I know Jump but don't know Van Halen well apart from that one song. But boy, was I blown away by this! Beth x

We're excited to introduce you breathing expert Barbara Tanze! An accomplished opera singer who has coached everyone from singers to Olympic athletes. 𝗪𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. What would you like to ask Barbara about breathing? Running out of air halfway through a phrase? Unsure what “breath support” actually means? Drop your questions below to help shape our conversation! 📅 Wednesday 21st October - 7.30–8.30pm BST (UK time / 18:30–19:30 UTC) Our hour together will have two parts: 💬 First 30-40 minutes: Webinar/Q&A - Beth will chat with Barbara about breathing, explore techniques and put your questions to her. 🎶 Second 20-30 minutes: Barbara will lead a practical exercise session for everyone to follow along, available afterwards for you to revisit or try if you can’t join live. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗻! 🎈 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄! 👇

Little do you know, Tom and I absolutely love birds! We've just got a bird table for our garden, and we have an app to help us learn birdsong. We love going on walks, listening to the different birds and trying to work out who's singing! So today's good news is that nightingales are making a comeback in the UK! Nightingales are famous for their beautiful, intricate songs, so this feels particularly fitting for the School of Roar. It's wonderful to hear that conservation efforts are helping these amazing little singers. Here's an article about it: https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/six-species-success-stories-to-make-you-smile Are any of you into birdwatching or listening to birdsong?

⬇️ READ THIS FIRST ⬇️ I'm really glad you're here! We're going to build a community of people finding their true voices. Step 1: 💬 Introduce yourself here. Please don't skip this part because I want to get to know each and every one of you. Tell us... - Your name - Which country you are from - What brings you to School of Roar? Step 2: ⬇️ In the community tab you'll find... - 🎙️ General - Introductions & General Chat (LEAVE YOUR COMMENT!) - 💪 Progress - Post your singing progress for me & everyone else to see! - 🌟 Challenge - Monthly singing challenge (🎁 Win a lesson with me! 🎁) - 🤔 Ask Beth - Ask me anything! Non-singing questions allowed! (But keep it clean 😅) - 👷‍♀️ Help us Build - This space is for YOU! Tell us what you want to see, we'll be watching 👀 - 🗳️ Analysis Vote - Suggest videos you want to see me analyse. They'll be uploaded here (unedited) - 🎉 Good News - Share anything good happening in the world... or your world! Once you interact with 5 posts, that means you can unlock the classroom... Step 3: Check out the... - 🗓️ Calendar - Add our live events to your calendar, including warm-up's with me, live lessons and Q&A's. As we add masterclasses with world class coaches, they'll all appear here. - 📚 Classroom - All our learning resources. Courses, Interviews, Warm-Ups, Exclusive Analysis Videos - it's all here! Community Guidelines: ‼️ It's really important to me that this is a safe space for everyone to share their singing journeys. Interact with people and give them encouragement and respect, this is how we'll build a community of flourishing voices! By stepping inside you agree to follow these guidelines to create a supportive environment.

Someone has to be the first person, other than Beth and Tom, to start a thread and I guess it's going to be me. I checked my bank this morning and saw that I had $90 that I didn't have a couple of days ago. Upon further inspection, I saw that it was from social security. I must have missed a letter or something. Social security disability insurance is my only source of income and it's not much, so the extra money is going to be very helpful. I already know that next month is going to be very tight, so I'm trying to be disciplined and not touch it. But, new percussion toys and inexpensive, plastic ukuleles are always calling to me, so we'll see ...