Speaker 1: Pushkin. So, do you have a favorite vocal exercise that
Speaker 1: we do. I love all of the ones where we
Speaker 1: do the minor scale going down because they're still challenging
Speaker 1: for me and I love a good challenge. I love
Speaker 1: all of those. That's me chatting with Chloe Bailey, singer, dancer, actress, producer.
Speaker 1: She does it all. And then I love like the
Speaker 1: car engine startup. That's a great one. You show people
Speaker 1: what that is. How does it go? It goes, Yeah,
Speaker 1: like an old fashioned card, And I love like always
Speaker 1: feeling my stomach jump and move with it, and I
Speaker 1: feel like I'm getting an app exercise at the same time.
Speaker 1: This is Backstage Pass with Eric Vitro, and I'm Eric Vitro.
Speaker 1: On this show, I talked to some of the most
Speaker 1: talented and famous singers working today about their lives, their craft,
Speaker 1: and what it takes to make it really big. I
Speaker 1: happen to be their voice teacher and their vocal coach,
Speaker 1: so our conversations are uniquely different from their usual interviews. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's get back to talking about warming up. I love
Speaker 1: that you mentioned singing a minor scale because most of
Speaker 1: the time people only sing major scales, right, Yes, and
Speaker 1: I notice like even sometimes when you'll be like, Okay,
Speaker 1: speed it up here, it'll help me with my riffing
Speaker 1: and the accuracy and hitting the notes. And I think
Speaker 1: that's why I love those so much, because it's like
Speaker 1: confusing my brain. It's like what's going on here, and
Speaker 1: it's like a puzzle piece, But then it really helps
Speaker 1: when it comes to riffing and like doing all the
Speaker 1: fun vocal acrobats you want to do. You may know
Speaker 1: Chloe as one half of the duo Chloe and Hallie
Speaker 1: and their songs do It Happy Without Me or on
Speaker 1: Godly Hour, or you might have seen Chloe on the
Speaker 1: TV show Grownish, which her sister Hallie was also on,
Speaker 1: or you might know her from her blossoming solo career.
Speaker 1: I met Chloe when I was working with her sister, Hallie.
Speaker 1: I definitely remember how he first met. It was at
Speaker 1: your house and my sister was with you, and she
Speaker 1: was working on a Little Mermaid right when she got
Speaker 1: the role, and I was there at my whole family
Speaker 1: and I remember meeting you and your beautiful dog. You
Speaker 1: were so effervested in, so outgoing. I felt like I
Speaker 1: had an instant connection with you. I felt the same. Eric,
Speaker 1: I felt the same, and I was like, Wow, Eric
Speaker 1: is such a sweet, sweet spirit. I can't wait to
Speaker 1: work with him. One day, we were rehearsing in my
Speaker 1: living room, but then you and I went in the
Speaker 1: studio for a little while ami talking, and then I
Speaker 1: felt like I already knew you. So I was really excited.
Speaker 1: And then you didn't call for a couple months. I
Speaker 1: was like, oh, yeah, well, because for me it was
Speaker 1: like you were training Hallie and I wanted her to
Speaker 1: feel completely confident and comfortable before she went out to Europe,
Speaker 1: and I didn't want to overstep that. I think it's
Speaker 1: like the big sis, little sis thing. I'm so proud
Speaker 1: of Hallie and I want her to feel like she
Speaker 1: can stand on her own and be just as great
Speaker 1: and don't really have me interfere sometimes. So I was like,
Speaker 1: once I knew she kind of found her footing in Europe,
Speaker 1: I was like, okay, I can hit up Eric. Wow.
Speaker 1: I would have never thought that, but that's so sweet
Speaker 1: of you. You're amazing things. Wow. When I felt it
Speaker 1: was time to start really improving my vocals, I was
Speaker 1: like Eric, Eric, Eric, Eric, And then that's when I
Speaker 1: hit you up and I was like, I have to,
Speaker 1: I have to, and I was so happy that we
Speaker 1: finally got to work together. Well did all that. I
Speaker 1: was thrilled. And the bonus was that I discovered Chloe
Speaker 1: is a blast to work with moments, like a hyper
Speaker 1: bubbly person. And it's really funny because people don't really
Speaker 1: know that unless they know me personally, because the way
Speaker 1: I kind of perform and the way I like pose
Speaker 1: or whatever, I seem like this ultra confident, like boss
Speaker 1: batty girl, but like inside, I'm such a nerd and
Speaker 1: I'm like so goofy and clumsy and like hyper and energetic.
