Lessons and Workshops

VOICE LESSONS and CD PROJECT WORKSHOPS in Oakland near Mills College. For more information, email song AT alexawebermorales DOT com.

Study popular singing technique and song interpretation in the new year with latin jazz singer-songwriter Alexa Weber Morales!

--We use Seth Riggs' speech-level singing technique along with whatever works for you
--Expand your range and sound your best
--Feel a song in your body and communicate its intention with your voice
--Hear and sing pitches and intervals accurately

Plus:
--Useful warmups and scales
--Approaches to improvisation
--Defining your style; staying true to music genres
--Foreign-language meaning and pronunciation (popular songs in Brazilian Portuguese, Latin American Spanish and French, plus classical repertoire)

Lessons are just $45/hour. Lessons available in a San Francisco location upon request.

WORKSHOP: RECORDING YOUR FIRST CD

How to envision, plan and budget your debut CD!

In this two-hour workshop including handouts, discussion and slides, we'll cover:
--Tricks for finessing any size recording and production budget, no matter how small
--Finding a producer, arranger and engineer
--What NOT to do with your money: lessons from the field
--Bay Area studios: what they offer and for how much
--Project management tips
--Booking the musicians and making every studio minute count
--Maintaining sanity during mixing
--Finding a photographer, designer and manufacturer
--Marketing the finished product: radio promotion, press coverage, conferences, gigs and more

Workshop to be held 2-4 pm, February 4, 2006 -- $25/person.

WORKSHOP: GREAT CD COVERS THAT SELL

With 15 years' experience in national-level newsstand magazine publishing plus her own successful CD, Alexa Weber Morales has a unique insight into the importance of making your CD look as good as it sounds.

In this two-hour workshop including handouts, discussion and slides, you'll learn:
--Dos and Don'ts: A gallery of great and could've-been-better CD covers, along with insight into how well they've done in the market
--Cover image tricks for every budget
--Defining your image and honing your visual style
--Finding a photographer, designer and manufacturer
--Clothes, makeup, retouching and Photoshop: how to be “you, only better”
--Write it right: liner notes and other details
--Crucial information every CD package should contain
--The meaning of fonts: how to be artistic yet readable
--Working with a designer and delivering a usable file to the manufacturer

Workshop to be held 2-4 pm, February 11, 2006 -- $25/person.