A crazy singing myth out there is that “If I get training, I can only sing in one style.” This drives me nuts!!!
So in this singing power tip, I talk about this myth, what resonators are and how the right singing teacher will open up your voice in a way that empowers you to sing in any style you choose.
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Yippee! Here is another episode of my new web TV show… Cindy Uncorked!
What if you had to get rid of all your stuff? What is most important to you in the world that you had to keep?
I moved from L.A. to Toronto last month and decided to donate the majority of my possessions… so I had to decide what was most important to me and I could only bring what would fit in my trunk….
What goes in there will tell us a lot about who you are, your values and way of being in this world.
It is time for YOU to get UNCORKED and share your thoughts… would love to know what you would put in your trunk.
Here I am singing “Una Voce Poco Fa” from the Barber of Seville at my “Red Carpet Dreaming” Fundraiser for the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness in Toronto, Canada on May 27th, 2011.
For a little laugh, check out the wardrobe malfunction at 42 seconds. Oops!
So if you have been following my work for a bit, you are probably thinking… “She sings Opera?” – yup! For years I trained towards my operatic performance diploma and even sang solo with the Downsview Symphony. Since this was my first performance in my hometown in a bit, I decided to pay homage to my roots. It was soooo fun.
Let me know if you like this side of me… maybe I will throw in a Carmen at my next show!
Okay here it is:
The Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness raises awareness about the true cost of neglect and abuse and supports over 130 organizations nationally, including children’s services, victims’ services, shelters and other agencies that deal with over 200,000 children, women and men whose lives have been affected by abuse. To donate or find out more, please go to http://www.abusehurts.com
Bring Cindy home with you!!! For sassy, sexy jazz pieces and big, bold and daring Broadway tunes, check out her latest album, Don’t Rain on my Parade, HERE
I love this song, Don’t Rain on My Parade, from the musical “Funny Girl”…. I feel like it exemplifies life. How many times have we had a dream or something we were excited about only to have someone poo poo it? Seriously, enough right?
If you have something inside you, you gotta do it and not let anyone rain your parade!
For anyone who knows my story, I grew up with life threatening illness and doctors didn’t even know if I would survive past my teenage years let alone be healthy enough to sing, dance and act. But I defied them and didn’t let ‘what they know’ rain on my parade. Which is why this is the kick off song on my first album of the same title.
Now you go and live your dreams… you deserve to shine your light baby!
Okay here I am singing it at one of the fundraisers I produced… Enjoy:
If you are a fan of my version, check out my album, Don’t Rain on my Parade, HERE
Or on iTunes:
This event was sponsored by:
Strategic Biz Builder: Empowering entrepreneurs and small businesses with strategies & connections to rapidly build their business. www.strategicbizbuilder.com/
Reality Rally: An “amazing race” like game where you pair up with your fav reality stars to raise money for cancer. www.realityrally.com
McLean Masterworks: Nurturing your unique human potential and creating forgiveness, release, financial abundance and joy along the way. www.mcleanmasterworks.com/
Prairie Essence: Incredible, natural, organic skin care, bath products and more at super affordable prices. www.prairieessence.com
Essence to Success: Empowering you to consciously create a life you love – tap into your true power and express your unique essence as your creative gift to the world! www.essencetosuccess.com
Miss Saigon was a musical based on Puccini’s opera “Madame Butterfly” about an American who falls in love with an Asian girl when he was on duty in her country. After the war is over, he returns to the US unknowing that he left her pregnant.
This song I am singing from this musical is called “Now that I’ve Seen Her” and I play the American wife who finds out about my husband’s previous life and his child.
