Confidence Building Warm-Ups
by Abram Poliakoff
Description:
This lesson is designed to help you build true confidence as a singer—not by eliminating nerves, but by learning how to channel them into energy, focus, and power. Across five parts, you’ll move through energizing body and vocal warmups, grounding techniques for strength and stability, focus drills for precision, and a final recording challenge that simulates real performance conditions. Along the way, you’ll also practice the song “This is the Time” with lyrics and chords provided, reinforcing your ability to stay present and resilient under pressure. By the end, you’ll have practical tools to strengthen both your voice and your performance confidence.
Lessons:
- 1: Intro/Short Daily Warmup
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2:
Energizing
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3:
Grounding
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4:
Focusing
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5:
Conclusion
Instructor: Abram Poliakoff
Abram Poliakoff is a singer, guitarist, pianist, teacher, conductor, and composer. He received a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Arts from USC’s Thornton School of Music and has been teaching music for 8 years. He is currently both the Associate Artistic Director and a tenor in the L.A. Choral Lab, which recently released its first studio album Sonic Visions in the fall of 2019. Abram teaches and performs a wide range of genres including Classical, Jazz, Folk and Popular music in the Los Angeles area. He has also sung with the San Francisco Opera and Pocket Opera in the Bay Area. His teaching mission is to help his students utilize vocal technique to find their authentic and healthy voice while maximizing genre flexibility and a naturalness of expression.