Singing Lessons For No One
Your own personal Singing Lessons in the privacy of your own space. Vocal qualities and techniques; gentle and encouraging; music theory offered in a vocally explorative fashion. Find fun and freedom through improvising. From the North Coast of Australia, Come sing with me. Jump on my Mailing List! https://www.shelly.com.au/mailing-list/www.shelly.com.auhttps://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown https://www.facebook.com/singinglessonsfornoonepodcast https://www.instagram.com/shellybrownmusicRecorded by: Shelly Brown Theme Music by: Dan Brown Cover Art by: Jay Kingdom With Thanks To: Dirk Terrill & James Boundy for Mixing & Mastering tips
48. Sea Kelp, Inversions and Songs for aforementioned Sea Kelp
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Oh, I get a bit silly in this one. At one point I turn into a fish, so that happens.
We are singing triad Inversions in this episode. In the C Major Scale.
C Major Triad - 1, 3, 5,
D minor Tirad - 1, b3, 5,
E minor Triad - 1, b3, 5,
F Major Triad - 1, 3, 5
Then to sing the first inversion, you move the 5, and you play it below the 1 and the 3, so they become:
C Major Triad - 5, 1, 3,
D minor Tirad - 5...
47. The Mixolydian Mode and Rose Apple Way
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Are you in or Near Hobart? Do you know anyone in or Near Hobart?!
I'm running a workshop on October 3rd 2026, in The Derwent Valley at Molesworth Hall in Molesworth. 11am, 90 minutes of singing Fun! Tell them to come find me!!!!
https://www.shelly.com.au/workshops/
In this episode we sing the Mixolydian Mode.
1 2 3 4 5 6 flat 7 8
and then we sing a little song, and sing the Mixolydian mode as the rising harmony.
B Major:
I think of yo...
46. Minor Pentatonic Warm up Melismas and I Better Not
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Thanks so much for listening in.
Today we're warming up for a gig, and thinking about creativiy.
We're singing minor pentatonic Scale in Eb Minor.
Then we're gonna sing "Better Not"...
Support for the Podcast is through Patreon! Thanks so much for supporting me!
Thats all.
I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ
Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guita...
45. Introduction Stories and Bad Coffee
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Thanks so much for listening.
Today we talk stories about stories.
About introducing a song and helping your audience breathe.
Then we sing a song about Bad coffee.
I'm playing Db Major, Db/Bb, Db/Ab, Db/Gb.
"Bad coffee,
still gets things done,
In the morning light,
in a dirty coffee mug".
Thanks so much for lending me your ears.
Take care of yourself.
xx
Shelly
...44. Workshops ahoy, Maybe that big old sun knows whats coming next
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Ahoy my friends,
Thanks so much for tuning in. We're heading on a journey about what the workshops I lead are like, Because! I'm heading out on the road baby!
I'm heading to The Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore NSW,
Molesworth Hall in the Derwent Valley, In TASMANIA!
Callala Beach Community Centre in the South Coast, NSW,
and back to Bellingen, NSW, for a fun sing to end the tour!
Please check out my website if you are near any of those p...
43. Sea Urchins and the clarity of sea urchins
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This week we sing a classic Sea Urchin masterpiece.
And then we dive deeper (see what I did there) to look at the clarity and pronunciation of words.
I've got some exciting adventures coming up this year - I wonder if you're near any of them?!
I'm heading to Lismore Conservatorium NSW,
The Derwent Valley in TAS,
Callala Bay, NSW,
and
Bellingen NSW.
Choir and Vocal Workshops. So Much fun.
I'll post some dates ASAP, - but it's...
42. Somewhere in Hallelujah of the Major and Minor
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Heya,
Today we sing Somewhere in Heaven, and we play with wether that melody is Minor or Major.
And then we play with Vocal Blending over Hallelujah.
So fun.
