Book excerpt: A simple modern approach to pop and rap vocal mastery in 16 thrilling singing lessons. Designed for kids, adults, singing teachers and voice coaches. Including the monumental essay: The Art of Singing without Singing. Lesson 1 A Solid Singing Foundation: establishing a united vocal front Lesson 2 Starting From In The Middle: taking a look through the middle tone window Lesson 3 Singing With Your Mind: using focus as a creative force Lesson 4 Slow The Whole Thing Down: for a better vocal sound Lesson 5 Singing Out: singing with the 3 C's - Confidence, Commitment and Conviction Lesson 6 Making The Notes Come From Your Stomach (& Not Through Your Nose): From The Stomach Assurance Lesson 7 Throat Disengagement: the making of an independent singing voice Lesson 8 Heading For The Sky and Digging Deep: the higher and lower note conundrum Lesson 9 The Impact Voice: waking up the sleeping lion Lesson 10 It's All In The Phrasing: the Phrasing Cooperative: the vernacular of the modern vocalist Lesson 11 The Seeking Mind Frame: cherry-picking the Alternative and going after the Original Lesson 12 Counting On The Divine: looking at the self-harmony from a modernistic viewpoint Lesson 13 The Vocal Stronghold: the making of a cast-iron throat Lesson 14 A Question Of Vocal Identity: keeping your vocal identity intact Lesson 15 Capturing The Magic: keeping it vocally together in the pro recording environment Lesson 16 Revolution In The Mist: the coming of insistence Essay The Art Of Singing Without Singing: did the golden age crooners have an easier vocal time of it? The vocal truth awaits you! ... My aim is simply this: to further elevate, by way of modernistic vocal thinking, the art of how we approach singing a popular song in the 21st century - Sebastian Martin Selby