, together with our guest of this episode’s podcast.  Her passion and curiosity for understanding the challenges she faced, during her own 30 year career as soprano, voice teacher and choral director led her to discover the world of hypnotherapy. So impressed and convinced of its benefits for herself in multiple ways decided to become a fully trained clinical hypnotherapist in order to support other singers with similar challenges. In this episode our guest shares her knowledge, experience on the subject and hypnotherapy tools to support manage anxiety symptoms. A warm welcome to the wonderful Julie Bale!
 
00:00 – 16:04 Intro – Michael and Julie chat.
16:04 – 25:06 How Julie discovered hypnotherapy and how it has helped her both as a vocalist and a choral conductor.
25:06 – 33:27  What is hypnotherapy exactly? Different modalities. How it is used to enhance performance.
33:27 -43:27  Hypnotherapy benefits in relation to the stress response; Julie shares with us exercises to help cope with this common challenge on and off the stage – we also share our experiences and issues
43:52 - End   A step by step example of a hypnotherapy session with a popular exercise “The control room”.
Resources:
Julie’s Website
https://www.hypnotherapyforperformance.com/
Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/431079748873045/
 
National Council for Hypnotherapy
https://www.hypnotherapists.org.uk/about-nch/code-of-ethics/
 

We have been lucky to have the pleasure of talking to a very talented and hardworking singer, songwriter and guitarist, originally from Midlands UK. He is a highly acclaimed instrumentalist, particularly renowned for his English fingerpicking style. He has won awards, such as the BBC folk award, appeared on national radio and TV, including shows such as Later with Jools Holland, toured the world and has had seven releases to date, his most recent being Home Waters and Home Waters Live, which is just beautiful, and is currently touring.
We are delighted to have the pleasure to talk to this incredible talent, about his musical and vocal journey, his unique ways of coping with performance anxiety and the art storytelling through song. Introducing the wonderful Sam Carter.
00:00 – 14:31  Sam’s Experience with Alexander Technique and its effect on the voice.
14:31 – 22:29  The mind body connection – Sam shares his experience of self-doubt and performance anxiety.
22:29 – 28:53 Managing practise as a working musician – realistic expectations.
28: 53 – 39:52 How live and studio environment influence each other.
39:52 – End     What’s next for Sam.
 
Sam’s Websites:
Solo
Home Waters,
https://samcartermusic.co.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Carter_(musician).
Joolz Holland performance
https://vimeo.com/151704214
Band
http://falselights.co.uk/harmonograph/
 
Resources:
Alexander Technique
https://alexandertechnique.com/
Books: The Alexander Technique for Musicians by Judith Kleinman and Peter Buckoke.
https://www.cnhc.org.uk/ - The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council
https://www.alexandertechniqueinternational.com/
 
Future Islands - https://future-islands.com/
 

We have been lucky to have the pleasure of talking to a very talented and hardworking singer, songwriter and guitarist, originally from Midlands UK. He is a highly acclaimed instrumentalist, particularly renowned for his English fingerpicking style. He has won awards, such as the BBC folk award, appeared on national radio and TV, including shows such as Later with Jools Holland, toured the world and has had seven releases to date, his most recent being Home Waters and Home Waters Live, which is just beautiful, and is currently touring.
We are delighted to have the pleasure to talk to this incredible talent, about his musical and vocal journey, his unique ways of coping with performance anxiety and the art storytelling through song. Introducing the wonderful Sam Carter.
 
00:00 – 12:10  Intro chat and reflection
12:10 – 23:28  Sam’s musical journey; how his upbringing has influenced his approach to singing and how this lends itself well to the Folk world and ethos.
23:28 – 28.27  Sam shares his ways to deal with Imposter Syndrome.
28.27 - End      How Sam uses traditional Folk themes, musical structures to tell stories and authentically connect with his audience.
 