I mention at the end that Im going to be leading a workshop at the Melbourne Singing Event Mountain Festival in Melbourne in two very short weeks. If you're near Melbourne, come sing!!!
https://www.melbournesingingevents.com/
Thats all.
I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actua...
41. Moaning and Wailing and Platypus
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Oh me oh my, what a delight. Here is a new Episode for your earsies!
We warm up in the Key of A Major, and we sing Moaning and Wailing,
and then we sing a song in 5 4 about Rocky Creek.
Love it!
Thanks for Listening!
xx
Rocky creek, you're so sweet, All that rain, all that sky,
Rocky creek, quiet game, Platypus oh my my
CHORUS: Oh my my, oh my my, oh my my, oh...
40. Spin around this Earth with a Diminished Chord
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Hiya, Im running off to teach workshops and singing and schoirs at a singing and dance retreat in Byron Bay. So Fun! And Im squeezing this episode in before I go!
We sing these words:
With these chords:
|| G | % | E dim | % |
| D | % | G | % ||
It’s all right here,
just close your eyes and see,
I don’t know the gravity,
That keeps you holding on to me,
I’ll spin around this earth,
I’l...
39. Jericho and the Dominant 7th Chord
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Oh Crumbola, I usually try to do two different jimmy jams in an Episode,
but today, I was on a roll with this Jericho, couldnt stop. It was so satisfying.
I hope you jimmy jams your Jammy jims.
Lots of love to you out there.
xx
Shelly
Please Support this Podcast on Patreon! It helps me keep going. Support, share, sing. Lotsa love.
Shelly
Thats all.
I made a pretty funny film clip for th...
38. Procrastination and the Mixolydian Mode
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Hi there, thanks for listening!
We sing about procrastination. It's all rainy and moody, and my heart says relax but my brain knows it time to sing.
Off we go!
We sang Procrastination in G, going up to the minor 3 chord, the 4 chord and getting to the 5 chord every now and then.
Then we head on to the Mixolydian Mode.
5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5.
Or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, flat 7 8.
I'm playing the chords C Major and Fminor.
Thanks heaps for listening.
Thats...
37. Velma The Moose in B Dorian
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There's a lot going on in this episode.
We start in a B Dorian Scale Warm up.
1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, 6, flat 7, 8.
I'm playing a B Minor Chord.
Then we head to Velma The Moose.
The Chords I'm playing are B minor, E Major, F# Major.
With the B Dorian Scale in harmony from the 8,
the flat 7, the 5 and the flat 3.
Massive thanks to Aurora Jane in Vancouver for mixing and mastering tips.
So you k...
36. Times Tables like you've never heard them before
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So,
I was feeling down on the weekend. And so I took myself on a walk. And the more I walked, the more I found myself singing the times tables to music theory.
I can't really say how I got there, but this is where we've ended up.
Needless to say, I felt better after the walk. So, wether it was the fresh air, or the times tables, no one can say.
In this episode, We sing
the 3 times tables to the...
35. Polar Expresso and the Cycle of Fifths
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On this episode we take a little adventure to the other side of the globe.
I take a "walk" around a far far away town and create a songwriting exercise using the Cycle of Fifths:
F, C, G, D, A, E, B
Fat Charlie Gets Drunk After Eating Blueberries
And then we think of five things about a town and write a song using repetion and relaxing!
Write using a land formation - a mountain, a river, a natural landscape as the theme.
...
34. Set Your Love Free
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Hi end of your friends,
I hope you're going ok.
I love my little deadlines, but this is getting ridiculous.
I hope you celebrate the ends and starts of things how you see fit and all is ok for you.
Sending you lotsa love, and sweet harmonies.
is this Ep we sing in F# Major, the a B Major and a C# Major.
And we sing
"Go inside your heart, baby, go inside your love,
Set your love free". ...
33. I've got a gig - Warm up with me - Major Scale + Basically How to Scat
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Hi How are you?!
So I begin with singing a D Major Scale over two octaves over the chords: Bmin/G and F#minor/D.
