Chris Dauhtry: Journey of Young Rock Singer

Chris Daughtry was secured the fourth place of 5th American Idol.Christopher Adam Daughtry famous for his vocal skills and for being a rhythm guitarist and lead vocal for the rock band Daughtry was born on 26 December 1979. He also secured fourth place in the finals of American Idol, fifth season.  He and his brother Kenneth were born to Pete and Sandra Daughtry residing in Palmyra, Virginia where they grew up before moving to McLeansville, North Carolina.

Chris Daughtry took to serious singing at an young age of sixteen and trained in playing the guitar with Matt Jagger, guitarist at Stacy’s Music store in Charlottesville. He had a good adviser in frontman for “Earth to Andy”,  Andy Waldeck who was awarded first credit in Chris’s debut album. He performed with various rock bands while in school at the local venues and  and was part of two stage productions, the Wiz and Peter Pan. The band he belonged to in school was Read more…

David Archuleta: Journey of Young Singer

The American Idol runner-up and pop singer David Archuleta image.Having earned the distinction of winning the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2 at the age of twelve David James Archuleta is now a pop singer and song writer. Earlier at the tender age of ten he won the Utah Talent Competition under the children category where he sang the “I Will Always Love You” by Dolly Parton and received standing ovation.

David Archuleta born to Jeff Archuleta and Lupe Marie Mayorga is one of five siblings. Though born to Lupe Marie, a salsa performer and singer from Honduras David is not fluent in Spanish. Born on 28 December 1990 in Miami, Florida, David and his family relocated to Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy  in 1997. Currently he is living in Murray where he attended Murray High School and is a member of Boy Scouts of America and  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. David started singing when he was six and is said to have been motivated by a musical video of “Les Misérables”.

At the age of 16 David was one of the youngest contestants in the seventh season of American Idol in 2007 and in 2008 he reached the runner up position receiving 44% of more than ninety seven million votes. His Star Search victory Read more…

Singing Success’s Speech Level Singing Techniques

The white shirt man singing with some singing techniques successfully.One of Brett Manning’s singing course creation is undoubtedly the Singing Success’s Speech Level Singing Techniques.  This is a part of the Singing Success program and has been testified as a great success by many a singing star and other users. So if you are very serious about training yourself well and advancing in the musical field your option is to master this technique.

Speech Level Singing often referred to as the SLS technique was conceptualized and developed by Seth Rigg. It is a technique in which vocal energy is used to a minimum while singing. The head voice is utilized more in this technique enabling singers to retain their voice quality and prevent damaging and wearing out of vocal chords. This technique has been successfully mastered and used by none other than the king of pop, Micheal Jackson and well known singers such as Bette Midler and Barbara Streisand among others.

The Singing Success’s Speech Level singing Techniques program and studio training DVD has a very informative interview with the developer of this program, Brett Manning. In the interview Brett Manning elaborates on the program, its advantages and its concept. He also gives examples of many of the Read more…

Katy Perry: Sexy Contralto Vocal Range

The pretty and cute American pop musician Katy Perry smiling photo.Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson the second child among three children was born to Christian pastor parents in Santa Barbara, California  on 25 October 1984. She is more popularly known by her career name Katy Perry and grew up listening to gospel music and was part of the local church choir during her childhood. Katy started taking music lesson when she turned nine.  Today she is a reputed American pop musician. Perry also learned dancing when she was a child beginning with Swing, Lindy Hop and Jitterbug.

Katy received a GED during her freshman year of high school and decided to follow a career in music. The first few efforts in bringing out albums was unfortunately unsuccessful for Katy.  The  self titled album of gospel songs in 2001 and an album with The Matrix, her production team and an album of solo songs in 2004-2005 which never got released were all under the name of Katy Hudson and were her learning experiences.

Katy Perry’s contralto vocal range is her asset and since she also played the guitar as a child, Katy developed a habit of penning songs and her inspiration was from Read more…

Success of Jordin Sparks’s Singing Voice

The seventeen years old and 6th American Idol winner Jordan Sparks.Jordin Sparks, the youngest winner of American Idol so far at the age of seventeen shot to fame by winning the sixth season of American Idol in 2006. Jordin Brianna Sparks and her younger brother Phillippi “PJ” Sparks Jr. were born to former NFL defensive back Phillippi Sparks and Jodi Weidmann Sparks in Phoenix, Arizona. Jordin, born on 22 December 1989 is now a popular  R&B/ pop singer, an actress and a model.

Jordin was brought up in Ridgewood, New Jersey and did her schooling at Northwest Community Christian School in Phoenix till her eighth grade. She continued her schooling at Sandra Day O’Connor High school till she was fifteen and then started learning from home so that she could concentrate more on improving her music and singing talent.
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