Singing Lesons

The Actors Store has been searching for a long time to find a good singing exercise programme - something that can help you through the essential daily practice that is necessary to strengthen and maintain a good singing voice. We also wanted a CD that was useable: it is no good buying something which is just going to sit on a shelf somewhere unused.

Singing for the Terrified

Glyn James' CD sets out a programme of ten-minute lessons - starting with breathing and relaxation exercises and going on to singing scales and short songs - that can fit easily into your daily routine. It also provides you with a pre-performance warm-up.

The programme works for all sorts of voices and all types of singer, with plenty of encouraging and down-to-earth advice to help you cope with both the physical and the mental aspects of singing, Above all, its ten-minute-a-day format enables you to make progress without becoming tense and self conscious.

The "Singing for the Terrified" CD is available now from The Actors Store and is the first of a series of exercise programmes that Glyn has designed to help you relax and put all of your energy into the performance.

Singing on the Move

The profession is always changing. Singers now move (sometimes in a single week) between pop music, acting, TV presenting and musical theatre. The old-fashioned approach - that taught you a completely different technique for each type of singing - is useless to singers in the present market and to those trying to enter the profession.

Glyn's new programme reflects the way that singers live now. Instead of giving you a check-list of things to remember, "Sing on the Move" will help you develop a flexible technique and a way of performing that looks and feels natural and spontaneous.

It is a programme that can be practised anywhere, whether you are driving, working at home or preparing for a show. And for those concerned about being overheard while practising, it is a learn-by-sing CD: a series of lessons disguised as a series of songs.

The "Sing on the Move" CD is currently in preparation and will be available from The Actors Store later this year.



Glyn James was a professional singer for twenty years. His career covered the whole range of popular music. He recorded with the group "Ice" 9a CD of these recordings is to be reissued on the AngelAir label under the title "Iceman" ) and appeared with them on BBC and Granada TV.

After turning solo, he sang on the sound track of the film "The Rage Within", appeared in cabaret all over the UK and on cruise ships, and was leading man in a range of shows from Cole Porter to Bernstein and Sondheim. He created roles in two Fran Landesman musicals.

He is a former pupil of King's School, the choir school of Gloucester Cathedral, and is a graduate of the University of Sussex. During his career, he studied with a number of teachers, including Harold Millar and John Carol Case, before becoming a teacher in his own right in 1984.

He has been a leading teacher in the West End for many years and works as a consultant to managers and producers. In addition to coaching individuals, he also runs regular "Singing and Performance" workshops in studios just off London's Oxford Street,

For further information, please contact Martin Dashwood Associates on 01323-492667.