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Fascinating Rhythms
Los Angeles Times article by Don Heckman

Michael Feinstein gets help staying focused and relaxed in the recording studio from Sharon Gerber. “It really makes a difference.”

(Jammed inside Group IV Recording’s largest studio is a group of musicians surrounded by a maze of microphones, baffles, wires and music stands. Standing alongside the conductor’s podium, a slight smile on his boyish face is the object of all this regulated chaos. Barely five years after he was transformed, almost overnight, from Ira Gershwin’s studious assistant to a cabaret attraction, then a Broadway star of the first magnitude, the thirtysomething (Michael) Feinstein can now command major league-sized projects.)

. . . Feinstein’s vocals are done “live” with the orchestra, from a small cubicle—called a booth —where he can see both Fisher and McClure. As he sings “The Luckiest Man in the World,” his husky voice soaring over the rich ensemble sounds, a young woman, Sharon Gerber, stands nearby, listening. Occasionally she raises one hand, palm up, and holds it in a receptive position.

What exactly is she doing? Directing Feinstein's interpretation? Channeling Gershwin energy? No one seems to know.

The answer, says Feinstein with a chuckle, may be a bit of all three. “Sharon does energy balancing and healing,” he explains. “She helps me to get my mind focused and my body relaxed. It really makes a difference.

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