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Set yourself a challenge

Alfie Boe
Alfie Boe

Lesson time: (2min 11sec)

Alfie Boe sets you a challenge: learn a song and perform it for your family within the next few weeks to build your confidence.

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This lesson is part of the course Learn Singing with Alfie Boe
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Lesson transcript:

Music Lesson

So while I'm working with you today on the songs, make sure that you have water by your side or a cup of tea, or whatever you feel is good for your voice at the moment.

  • Suggestions for Your Drink:
    • A little bit of lemon
    • A bit of honey
    • Hot water (let it cool down to nice room temperature)

Just have that ready, along with a nice bottle of water, and then you're all set.

Set a Challenge

What I want you to do today is to set yourself a challenge.

  • Timeframe:
    • Within two or three weeks, learn a song and perform it in front of your family members, or at your local club, pub, social hall, or church.

Set yourself that challenge, set yourself that goal!

Why Set a Challenge?

It will be so rewarding for you:

  • Achieve something within yourself
  • Gain encouragement
  • Build drive and ambition to continue on this journey

Explore Different Genres

There are hundreds and hundreds of songs out there that you can learn.

  • Embrace Variety:
    • Listen to lots of different types of music.
    • You might think, "I love soul music," and start singing a lot of soul songs.
    • But then you listen to something else and think, "No, no, I like jazz," and shift toward jazz or bebop.

Your world of music will blossom out in front of your eyes, and you will be so happy to further your ambition and career as a singer.

Make Your Family Proud

So, set yourself those goals. Get your family to sit down, make them listen.

  • Engage Them:
    • Tell them the story
    • Show them the emotion

Make them proud and make yourself proud as well!

Part of:

Learn Singing with Alfie Boe
Course

Learn Singing with Alfie Boe

with Alfie Boe

27 lessons (2h 7m)

About the instructor

Alfie Boe
Alfie Boe

Alfie Boe is a tenor from Fleetwood on the Lancashire coast. He has sung on many of the world's leading opera stages, led the cast of Les Misérables in the West End for nearly a year, and performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace. He has had four top-ten albums and platinum sales in the UK, with sold-out tours at venues including the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall. In his course he shares the daily vocal exercises and warm-ups he uses before performing - from Jean Valjean to singing for the Queen - the craft that keeps a powerful voice in shape. read more

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What's included?

27 lessons (2h 7m)
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