This clip was taken from my Hollywood fund-raiser for the Red Carpet Dreaming Tour. Enjoy:
Bring Cindy home with you!!! For sassy, sexy jazz pieces and big, bold and daring Broadway tunes, check out her latest album, Don’t Rain on my Parade, HERE
Or on iTunes:
This event was sponsored by:
McLean Masterworks: Nurturing your unique human potential and creating forgiveness, release, financial abundance and joy along the way. www.mcleanmasterworks.com/
Prairie Essence: Incredible, natural, organic skin care, bath products and more at super affordable prices. www.prairieessence.com
Essence to Success: Empowering you to consciously create a life you love – tap into your true power and express your unique essence as your creative gift to the world! www.essencetosuccess.com/
Strategic Biz Builder: Empowering entrepreneurs and small businesses with strategies & connections to rapidly build their business. www.strategicbizbuilder.com/
This compilation includes:
1. Maybe this Time from Cabaret and made famous by Liza Minelli
2. Fever, Jazz Standard
3. Don’t Rain on my Parade (as heard on Cindy’s debut album and made famous by Barbra Streisand)
4. Poem “Microsoft Christmas”
5. Can’t Help Lovin Dat Man from Showboat
6. Santa Baby sung to ABC’s Bruce Reynolds “On the Red Carpet”
7. Memory from Cats
8. Miss Byrd from Closer than Ever
9. Bewitched from Pal Joey
10. Una Voce Poco Fa from the Barber of Seville
11. My Funny Valentine from Babes in Arms
12. Una Voce Poco Fa from the Barber of Seville
Exit music is “Sway” from Cindy’s album, Don’t Rain on my Parade!
And a wonderful soul, Bruce Reynolds who is on ABC’s “On the Red Carpet” gave me such an amazing testimonial. He is such a sweet, conscious, brilliant person.
Bring Cindy home with you!!! For sassy, sexy jazz pieces and big, bold and daring Broadway tunes, check out her latest album, Don’t Rain on my Parade, HERE
I flew in to Toronto last week to be one of the Bachelorette’s in a Charity Auction, benefiting one of our partner charities on the Red Carpet Dreaming Tour – The Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness (CCAA).
The CCAA do amazing work at raising awareness about the true cost of neglect and abuse. They support over 130 organizations across Canada, including children’s services, victims’ services, shelters and other agencies that deal with over 200,000 children, women and men whose lives have been affected by abuse.
The event was held on Thursday, Feb 3rd at the prestigious Capitol Event Theatre in Toronto, On, Canada.
Global News featured the event. Scroll to 11:45 to see the recaps. I am in blue. You can see me raising my arms and then I am in the background later in the clip. Enjoy!
It was totally amazing – the food, the music, decor, the crowd… and of course all the bachelors and bachelorettes looked sensational. But mostly… piles of money was raised. The final numbers are not in yet but at LEAST $25 000 was raised. YAHOO!
Some of the featured bachelors included Pro baseball player Drew Taylor, Olympian Nicole Forrester, Champion Boxer Fitzroy Vanderpool and Miss Universe Canada Elena Semikina. All 4 were very gracious and humble. Gotta love it! Now THAT is true super stardom… living your greatness and yet staying human. WHOOT!
My dream date package included a week vacation with Ultimate Living, anywhere in the world; a dinner for 10 at Tappo Wine Bar and Restaurant in Toronto on May 25th with a private performance from me follow a giant blow out party (and yes YOU can come) and a VIP ticket to our big Red Carpet Fundraiser Show on May 29th in Toronto where I will sing to him on stage in front of 500 people, live streamed across the world! The package and I were auctioned off for $1200… all of which went directly to the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness.
And of course when it was my turn to be auctioned off, I came out singing “Big Spender!” Had a blast working that catwalk
Such a great event! So honored I got to be part of it.
Yesterday I was on a TV show called, Extraordinary Women with Shannon Skinner in Toronto, Canada. If you need to some inspiration or hope, feel empowered, want to know my #1 secret to authentic success or excited to find out more about the upcoming Red Carpet Dreaming Tour, benefitting kids’ charities, then I invite you to watch the replay online:
TV show replay with my #1 tip: (My tip is about 12 minutes into the interview)
Now what I mean by AUTHENTIC success is NOT fame, fortune and big cars. It is what comes from deep within you. Tapping into your truth of your essence and allowing yourself to express it in the world.
What is YOUR #1 tip to reaching authentic success? Please share in our comments section. We would love to hear your wisdom!
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November 8, 2011 6:36 pm | 
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