"I didn't think it possible: If I'd known I
was going to be doing this,
I would never have come; and thank God I didn't... and did!" -Wendy,
after
a Mal workshop at the Tasmanian Acappella Festival.
For more videos, go to my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/malwebb1
Vocal workshop:
Bandmouth with Mal Webb: A lip to lung global vocal adventure
Around the world and into your gob, vocal explorer and songwriter Mal Webb takes you on a lip to lung journey through the physics, physiology and phrivolity of all the sounds a face can make. Sideways yodelling, beatbox/mouthdrums/vocal percussion, harmonics/throat singing, mic technique, uvular fluttering, advanced clapping, vocal distortion (without hurting) and Inuit panting (way beyond Rolf Harris) are all explored on the way to being a band with your voice and the lead singer too.
[Depending on the workshop length, other areas such as singing styles and phrasing, songwriting, effective use of a metronome and music theory can be included. Then we do it in groups... improvising songs and learning to interact as a band.]
Music/Science School Show:
Bandmouth
Mal Webb's lip to lung global vocal adventure
Exploring the physics, physiology and phrivolity of every sound a face can make. 40 years of mucking around have qualified Mal Webb, (B.Ed.Mus) to take you on a global cultural journey into your gob. Sideways yodelling, Inuit throat singing, Mongolian harmonics, Beatbox and beyond. www.malwebb.com
"An enormously accomplished singer... from jazz to African yodelling" - John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald.
"I didn't know beatboxing could be so musical" - Mark Holden
"You're a freak" - Ani DiFranco
For more videos, go to my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/malwebb1
Vocal workshop:
Bandmouth with Mal Webb: A lip to lung global vocal adventure
Around the world and into your gob, vocal explorer and songwriter Mal Webb takes you on a lip to lung journey through the physics, physiology and phrivolity of all the sounds a face can make. Sideways yodelling, beatbox/mouthdrums/vocal percussion, harmonics/throat singing, mic technique, uvular fluttering, advanced clapping, vocal distortion (without hurting) and Inuit panting (way beyond Rolf Harris) are all explored on the way to being a band with your voice and the lead singer too.
[Depending on the workshop length, other areas such as singing styles and phrasing, songwriting, effective use of a metronome and music theory can be included. Then we do it in groups... improvising songs and learning to interact as a band.]
Music/Science School Show:
Bandmouth
Mal Webb's lip to lung global vocal adventure
Exploring the physics, physiology and phrivolity of every sound a face can make. 40 years of mucking around have qualified Mal Webb, (B.Ed.Mus) to take you on a global cultural journey into your gob. Sideways yodelling, Inuit throat singing, Mongolian harmonics, Beatbox and beyond. www.malwebb.com
"An enormously accomplished singer... from jazz to African yodelling" - John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald.
"I didn't know beatboxing could be so musical" - Mark Holden
"You're a freak" - Ani DiFranco
Mal can do anywhere from an hour to 12 hours
(that was full on), but 2-3 hours is ideal for thoroughness without
exhaustion!
And for schools, I find it good to do a performance for the whole
school, then a few 50 minute workshops for different age groups (year 3
and up).
12-30 participants is ideal, but really any number is workable (I had
~200
participants for an hour at the 2003/2004 Woodford Folk Festival). It
suits
people of any age, particularly the adventurous. Mal has done workshops
for
the Australian Girls Choir, the Victorian College of the Arts, the
Melbourne
Millennium Chorus, the AcaFellas (male choir), Voiceworks WA and at
many
festivals around Australia and Europe. Upcoming workshops are posted in
the gig guide.
Click here for a PDF of the below workshop info you might like to print out before attending, or even after!
Mal Webb’s Workshop Notes
-Lips, Tongue, Uvular, Ventricular folds and Vocal Folds
-Ng warm up (larynx position): gong (bassy); sting (trebly) Ernie and Bert
-Note swapping, voice matching, melody sharing.
-Harmonic singing: Nga ngo ngu then Kermit the frog and closing the lips
(subtle changes and a little lip flick helps you hear the harmonic)
-Singing breathing in: Like a gasp or sigh and don't let it catch
-Sideways yodelling: Find two notes, either side of your break,
and bring them slowly together maintaining the break
-Basic conducting: Give a warning/breath, loaf of bread, tying the knot)
-Learning to think like a rhythm section (the kelpie and balancing the stick)
-Using spoken word as an infinite source of melodic ideas
-"What's your dog's name?" : Moving the pulse (groove) under a rhythmic
phrase by accenting the different words
-Making riffs from odd fragments of well known melodies
-Loving your mistakes
-Beatbox/mouthdrums, the three ways:
1) Clicks (no lung), 2)Mouth and Lung (with no larynx), and 3) Voiced sounds.