I'm referencing a song by Tainui Richmond called "Turning it Over", though I don't sing his song. Do go check it out, it's cool.
https://tidal.com/track/469516330/u
Then I scat over the chords: BMajor to G#Minor.
MY NEW SONG IS OUT TODAY ON BANDCAMP - It's called NOR...
32. Always Take you Instrument
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Oh October, you nearly won this round, BUT NO! Here I am! End of October! Yes!
One Episode a Month is my promise to ME, and I will keep it!
Yay for self inflicted goals and joys!
Thank you so much for listening!
Today we sing - Always Take Your Instrument
A song I wrote ages ago when I was far far from home.
I play the Chords
G to C, then G to A minor.
Thank you so m...
31. Share you Music and Henrietta.
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Thanks so much for Listening!
This Episode has my number one tip for if you are releasing music... or practising singing and taking steps with your voice.
Share your Music with people who adore you,
Let them appreciate your Awesome Self.
in Ebminor with the Eb minor Pentatonic Scale
1 flat 3, 4, 5, flat 7, 8.
Then,
We head to Henrietta.
I have a new EP coming out in OCT/NOVEMBER 2025, Via Bandcamp - https://shellybrown.bandcamp.com/<...
30. Vocal Registers and Call Me for No Reason
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I've got a new song coming out called "Call me for No Reason" AUGUST 17 - 2025 it's coming out on the Bandcamp Platform.
This Episode delves into where your voice would sit in a traditional Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass range, if you were singing this song. In A Major.
You know I love playing harmony games, so it is more of that, but I really try to lay out the ranges of Vocal Registers.
Please do head over and check out my new song.
I'd...
29. Hey little Earthing in the Natural Minor Warm up to get you going for the day
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I wanted to do a shorter episode for just the Vocal Warm up while you drive somewhere and you know you gotta speak and you need to warm your voice up ready to go.
Singing in the G Major Key,
and then moving to it's relative minor in E Minor.
a Descending Relative Minor Key, or Natural Minor/Aeolian Mode,
8, b7, b6, 5, 4, b3, 2, 1.
Chords: E minor and A Major
And we Sing "Hey there Little Earthling, are you Earthing?"
I talk...
28. Ending your Notes and You Never Let Me Down
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Heya, I wanted to work on a warm up that is a minor pentatonic descnding run, and on open vowel sounds.
Then we head into a song about my chickens.
Here's the words -
Amin C7
You Never let me down, you always pick me up,
Amin F G
You never shut me out, But now you’re out there looking for dirt.
There is a worm solo at the end.
I wanted to work on letting notes ease out to a gentle end, or to en...
27. Relative Minor, The Air in Africa and When am I Gonna Learn?
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Hiya beautiful people!
Thanks for tuning in to my podcast. Lotsa love to you out there.
In this lesson we look at the Relative minor scale as a warm up.
1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, flat 6, flat 7, 8.
For my exercise I leave out the flat 6 once I get going.
We then look at two songs and moosh them together,
a song called 'Wondering where the Lions are" by Bruce Cockburn. Such a random song to call on, but it caught my attent...
26. Vocal Range in Shelter - Warm Ups, Octaves, Jimmy Jam
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Hello beautiful people!
Thanks for listening!
I reference a new song of MINE in this Episode and I will be eternally greatful if you were to check it out on Bandcamp (Here is the link) and Pre-save it's RELEASE (Here's that link) on your preferred Streaming Platform.
Thank you so much! That helps me so much!
I also mention the Songwriting Workshops I'll be teaching in Byron Bay if you're nearby,
and the Melbourne Singing Events Re...
25. Coffee Fuel Portuguese Song... (Mixolydian Scale Gold)
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Happy New 2025 has Begun.
And I've squirrelled away an afternoon to say hi.
I wanted to sing a big hard song to start the year.
It's called Magalenha, by the incredible Sergio Mendez.
