Singing Guide: New Moon
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
New Moon is a prolific musical duo comprising Alicia Alcina and Mark Hamilton. The duo's unique fusion sound combines indie-folk sensibilities with classical art songs. The result is a hauntingly beautiful sound that is entirely their own.
To learn to sing like New Moon, you'll need to hone your skills in a few key areas. First, work on your breath support and active breathing. This will help you to sustain notes and create a strong vocal foundation. Second, focus on developing your range. New Moon's music often features high, ethereal vocals, and a wide range is crucial for singing it authentically. Finally, work on your dynamic control. New Moon's music is full of subtle variations in tone and volume, and these nuances are essential to creating their signature sound.
One of the most striking things about New Moon's music is their use of vocal techniques from classical singing, such as vibrato and portamento. To emulate this, take Singing Carrots' Vibrato exercise and vibrato singing skills article. Singing Carrots' vocal range test, pitch accuracy test, and search songs by vocal range features will help you identify where your strengths and weaknesses lie vocally and find songs that suit your range and skill level.
For breath support development and active breathing, Singing Carrots' breath support feature and active breathing blog post provide practical tips and exercises that can help you create a strong vocal foundation. Singing Carrots' pitch monitor is also a helpful tool for visualizing and correcting pitch inaccuracies.
To develop your range, check out Singing Carrots' vocal warm-up features as well as our range and agility exercises and training. These tools can help you expand your range and develop the breath control necessary to hit high notes with confidence.
Finally, to work on your dynamic control, Singing Carrots' articulation, resonance, and singing with emotion articles can help you master the subtle variations in tone and volume that New Moon is known for.
Armed with these techniques and Singing Carrots' tools for development, you'll be on your way to singing like Alicia Alcina and Mark Hamilton in no time.