Speaker 1: So it's really funny how I have different layers to myself.
Speaker 1: Now it turns out Chloe's been singing basically her entire life.
Speaker 1: I started singing right when I came out of my
Speaker 1: mom and I remember my untie Mail tells the story
Speaker 1: all the time, how I was two years old in
Speaker 1: the back of her car and Alicia keys Fallen was
Speaker 1: on and I was singing my heart out in the
Speaker 1: back and she wasn't used to that like my parents were,
Speaker 1: and she ran home and she was like, do you
Speaker 1: know your daughter can sing? And I had vibrata in
Speaker 1: my voice while I was singing Fallen. I wish I
Speaker 1: could go back in time and just kind of look
Speaker 1: at myself then. But I've always always loved music, something
Speaker 1: about it, and I grew up loving Tony Braxon and
Speaker 1: Beyonce and Destiny's Child. And when I turned around eight
Speaker 1: or nine, my dream was to be a Broadway star. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I wanted to be young Nylon Lyon King so bad
Speaker 1: and I finally got it, but it was for Broadway
Speaker 1: and not the tour and my family. We just ended
Speaker 1: up staying in Atlanta and I did a bunch of
Speaker 1: plays in theater and I was like, I'm gonna win
Speaker 1: Tony's one day. My dream is to be a Broadway star.
Speaker 1: And I think it's because I love to dance and
Speaker 1: perform while I was singing, because even when I was younger,
Speaker 1: I've always been such an expressive person with my face
Speaker 1: and my body, like my whole soul. So I think
Speaker 1: that's why I was so drawn to Broadway at the time.
Speaker 1: And then it kind of moved to just wanting to
Speaker 1: be a huge mainstream performer and artist and entertainer because
Speaker 1: I can bring that Broadway performing Since to that, and
Speaker 1: then my beautiful sister came along. So as I was
Speaker 1: singing and performing, we were always together like this, like
Speaker 1: attached at the hip. So when she saw me doing
Speaker 1: what I was doing, She's like, Chloe, I want to join.
Speaker 1: And it kind of became a bonding thing for us
Speaker 1: to sing and do everything together. And they do work
Speaker 1: together so well, so naturally, when Chloe told me that
Speaker 1: she wanted to wait for us to work together until
Speaker 1: Hallie felt ready for The Little Mermaid, I shouldn't have
Speaker 1: been surprised. It speaks to how much they truly support
Speaker 1: each other. Maybe that's why they've been performing together for
Speaker 1: so long. We went to this summer camp at Spellman
Speaker 1: University in Atlanta and they had a talent show and
Speaker 1: Hallie and I decided to sing summertime, and we had
Speaker 1: our matching like green tank tops and striped skirts and
Speaker 1: these big flowers in our hair like Billy Holliday, and
Speaker 1: we were up there singing, and that was the very
Speaker 1: first time we really truly performed together in front of
Speaker 1: an audience, and we won first place some time, and
Speaker 1: the Livings Easy fisha Jumping and the Cottonisa and after
Speaker 1: that we kind of just kept it going, and I
Speaker 1: even remember we would go to clubs in our church
Speaker 1: dresses and sing. When Chloe was around ten, she and
Speaker 1: Hallie wanted to start creating their own original music and lyrics.
Speaker 1: At that time, we were meeting producers and we'd bust
Speaker 1: out singing for them in Atlanta. But it's like, really,
Speaker 1: what can you write and produce for ten and eight
Speaker 1: year olds? Like that's a little hard and it's a challenge.
Speaker 1: But for us, we don't realize how young we truly are, right,
Speaker 1: so no one was really biting because of that. Our
Speaker 1: dad was like, Okay, you guys have to learn how
Speaker 1: to do it on your own. I remember we all
Speaker 1: sat at the table and we learned about songwriting structure
Speaker 1: and how to apply figurative language into songwriting. And I
Speaker 1: still remember that day clear as can be. And that
Speaker 1: was the moment where we first started writing our music.
Speaker 1: What was the first song that you actually wrote and
Speaker 1: got recorded and release? The very first song that I
Speaker 1: wrote with Hallie. It was called what makes You Sad?
