Hey,  I ran into a friend in the shops and he asked if I teach five year olds... and Its been on my mind ever since... Like... Maybe, what would I say to my five year old self? I grew up singing with my family. After dinner dad would play guitar, we sang all these funny old songs that I don't even know if anyone else knew.  The other kids listened to Michael Jackson and Prince,  I was singing Bernard Bolan, and The Clancy Brothers and John Williamson...  A random array of nutty Dad songs.  That entirely shaped my 'let's sing' attitude.  So,  this ones a warm ..read more

Hi there, This is a project that has been on the burners for about two years, and now I've made it to this point - I'm holidng my breath - Is this a thing? Does this work? For about two decades I have attended so many songwriting workshops. I love word games, heart games, writing, creative writing, all the things. And for the last two years, I have been teaching songwriting workshops in Byron Bay (NSW Australia), whilst also making the Singing Lessons for No One Podcast (sporadically...) I wanted to make the Workshops in to SOMETHING... An online course? There's so many... Ideas are endless ..read more

Heya, How's it going?! We dive straight into a warm up in the Key of F Major scale and some harmony games. Breath work! Vibrato! Open your mouth and let your sound out! Then we think about near and far, projecting- what do you differently when you speak to close by, compared to out the window and far away. If you're here from Patreon,  then you already know about my Patreon, if you're not here from Patreon, Jump on my Patreon! It how you hear this, earlier than now! Travel in time! https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown OR Go check out my music Shelly Brown at Bandcamp or all the places ..read more

Well, Hello 2024.  How are we? What say we start the year with a singing Episode of singing? What a good idea, what what! Hey, did you know I have a new EP out on BANDCAMP - you can check it out via my website at shelly.com.au And you can support this podcast by heading to Patreon - Shelly_Brown This episode recaps some of my anchor lessons from my choir shenanigans of 2023.  And we look at a song by the stunning Sara Tindley called Belly of the Whale.  One of my all time favourite singers, songwriters, and songs.  Thanks for listening.  Much Love,  Shelly Sup ..read more

Dear sweet humans, I am beyond delighted to share with you that I have a NEW EP out January 1 - 2024. It's called In We Dive. As this podcast nears is 100k Streams, I need to sing from the hills to you to please go check out my music. This is gonna be really weird if you don't like it... But you've come this far with me, SO I can't imagine that you will not. Right? Ok. Well. My breath is officially held. To honour the extreme love and work that has gone into this EP from people I respect so very much, I wished to share it here. In this episode we sing a warm up with the Minor Pentatonic, in a ..read more

Hiya. How's it going? I think I'm a bit scatty in this one. You'll forgive me.  It's all good.  Two warm ups, one to calm you down and one to wake you up.  Then off we go singing "Hold Me" By The Teskey Brothers.  The Chords for this are C Major to Dminor, Then Dminor back to C! Easy! Go play it on something if you wanna!  Thanks so much for listening xx Shelly Support the show https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown www.shelly.com.au https://www.instagram.com/twigbirdproductions ..read more

Well Hey There,  Happy New Things.  In this Episode we're looking at relaxing your voice on ascending vocal melody.  We're in E Major, it's got a very Major Pentatonic Vibe.  Hi to my sister walking up a hill - these are motivational shoutouts to get you up the hill you're on! Go you! You're a good Egg! Please jump on my Patreon if you want to hear the episode when it's made!  Lotsa Love to you! xx Shelly Support the show https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown www.shelly.com.au https://www.instagram.com/twigbirdproductions ..read more

Awww, Here's Episode 2 Just for my Dear Patrons!  This si such a trip going back and hearing how calm I am... I think I get nuttier the more I've done this.. So thats either endearing or ... you know... ha! This is Minor Pentatonic Scale,  Exploring Sob Quality  And Singing Ernie by Fat Freddy's Drop!  yeah! Support the show https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown www.shelly.com.au https://www.instagram.com/twigbirdproductions ..read more

When I first made this Podcast it was my original idea to also release the episodes without my ranting in it. So you could use just the vocal exercises to recap, or drive to your gig warming up, or, whatever they might be useful for to you.   Turns out, I didn't follow through with that idea... So, This is me, following through with that idea...  I will release this first one to the public as an example for what I'm trying to create, but these will only be available to patrons via my Patreon page at:  https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown Sorry this is such a tease episode! You ..read more

I just baked Banana Bread. Our freezer was full of banana's. It was getting weird. So here's a warm up exercise using a Major Chord and a Minor Chord 1 2 3 5 3 2 1 in Gb Major, over to 1 2 b3 5 b3 2 1 in Ab minor. In a 3/4 time, "What is that thing I can smellIs it some thing I don’t like? What is that Banana smell? Is it banana bread?" It'll make sense. Good Good. Then, there's a blank song for you to write a song to. A writing exercise!! Whaaat?! Yes!! Awesome! xx Shelly https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown Check out: The Production Talk Podcast https://productiontalk.mixartist.com ..read more