Dan Parilis

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Name: Dan Parilis
Date registered: November 30, 1999

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Can * ANYONE * Learn How to Sing? — January 28, 2012
VOCAL HYGIENE – PART 4: Dietary “Don’t-s” – What foods & drinks are *NOT* good for the voice — January 23, 2012
VOCAL HYGIENE – PART 3: Dietary “Do-s” – What foods & drinks are good for the voice — January 15, 2012
What Are the VOCAL FOLDS? How Do They Work? — January 9, 2012
VOCAL HYGIENE – Part 2: Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate! Why hydration is important to singing — January 2, 2012

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Can * ANYONE * Learn How to Sing?

Can anyone learn how to sing? Or is the ability to sing well just something you’re either born with or not? As a professional singer and vocal educator for over fifteen years and counting, this has got to be the question I hear more often than any other. Especially when I ...

VOCAL HYGIENE – PART 4: Dietary “Don’t-s” – What foods & drinks are NOT good for the voice

We’ve already spoken at length about what foods and drinks can be healthy and beneficial for the voice. Now, let’s spend some time on what to avoid; what foods and drinks can be inhibitive, and potentially detrimental, for the voice. We’ll start with the obvious culprit: DAIRY. Yes, indeed…milk ...

VOCAL HYGIENE – PART 3: Dietary “Do-s” – What foods & drinks are good for the voice

In our last article on Vocal Hygiene, Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate! Why hydration is important to singing , we discussed how extremely important it is to the health of our voices to make sure our bodies consistently maintain a generous level of fluid intake, to ensure substantial hydration at all ...

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Oct
24

A Greeting to New Readers

Concepts & Mindsets

by Dan Parilis

Welcome to the Vocal Brilliance blog on singing, voice training, and vocal instruction! Here are a few notes on the way I’ve organized this blog, and recommendations on how you can get the most out of it, or how to efficiently find the information you’re looking for: 1. The content in this blog is organized… Continue reading »

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Nov
03

An Introduction to Voice Technique

by Dan Parilis

For many people, both singers and non-singers alike, the act of vocalizing is something of a mystical phenomenon. The mouth opens, the sound comes out, and it either sounds good, or it doesn’t. It’s something that “comes from inside of us”; either you’re “born with it”, or you’re not. Non-singers look at people who can… Continue reading »

Tags: guidance, improvement, introduction, lessons, music, natural, performance, personal, singing, technique, training, vocal, voice

Nov
28

Breathing Effectively & Efficiently- Part 1

by Dan Parilis

We’ve discussed alleviating tension in the voice, and we’ve discussed slowing down the process of singing to develop the correct mechanics, to allow us to achieve the results we desire. So let’s take a detour from the concepts and theory of correct singing, and focus on some of the practical and applicable details I alluded… Continue reading »

Tags: breathing, diaphragm, lessons, music, performance, singing, support, technique, training, vocal, voice

Jan
28

Can * ANYONE * Learn How to Sing?

by Dan Parilis

Tags: diligence, lessons, music, performance, singing, technique, training, vocal, voice

Nov
21

Mechanics First, THEN Results

by Dan Parilis

The biggest mistake prospective singers make is that they try to manipulate their voices into sounding a certain way right out of the gate. They hear a performer to whom they relate, to whom they strongly respond, and they try to twist their voices into resembling that performer when they sing.

Tags: lessons, mechanics, music, performance, results, singing, technique, tension, training, vocal, voice

Nov
13

Singing is an Athletic Activity, Plain and Simple.

Concepts & Mindsets

by Dan Parilis

What is an athlete, exactly, anyway? An athlete is someone who can perform a feat of physical excellence by using developed musculature, and coordination of that musculature. An Olympic runner isn’t only fast because he or she was born that way; they are fast because they’ve been taught how to conserve their motion while running,… Continue reading »

Tags: athlete, coordination, emotional, lessons, performance, singing, technique, training, vocal, voice

Dec
10

Singing is “Melodic Speaking”

by Dan Parilis

We talk every day of our lives. Whether engaging in an elaborate and time consuming debate, or simply ordering a cup of coffee at the local deli, we speak without thought or trepidation. The basic act of verbalizing our thoughts, in and of itself, places upon us no anxiety. And why should it? Speaking is… Continue reading »

Tags: education, lessons, music, performance, singing, technique, training, vocal, voice

Dec
18

VOCAL HYGIENE – Part 1: What is “Vocal Hygiene”?

by Dan Parilis

We’ve spoken at length about many of the concepts and philosophies associated with developing correct voice technique, we’ve discussed some of the emotional elements that are integrally associated with the act and art of singing, and we’ve begun to get into some specific applicable methods and exercises to help you develop into the singer you… Continue reading »

Tags: care, cold, drinks, foods, harmful, health, hot, hygiene, lessons, music, performance, singing, technique, temperature, training, vocal, voice

Jan
02

VOCAL HYGIENE – Part 2: Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate! Why hydration is important to singing

by Dan Parilis

The first and most fundamental aspect of vocal hygiene is HYDRATION. Plainly stated, the more fluids you drink (within reason), the better your voice will be. Hydration allows the vocal folds to stay limber, and helps us maintain the protective mucosal lining which coats the vocal folds and protects them from the natural friction that… Continue reading »

Tags: drinks, education, fluids, harmful, health, hydration, hygiene, lessons, moisturize, music, performance, singing, technique, training, vocal, voice, water

Jan
15

VOCAL HYGIENE – PART 3: Dietary “Do-s” – What foods & drinks are good for the voice

by Dan Parilis

Tags: digestion, drinks, education, foods, harmful, health, hydration, hygiene, lessons, music, performance, salivary, salivation, singing, technique, training, vocal, voice

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"I help people become the singers they want to be. It’s what I love to do, and it’s what I do well."

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Can * ANYONE * Learn How to Sing?

VOCAL HYGIENE – PART 4: Dietary “Don’t-s” – What foods & drinks are NOT good for the voice

VOCAL HYGIENE – PART 3: Dietary “Do-s” – What foods & drinks are good for the voice

A Greeting to New Readers

An Introduction to Voice Technique

Breathing Effectively & Efficiently- Part 1

Can * ANYONE * Learn How to Sing?

Mechanics First, THEN Results

Singing is an Athletic Activity, Plain and Simple.

Singing is “Melodic Speaking”

VOCAL HYGIENE – Part 1: What is “Vocal Hygiene”?

VOCAL HYGIENE – Part 2: Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate! Why hydration is important to singing

VOCAL HYGIENE – PART 3: Dietary “Do-s” – What foods & drinks are good for the voice

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