Speaker 1: And there was a long list of things that what
Speaker 1: made us sad and it kind of sucked, but you
Speaker 1: both sat together and yea, we sat at the table
Speaker 1: with our dad and my sister and we made a
Speaker 1: list of everything that made us sad, and we came
Speaker 1: up and added the melody to it that never made
Speaker 1: any records. How was the chorus? Can you sing a
Speaker 1: little of the course it went well? She said, losing
Speaker 1: your ones? What makes you said the invitrate like a
Speaker 1: cost fan? Oh wow? That I could see a lot
Speaker 1: of people relating to. Yeah, it was like it was
Speaker 1: a bit depressing. I can't lie, but you know, it
Speaker 1: was the foundation of everything and it just kind of
Speaker 1: went up from there. Everyone around Atlanta would be like, oh,
Speaker 1: you should start doing covers like it's a new thing,
Speaker 1: because they would say Justin Bieber got discovered off of
Speaker 1: YouTube cover such such got discovered. We were like, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't know about that, and you know, I'm the
Speaker 1: biggest Beyonce fan. One day, you know, we heard best
Speaker 1: thing I ever had, and we loved that song, and
Speaker 1: we found the piano instrumental and we were like, you
Speaker 1: know what, we don't have anything to do today, let's
Speaker 1: do a cover. This is when you got to burn CDs.
Speaker 1: So we burned the instrumental on the CD. I'm Chloe
Speaker 1: and I'm happy. I'm thirteen years old, num eleven. It's glow.
Speaker 1: We seeing best Thing I Never Had? And I remember
Speaker 1: our older sister Sky. She sat by the try pod
Speaker 1: with the camera and would press play on her toe
Speaker 1: and we were sitting in front of the wall singing,
Speaker 1: and we sing our hearts out for maybe like twenty takes.
Speaker 1: Baby Colver called corn heyy Mo Baby Gold. They had
Speaker 1: posted some videos before the two of them performed it
Speaker 1: a talent show or a church or charity concert, but
Speaker 1: their cover of Best Thing I Never Had that was
Speaker 1: the first cover they recorded in their basement for their
Speaker 1: YouTube channel, and they recorded even more cover songs by
Speaker 1: Adele Rihanna, Katy Perry and Alicia Keys. She's just a
Speaker 1: gull and She's on fire, kinda than a fantasy, higher
Speaker 1: than high. We went on Ellen Show after we were
Speaker 1: doing the covers, and I think that was the moment
Speaker 1: we were like, Okay, I guess these covers are kind
Speaker 1: of doing something for us. YEA, all right, who's who?
Speaker 1: Well Shoe, I'm Hallie Chloe and Hally Yes, and you
Speaker 1: are how old? I'm thirteen eleven? Okay? And you have
Speaker 1: sung together for how long? Since Hallie was old enough, Yes,
Speaker 1: I was. Fourn Halley was two, and we started singing
Speaker 1: together and after that we just kept going and that
Speaker 1: was kind of our segue and the door leading us
Speaker 1: into greater opportunities with music. Not too long later, Chloe
Speaker 1: and Hallie recorded a cover of Beyonce's Pretty Hurts stage
Speaker 1: paget the Pain So I'm Gonna take the chrown not
Speaker 1: falling down die. There was so much emotion and intensity
Speaker 1: in that performance, especially for someone so young. Beyonce saw
Speaker 1: it and shared it and the video went viral and
Speaker 1: the rest is history. Shortly after seeing their cover video
Speaker 1: Pretty Hurts, Beyonce actually signed Chloe and Hallie to her label.