I begin in D Major, and an Aminor.
And we sing a major scale and then, technically a Mixolydian scale cause I flatten the 7, as the song requires.
We sing this bit:
Calangulango, do calango
da pretinha, 'Tô cantando
essa mudinha pra senhora se lembrar,
Daquele tempo que vivia
la na...
Now you listen here Missy
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This is a message to a friend, and I thought you'd like it too.
Cause you're my friend.
I don't swear in my pod, but I do say sh*t twice in this.
Sorry about that.
Is Sh*t a swear word?
Thats all.
I made a pretty funny film clip for this one actually.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGw6BrhLkQ
Vocals + Guitar + Keys - Shelly Brown
Keys + Bass - Dan Brown
Guitars - Alex McLeod...
24. Unsolicited Thoughts about Chronic Pain via a Singing Lesson
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May I begin this introduction with the clearest heading that I am in no way a Doctor and nor have I studied anything close to something offical in that realm.
This is a story about a friend, and a singing lesson from an empathetic, well meaning person on a rainy day.
I send this with the best intentions and care and I hope you're going ok today.
In this episode I jam along with Grant Gerathy on the Drum kit.
You can track him down on instagram @crui...
23. The Major Scale Some Long Notes with a Drone to calm ye down
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Hi beautiful folks,
It's been too long, But here is a new one.
I've been busy singing the things and writing and working and all the things.
But you've been on my mind, so here's a new episode to hum along with for sure.
A Major Scale with a Drone,
And exercise that the amazing Harry James Angus shared with me. Check him out, he's got a new song out.
And some breathing exercises to calm the nerves.
Thanks so much for listening and sending hello's...
22. Singing Lesson for your Inner - or Actual - Five Year Old
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Hey,
I ran into a friend in the shops and he asked if I teach five year olds... and Its been on my mind ever since... Like... Maybe, what would I say to my five year old self?
I grew up singing with my family. After dinner dad would play guitar, we sang all these funny old songs that I don't even know if anyone else knew.
The other kids listened to Michael Jackson and Prince,
I was singing Bernard Bolan, and The Clancy Brothers and John Williamson...
A rand...
21. Songwriting & Vocal Joy Workshop Podcast
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Hi there,
This is a project that has been on the burners for about two years, and now I've made it to this point - I'm holidng my breath - Is this a thing? Does this work?
For about two decades I have attended so many songwriting workshops. I love word games, heart games, writing, creative writing, all the things.
And for the last two years, I have been teaching songwriting workshops in Byron Bay (NSW Australia), whilst also making the Singing Lessons for No One Podcast (sporadically...)
I wanted...
20. Near and Far Projection - Hey Baby...
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Heya, How's it going?!
We dive straight into a warm up in the Key of F
Major scale and some harmony games.
Breath work! Vibrato! Open your mouth and let your sound out!
Then we think about near and far, projecting- what do you differently when you speak to close by, compared to out the window and far away.
If you're here from Patreon, then you already know about my Patreon, if you're not here from Patreon, Jump on my Patreon! It how you hear this, earlier t...
19. My Choir Recap of the Year and Belly of The Whale
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Well, Hello 2024.
How are we? What say we start the year with a singing Episode of singing?
What a good idea, what what!
Hey, did you know I have a new EP out on BANDCAMP - you can check it out via my website at shelly.com.au
And you can support this podcast by heading to Patreon - Shelly_Brown
This episode recaps some of my anchor lessons from my choir shenanigans of 2023.
And we look at a song by the stunning Sara Tindley called Be...
18. The Dorian Mode and IN WE DIVE
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Dear sweet humans,
I am beyond delighted to share with you that I have a NEW EP out January 1 - 2024.
It's called In We Dive.
As this podcast nears is 100k Streams, I need to sing from the hills to you to please go check out my music.
This is gonna be really weird if you don't like it... But you've come this far with me, SO I can't imagine that you will not. Right?
