https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWQ6EUPN3zU&ab_channel=SingingStrongwithMaryMirtschin Hi! it’s Mary from Singing Strong and welcome. Today I wanted to talk a little bit about Billie eilish’s new song,  “What was I made for?”  from the Barbie movie. I have not been to the Barbie movie, I haven’t had time to go and see it yet. I’ve had lots of people telling me it’s a great movie and I plan on going to see it, but there’s some great music out of this movie, in particular the song “What was I made for?” Billie Eilish and her brother Phineas are great songwriters, they are so well ..read more

Hi it’s Mary from Singing Strong. I had a lovely excursion to Sydney a couple of weekends ago for my daughter’s 22nd birthday. We had the most wonderful time in Sydney I haven’t been there for, I’m trying to think, it’s been over 20 years, so I’m starting to give away my age a little bit here, but that’s okay.  We went to Sydney and we got to walk around circular Quay. We walked around the Opera House and walked around to Sydney Harbor Bridge. This was amazing. I always love to watch the fireworks on New Years Eve from Sydney, so it was lovely to actually walk around there. We also wen ..read more

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Folk music is music from a country, usually composed and performed by the people of that country.  There is Australian folk music (think of Waltzing Matilda) American folk music (Home on the range) and if you named a country there would be a well known folk song from there. Most folk songs are very old and the composer is often anonymous, because we just don’t know who originally wrote the song. I love the folk music of Ireland.  The most well known folk song from Ireland is “Danny Boy”. I have linked some videos down below if you would like to sing along. https://www.youtube.com/wa ..read more

https://youtu.be/y9BeRxmdCVw I have made a video (above) that goes through the song Forever my love and I show you just how easy it is to sing this new song by Ed Sheeran and J Balvin. Have fun learning this. Below is the official video and I have also put a karaoke video below as well. If you would like the english lyrics for the song click here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqtMJ391poA&ab_channel=EdSheeran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9S6yuYySm4&ab_channel=MiBalmzKaraokeTracks ..read more

It’s Autumn in Australia. Here are some songs for you to enjoy about Autumn Autumn Leaves Ed Sheeran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyB-ibmemnM&ab_channel=JakeGosling Autumn Leaves Eva Cassidy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXBNlApwh0c&ab_channel=EvaCassidy Diana Krall Autumn in New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5FVmJKPSrY&ab_channel=DianaKrallVEVO John Hayward – Forever Autumn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77rinB5pYqA&ab_channel=doroty66 Stephen Day -Autumn’s Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jcICNaXcBs&ab_channel=StephenDay-Topic ..read more

I hope you have a wonderful Valentines Day Here are some love songs throughout time that you might enjoy listening to. Adele Lovesong composed 2011 Adele: Lovesong https://youtu.be/rlEa9zeMmek At Last composed 1960 Beyonce sings Ät Last https://youtu.be/Vx_AhWeFcOU?t=86 Tell me the truth about love composed 1938 Jocelyn Freeman: Tell me the truth about love Benjamin Britten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOFdkLZT2Ns&ab_channel=JocelynFreeman Loves Philosophy composed 1905 Mary Beva: Loves Philosophy by Roger Quilter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EphydXN3MPo&ab_channel=RhinegoldL ..read more

https://youtu.be/YH72cJgGzEE Exhalation on a hiss This breathing exercise is to help develop better breath control for good, well supported singing. Make sure the body is relaxed, the shoulders down, and you are breathing low in the body. Take a good breath and then hiss for as long as you can. Aim to keep the air flow steady, don’t let it shudder, and have a feeling of the air escaping slowly, don’t let the breath go all at once. Keep a steady, firm exhalation. Take a low breath, start the timer and see how long you can exhale for on a steady hiss. Do this regularly and keep a record of you ..read more

Happy New Year! I am posting singing exercises for you to get back into singing if you have had a break over the holidays. This week I will be focusing on breathing exercises. The first exercise is about keeping a steady exhalation for as long as you can. Practice this daily for a week to see how much you can improve. Breathing exercise one: How long can you hiss out for? https://youtu.be/UQhNarP523g ..read more