Speaker 1: How about that. I was the biggest Beyonce fan. The
Speaker 1: very first role I went for and got was the
Speaker 1: younger version of Beyonce and fighting temptations. So being able
Speaker 1: to meet her and knowing that I loved her so much,
Speaker 1: I was like, Wow, so this is what a star
Speaker 1: is supposed to look and be like. And I think
Speaker 1: I got introduced to that at such a young and
Speaker 1: early age. And I knew about Parkwood and I was like,
Speaker 1: we're going to be the first group sign. I always
Speaker 1: said that. I always put that out. I'm a proud
Speaker 1: member of the Bee Hive. So when the email came through,
Speaker 1: I immediately knew the Parkwood seal and I was like, oh,
Speaker 1: it's real, Like I knew it. And so the family
Speaker 1: kind of always laughed at me because they're like, you
Speaker 1: kind of manifested it. You did, you did, and you
Speaker 1: keep manifesting things. I'm a firm believer in knowing that
Speaker 1: there's no coincidences in life. I feel like everything is planned,
Speaker 1: and I feel like in a way, that was God
Speaker 1: playing a funny joke on me, Like, Okay, you're going
Speaker 1: to do this now, and then years later you're going
Speaker 1: to meet her, be signed to her, and she's going
Speaker 1: to guide you along your career and your path. And
Speaker 1: so it's really funny how if you look back at
Speaker 1: your life, you can see how things kind of how
Speaker 1: they correlate and how they come together and connect. Hey,
Speaker 1: don't go away, we'll be right back with backstage pass
Speaker 1: with me, Eric Vitro and my guest Chloe Bailey. Okay,
Speaker 1: we're back talking with Chloe. Now. I've always been impressed
Speaker 1: with how her brain works when it comes to production,
Speaker 1: so I wanted to talk to her about how that developed.
Speaker 1: I love like legos, I love building things and piecing
Speaker 1: things together, and I love math and science. Like before
Speaker 1: I got homeschooled, I really loved school, and I think
Speaker 1: that's why I got into production. And it's my favorite thing.
Speaker 1: And people don't really know that until they like talk
Speaker 1: to me and I'm posting more like making the beats
Speaker 1: and everything. But yeah, it's kind of like my little
Speaker 1: hidden secret. Sometimes I don't really know how to verbally
Speaker 1: explain what I want, but I can play it and
Speaker 1: I could piece it together, and I'm like, here, you
Speaker 1: know what this is? It? You know, it's funny you're
Speaker 1: saying that how much you love it, because I notice
Speaker 1: when you talk about producing, Yeah, just totally light up.
Speaker 1: So I get that. I think it is so strong
Speaker 1: and incredible seeing a woman produce. And it's such a
Speaker 1: male dominated industry, and there are great female producers, but
Speaker 1: a lot of them aren't getting the shine and the
Speaker 1: recognition that they deserve. And like, I've grown up loving
Speaker 1: Missy Elliott and Imogene Heap and Grimes and Merrill garbage
Speaker 1: of tune yards and buyork and seeing how these women
Speaker 1: literally create masterpieces out of nothing has been so inspiring
Speaker 1: to me, and it gets like my heart and fire
Speaker 1: lights in my belly. So let me ask you this
Speaker 1: because a lot of times when I hear interviews with people,
Speaker 1: they'll say who inspired you, And sometimes it's a similar
Speaker 1: group of people, the greats, But I always want to know,
Speaker 1: well why, Like, for example, you mentioned like three or
Speaker 1: four women right there, like maybe Missy Elliott, Like what
Speaker 1: was it about her, her persona, the tone of her voice,
Speaker 1: how she delivered the performance, like what was it? Honestly,
Speaker 1: it was knowing how she held her own when it
Speaker 1: came to production, and how she made a name for
Speaker 1: herself when it came to originality. Like I'm the biggest
Speaker 1: Imagine fan, and just even listening to the instrumentals that
Speaker 1: Imagine would put out with her albums, because she would
Speaker 1: put a separate thing out and I would just listen
Speaker 1: to it. I'm like, wow, how does she piece this together?
Speaker 1: How does she piece that together? And I think just
Speaker 1: seeing how these women were incredible artists and stars, but
Speaker 1: they were also involved in every piece behind the scenes.
Speaker 1: And no one can tell your story as great as
Speaker 1: you can. And I admire great performers and artists who
Speaker 1: do have a huge team behind them, because that's beautiful
Speaker 1: and you still have to have that it factor to
Speaker 1: be successful. But something about an artist who can do
Speaker 1: it all has excited me and that's what I have
Speaker 1: wanted to become. Now, what about those women that you
Speaker 1: were mentioned, what about any of their voices? Is there
Speaker 1: something that triggered you? Yeah, Merrill Garbas has like the coolest,
Speaker 1: quirkiest tone, and she belts all the time that I lose.