Ok. Well. My breath is officially held.
To honour the extreme love and...
17. Warming Up a Choir & Singing For Home
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Hi Beautiful People,
Thanks for Listening and following and supporting and your letters and hello's.
Today we do a quick warm up for my chickens: Chocolate (Cocklario); Caramel (Cam Cam) and Penelope (PenelopWa).
Then we head in to do a vocal warm up the way I warm up my choir.
Jammin, scales, vocal sounds, loosening up.
The We sing a song for the word Home.
How good are consonants and vowels?
They're so good.
Thanks so much for listening.
You're a good egg!
16. Ball of Joy and The Teskey Brothers
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Hiya. How's it going?
I think I'm a bit scatty in this one. You'll forgive me.
It's all good.
Two warm ups, one to calm you down and one to wake you up.
Then off we go singing "Hold Me" By The Teskey Brothers.
The Chords for this are C Major to Dminor, Then Dminor back to C!
Easy! Go play it on something if you wanna!
Thanks so much for listening
xx
Shelly
Support the show
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15. You Got This - Walking Up That Hill
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Well Hey There,
Happy New Things.
In this Episode we're looking at relaxing your voice on ascending vocal melody.
We're in E Major, it's got a very Major Pentatonic Vibe.
Hi to my sister walking up a hill - these are motivational shoutouts to get you up the hill you're on!
Go you! You're a good Egg!
Please jump on my Patreon if you want to hear the episode when it's made!
Lotsa Love to you!
xx
Shelly
Support the s...
Ep 2 - JUST VOX EX - Minor Pentatonic, Sob Quality - (Fat Freddys Drop)
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Awww, Here's Episode 2 Just for my Dear Patrons!
This si such a trip going back and hearing how calm I am... I think I get nuttier the more I've done this.. So thats either endearing or ... you know... ha!
This is Minor Pentatonic Scale,
Exploring Sob Quality
And Singing Ernie by Fat Freddy's Drop!
yeah!
Support the show
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www.shelly.com.au
https://www.inst...
EP 1 - JUST VOX EX - Hi! Warm up, Major Scale & Milk.
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When I first made this Podcast it was my original idea to also release the episodes without my ranting in it. So you could use just the vocal exercises to recap, or drive to your gig warming up, or, whatever they might be useful for to you.
Turns out, I didn't follow through with that idea...
So, This is me,
following through with that idea...
I will release this first one to the public as an example for what I'm trying to create, but these will only be av...
14. Banana Bread and Let's Write!
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I just baked Banana Bread. Our freezer was full of banana's. It was getting weird.
So here's a warm up exercise using a Major Chord and a Minor Chord
1 2 3 5 3 2 1 in Gb Major,
over to
1 2 b3 5 b3 2 1 in Ab minor.
In a 3/4 time,
"What is that thing I can smell
Is it some thing I don’t like?
What is that Banana smell?
Is it banana bread?"
It'll make sense. Good Good.
Then, there's a blank song for you to...
13. Cocoon and the Revolution
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Hey Beautiful People.
Today we're chatting about your cocoon, your safe happy place for singing.
And thinking about Speech Quality - this honest real amazing part of your voice that sounds how you sing, and sings how you speak.
and then we had into a minor pentatonic jam on the Revolution baby!
oooh Yeah!
Thanks for coming with me on this ride!
See ya soon!
x
Shelly
Support the show
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Songwriting & Vocal Joy Workshops at SAE in Byron Bay
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Hey! How are you?!
**Cheeky Advertisement, - New episode out NOW for Patrons and coming to your ears soon. Thanks for listening!!!***
I just wanted to let you know in case you or someone you know may be local to this area that I will be running a series of workshops on Songwriting and Vocal Joy.
It's like the podcast, but with a group, in a studio, so its not really like the podcast at all is it... hmmm...
It’ll be songwriting exercises into yo...
