VOCALIST AS COMPLETE MUSICIAN - Chris McNulty

ENDORSEMENTS
“With heart and soul, passion and technique, Chris McNulty has answered the
question many students have asked of me, "Darryl, can you teach me how to
scat? Improvise? Sing?" This book is a comprehensive stepwise approach that will
prove invaluable in the development of today's singers. I have longed for a
pedagogy this rich. Brilliantly structured and clearly presented in her sophisticated
yet accessible methodology, VCM will be required reading for those students who
ask, the few who don't, as well as the ones who are acrobatically riffing and
running through a handful of cliched pop melismas. Thank you, Chris. Young
singers in search of a voice need this book. You are the complete musician!”
Darryl Tookes
Composer, singer, pianist, educator,
Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; Purchase College, SUNY
“Congratulations to Chris McNulty on this fantastic book. An innovative, practical
method for vocalists (and other instrumentalists) to develop their improvising
skills, from the perspective of a great jazz vocalist.”
Nick Haywood
Jazz musician, Senior Lecturer, Conservatorium of Music,
University of Tasmania
“A most concise, well structured, and easy to understand book for all vocalists
(and instrumentalists!) who want to become versatile, have more confidence, and
be better overall musicians. Chris McNulty’s “Vocalist As Complete Musician” is a
comprehensive and engaging method designed to help you hear, sing, and play
music on a deeper level. Practicing these exercises WILL really enhance HOW
you hear, sing, and play music!”
Dena DeRose
Jazz Vocalist and Pianist and Jazz Voice Professor at The University of Music
and Performing Arts in Graz Austria
"Vocalist as Complete Musician" opens singers ears with a fresh new method of
ear training, opening up a palette of new note choices, you'll actually "Hear and
Use." Practicing licks and scales without using them over a song doesn't stick.
Chris McNulty's tetra chord method guides you through a song using all the
harmonies you'll ever want to hear!”
Roseanna Vitro
Grammy Nominated Jazz Singer, Educator and Journalist