Speaker 1: She kind of got me into wanting to do like
Speaker 1: the weird clashing harmonies, the one that's like going against
Speaker 1: the grain and really feeling left of sinner. So she
Speaker 1: really inspired me. And how she lay at her vocals
Speaker 1: and same with Imagine heap and how she did the harmonizer,
Speaker 1: and like I would just stare at her live performances,
Speaker 1: even when she did the gloves. And I was so
Speaker 1: happy when Ariana Grande kind of commercialized it more in
Speaker 1: a way and put more light on it because not
Speaker 1: too many people know about Imagine and the star that
Speaker 1: she is, so Ariana loved her. Yeah, I was like,
Speaker 1: Ari's the coolest for doing that. It am me so
Speaker 1: freaking happy. I love the layers and that really opened
Speaker 1: up my mind to vocal production and how I layer
Speaker 1: my vocals and you know, with Hallie and I and
Speaker 1: how will like piece things together. Well, speaking of strong
Speaker 1: powerful women, you recently did a song by another iconic,
Speaker 1: strong powerful artist, Yes, Nina Simone. Yes. So it was
Speaker 1: a part of this project that I did, and it
Speaker 1: was all of these other incredible black artists and they
Speaker 1: did their own interpretation of other songs. The song was
Speaker 1: Feeling Good, which was recorded for Music for the Movement
Speaker 1: Volume three, an album released to celebrate Juneteenth. I've always
Speaker 1: been the biggest Nina Simone fan. She is so unapologetically
Speaker 1: herself and so strong, and now she owns herself and
Speaker 1: who she is, and you know, she really doesn't give
Speaker 1: a crap about what anyone has to say. And so
Speaker 1: I felt that that song really resonated with me, even
Speaker 1: now more than ever, because I'm coming into my own
Speaker 1: I'm finding who i am, I'm learning to feel comfortable
Speaker 1: in that, and I'm feeling freaking good. And that's why
Speaker 1: I chose that song. And I was in my room
Speaker 1: and I came up with that arrangement. I started it
Speaker 1: and it was really just my harmonies and claps, and
Speaker 1: then I started adding the drums and the instrumentation to
Speaker 1: it like the next day, Like I specifically followed the
Speaker 1: strings that was in her version and did that with
Speaker 1: my voice. So that was really fun to do. It
Speaker 1: felt like another puzzle piece, and I was honestly really
Speaker 1: happy with how it turned out. It feels like alternative
Speaker 1: and like dark and really fun. When she performed the
Speaker 1: song for ABC's juneteenth celebration, Chloe sang completely alone on stage.
Speaker 1: She was silhouetted against a bright full moon. It's just
Speaker 1: her singing and dancing with the music. I love performing
Speaker 1: that song and I love miss Nina Simone so much,
Speaker 1: and I was just more than honored to do it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think she would absolutely be thrilled with that performance.
Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, I think a lot of
Speaker 1: people really came away from is your range is so
Speaker 1: incredibly wide. They I mean, you go so low and
Speaker 1: then you go so high that I mean, you really
Speaker 1: we get everything and that Eric, I'm really grateful for
Speaker 1: you because you've kind of removed those blocks that I've
Speaker 1: had on myself mentally when it comes to my voice,
Speaker 1: and it makes me happen when people think I'm a
Speaker 1: great singer. I'm like, what, It's honestly still surprising to me.
Speaker 1: I don't know why she would find that so surprising,
Speaker 1: but anyway, another great quality Chloe has is she really
Speaker 1: listens to advice. And right here, I'm kind of talking
Speaker 1: about my advice. All of the vocal products you told
Speaker 1: me to get, I was like taking them days before.
Speaker 1: And remember the humidifier you told me about, because it
Speaker 1: gets so dry in LA. When I don't have that
Speaker 1: humidifier on, I can't really sing the best right. And
Speaker 1: so all of the tips and tricks you told me
Speaker 1: about I applied and I think that really helped me.
Speaker 1: And even when we were working on it and how
Speaker 1: to connect with the certain words and just make it
Speaker 1: feel and not really be in my head about how
Speaker 1: I sound, just more about hot feels. That really helped me.
