With a Song in My Psyche

With a Song in My Psyche studies the psychology of singing and teaching singing. It describes the musical brain the singer''s mind/body interaction the crucial early musical development the adolescent singer gender factors psychology of performance and the psychological basis for attaining greater artistry. In these descriptions a number of psychologically motivated factors are explored that lead either to poor singing or to excellent healthy singing: personality temperament managing the singer''s life-style building a character perfectionism performance anxiety motivation memorizing breathing stage movement body messages body image timing musical and poetic meanings self-image confidence concentration consistency creativity.