Beatbox sentences
Whisper with just your lips, over-articulation of consonants and when you add your voice,
use the "ng" sound for all the vowels.
Just make sure no-one can't understand the sentence!
The underlined syllables are on the one.
-"Bouncing cats"
-"Bunting clout" (also with the "cl" inhaled)
-"Tongue bunting clan" (for the Billie Jean riff... replace "clan" with "pin" for a different snare sound, or...)
- "Bent Imp Shenton"
-"Bouncing pizza"
-"Baboons and pigs"
-"Baboons and pigs are beyond petite patterns"
-"Baboons in pants are beyond petite pebble tea"
-"Syncopated soccer boot"... breathe just after the boot
-"Soccer boot, soccer ball" (samba style!)
-"Saint Paul's booze problems"
-"Bounceable passion table"
-"To be baffled to be too clever, too clever to be too clever"
-"Born to be too clever, to beat a babbon to clover tea"
-"Born to be too puffy, to beat a babbon to poverty"
-"To be buffeted by clover baffled to be born too clever"
-"To be buffeted by pav or bumpy to be born too puffy"
-"Bouncing kids abound, kissing kittens"
-"Dancing kids are done kissing kittens" (different kick sound)
-"Don't say guitar, don't suck a dung car" with "kakadu" every 4th time
-"Don't send a cow, don't suck a dung car" has a nice extra kick
-"A sickbag sick dog" (congas and shaker)
-"Dancing" or "Bouncing" (swing bass with hi hat)
-"Don King", "Bull's Jewels", "Don Johnson"
-"Zucker zimt käse" (it's German for "sugar cinnamon cheese")
-"Aunt Sue can't sing cats" (homophonically similar to the German one)
All the above sentences ©Mal Webb 2000-2010
-Oh, and don't forget, endings are everythi
Click here for a PDF of the below workshop info you might like to print out before attending, or even after!
Mal Webb’s Workshop Notes
-Lips, Tongue, Uvular, Ventricular folds and Vocal Folds
-Ng warm up (larynx position): gong (bassy); sting (trebly) Ernie and Bert
-Note swapping, voice matching, melody sharing.
-Harmonic singing: Nga ngo ngu then Kermit the frog and closing the lips
(subtle changes and a little lip flick helps you hear the harmonic)
-Singing breathing in: Like a gasp or sigh and don't let it catch
-Sideways yodelling: Find two notes, either side of your break,
and bring them slowly together maintaining the break
-Basic conducting: Give a warning/breath, loaf of bread, tying the knot)
-Learning to think like a rhythm section (the kelpie and balancing the stick)
-Using spoken word as an infinite source of melodic ideas
-"What's your dog's name?" : Moving the pulse (groove) under a rhythmic
phrase by accenting the different words
-Making riffs from odd fragments of well known melodies
-Loving your mistakes
-Beatbox/mouthdrums, the three ways:
1) Clicks (no lung), 2)Mouth and Lung (with no larynx), and 3) Voiced sounds.
Beatbox sentences
Whisper with just your lips, over-articulation of consonants and when you add your voice,
use the "ng" sound for all the vowels.
Just make sure no-one can't understand the sentence!
The underlined syllables are on the one.
-"Bouncing cats"
-"Bunting clout" (also with the "cl" inhaled)
-"Tongue bunting clan" (for the Billie Jean riff... replace "clan" with "pin" for a different snare sound, or...)
- "Bent Imp Shenton"
-"Bouncing pizza"
-"Baboons and pigs"
-"Baboons and pigs are beyond petite patterns"
-"Baboons in pants are beyond petite pebble tea"
-"Syncopated soccer boot"... breathe just after the boot
-"Soccer boot, soccer ball" (samba style!)
-"Saint Paul's booze problems"
-"Bounceable passion table"
-"To be baffled to be too clever, too clever to be too clever"
-"Born to be too clever, to beat a babbon to clover tea"
-"Born to be too puffy, to beat a babbon to poverty"
-"To be buffeted by clover baffled to be born too clever"
-"To be buffeted by pav or bumpy to be born too puffy"
-"Bouncing kids abound, kissing kittens"
-"Dancing kids are done kissing kittens" (different kick sound)
-"Don't say guitar, don't suck a dung car" with "kakadu" every 4th time
-"Don't send a cow, don't suck a dung car" has a nice extra kick
-"A sickbag sick dog" (congas and shaker)
-"Dancing" or "Bouncing" (swing bass with hi hat)
-"Don King", "Bull's Jewels", "Don Johnson"
-"Zucker zimt käse" (it's German for "sugar cinnamon cheese")
-"Aunt Sue can't sing cats" (homophonically similar to the German one)
All the above sentences ©Mal Webb 2000-2010
-Oh, and don't forget, endings are everythi