Speaker 1: When we did that together, we get that listening to you,
Speaker 1: like we feel what you're feeling, which is so extraordinary
Speaker 1: about it. And I love that you kind of take
Speaker 1: us on such a journey because it does go so low,
Speaker 1: like feeling good. You kind of think of that expression
Speaker 1: that someone would say, I'm feeling really good, yeah high yeah,
Speaker 1: but you took it so low that was like, oh,
Speaker 1: I'm feeling this expression in this thought in such a
Speaker 1: different way. Don't And then it did just climactically get
Speaker 1: higher and higher. I think it really came when I
Speaker 1: was producing the song and I just wanted to feel
Speaker 1: like there was a constant build. I wanted to feel
Speaker 1: like a roller coaster and I'm learning that I do
Speaker 1: have a deep tone and I'm like, I should use
Speaker 1: it more. Why not? It wasn't really strategic in my
Speaker 1: mind when I did. I was just like, let's start
Speaker 1: really low and then as it builds, we'll just like
Speaker 1: ramp it up, ramp it up, wrap it up, because
Speaker 1: I love roller coasters and that's how I wanted it
Speaker 1: to feel. That's great. I love that. Well you achieved it.
Speaker 1: Thank you, you achieved it. The fact that Chloe performed
Speaker 1: Feeling Good without any backup dances or any special lighting
Speaker 1: or added effects was amazing to me. It was a conscious,
Speaker 1: specific decision to do that because I feel like the
Speaker 1: best person to perform with for me is my sister,
Speaker 1: and I think for the first time, no one could
Speaker 1: really live up to the best person I could perform with.
Speaker 1: And I was like, you know what, let me just
Speaker 1: be out there and be me. Yeah, I don't need dancers,
Speaker 1: I don't need a band behind me. Let me just
Speaker 1: keep it simple, let me be completely and unapologetically myself.
Speaker 1: And that's what I wanted to do. Yeah, I wouldn't
Speaker 1: call it simple. Yes, I don't know many people who
Speaker 1: could do that. I still have scars on my knees
Speaker 1: from that, yes, because it was sequence and usually in rehearsal,
Speaker 1: I had my knee pads, but there were sequence all
Speaker 1: on my knees and so I was bleeding after that.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, you're kidding. Yep. They were like these
Speaker 1: nasty scabs on my knees, but now it's just like
Speaker 1: lighter scars on my knees. Now, when you were doing it,
Speaker 1: did you know that was happening or were you selling
Speaker 1: them all pain? All the pain? Because I rehearsed before
Speaker 1: I started filming it, and I felt the pain. I
Speaker 1: knew shoot, and it was like okay, But when my
Speaker 1: adrenaline kicks in, I kind of forget about everything else
Speaker 1: and I just get lost in the music. So after it,
Speaker 1: when I saw how red and purple my knees were,
Speaker 1: I went, oh boy. Note to aspiring performers sometimes you
Speaker 1: have to suffer for your art. I didn't see any
Speaker 1: of it on your face, so thank you. That's why
Speaker 1: I was wondering about that. Yeah. Wow, just watching you
Speaker 1: do that was incredible. I remember it like I wanted
Speaker 1: to hear it again. I got so focused on watching
Speaker 1: you moved that I was like, Oh, I have to
Speaker 1: hear the voice again, Like I have to go back
Speaker 1: and listen again because I really want to pay all
Speaker 1: attention to the voice this time. Yes, thank you. So
Speaker 1: you are working on a solo album, which I'm so
Speaker 1: excited about. Thank you. So let's talk about that. Does
Speaker 1: that feel very different from everything you've done with Hallie
Speaker 1: or is it just like another part of you, an extension. Oh,
Speaker 1: it's a little bit of both. So my sister was
Speaker 1: in London killing it be an Ariel and Little Mermaid,
Speaker 1: and you know me, I have all this music still
Speaker 1: bubbling inside of me. So I didn't feel right really
Speaker 1: halting my creativity. And you know, I was creating songs
Speaker 1: from my album, even some that will be on my
Speaker 1: sister and I's next album. And this is the most
Speaker 1: inspired and excited I have felt. And I really love
Speaker 1: to perform and dance, and I wanted to make music
Speaker 1: that I can really fully perform and dance too. And
Speaker 1: I'm talking a lot of ish on the record, and
Speaker 1: I'm really expressing myself and it feels really fun and
Speaker 1: I can't wait for everyone to hear it. I'm really
Speaker 1: really proud of it. Wow, I can't wait. Would you
Speaker 1: say the style is different from what you and Hallie do?
