036: Singing That Sounds Good - And Beyond, With Davin Youngs (Chicago Circle Singing)

<p class="p1">Can you imagine a room full of non-singers trying to sing, all together, completely improvised?</p> <p class="p1">You’re probably imagining total unmusical chaos, right? You might be surprised by what’s possible...</p> <p class="p1">Today we're talking with Davin Youngs, founder of Davin Youngs Voice, Chicago Circle Singing and the VOXUS Experience. Davin is a remarkable singing educator and although (as you’ll hear in this episode) he doesn’t much care about pedagogy for the sake of pedagogy, he does actually have a fascinating, unusual and in my opinion wonderful approach to helping people learn to sing and express themselves with their voice.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">In this conversation we talk about:</p> <p class="p1">• How group improvised singing can work even if the participants aren’t trained to improvise - or sing!</p> <p class="p1">• Why focusing on what “sounds good” is not necessarily the right way to improve as a singer.</p> <p class="p1">• How someone who grew up as a natural singer ended up specialising in helping those who don’t feel natural at all to find their authentic voice and start expressing themselves through singing.</p> <p class="p1">We were really happy to have the chance to speak with Davin and learn more about his innovative projects. There were a ton of useful insights and ideas in this conversation, whether you consider yourself “a singer” or not.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Subscribe For Future Episodes!</strong></p> <p class="p1"><a href= "http://musicalitypodcast.com/subscribe-itunes">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href= "http://musicalitypodcast.com/subscribe-android">Android</a> | <a href= "http://musicalitypodcast.com/subscribe-stitcher">Stitcher</a> | <a href="http://musicalitypodcast.com/subscribe-rss">RSS</a></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Full Show Notes and Transcript:</strong> <a href="http://musicalitypodcast.com/36"><strong>Episode 036</strong></a></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Links and Resources</s