Sam’s Websites:
Solo
Home Waters,
https://samcartermusic.co.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Carter_(musician).
Joolz Holland performance
https://vimeo.com/151704214
Band
http://falselights.co.uk/harmonograph/
 
Resources:
Alexander Technique
https://alexandertechnique.com/
Books: The Alexander Technique for Musicians by Judith Kleinman and Peter Buckoke.
https://www.cnhc.org.uk/ - The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council
https://www.alexandertechniqueinternational.com/
 
Future Islands - https://future-islands.com/

Today we are delighted to welcome a guest all the way from Vermont USA. A specialist in body work that includes massage, Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT) and nutrigenomics. As a practitioner of over 20yrs experience she will be sharing her extensive knowledge on how we as singers can benefit from the exploration of her fascinating body work in supporting our voice to sore freely. Let’s welcome Sabina Gutsell.
00:00-07:54 - Intro chat
07: 54–18:55 - Massage and Integrative Manual Therapy in relation to the voice, Fascia explained.
18:55–23:26 - Posture and the effects of good and bad posture and fascia unwinding.
23:26–31:17 - Tools to help combat stress or anxiety before a performance.
31:17–37:01 - New research about the body that can help us singers – rhythms of the body and rocking bones!
37:01–45:00 - Getting closer to nature and its benefits for optimal performance.
45:00–49:37 - How Sabina specifically works with singers - muscular relaxation, how the body is connected and intuition with case studies.
49:37–End - practical tools to try out with guidence and release tension and listening to our bodies.
 
Sabina’s links
https://www.catalysthealing.org/
https://www.facebook.com/sabina.gutsell
https://www.instagram.com/sabinagutsell/?hl=en-gb
Resources
Books:
Moving stretch by Suzanne Wylde
Free you fascia by Daniel Fenster
Websites:
Healing Sounds – Jonathan Goldman – https://www.healingsounds.com
British Academy of Sound Therapy - https://www.britishacademyofsoundtherapy.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwspKUBhCvARIsAB2IYusL-BMdpODpMGyDXZm5r_WkgxUxcYZi8rVC3GtOxAyENOuR03d6SYgaApHnEALw_wcB
 
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A fully trained dancer and Yogi,  Ella has travelled the world as a performing artist, choreographed festivals created her own dance productions, and offered yoga retreats in exotic locations.  Ella is also the published author of ‘Journal to Joy’, and the director of the prestigious award winning company, Business Yoga. She has been passionately expanding her path series mentoring programme that helps artists and professionals embody creativity and abundance through workshops and retreats. She is also a fellow podcaster hosting the podcast “Power Up”. We welcome the wonderful and sunny Ella Mesma.
00:00 – 6:12 - Intro chat
6:12 - 16:02  -  Ella tell us about her unique vocal journey, and  she has incorporated her voice in her projects. 
16:02 - 18:42 - Ella’s cultural background and how deeper exploration of this has informed her work.
18:42 - 20:26 - Similarities between voice and dance, and how we use our voice tells a lot about ourselves.
20:26  - 22:45 - Finding our true voice from within to help unleash creativity and expression with freedom. Importance of intuition for performances and how to connect to this.
22:45 - 27:30  - Tools to help connect to the creative expression.
27:30 - 33:39  - TRE (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises) - alternative breathing techniques.
33:39 - 38:56  - How movement, Mantras, Moodras can unlock creativity.
38:56 - 43:12   - Importance of pieces of feedback - Meaningful productions such as her Little Amal project.
43:12 -48:38   -  I am all woman lockdown project - in relation to current issues of women’s safety - can Art challenge difficult issues?
48:38 - 51:10   - Advice for artists embarking on their creative journey.
51:10 - End       - Future Projects
 
Ella’s Links:https://ellamesma.co.uk/https://www.businessyoga.co.uk/ Ella Mesma Company show trailers – https://vimeo.com/389736434 https://podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/powerup/id1551171741 
Power Up! Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5QB790RZ9UT9DajGzAQsDY?si=3460493bc3e042dc Publications:Journal to Joy  by Maya Gandaia (Ella Mesma) -  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journal-Joy-Transform-Accompanying-Manuscript/dp/1982282371
Resources:
TRE - Tension Release Exercises  https://traumaprevention.com/ 
Dan Brule - https://breathmastery.com/
Mooji - https://mooji.org/
Exsitential Kink - Book by Carolyn Elliot 
Little Amal - https://www.walkwithamal.org/about-us/little-amal/
The Heroine's Journey - Book by Maureen Murdock  
Hero's Journey Model - Book by Joeseph Camplell
Theodore Zeldin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Zeldin  
 
Artists mentioned:
Sabio Janiak
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ceNE7KS0LTSImcKvNIAtg
https://www.hagityakira.com/sabio-janiak-details
Akeim Toussaint Buck
https://www.toussainttomove.com/
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