Speaker 1: It definitely is different. As much as we are the same,
Speaker 1: we are completely different. We have different music taste. My
Speaker 1: sister's a jazz head. Me I love like alternative. I've
Speaker 1: been such a huge down a summer fan. I've been
Speaker 1: doing a lot more pop and like different things that
Speaker 1: kind of really make me want to dance and move
Speaker 1: and just jump out of my chest. And what I
Speaker 1: love about my sister and I is how strong we
Speaker 1: are together but also as individuals, like she is such
Speaker 1: a powerhouse on her own as well as I am.
Speaker 1: So it's been it's me. The project is me. It's
Speaker 1: everything that I feel, all of my thoughts. It's just
Speaker 1: me completely, So I feel really free creating and I'm
Speaker 1: really happy with it. Stay right there. Right after this,
Speaker 1: we'll have our vocal Tip of the Week and more
Speaker 1: from Chloe Bailey, let's do our vocal tip of the week.
Speaker 1: In this episode, we also talked about the car engine
Speaker 1: starting up exercise. It's a great exercise to strengthen your
Speaker 1: breathing muscles, strengthen your voice, and also to loosen you
Speaker 1: up and release those notes. Basically, you're making a sound
Speaker 1: like an old card that is having trouble getting started.
Speaker 1: Try it, making sure you use your breathing muscles to
Speaker 1: create the sound. Also make sure the sound is being
Speaker 1: created up front in your mouth, not in the back
Speaker 1: of your throat. If you're having trouble getting it out
Speaker 1: of the back of your throat, try adding in a
Speaker 1: M before you start, like this M. It should feel good.
Speaker 1: If it doesn't, you're doing it incorrectly. Then try it
Speaker 1: on a simple melody like this bases baritones in tenners.
Speaker 1: Start on a sea below middle c. Then stretch your
Speaker 1: range by transposing down and then back up by half
Speaker 1: steps like this. Eltos and sopranos. You could start right
Speaker 1: here on a middle cea keep going higher by half
Speaker 1: steps until you reach the highest note you can comfortably.
Speaker 1: Don't overdo it or make it too louder, too heavy,
Speaker 1: just a little bit goes a long way. If you
Speaker 1: want to share yourself doing the car engine exercise, I'd
Speaker 1: love to hear you. Use the hashtag Backstage Pass pod
Speaker 1: on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok or wherever you like to post.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to see your videos. I'll see you
Speaker 1: next week. Maybe maybe maybe maybe. Backstage Pass with Eric
Speaker 1: Vitro is written and hosted by me Eric Vitro and
Speaker 1: produced by Mortgage. Daffy. Katherine Girardou is our showrunner, Emily
Speaker 1: Rostek as our associate producer. The show is mixed and
Speaker 1: mastered by Ben Tolliday. Additional engineering help is from Jacob
Speaker 1: Gorski Mia Lobell as our executive producer. Our development team LEETL.
Speaker 1: Mullad and Justine Lange helped create the show, thanks also
Speaker 1: to Jacob Weisberg, Heather Fame, John Schnarz, Carl Migliori, Christina Sullivan,
Speaker 1: Eric Sandler, Maggie Taylor, Nicole Morano, Daniel o'lakan, and Royston Basserve.
Speaker 1: The original theme music is by Jacob and Cita Steele
Speaker 1: for Premier Music Group. We record at Resonates Studios. Fred
Speaker 1: Talson does our videography and the photography is by Ken Sawyer.
Speaker 1: A very special thanks to Michael Lewis for his inspiration
Speaker 1: and the best guidance anyone could ask for. Backstage passed
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Speaker 1: Do you have any rituals that you do before you
Speaker 1: get on stage? I pray, oh, I drink lots of tea,
Speaker 1: I'll yes, throatcoat, I'll warm not hot. Yes, yes, you
Speaker 1: taught me. And I used to burn my tongue no, no,
Speaker 1: not good. Yeah you told me about that and I
Speaker 1: was like, oh wow, warm nah. And I'll take a
Speaker 1: spoonful of honey. And now I have my Manuka honey
Speaker 1: packets and those have been amazing. But yeah, I pray,
Speaker 1: I stretch, and I calm down because I'm like, I
Speaker 1: rehearse my butt off. There's nothing much I can do
Speaker 1: or change right now. Just breathe and let the music
Speaker 1: take control, and you'll be fine.